Terrorist Posada is hot potato for Bush
While the Bush administration has moved the case of anti-Castro terrorist Luis Posada Carriles into low gear, his case continues to attract attention both here and abroad.
Colombias Communist candidate fights for public education
BOGOTA, Colombia — Education for every Colombian should be a right, not a service, says Gloria Inés Ramirez.
Italian judge issues warrant for 13 CIA agents
A judge in Italy, one of the United States’ closest allies in the “war on terror,” has issued an arrest warrant for 13 American CIA agents in connection with the kidnapping of an Italian citizen.
Progressives urge unity against Iranian coup
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the ultraconservative mayor of Tehran, was declared the winner of the second round of Iran’s presidential election on June 27.
High court rules on taking doctrine
The Supreme Court has ruled, 5-4, that local governments have the right to seize private property and give it to other private owners, so long as it is in the “public interest.”
Leonard Peltier still seeking justice
Five generations of Leonard Peltier’s family made a strong presence at a hearing in Fargo, N.D., June 15, challenging the federal court’s jurisdiction in putting the Native American activist behind bars.
National Clips
TAMPA, Fla.: Sami Al-Arian trial begins; DALLAS: Gold Star Mothers admit non-citizen; PHILADELPHIA, Miss.: No new trial for Klansman; WASHINGTON: 13 senators opposed lynching apology; MINNEAPOLIS: Raise minimum wage
Labor, peoples groups cool to Arnolds initiatives
As California gears up for the state’s Nov. 8 initiatives-only special election, poll figures show likely voters opposing two of the three ballot measures backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Lawmakers launch Out of Iraq Caucus
LOS ANGELES — On June 15, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and five other members of Congress stood up before a House Democratic leadership luncheon in Washington and announced the formation of an official “Out of Iraq Caucus.” Waters said, “The Out of Iraq Working Group is a newly formed effort whose sole purpose is to be the main agitators in the movement to bring our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan.”
Congressman yields to antiwar groups heat
BALTIMORE — Members of Baltimore Pledge of Resistance went to the district office of Rep. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) June 17 to demand that he speak out against the Iraq war. The group met for several hours with Cardin’s chief administrative aide Chris Lynch.
