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Report Says US Military Struggles with Diversity Issues Since 1973, when the draft ended and the U.S. military became an all-volunteer force, the military has increasingly reflected the country's diversity. But it still struggles with aspects of that diversity as well as the needs of military families, according to a new Population Bulletin from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB)....
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 10:49pm PST
Dispatch from Jeffrey 'Free' Luers about the release of co-defendant 'Critter' The importance of Political Prisoner Support....
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 5:59pm PST
DawnWatch: Front page story on link between red meat and cancer Today, Wednesday, January 12, an article on the front page of The Baltimore Sun touts (indirectly) the benefits of a plant based diet. The article is headed, "Red meat newly linked to colorectal cancer; Study: Latest findings contain the strongest evidence to date of an increased disease risk."...
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 5:06pm PST
DawnWatch: New York Times article on vegetarianism and blood pressure There are various articles in the Tuesday, January 11, New York Times, on diet and heart disease. One discusses the effect of a vegetarian diet on blood pressure. It is headed "Cause, Effect and Vegetables." (Pg F6)....
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 4:58pm PST
US Supreme Court rejects mandatory sentencing rules!!! Justices say judges can consult guidelines...
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 2:58pm PST
Michael Chertoff is Bad for Homeland Security Michael Chertoff is not fit to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. While he has a good record as a prosecutor, he does not have as good a record on respecting and safeguarding civil rights and liberties. He is, by his own admission, an advocate of “streamlining” justice, a euphemism for setting aside troublesome things like due process of law....
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 1:04pm PST
The Grateful Dead Hour to Celebrate Twenty Years On Air With KPFA Benefit Marathon Feb. 19 
Sixteen Hour Radio Program Serves as Fundraiser for KPFA Community Radio, Hosted by David Gans and Will Feature Grateful Dead and Dead-Related Music; Afternoon Live Music by Dark Star Orchestra Acoustic...
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 10:21am PST
James Forman 1928-2005: Civil Rights Pioneer Dies At 76 Civil rights organizer James Forman has died at the age of 76. In the early 1960s he served as executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and was seen as a major strategist within the civil rights movement. We hear a 1969 speech by James Forman and we speak with former field secretary for SNCC Robert Moses and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)....
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 9:56am PST
Unprecedented Security Preparations For Bush Inauguration An unprecedented level of security is planned for George W. Bush's inauguration on Jan. 20, including six thousand police officers, 2,500 military personnel, and dozens of federal security agencies on patrol....
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 9:55am PST
News on the Draft Issue - Jan 12 Links to news on the draft....
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 12:41am PST
Amnesty Condemns Planned Protest Pen at Death Penalty Demo in CT Statement in Support of First Amendment Rights of Demonstrators in Opposition to Execution of Michael Ross By Joshua Rubenstein, Northeast Regional Director of Amnesty International USA...
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2005 10:47pm PST
Not One Damn Dime Day--Jan 20 On "Not One Damn Dime Day" those who oppose what is happening in our name
in Iraq can speak up with a 24-hour national boycott of all forms of
consumer spending....
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2005 8:58pm PST
AP Lists Anti-Bush Events for Inaug Week 'Bout time we got a schedule from AP...
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2005 6:58pm PST
Conyers Thanks Internet Activists, Bloggers Nice to know someone cares when we bother to repost, email and organize in our spare time....
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2005 1:47pm PST
News on the Draft Issue (Jan 11) Links to news stories on the occupation of Iraq and the possibility of the draft. Includes information on all the drafts: poverty draft, youth draft, skilled worker draft and backdoor draft. The draft issue can make this war more personal to many Americans. While a draft in peacetime is more just than the current mercenary army - now is not the time for the left to advance this cause. If there is a draft, we must be opposed to it for the same reason we oppose the occupation - it's immoral...
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2005 1:06pm PST
FAIR on Bush Admin Funding of Armstrong Williams Conservative pundit Armstrong Williams admits to taking almost a quarter of a million dollars from the U.S. government to promote President Bush's No Child Left Behind legislation and the GAO scolds the Bush administration for the second time for using prepackaged video news releases the media runs as news....
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2005 9:38am PST
CNN Fires Crossfire, Tucker Carlson Moves to MSNBC The new president of CNN, Jonathan Klein, announced last week the network has ended its relationship with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and will soon cancel its long-running program, Crossfire. We hear an excerpt of Crossfire featuring Jon Stewart of the The Daily Show and speak with Steve Rendall of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting....
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2005 9:36am PST
News on the Draft Issue Links to a number of recent news stories on the draft issue. Includes information related to all of the drafts: poverty draft, youth draft, skilled worker draft and backdoor draft....
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 11:26pm PST
Supreme Court Rejects Gay Adoption Case The Supreme Court turned down an appeal Monday of Florida's blanket ban on adoption by gays. Florida is the only state with an all out ban on gays and lesbians adopting children....
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 10:32pm PST
US Supreme Court Declines Florida Anti-Gay Adoption Lawsuit US Supreme Court Declines Florida Anti-Gay Adoption Lawsuit
Now Up to Legislature to Overturn Bigoted Ban that Harms Children...
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 9:15pm PST
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