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Things are going from bad to worse? - It has gotten worse, folks!
The neo-cons are aware that Americans are un-informed (by corporate design) and domicile (courtesy of ESPN). Americans will not leave the couch and a good game on TV to stand out on the street to protest anything nowadays. So the onslaught continues. Congress is making haste at taking away rights that have been built up through decades of struggle....
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 10:34am PST
"Lessons from my pig Winnie."
DawnWatch: Boston Globe op-ed on factory farming 3/19/05...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 10:30am PST
Breaking News: Eight Dollar Road Blocked Again
Reports coming in this morning indicate that the Eight Dollar Road is blockaded by an activist suspended over the road in a bi-pod, effectively keeping log trucks out of the Fiddler Timber Sale.
Yarding and hauling of timber at the Fiddler sale began recently. This morning's blockade is an attempt to halt this work and to highlight the ongoing logging of old growth reserves. Meanwhile, the courts continue deliberating on the merits of two separate cases that will determine if this activity...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 8:30am PST
More Dead As A Result Of Big Oil: 100 people injured, 14+ dead in Texas blast
A huge explosion in a US petrochemical plant in Texas City has killed at least 14 people and left more than 100 people injured.
The fire at the BP petrochemical plant on Wednesday triggered a major fire sending black smoke billowing into the sky....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 11:33pm PST
No Troops, No Wars
How do we resist the ruinous war in a way that makes the difference? Washington can't fight any war without troops. Support the soldiers who refuse to serve and working-class youths who say no to military recruitment. Here are examples of working-class refusal....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 5:26pm PST
Tell Your Senators to Protect Refugees Fleeing Persecution
Proposed Law Will Hurt Refugees
U.S. Senate to Consider REAL ID Act Soon...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 10:45am PST
A Portrait of Sexuality Education and Abstinence-Only Until-Marriage Progs in US Out Today
SIECUS State Profile: A Portrait of Sexuality Education and Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs in the States Released Today...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 10:12am PST
Poll Shows Public Opinion Sharply Divided on Regulating Appearance at Workplace
Poll Shows Public Opinion Sharply Divided on Regulating Appearance at Workplace; 16 Pct. Say They Were Victims of Discrimination on the Job...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 1:28am PST
TURF: THE GREEN DREAM _ The Man Who Invented
The following is an extended, edited version of Geov Parrish's interview with Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach on the 30th anniversary of his futuristic novel about Pacific Northwest secession. The story is told from the perspective of an American reporter, William Weston, who is one of the first outsiders allowed into Ecotopia some 20 years after Washington, Oregon, and Northern California have successfully separated themselves from the rest of America to form a new country. What he finds i...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 11:55pm PST
Thousands march in Fayetteville, NC. Iraq veterans, military families, resisters: out now!
Three thousand people converged on Fayetteville, North Carolina to mark two years of war and occupation in Iraq on March 19, 2005....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 4:26pm PST
Current Workers Cannot Count on Retiree Health Benefits
New Research From EBRI: Current Workers Cannot Count on Retiree Health Benefits...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 11:47am PST
Masculinity and School Shootings- GPAC Says Common Thread Overlooked
Masculinity and School Shootings -- Gender Public Advocacy Coalition Says Common Thread is Overlooked in Media Coverage...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 11:41am PST
Water For People Celebrates World Water Day
oday, Water For People (WFP), an international humanitarian organization, celebrates World Water Day (WWD) with its volunteers and supporters throughout the North American water industry. Many public utilities and companies across the United States and Canada will be participating in educational awareness programs such as guided tours of water and wastewater treatment plants, classroom discussions and presentations to kindergarten through 12th grade students....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 11:01am PST
UFCW Calls for ABC News to Drop Wal-Mart as 'Only in America' Sponsor
UFCW Calls for ABC News to Drop Wal-Mart as 'Only in America' Sponsor; Union Cites Deceptive Advertising Practice...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 10:59am PST
RECRUITING AGE BUMP HIGHLIGHTS CONSEQUENCES OF 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL'
In light of news that the Army is raising its maximum
recruiting age in the Reserve and National Guard due to shortfalls, the
Human Rights Campaign and Servicemembers Legal Defense Network renewed
the call for passage of the Military Readiness Enhancement Act.
Introduced the House earlier this month, the measure would repeal
"Don't
Ask, Don't Tell," the ban on gay, lesbian and bisexual troops, and
allow
them to serve openly in the military....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 10:41am PST
Call to Action for medical marijuana patients following the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon issue its landmark ruling on the "Ashcroft
v. Raich" case. Please join ASA, drug policy groups, and medical marijuana
supporters across the country by participating in actions at your local
Congressional offices....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 10:14am PST
The dysfunctional society: US billionaires on the rise—roads, bridges in decay
Two recent reports cast light on the impact of growing social inequality in the US. The first, the annual inventory of the very rich compiled this month by the business magazine Forbes, tracks the wealth of the world’s billionaires, and their increasing numbers in the US. The second is the “report card” issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on the state of the infrastructure in the United States....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 7:14am PST
Washington establishment fails Logic 101
I just got back from a trip to the Happiest Place on Earth. Didn't ride the Teacups, though. I wasn't in Disneyland, but in Washington, D.C., where everyone is walking on air, swept away by the Beltway's latest consensus: President Bush was right on Iraq, and, as a result, Tomorrowland in the Middle East will feature an E-ticket ride on the Matterhorn of freedom and democracy....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 7:13am PST
4/1-3: Women of Color & Allies Summit
In only two weeks, hundreds of activists and leaders from across the country will gather in Arlington, Va., to "Empower, Enfranchise and Energize" women of color. The Women of Color and Allies (WOCA) Summit, April 1 through 3, will feature dynamic speakers, music, forums, comedy and workshops....
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 11:18pm PST
The Face of Protest is A Changin'
The critical issue to emerge from this weekend is not medical ethics, but the failure of the US anti-War movement to focus public attention on the fear, death and suffering caused by President Bush's foreign policy. There are two reasons for this failure: control of the media by political forces that support the Evangelical agenda, and refusal of the US progressive movement to move beyond the protest style of the 1960s anti-war movement. As a result, the new face of protest in America has...
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 6:41pm PST