Stories from 2007 haven’t gone away
The stories that OB Rag has covered these last two months have not gone away in the new year. You…
Posted in: Civil Rights
Happy New Year! Where’s Our Next Poll?
Happy New Year everybody! We lived it up – actually stayed up past midnight with many friends and family. And…
Continuing Saga of New Orleans Public Housing – Feds Turn Up Heat On HUD Sec’y Alphonso Jackson
Michael Steinberg December 27, 2007 0 Comments on Continuing Saga of New Orleans Public Housing – Feds Turn Up Heat On HUD Sec’y Alphonso Jackson
A report today in the online publication Government Executive details mounting evidence from federal investigations linking HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson…
Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
More On the Future Direction of the Peace Movement
by Peter Bohmer I have found the discussion on the future direction of the antiwar/ peace movement very worthwhile. I…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Peace Movement, War and Peace
The World Is a Sadder Place Today – Benazir Bhutto Assassinated in Pakistan
Frank Gormlie December 27, 2007 7 Comments on The World Is a Sadder Place Today – Benazir Bhutto Assassinated in Pakistan
I shed a tear this morning upon learning of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan today – half a…
Tagged: Pakistan
“Police State” Poll Results
Here are the results from our most recent poll, with the question asked: Do you think we already live in…
Posted in: Civil Rights
Save New Orleans Affordable Housing Fact Sheet
Say No to wasting Katrina millions on demolition by Bill Quigley 1. New Orleans is in the worst affordable housing…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Environment
Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
Back in New Orleans: Into the Pink
That December Saturday afternoon in New Orleans, we thought we’d go over to the Lower Ninth Ward. An unusual constellation…
Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
The Greatest Generation? Not Who You Think
By Jim Smith They stopped a war, ended racial segregation, set off an explosion of creativity in arts and music,…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Organizing, War and Peace
Impeach This Lawless President and Vice-President
In the spring of 2005, Wisconsin Democrats drafted a resolution calling for the impeachment of Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld for…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election
New Orleans: Tasers, Pepper Gas Greet Protesters At City Hall
Michael Steinberg December 20, 2007 10 Comments on New Orleans: Tasers, Pepper Gas Greet Protesters At City Hall
Police attacked housing rights activists locked out a City Council meeting to vote on the demolition of public housing. One…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights
Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
NSPD-51 and the Potential for a Coup d’état by National Emergency
Staff December 20, 2007 6 Comments on NSPD-51 and the Potential for a Coup d’état by National Emergency
By William H. White December 18, 2007 NOTE TO THE READER: This paper addresses the possibility of a coup d’état…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election
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