Bush spying called threat to the republic
Former VP issues call to defend Constitution, investigate lawbreaking president WASHINGTON — In a Martin Luther King Day speech at Constitution Hall Jan. 16, Al Gore drew cheers as he called for appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate George W. Bush’s “strongman” abuses of power, including spying on the American people and other impeachable offenses. click here for Spanish text
Canadians poised to elect new government
With less than a week to go before the Jan. 23 federal elections in Canada, parties are scrambling to win votes and seats. In particular, the two frontrunners, the Liberal and Conservative parties, are making a big last-minute push for votes.
U.S. seeks to block Cubas participation in World Baseball Classic
The U.S. government is trying to deny the Cuban national baseball team the right to play in the World Baseball Classic scheduled for March 3-20.
Chicago Film Workshop classes set to begin
Are you interested in digital videography? editing? scriptwriting? The Community Film Workshop of Chicago, in residence at Kennedy King College, will run classes in these subjects taught by experienced and award-winning teachers.
The American war
While on an artist’s retreat in Vietnam in June of 2005, multimedia artist Harrell Fletcher visited the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City. The museum has as its focus provocative photojournalistic images and excerpted written documentation about the Vietnam War, known in Vietnam as “The American War in Vietnam.”
Brokeback Mountain a story about all of us
In 1997 Annie Proulx wrote the short story that would become “Brokeback Mountain,” the tale of Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist, two Wyoming “country boys with no prospects, brought up to hard work and privation,” who happen to fall in love.
News censorship exposed again
Corporate concentration in the news media continues to take a toll. Trivialization of news that blurs the distinction between news and entertainment and under-reporting of serious issues are the trends.
Ask the Communists
Q: Why don’t you change your name? A lot of people would agree with your ideas but they are scared away by the word “communist.”
Citizenship versus disenfranchisement
The latest campaign of the anti-immigrant forces is to take away the right to U.S. citizenship of children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States.
