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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: CRUELTY AND COST The recent execution of Angel Nieves Diaz in Jacksonville, Florida has outraged opponents of capital punishment nationwide due to the unusual length of time of the procedure and the apparent pain and suffering Angel Diaz appeared to experience. Stewart Alexander, with the Peace and Freedom Party, says, “The whole process of capital punishment is flawed and the PFP wants federal legislation to band capital punishment in all 50 states; too many mistakes have been made, it’s cruel and inhumane.”...
Posted: Sun, Dec 24, 2006 5:04pm PST
Don't Count on the Democrats to End the Iraq War What's Going On?
By MARJORIE COHN...
Posted: Sat, Dec 23, 2006 1:27pm PST
The Nation's UN Correspondent Ian Williams on the Legacy of Kofi Annan and the Future of the UN Under Ban Ki-Moon At the United Nations, the South Korean diplomat Ban Ki-Moon is preparing to become the next Secretary General replacing Kofi Annan who has served since 1996. Ban Ki-Moon officially assumes the role on January 1. Ban Ki-Moon will become the first Asian to lead the world body in 35 years. In his last weeks in office, Kofi Annan has repeatedly criticized the Bush administration"s foreign policy and the invasion of Iraq....
Posted: Fri, Dec 22, 2006 7:14am PST
Survivor of Congenital Arteriovenous Malformation Speaks About Sen. Johnson's Illness and Her Recovery Donna Cappella suffered AVM a year and a half ago. She is the former business manager here at Downtown Community Television. Donna talks about how she had to re-learn how to walk, speak, read and see....
Posted: Fri, Dec 22, 2006 7:12am PST
Fijian crisis drags on as military delays formation of interim administration More than two weeks after the Fijian military overthrew the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, no administration or junta has been formed. Power remains concentrated solely in the hands of Commodore Frank Bainimarama and his appointed interim prime minister, 77-year-old army doctor Jona Senilagakali....
Posted: Fri, Dec 22, 2006 6:53am PST
Myth-Making for Why Democrats Lose: Still Smearing Ralph Nader for 2000 By SAM SMITH
The Atlantic Monthly is perpetuating the Ralph Nader myth, blaming him for Bush's election in 2000. This is, at best sloppy journalism; at saddest, extreme denial; and at worst a plain lie....
Posted: Thu, Dec 21, 2006 8:31pm PST
Deep divisions dominate European Union summit The 25 leaders of the nations currently comprising the European Union met in Brussels last Thursday and Friday to discuss its expansion. The summit was characterised by profound differences over the function and future of the EU....
Posted: Wed, Dec 20, 2006 6:16am PST
Australia: High Court clears way for expansion of federal power The Australian High Court last month handed down a ruling that opens the door for a major restructuring of the national economic and political framework, accompanied by a further expansion of the federal government’s executive power. While the immediate effect of the decision in New South Wales v Commonwealth of Australia was to uphold the Howard government’s draconian WorkChoices industrial relations laws, the federal cabinet has also been handed almost unlimited power to override state laws...
Posted: Wed, Dec 20, 2006 6:14am PST
Former Solomon Islands attorney-general acquitted of politically-driven charges Julian Moti, former Solomon Islands attorney-general, was acquitted on December 13 of illegally entering the country without a passport. The court ruling is a blow to the Australian government, which launched a sustained witchhunt against Moti as part of its campaign against the Solomons’ government of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Canberra has nevertheless made clear that it will continue to pursue Moti and maintain its pressure on Sogavare....
Posted: Tue, Dec 19, 2006 6:14am PST
AJLLPP Solidarity Statement on the Mass Rally in Manila, December 17, 2006 The Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace(AJLPP-United States, is one and united with the Filipino people and all the religious groups that finally saw the light and now united in converging and expressing their joy in ther tactical victory against the machinations of the US-Arroyo regime to change the constitution through nefarious and blatant means.
The sacrifices of more than 800 mass leaders, peasants, workers, students, lawyers, lay and
bishop and all those who upheld the truth ...
Posted: Sun, Dec 17, 2006 1:54pm PST
BTL:Grassroots Impeachment Campaign Launches Drive to... ...Remove Bush & Cheney from Office~Interview with Tim Carpenter, director of Progressive Democrats of America, conducted by Between the Lines'Scott Harris...
Posted: Sun, Dec 17, 2006 6:41am PST
Blair questioned in cash for peerages probe The interviewing of Prime Minister Tony Blair by two police officers in an ongoing criminal investigation into the alleged sale of honours is historically unprecedented....
Posted: Sat, Dec 16, 2006 3:50pm PST
Oaxaca Governor Ruiz Sends Massive Police Force to Crack Down on Protesters Demanding His We go to Mexico and our continuing coverage of the popular uprising in Oaxaca. On Sunday thousands of people marched to demand the resignation of State Governor Ulises Ruiz and the withdrawal of federal police. Ruiz sent a massive police force to crack down on the protests -- led by the Popular Assembly of the Oaxacan People -- APPO. We get a report from the streets of Oaxaca....
Posted: Fri, Dec 15, 2006 6:59am PST
“Antiwar” candidate boosts illusions in a pro-war party: Kucinich runs again for Democratic presidential nomination Ohio Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich announced Tuesday he is once again seeking the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party, preparing to repeat in 2008 the role he played in 2004 as a “left” prop for a thoroughly right-wing, pro-war party....
Posted: Fri, Dec 15, 2006 6:25am PST
New Zealand opposition leader quits New Zealand opposition leader Don Brash quit politics late last month in the wake of damaging speculation over his future, and days before the release of a book that alleged links between him and the Exclusive Brethren religious sect. Brash had led the conservative National Party for three years, having been recruited from governorship of the Reserve Bank, but failed to oust the Labour government in last year’s election....
Posted: Fri, Dec 15, 2006 6:23am PST
Latino Voters Bring Victory to Texas Democrats Democrat Ciro Rodriguez’s upset victory over Republican Congressman Henry Bonilla in the December 12th run-off election has huge national implications – in light of this year’s massive immigration protests. What it demonstrated, more than anything else, is how Latinos are leaving the Republican Party in droves. While it was also an embarrassing set-back for Tom DeLay’s partisan re-districting shenanigans, Bonilla did not just lose because the 23rd Congressional District in Texas was re-drawn ...
Posted: Thu, Dec 14, 2006 9:11am PST
AFP brass raise Reds, terror bogeys: Ex President and Senate President to Join the Rally THE Armed Forces warned on Wednesday that leftists and terrorists could try to infiltrate the scheduled Sunday mammoth protest prayer rally against Charter change and other planned demonstrations. The AFP chief, Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr., aired the warning as Mayor Jejomar Binay of Makati announced that many corporations would let their workers out on Friday to join a human chain against Cha-cha on Ayala Avenue in the country’s financial district....
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2006 8:16am PST
Florida’s Vote-Counting Fiasco: the 2006 Edition ust when you thought that the 2006 elections were over and the Florida recount a distant memory, there is one unresolved Congressional race – in Katherine Harris’ old district. While the outcome won’t determine which party controls Congress, the implications are extremely frightening and need to be addressed immediately. Republican Vern Buchanan was declared the winner in Florida’s 13th Congressional District by a 369-vote margin, but strong evidence shows that Democrat Christine Jennings pro...
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2006 7:46am PST
Japanese prime minister faces sharp fall in opinion polls After just three months in power, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is confronting a sharp drop in his approval ratings. Questions are already being raised in ruling circles about Abe’s ability to push ahead with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) agenda of militarism and free-market economic reforms....
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2006 6:23am PST
Urgent: Election meltdown in Florida Electronic voting machines in Florida appear to have flat-out lost 18,000 votes for Congress—votes almost certain to change the outcome of a close House race in Sarasota....
Posted: Tue, Dec 12, 2006 4:58pm PST
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