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The Kernel of Solidarity Exists in Every Workplace
The Myth of the Reactionary Working Classby Adam Turl / May 23, 2008 The working class is back–or at least the words “working class” are. For decades, an army of pundits and academics argued that the majority of people in … Continue reading
No Torture. No Exceptions
“No Torture. No Exceptions” means: * reaffirming America’s commitment to existing federal laws and international treaties that ban torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under all circumstances. * renouncing all legal interpretations and executive orders that redefine torture and … Continue reading
If You Mess Up, People Get Hurt
How much we blatantly and consciously minimise the effects of this war in Iraq. It is unconscionable to me that we almost refuse to acknowledge the death in Baghdad of innocent civilians every day as a direct consequence of planned … Continue reading
Musical Remarks About the Big Five Oil Companies
Pain at the Pump by Brent Burns “This song is self-explanatory. It’s hard not to believe that a few people are making billions off a lot of regular folks who are just getting by! These ridiculous prices are a real … Continue reading
It’s Larry Craig "Bobblefoot" Day!
Minor league promotion is homage to senator’s airport bathroom bustMay 22, 2008 Capitalizing on Senator Larry Craig’s restroom bust, a Minnesota minor league baseball team this Sunday is giving away a promotional item celebrating the Republican politician’s arrest last year … Continue reading
Americans: Cowering from Our Responsibility to Defend the Constitution
For His Treatment of Children in the ‘War on Terror’ : Bush Is a War CriminalBy Dave Lindorff / May 22, 2008 Surely nothing that President Bush has done in his two wretched terms of office — not the invasion … Continue reading
Rove to Testify Before Congress … Hah, Hah, Hah
Man, just read what this piece says: “… Conyers had negotiated with Rove’s attorneys for more than a year …” This says everything I need to know about the meaning of Congress. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog House Committee … Continue reading
Fox News : A Rogue’s Gallery
Fox News’ Criminal PunditsBy James Thindwa Conservatives have created a two-tier system of accountability: one for progressives, the other for themselves and their claimed moral rectitude. Share Digg del.icio.us Reddit Newsvine The sensationalist media inquest into Sen. Barack Obama’s associations … Continue reading
Psycho Christians, McCain, and the Media
Robert Mitchum as crazed preacher in “Night of the Hunter.” UNION CITY, Calif. — Republican John McCain rejected the months-old endorsement of an influential Texas televangelist after an audio recording surfaced in which the preacher said God sent Adolf Hitler … Continue reading
Reflections on the Question of Appeasement
Financier Prescott Bush and son George H.W. Bush.The Bushes and Hitler’s AppeasementBy Robert Parry The irony of George W. Bush going before the Knesset and mocking the late Sen. William Borah for expressing surprise at Adolf Hitler’s 1939 invasion of … Continue reading
Texas Rebuked Over Seizure of Mormon Children
Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints leave the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas, on Friday, April 18, 2008. Photo by Tony Gutierrez / AP.Appeals court: state had no right to seize … Continue reading
Contempt for the Plight of the Common Man
Let’s be clear about the contempt that corporate Amerikkka holds for you, me, and all those trying to make their way. This example is one of thousands a day that shows that we are beneath them, they have no time … Continue reading
