Fewer Large Corporations Audited by IRS
Published: April 14, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) — The tax audit rates of the largest companies are less than half what…
Posted in: Civil Rights
The Hypocrisy and Danger of Anti-China Demonstrations
by Floyd Rudmin We hear that Tibetans suffer “demographic aggression” and “cultural genocide”. But we do not hear those terms…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Organizing, War and Peace, World News
Longshoremen to close ports on West Coast to protest war
by Jack Heyman While millions of people worldwide have marched against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and last week’s…
Posted in: California, Peace Movement
Tagged: protest, San Francisco
Oil company (BP) to ravage Canadian forests the size of Florida
Greenpeace calls it “the biggest environmental crime in history” On April 1, 2008, AlterNet reported on British Petroleum’s plan to…
Posted in: Environment
Olympic Torch Farce Mocks Democracy
Last week’s Olympic Torch visit to San Francisco made a mockery of human and civil rights. When the Olympic Torch…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Media, World News
Tagged: San Francisco
The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility leads successful effort to retain California’s nuclear safeguard laws
Staff April 14, 2008 0 Comments on The Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility leads successful effort to retain California’s nuclear safeguard laws
On April 7, 2008, Rochelle Becker, the executive director of the Alliance testified before California’s Assembly Natural Resource Committee in…
Posted in: Environment
The Peace Movement Shows Its New Face and It’s Beautiful
Frank Gormlie April 10, 2008 12 Comments on The Peace Movement Shows Its New Face and It’s Beautiful
Recent antiwar “march madness” reflects a more decentralized, more youthful & more militant movement Wanting to provide a contemporaneous record…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
SEIU: A less perfect union
At a time when organized labor is slipping, SEIU’s national leaders are wasting their resources trying to discredit Sal Rosselli…
Posted in: Organizing
Painful Performance by General Betray Us
by Robert Scheer / April 9, 2008 General Betray Us? Of course he has. MoveOn.org can hardly be expected to…
Posted in: Peace Movement, War and Peace
Petraeus-Crocker Hearings: Political Theater on Message
By Phyllis Bennis / Institute for Policy Studies / 8 April 2008 Even before the House version gets underway on…
Posted in: Media, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Beyond Despair–The Young People Are Our Hope
By Jeri Reed Originally posted at Fire on the Mountain I stood out on the street Monday night with about…
Posted in: Organizing, Peace Movement
General Petraeus calls Iran-funded “special groups” the “biggest threat” to Iraqi democray
Frank Gormlie April 8, 2008 0 Comments on General Petraeus calls Iran-funded “special groups” the “biggest threat” to Iraqi democray
Iraq Commander Refuses To Set Any Date for U.S. Military Involvement; Senate Committee Ignores Iranian Contributions to the Current Cease-fire…
Posted in: Media, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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