-
Anti-war movement responds to Bush: The real state of the union is anti-war
The following statement is from Brian Becker, national coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End…
Read More » -
International Association of Democratic Lawyers condemns execution of Saddam Hussein
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers is a non-governmental organization of jurists with national affiliates on all continents. The International…
Read More » -
Behind the executioner’s mask: U.S. ‘justice’ and the hanging of Iraqi judge Awad Hamad al-Bandar
On Dec. 26, 2006, the Appellate Court of the Iraqi Special Tribunal announced that Judge Awad Hamad al-Bandar, along with…
Read More » -
Posada Carriles moved to New Mexico jail
This article first appeared in Cuba's Granma on Jan. 17. Luis Posada Carriles, the man responsible for the bombing of…
Read More » -
Atlanta police lied about home raid that killed elderly Black woman
The Atlanta Police Department confirmed what the community already suspected in the police killing of an elderly African American woman…
Read More » -
Workers need paid family leave
The writer is a statewide delegate and co-chair of the Women’s Rights and Concerns Committee of United University Professions (UUP),…
Read More » -
Over 744,000 homeless in world’s richest country
A recent report released by the National Alliance to End Homelessness last week gave a grim picture of the state…
Read More » -
Venezuela’s Bolivarian revolution advances
On Jan. 10, Hugo Chávez inaugurated his third term as president of Venezuela after winning the December 2006 elections with…
Read More » -
Thousands cheer anti-war contingent at MLK Day Parade
On Jan. 15, 10,000 people cheered the Fort Lauderdale, Martin Luther King, Jr. parade anti-war contingent organized by the Broward…
Read More » -
Smithfield workers walk out to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April 1968, he was in Memphis, Tenn., supporting the sanitation workers’…
Read More » -
Seattle rally celebrates real legacy of MLK
Over 5,000 people participated in the 24th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration march and rally in Seattle on Jan.…
Read More » -
‘Stop the war’ contingent brings anti-war message to MLK Day parade
On Monday, Jan. 15, the ANSWER Coalition proudly celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by marching with anti-war, anti-racist organizations…
Read More » -
Worldwide protests mark fifth anniversary of Guantánamo torture camp
Thursday, Jan. 11 marked the fifth anniversary of the first detainee being brought to the U.S. prison in Guantánamo, Cuba.…
Read More » -
LAPD secret panel exonerates 13-year-old Devin Brown’s killer
On Jan. 8, 2007, a Los Angeles Police Department disciplinary board secretly decided not to punish the officer who killed…
Read More » -
1,000 emergency protests the day after Bush announces Iraq war escalation
Amelia McDonald, Ian Thompson, Sunil Freeman, Ben Becker, John Beacham, John Peter Daly, Jane Cutter, Jon Britton, Tahnee Stair and…
Read More » -
AIDS drug company Abbott Laboratories inflates prices to reap more profits
Breakthroughs in medical research in the mid 1990s provided new hope for people infected with HIV, the virus that causes…
Read More » -
Book review: ‘Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid’ by Jimmy Carter
Ex-president Jimmy Carter’s new book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," released just after the November 2006 election, has caused a big…
Read More » -
Struggling for justice: A message from Leonard Peltier
"Much of the government's behavior at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier is to be…
Read More » -
New Wal-Mart scheduling system increases worker exploitation
Wal-Mart—the largest private retailer in the United States—is about to completely change the system it uses for scheduling workers’ shifts.…
Read More » -
Health care in crisis: Symptom of a diseased system
The United States has the largest health expenditures per capita of any country in the world—16 percent of the U.S.…
Read More »