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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Pvt. LaVena Johnson ‘Committed Suicide’ and ‘Was Not Brutally Raped and Murdered’
Pvt. LaVena Johnson.Another cover-up in a war full of cover-ups and liesby Meg White / July 29, 2008 They don’t care. They put on a uniform and they say honor and integrity and they have no morals, no honor and … Continue reading
Bigots (Mambo #1)
Graffiti from Barcelona, Spain. “Los cerdos?” “The Pigs.” Photo by Duncan Cumming.‘I think he saw a dark woman, a human darkness, and that’s all he needed to see’By Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez A few days ago I went with a friend … Continue reading
Texas Beach Study Finds Increase In Fecal Contamination
Galveston beach: everyone in!‘Texans should not be swimming in human and animal waste’By Jay Root / July 29, 2008 AUSTIN — A day after state officials declared water quality on the rise at Texas beaches, an environmental group reported today … Continue reading
Amnesty International : China Using Olympics As ‘Pretext’ For Crackdown
A Chinese paramilitary policeman tries to block photos being taken outside the Olympic Stadium. Photo by AFP.Repression of ‘human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers has intensified’ July 29, 2008 HONG KONG – China is using the Beijing Olympics as a … Continue reading
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Tagged Amnesty International, China, Civil Liberties, Human Rights, Olympics, Sport
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BOOKS : Justice, Texas Style
Read About It While You CanBy Craig Malisow / July 28, 2008 Authorities in Smith County (Tyler) might not be happy to learn that Smith County Justice, a book alleging systemic corruption and unusually harsh sentences in the county — … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Corruption, Criminal Justice, Official Repression, Texas
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Guantanamo : Two Trials in One
Boots of Military Police at Camp Delta, a Long-Term DetentionCenter at Guantanamo.Salim Hamdan trial also test of military tribunal systemBy Willian Glaberson / July 29, 2008 GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — On the surface, the proceedings unfolding inside a makeshift courthouse … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties, Criminal Justice, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Iraq Occupation, Iraq War, Military Tribunals, Torture
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CITIES : Trading Places
The Angel of Gentrification.The demographic inversion of the American cityby Alan Ehrenhalt Thirty years ago, the mayor of Chicago was unseated by a snowstorm. A blizzard in January of 1979 dumped some 20 inches on the ground, causing, among other … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Cities, Gentrification, Suburbs, Urban Culture, Urban Planning
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Response to Hard Times : The Suicide Solution
Two hours before her home was to be auctioned off, Carlene Balderrama killed herself with her husband’s rifleBy Barbara Ehrenreich / July 28, 2008 A few days before Congress passed its Housing Bill, Carlene Balderrama of Taunton MA found her … Continue reading
EDUCATION : Texas Fiction Science
Image © Austin Cline, Licensed to About; Original Poster: Library of CongressThe State Board of Education does its part to fantasize biologyBy Andrea Grimes There’s nothing the evil overlords of the fictional future like more than a nice, healthy round … Continue reading
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Tagged Education, Evolution, Public Schools, Religion, Religious Right, Science, Texas
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Mariann Wizard : ‘I Have No Nostalgia for the 60s’
Updated July 30, 2008 Sixties anti-war demonstration in Austin.‘We glimpsed, briefly, the power people can wield when mutual interests are clarified by adversity’By Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2008 “When we attacked the Moncada, none of … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, New Left, Sixties, Social Action, Social Change, Texas, The Left, The Movement
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Sotten Treeshrew On Non-Stop Bender
Furry critters thrive on fermented nectar… By Jennifer Viegas / July 28, 2008 Even the most ardent beer fans would have trouble subsisting on their favorite brew day in and out, but scientists have just discovered that the pentailed treeshrew … Continue reading
Existential Threats to the Larger National Body
Death as a Way of Lifeby Joseph Nevins / July 28th, 2008 Esequiel Hernández Jr. was only 18-years-old when Clemente Manuel Banuelos, a U.S. Marine corporal, shot and killed him in Redford, Texas in May 1998. Hernández, a high school … Continue reading
