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UN Ambassador Wolff: Just Making Sure We All Understood the Hypocrisy
Alejandro Wolff, trained all-American hypocriteRussia and U.S trade barbs over IraqBy Louis Charbonneau / August 28, 2008 UNITED NATIONS — U.S. and Russian envoys exchanged sharp words on Thursday over Iraq and Kosovo at a U.N. Security Council meeting on … Continue reading
Because the Empire Is Never, Ever Wrong
Jose Nazario (right) with lawyersEx-Marine Acquitted in Killing of IraqisBy Chelsea J. Carter / August 29, 2008 RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Jurors wept and embraced former Marine Jose Luis Nazario Jr. after acquitting him of voluntary manslaughter in the killings of … Continue reading
Jack Abramoff Has Been Singin’ the Blues
Frankly, I cannot agree with the suggestion that this weasel deserves leniency, but I’m a hard-nosed radical bastard. We can perhaps remain hopeful that his ‘singing’ will result in a few other deserving crooks professional colleagues also doing a little … Continue reading
Go Sign On to Something You Believe In Today
The Land of the Silent and the Home of the FearfulBy Dave Lindorff / August 28, 2008 I was a speaker last night at an anti-war event sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Monmouth County, Progressive Democrats of America … Continue reading
Why Can We Not Do Something About Poverty?
Kabul street childrenWorld poverty ‘more widespread’By Steve Schifferes / August 27, 2008 Tackling global poverty requires both public and private investment The World Bank has warned that world poverty is much greater than previously thought. It has revised its previous … Continue reading
Thursday Thought: The USA Today
Thanks to Diane Stirling-Stevens | The Rag Blog | Posted August 28, 2008
Denver : Iraq Veterans March Against the Machine
Vets/Rage Against the Machine march in Denver Wednesday.Rage Against the Machine fans join vets in rousing Denver protestBy Carl Davidson / August 28, 2008 I start the day early loading leaflets and joining Leslie Cagan, Judith LeBlanc and five other … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War Vets, Democratic Convention, Denver, Direct Action, Iraq Veterans, IVAW, Peace Movement, Rock 'n Roll, Social Action, Veterans
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U.N. Finds U.S. Airstrike Killed 90 Afghans
An Afghan doctor, left, examines Zinat Gul’s wounded hand, who allegedly was wounded by a U.S. air strike in Shindand district, as her mother looks on at a hospital in Herat, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. Photo by Fraidoon … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Fatalities, Counterinsurgency, U.S. Military, United Nations, War Crimes
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Free Gaza Boats Returning to Cyprus
Gaza activists to return to Cyprus with Palestinian studentsBy Stefanos Evripidou / August 28, 2008 THE TWO ‘Free Gaza’ boats will set sail from Gaza today for Cyprus after successfully breaking the Israeli sea blockade of the Strip last Saturday. … Continue reading
Angola : Slavery Haunts America’s Plantation Prisons
Prisoners picking cotton at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola. Photo by William Albert Allard / National Geographic.‘It’s not even really a metaphor for slavery. Slavery is what’s going on’By Maya Schenwar / August 28, 2008 On an expanse of 18,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Angola, Human Rights, Involuntary Servitude, Louisiana, Prisons, Slavery, Texas
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Montana Governor Brian Schweizer Blasts Bush and His Petro-Dictators
Governor Brian Schweizer See video below. Schweitzer electrifies convention with energy speechBy Josh Dorner / August 27, 2008 While most of the excitement last night was focused on Senator Clinton’s speech, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer gave an electrifying (and highly … Continue reading
Bush Remains Arrogant and Defiant
Joshua Bolten (center) with a couple of other White House criminalsBush steps up fight over congressional authorityBy Matt Apuzzo / August 28, 2008 WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is raising the stakes in a court fight that could change the … Continue reading
