How Long Does Drug Prohibition Need to Continue Before It’s Declared a Failure?
The day we legalize drugs is the day we can begin to clean up the mess that the drug prohibition…
Posted in: Civil Rights
Trucker Protests in France Over High Fuel Prices Cause Traffic Havoc
Staff June 30, 2008 0 Comments on Trucker Protests in France Over High Fuel Prices Cause Traffic Havoc
June 30, 2008 PARIS (AP) – Truck drivers protesting soaring fuel prices have slowed highway traffic outside Paris and other…
Posted in: Energy, Labor, Organizing
Is Clinton the Ticket for Obama?
by Robert Scheer Why not Hillary? Not my first choice – Al Gore is – but I find all of…
Posted in: Election, Organizing
U.S. border agents copying contents of travelers’ laptops, cellphones & cameras
Staff June 26, 2008 0 Comments on U.S. border agents copying contents of travelers’ laptops, cellphones & cameras
By Federica Narancio | McClatchy Newspapers / June 25, 2008 WASHINGTON – U.S. border agents are copying and seizing the…
Posted in: Civil Rights
Tagged: Border Issues
ATF raids Blackwater No. Carolina armory, seizes automatic weapons
Staff June 26, 2008 0 Comments on ATF raids Blackwater No. Carolina armory, seizes automatic weapons
Federal agents raided a Blackwater armory Tuesday and seized 34 automatic rifles that the company purchased and stored on behalf…
Posted in: War and Peace
Tagged: Blackwater
Latest US Supreme Court Ruling: Human rights law and constitutional jurisprudence intersect – in Boumediene
Staff June 26, 2008 0 Comments on Latest US Supreme Court Ruling: Human rights law and constitutional jurisprudence intersect – in Boumediene
by Beth Van Schaack / Jurist / June 22, 2008 The central question facing the Supreme Court in Boumediene was:…
Posted in: War and Peace
Senator Dodd Speaks in Opposition to FISA Bill on Floor of U.S. Senate
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June 24, 2008 – Remarks as Prepared – Mr. President: I rise-once again-to voice my strong opposition to the misguided…
Posted in: Civil Rights, War and Peace
It Takes Kids to Protest High Cost of Gas (and Cable TV)
SALT LAKE CITY – Sadie and Pyper Vance have had just about enough of high gas prices. The sisters are…
Posted in: Energy, Organizing
Living on the Ice Shelf – Humanity’s Meltdown
By Mike Davis 1. Farewell to the Holocene Our world, our old world that we have inhabited for the last…
Posted in: Energy, Environment
More and more right-wingers join chorus for Bush’s impeachment – but not Pelosi
Staff June 26, 2008 1 Comment on More and more right-wingers join chorus for Bush’s impeachment – but not Pelosi
By Marc McDonald / http://www.opednews.com / June 23, 2008 When Lou Dobbs recently called for the impeachment of George W….
Posted in: Civil Rights
Opponents of war in Iraq gather in Cleveland this weekend
Withdrawal from Iraq a main topic by Brian Albrecht / Plain Dealer Reporter / Thursday, June 26, 2008 For perhaps…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
U.S. strike may delay, not stop Iran nuclear program
By Kristin Roberts / Wed Jun 25, 2008 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities could…
Posted in: Election, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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