The Case of the Jena Six and Racism in the US
After the collapse of the slave power in the South at the end of the Civil War in 1865, a struggle in the former Confederate states to establish citizenship rights for the former slaves and in effect democratize the region was carried forward
We Have Nothing But Fear Itself
A Roseland, Indiana, city council member orders police to remove a fellow city council member. The police escort him out, shove him down on his face and pound his head.
A Conservative's Garden of False Narratives: Who are you calling a moonbat, anyway?
One would think that from the cries of (feigned) indignation and calls for repentance arising from conservatives regarding Move-On.org's ad in the N.Y. Times that the liberal-leaning group had not simply questioned the insights and intentions of a public servant.
Peace Movement Picks Up Steam: Iraq Mortatorium and October 27
The Iraq Moratorium is about to begin. Initiated by antiwar activists from several groups around the country, it calls for local, decentralized, personal action or statements against the ongoing war and occupation of Iraq on the 3rd Friday of every month.
The Economic Impact of the Housing Crisis: an Interview with Art Perlo
There are two basic, interrelated causes: sub-prime mortgages and the unprecedented bubble in housing prices. The sub-prime mortgages are what are getting all the headlines now, although, while people were being victimized by them, you didn’t read much about them.
No Outsiders in Jena
'Outsiders need to stay away.' That's what Billy Fowler of the school board in Jena, Louisiana, said about those who have raised concerns about the sentencing imposed on six African American boys -- ages 15-17 -- facing 100 years in prison.
If Bush War on Terror Isn't Another Fabrication, Why so Few Convictions?
In the most massive racial profiling since Japanese-Americans were herded into detention camps in World War II, the Bush administration after 9/11 required 80,000 Arab and Muslim foreign nationals living here to be photographed, fingerprinted and subjected to “special registration.”
Canada - Time to Exit NATO
NATO has recently had one of its regular meetings of the “Military Committee” in Victoria, B.C., Canada, with appropriate demonstrations against it for Canada’s role within NATO and Afghanistan.
U.S. War Profiteers Steal Billions
Government officials have admitted that American companies are paying millions of dollars in bribes to military officers to win billions in contracts for work in Iraq, according to numerous press reports last week.
After Petraeus: Congress Bedazzled, The People Betrayed
The multiply-repeated statements from Gen. Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker almost sidelined the usually central Bush administration's justification for the occupation of Iraq -- the so-called “global war on terror.'
