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Gun-Toting Teachers in Texas
‘The school board’s decision last year permitting teachers and staff to carry arms is ricocheting across the nation’By Lisa Sandberg HARROLD, Texas — Traci McKay was horrified when, on the first day of school last week, her 14-year-old daughter bounded … Continue reading
Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions on Vetting Process
Illustration by Bromley.‘The questions swirling around Ms. Palin on the first day of the Republican National Convention… brought anxiety to Republicans’ By Elisabeth Bumiller / September 1, 2008 ST. PAUL — A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator … Continue reading
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Tagged McCain, Political Scandal, Republican Convention, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Vice President
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Georgetown : Ex UT Austin Top Cop Used Undercover Snoops Against Student Anti-War Groups
Jeffrey Van Slyke when serving as police chief at University of Texas at Austin.Georgetown paper calls Chief Jeffrey Van Slyke to taskBy Scott Henson Jeffrey Van Slyke, the former University of Texas Police Department chief who authorized undercover snooping on … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Campus Police, Campuses, Peace Movement, Surveillance, Texas, UT-Austin
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Latest from St. Paul : More Than 280 Arrested
Police arrest a group of protesters along Shepard Road in St Paul on Monday, Sept. 1. Photo by Richard Sennott, Star Tribune.Protesters at Republican Convention shout ‘our streets, their war’September 1, 2008 Shouting “our streets, their war,” about 10,000 demonstrators … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Peace Movement, Police Action, Political Protest, Republican Convention, Republican Party, Social Change
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Minneapolis: Protests and Confrontation Continue
Amy Goodman Arrested At RNC Police, National Guard, fire tear gas into protest groupBy Pioneer Press staff / September 1, 2008 Local police and Minnesota National Guard units are using a combination of pepper spray, concussion grenades and tear gas … Continue reading
"I Need the Money to Pay My Bills"
Marjorie Allgood in Louisville, Ky., where a record number of students qualify for free meals. Photo: Tyler Bissmeyer for The New York Times.Hard Times Hitting Students and SchoolsBy Sam Dillon / August 31, 2008 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With mortgage foreclosures … Continue reading
Labor Day: Stop Corporate Bullying of Employees
Labor Day 2008: Support Employee Free ChoiceBy Michael Honey / September 1, 2008 Labor Day 2008 marks a moment of crisis for middle and working-class Americans. Housing, health care, transportation, education and job needs are growing acute in an economy … Continue reading
Constructing a New Agenda for the Global Economy
2002 Porto Alegre, Brazil. SourceThere Is an Alternative to Corporate RuleBy Mark Engler / September 1, 2008 All over the world, alternative approaches to capitalist greed are bubbling up from the grassroots. One of the remarkable features of modern political … Continue reading
Sarah Palin: Unfit for the Office of Vice President
Palin’s Power Play: Troopergate in AlaskaBy Dave Lindorff / August 30, 2008 There are many reasons why most Americans should be turned off by Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s last-minute choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate. She’s an … Continue reading
Where Fear of Tradition Rules Women’s Lives
In some parts of Pakistan, the marriage of young girls still takes place depite laws banning the practice. Photo: Kamila Hyat/IRINPAKISTAN: Buried alive in the name of traditionSeptember 1, 2008 QUETTA — Several weeks ago armed tribesmen in Balochistan forced … Continue reading
Victory Is Pledging Allegiance to Peace
Turning the Power Off: Stars, Stripes, War and ShameBy Missy Comley Beattie / August 30, 2008 The Pentagon says “only” five civilians were killed Friday, a week ago, by US aerial bombardment. According to Afghan officials and a United Nations … Continue reading
Border Patrol Busts Continue on Olympic Peninsula
More Border Patrol action on the Olympic Peninsula reminds me that the permanent war on terror is simply the excuse for the permanent destruction of American democracy in favour of the Amerikkkan police state. Here is another example of innocent … Continue reading
