America Behind Bars: Why Attempts at Prison Reform Keep Failing
A bloated prison system is against the country’s best interests. Yet “tough on crime” rhetoric has gotten in the way…
Author: Staff
Posted in: Civil Rights
Obama’s Good and Proper War
By Paul Street Throughout his Senate career and the presidential campaign, the supposed “peace candidate” Barack Obama has reassured the…
Posted in: Election, War and Peace
Local Activist Quits San Diego Politics – A Season in Hell
Written by Rocky Neptun Posted on Wednesday, 05 March 2008, on MediaLeft Rocky Neptun is Director of the San Diego…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Organizing, Peace Movement
Tensions between Educador and Columbia: Here’s an Interview with the Assassinated Guerrilla Leader
Staff March 4, 2008 0 Comments on Tensions between Educador and Columbia: Here’s an Interview with the Assassinated Guerrilla Leader
Tensions have strikingly arisen between the South American countries of Venezuela and Educador on one side, and Columbia on the…
Posted in: World News
War is Hell, But What the Hell Does it Cost?
One Week at War in Iraq and Afghanistan for $3.5 Billion By William D. Hartung War is hell — deadly,…
Posted in: Peace Movement
Gazan Holocaust
The Day the Earth and Sky Traded Places By Jennifer Loewenstein CounterPunch Around 10:30pm on the night of February 28,…
Posted in: Civil Rights, World News
Gore Vidal On the Stacy Taylor Radio Show Today, March 13th
Gore Vidal will be featured on the Stacy Taylor radio program (AM 1700) THURSDAY 3/13, from 5 pm to 5:30…
Posted in: Media, Peace Movement
Run, Ralph, Run! (But I Won’t Vote for You)
Ralph’s no spoiler, but this is not the time for third-party runs. By Joshua Holland AlterNet Staff Writer, Posted February…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Organizing
Tagged: George W Bush
Nader announces new bid for White House
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the…
To Aguirre and the Union-Trib: A Pox On Both Your Houses
by Joe Exasperated To anyone who has been keeping track or even reads the Union-Tribune, they know that San Diego’s…
Posted in: Election
After All These Years – Pushing 60 with Pot
By Norm Kent I am close to being a senior citizen. Though I will always think of myself as a…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights
“Good News,” Iraq and Beyond – by Noam Chomsky
[Posted February 16, 2008 on ZNet ] Not long ago, it was taken for granted that the Iraq war would…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Media, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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