Protests continue against Israeli wall
The Israeli government’s construction of an apartheid-like wall along the West Bank continues to meet with stiff resistance in many Palestinian towns and villages and from Jewish Israeli peace activists.
Ashcroft fishing expedition comes up empty
News Analysis In a stunning rebuff to Attorney General John Ashcroft’s version of the “war on terror,” Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, 34, a Saudi national studying computer science at the University of Idaho in Moscow, was acquitted by an Idaho jury after seven days of deliberation.
G-8 Summit protesters hit war, greed
BRUNSWICK, Ga. – On June 8-10 many businesses here closed their doors as the city was virtually taken over by 20,000 military personnel and police who guarded the summit meeting of the Group of Eight.
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Education fasters win historic victory
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – After 26 days, the two remaining activists in the “Fast 4 Education,” Cesar Cruz and Israel Haro, ended their fast June 4 after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill that will help poor school districts that have taken out major loans.
Union support grows for Medicare for All
At its 33rd National Convention in Atlanta Memorial Day weekend, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists endorsed the United States National Health Insurance Act, HR 676, the single-payer health care bill introduced by Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D.-Mich.).
Soldiers say Im not going back
These days, GI rights counseling coordinator Bill Galvin is getting at least four or five calls a day from soldiers saying, “I’ve gotten orders to go to Iraq and I don’t want to go.” click here for Spanish text
U.S. Border Patrol rounds up hundreds on both coasts
Immigrant communities in Southern California and New York City are reporting hundreds of immigrants arrested in a series of sweeps in recent weeks.
Gallery owner attacked for antiwar art
SAN FRANCISCO – Lori Haigh, owner of Capobianco Gallery in North Beach here, was spat on and knocked unconscious last week for exhibiting an artwork highlighting the torture of Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison.
Movies to make you wonder, where to go from here?
Movie Reviews ‘With All Deliberate Speed’ / Super Size Me
