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"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
Junior Has Declared a Permanent State of War (But Mostly on Democracy)
Bush quietly seeks to make war powers permanent, by declaring indefinite state of warBy John Byrne / August 30, 2008 As the nation focuses on Sen. John McCain’s choice of running mate, President Bush has quietly moved to expand the … Continue reading
Police State Amerikkka: Minneapolis-St. Paul’s Turn
Police officers watch a house that is being searched during the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Protesters said police raided several Minneapolis homes on Saturday, just a few hours after Ramsey County sheriff’s deputies raided an … Continue reading
Fontaine Maverick : John McCain is no Maverick!
Former Texas Congressman and San Antonio mayor Maury Maverick — the real thing.McCain’s just talking ‘gobbledygook‘By Fontaine Maverick / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2008 I just got a call from my brother, Maury Maverick, who said that if … Continue reading
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The Pursuit of Justice for Those Still Languishing in Guantanamo: Binyam Mohamed
Jackie Chase (left) of Brighton’s Save Omar campaign, with a picture of Binyam Mohamed, and Andy Worthington (right).London’s High Court Strikes a Blow at CIA: Shining a Light on the Dark PrisonBy Andy Worthington / August 30, 2008 In the … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, Criminal Justice, Detention, Guantanamo, War on Terror
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Gustav: Two Million People May Be Displaced
Waiting for the busAnother Journey Begins … Waiting in New OrleansBy Bill Quigley / August 30, 2008 In the blazing midday sun, hot and thirsty little children walk around bags of diapers and soft suitcases piled outside a locked community … Continue reading
