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A ‘Right-Wing Coup’ at PBS & the CPB? On Wednesday, Reps. David Obey (D-WI) and John Dingell (D-MI) called for an investigation of the Corporation Public Broadcasting. This comes following accusations that the CPB has been largely taken over by conservatives who are influencing programming and hiring decisions. Obey requested that the Inspector General for the CPB, investigate whether the CPB is violating the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 that prohibits interference by federal officials over the content and distribution of publ...
Posted: Thu, May 12, 2005 9:20am PDT
US group says anti-Muslim crimes up A leading US Islamic civil rights group has released a report that indicates anti-Muslim hate crimes in the country have increased by half in the past year....
Posted: Thu, May 12, 2005 9:08am PDT
Rep. Bernie Sanders on the Importance of Media Reform As A Political Issue In this broadcast from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign we hear an excerpt of a speech by Rep. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vemont. He spoke at the conference "Can Freedom of the Press Survive Media Consolidation?"...
Posted: Thu, May 12, 2005 9:01am PDT
Pat Tillman: Black and White and Full of Crap One year ago the American media was pushing the Pat Tillman story with the heavy rotation normally reserved for living celebs like Michael Jackson. Tillman, the former NFL player who turned down a multi-million dollar football contract to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, became a centerpiece of the right's Hamas-style death cult when he lost his life in the mountains of southeastern Afghanistan. To supporters of the wars and to many football fans, Tillman embodied ideals of self-sacrifice and p...
Posted: Thu, May 12, 2005 8:57am PDT
Political Bluster and the Filibuster The battle over the filibuster is now one of the country's biggest political news stories. The Bush administration seems determined to change Senate rules so a simple majority of senators, instead of three-fifths, can cut off debate and force a vote on the president's judicial nominees. Both sides claim to be arguing for procedural principles.
But a Senate filibuster is not inherently good or bad. Throughout U.S. history, the meaning of the filibuster has always been a matter of political ...
Posted: Thu, May 12, 2005 8:54am PDT
40,000 march to abolish nuclear weapons NEW YORK — On May 1, the eve of a world meeting at the United Nations to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), tens of thousands of people from around the globe marched through the streets here under the slogan “No nukes! No wars!”
Organizers said more than 40,000 people took part in the march from the UN to Central Park. There was a spirit of international solidarity for peace on the stage and in the crowd as New Yorkers and other Americans mixed with people from all over the...
Posted: Thu, May 12, 2005 8:53am PDT
Jewish Committee Denounces Inclusion of 'REAL ID Act' Asylum Provisions in Supple American Jewish Committee Praises Congress for Providing Emergency Funds for International Activities; Denounces Inclusion of 'REAL ID Act' Asylum Provisions in Supplemental Bill...
Posted: Wed, May 11, 2005 11:40pm PDT
Military judge convicts sailor who refused to deploy Pablo Paredes refused to board his ship and deploy on Dec. 6 due to his opposition to the war in Iraq....
Posted: Wed, May 11, 2005 6:12pm PDT
US: states, federal government prepare massive Medicaid cuts As part of ongoing budget negotiations, states in the US are developing proposals for deep cuts in Medicaid, the health care program that serves over 50 million low-income Americans, including children, the disabled and the elderly. The attack on Medicaid is a major component of the systematic destruction of social programs in the United States....
Posted: Wed, May 11, 2005 8:20am PDT
Women Leaders Speak Out All Week Against Bush's Judicial Nominees Women Leaders Speak Out All Week Against Bush's Judicial Nominees: National Women's Law Center Highlights Concerns for Women's Rights, Marking Four Years of Divisiveness in the Nomination Process...
Posted: Tue, May 10, 2005 5:59pm PDT
Sensenbrenner Statement on Senate's Passage of REAL ID Legislation Sensenbrenner Statement on Senate's Passage of REAL ID Legislation; Measure Now Goes to Bush for His Signature...
Posted: Tue, May 10, 2005 5:49pm PDT
militant animal rights activism DawnWatch: Washington Post (and other papers) on militant animal rights activity 5/9/05...
Posted: Tue, May 10, 2005 2:23pm PDT
SUPPORT PABLO, KEVIN & GI RESISTANCE;STOP THE WAR People are supporting Kevin and Pablo and the thousands of other public and (mostly) private resisters because of their courageous stand against the war deserves our support. The other reason to support them is that GI resistance has the power to stop the war and occupation in Iraq and check the reckless policies of empire behind it....
Posted: Tue, May 10, 2005 8:43am PDT
Save Douglas Wood and US, Free Music Video, Streaming Video Format (video/x-ms-wmv 4.0MB) Save Douglas Wood, Australian prisoner in Iraq. Free Music Video by Kurt Brown, Stone Cold In My Electric Chair with video footage in New Orleans....
Posted: Mon, May 9, 2005 8:33am PDT
Interview With First Navy War Resister: Pablo Paredes On May 11, 2005, Pablo Paredes, a U.S. Navy Petty Officer, 3rd Class, will face a court martial for refusing to fight in the Iraq war. In Dec. 2004, Pablo refused to board a Navy ship as it left San Diego, Ca., becoming the first Navy personnel to refuse to go. I interviewed Pablo by email on May 6, 2005....
Posted: Sat, May 7, 2005 3:31pm PDT
Biology Prof. Resigns Over Gvt. Use of Plant Research We speak Dr. Martha Crouch, a former biology professor at the University of Indiana. She ran a lab dedicated to cutting edge plant research but decided to end her career when she found out that biotechnology companies were co-opting her research for profit....
Posted: Fri, May 6, 2005 8:15pm PDT
EARTH MATTERS radio - Environmental Trade Deficit (audio/mpeg 12.4MB) EARTH MATTERS is a weekly segment of environmental news and interviews on KPFA's FLASHPOINTS
mp3 audio, 13:30mins
air date Friday May 6, 2005...
Posted: Fri, May 6, 2005 5:02pm PDT
HAWAII: Background on Occupation of UH Administration Bldg Background of the battle against military research at the University of Hawaii, from the 1893 US invasion of Hawaii, the subsequent colonization and illegal occupation, and the militarizing of Hawaii....
Posted: Fri, May 6, 2005 3:04pm PDT
As Racing Ends, What About the Dogs? DawnWatch: New York Times on fate of greyhounds when track closes 5/5/05...
Posted: Fri, May 6, 2005 10:02am PDT
Bushites bash queer sperm FDA wants to prevent actively queer men from donating sperm anonymously. Queer leaders say this new rule isn't fair.
( TBL says sperm donations shouldn't be anonymous. )...
Posted: Thu, May 5, 2005 5:34pm PDT
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