Tear line means attack on health civil liberties
Tom Ridge, head of the White House’s Homeland Security Office, says that new anti-terrorist rules and regulations will not infringe on the health rights of people. He uses a new term, “tear line,” to refer to the line between the demands of anti-terrorist rules and people’s rights. In this case the federal department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stands to lose important activities.
Texas peace group: Are we safe yet?
DALLAS – The North Texas Coalition for a Just Peace is targeting August 11 for workshops on the theme: “Are we safe yet?” The four expected topics are: nuclear threats, international relations, domestic civil liberties and the environment. The event will be held at Grace Church in East Dallas.
Death penalty key issue in Illinois election
This week, scores of state’s attorneys from Illinois’ 102 counties are attending a conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, sponsored by the Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation. The purpose of the conference is to hone their prosecutorial skills in capital cases, which means cases in which the death penalty is a possible outcome.
Bush appointee favors concentration camps
A statement released by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) on July 22 called for removal of Peter Kirsanow, a Bush appointee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR).
Peace activists demand Justice not war
CHICAGO – Amid mounting concern about the Bush administration’s threatened attack on Iraq, close to 200 peace activists at Peace Action’s 15th annual national congress here July 27-28 vowed to campaign for “justice not war” and turn back the growing militarization of U.S. foreign policy.
Urge Senators to Defeat Priscilla Owen
Call and urge your representatives to oppose this nomination! In another nod to the radical right, George W. Bush has nominated Priscilla Owen to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
EDITORIALS
Another reason to vote/Wall Street scrambles the 2002 elections
Bush nominee assailed as extremist
President Bush’s nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals touched off a stormy hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 23 as opponents challenged Owen’s record and supporters tried to dress it up. The nomination also ignited protests from labor, civil rights and women’s organizations, demanding that the committee reject the nomination.
New York mourns and organizes
Commentary New York City is still reeling from the tragic events of Sept. 11. Even though the last remains to be discovered from that terrorist attack have passed by our headquarters on the way to the city morgue, the massive loss of life on that terrible day is still sending shock waves throughout the city.
Coup-making in Venezuela: the Bush and oil factors
As efforts to overthrow Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez intensify, two facts are inescapable: the power elite in the United States has never been happy with democratically-elected Chávez, but it took the Bush administration, with its corporate oil and energy connections, to turn up the heat against him.
