10,000 gather for Urban League meet in Orlando
Over 10,000 people have signed up the for the National Urban League's 98th convention which opened Wednesday night in Orlando Florida. “It is time for our nation to change its priorities,” said Marc Morial at the opeing session as reported in this morning's Orlando Sentinel. “We are at a crossroads. We want a plan from the next president of the United States.”
Obama: economy is in a state of emergency
The movement against right-wing extremism rose to a new level yesterday as Barack Obama held an economic summit in Washington DC, attended by two former Republican officials including former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neal and Securities and Exchange Commissioner William Donaldson. The meeting was entitled “Economic Security for American Families” and was held against a backdrop of the IMF's accesment that the US economic crisis is ongoing with inflation at its highest level in 17 years, a record deficit along with a loss of 62,000 jobs in June according to the BBC.
McCain flip flops on affirmative action
John McCain injected race directly into the general election, declaring on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulis that he supported an Arizona initiative by California businessman Ward Connerly. McCain has previously spoken out against such initiatives as “divisive.”
Oil companies threaten America
The specter of runaway inflation haunts our country. It is already beginning to create havoc and wreak devastation to our national economy. It is deepening and spreading hunger to new millions. It has caused the loss of tens of thousands of jobs in an ongoing job loss spiral. It is creating a crisis for rent payers and homeowners. It is complicating the struggle to stem the rising tide of home foreclosures.
Nas lends star power to take on Fox News
NEW YORK — Standing next to a large sign blaring “Fox News: Your Source for Racist Smears,” Hip Hop artist Nas along with ColorofChange.org and MoveOn.org recently delivered over 620,000 signatures demanding Fox News end biased news reporting.
Nas joins protest charges racism at Fox News
A protest against Fox News will descend on its Manhattan headquarters on Wednesday at 2:00 pm. The media corporation's use of racism is the focus of the activity organized by ColorofChange.org, Moveon.org and Hip Hop artist Nas. Together they plan to present 600,000 petitions demanding an end to racist smears, particularly against the Obamas.
Rep. Kucinich introduced impeachment article
Congressman Dennis Kucinich will present a single Article of Impeachment to the House of Representatives, Thursday, July 10. Sessions of the House of Representatives are broadcast on C-SPAN (check your local cable listings for channel) and streamed live via the Internet (www.cspan.org).
Some mid-summer-night reads
Here are a few choice books for summer reading brought to you by writers and readers of the People’s Weekly World.
