Witnessing the Destruction of Gaza
On Tuesday, June 13, Israeli missile fire killed seven Palestinian civilians in Gaza City. Among the dead were two children. The strike follows an Israeli assault on a Gaza beach late last week which claimed the lives of seven family members—including five children.
Backtracking at the EEOC
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the primary federal agency for enforcing anti-discrimination laws in the workplace, is facing a $4.2 million budget cut, another blow to workers from the Bush administration.
Cuba: US Hatched Diplomatic Crisis
The New Herald and the US government spokespersons are 'telling a bare-faced lie when they accuse our government of an alleged cut off of electricity and the reduction of drinking water supply to the USIS,' notes the official Cuban daily.
Respect East Timor’s sovereignty and independence
When the coup attempt by some dissident military and police forces failed the Australian Government sent in a powerful contingent of military forces to help create a situation in which regime change could be brought about.
Some Suggested Songs for Republicans and other Enemies of Labor
I went to a tribute to my late friend, Wells Keddie, at the Labor Education Center of Rutgers University on Monday. Wells died recently after a lifetime of struggle in the labor movement and as a labor educator.
The House of War & The Future of Hegel
The book covers the history of the Pentagon from its opening in 1943 until the present. What gets Grimes’ goat is that Carroll portrays the U.S. as basically war like and an enemy of, or at least the major threat, to world peace.
AFSC Sues The U.S. Defense Department for Unlawful Surveillance
“Spying on citizens for merely executing their constitutional rights of free speech and peaceful assembly is chilling and marks a troubling trend for the United States,” states Joyce Miller,AFSC
Peace Activists at Hillary Clinton’s Speech Try to Take Back “Take Back America”
The peace group CODEPINK is widely known for bringing its anti-war message to the halls of power, including inside the Republican National Convention and at President Bush’s Inauguration
Guinea: Military patrols streets in second day of violence
Soldiers patrolled the streets of Guinea’s capital Conakry on Tuesday after a second day of violence in the midst of a crippling nationwide strike that has inflamed political tension.
Namibia: Polio vaccines arrive as death toll rises to 10
The last polio outbreak in Namibia was recorded in 1995. In the current outbreak the first case emerged on 7 May in Aranos, a small town 395km south of the capital, Windhoek.
