New Attempt to Marry Science and God
The offensive by the religious right moved up another notch last week as a proposal was advanced to introduce into schools a text-book which attempts to marry concepts of god with science. The theory is being sold under the label of 'intelligent design'.
The New Orleans Crisis and the Bush Ultra-Right Government
The unprecedented New Orleans disaster is reverberating through the world. After a generation of demagoguery about “reverse racism,” equating poverty with sin, and condemnations of activist big government, the Bush administration has no foreign power or ideology to blame for the fact that thousands of overwhelmingly poor and African American people are dead or in life-threatening situations because of a generation of right-wing rule.
MAPPING OF THE RICE GENOME: Triumph Of Public Funded Research
IT has been argued that if cereals – rice, wheat, corn, maize, etc --- had not been cultivated by man, human civilisation may not have existed in the form we know today. Settled agriculture was crucially dependant on the cultivation of cereals, all of which are believed to have descended from a wild grass that existed over 50 million years ago.
How the Free Market Killed New Orleans
The free market played a crucial role in the destruction of New Orleans and the death of thousands of its residents. Forewarned that a momentous (force 5) hurricane was going to hit that city and surrounding areas, what did officials do? They played the free market.
Communist Party, USA Demands Full Federal Support For Katrina Victims
Hurricane Katrina has inflicted an immense and unspeakable tragedy on the people of the Gulf Coast. The situation grows worse by the hour. The Mayor of New Orleans estimates that thousands have died and as many as 100,000 may still be trapped in the flooded city. Without food or drinkable water, time is running out for these men, women and children.
The President’s Priorities: State of Marriage Took Precedence over State of Louisiana
Why is President Bush more concerned with the state of marriage than the state of Louisiana? That’s what the New Orleans City Business paper asked in early February upon learning that Bush’s budget proposal recommended slashing $34 million from the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Plight of the poor
TELEVISION coverage of the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the southern US states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi has brought home to millions of people the scale of suffering there.
Hurricane Katrina: Open Letter to President Bush
Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a drag.
Global Warming and Blackouts are as Dangerous as Terrorism
Two years ago this month, a Blackout plunged 50 million people in Northeastern U.S. and the Canadian province of Ontario into total darkness for more than a day, wreaking havoc on the U.S. economy. Now, it’s the devastation in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi wrought by Hurricane Katrina that has killed hundreds, perhaps thousands of people.
Bush Chooses Ideology Over Heatlh
Appealing to his right-wing Christian fundamentalist supporters, President Bush continues to use federal resources to block effective birth control and undermine global strategies to fight AIDS. According to recent media reports, HIV/AIDS experts say that US cuts in funding for condoms and an emphasis on promoting abstinence had contributed to a shortage of condoms in Uganda.
