New Bedford, Mass. Social Workers Defy ICE
On Tuesday, March 6, 2007 ICE agents in a show of repressive force swooped down on a New Bedford, Massachusetts manufacturing plant and arrested 361 undocumented workers.
Liberal Group Examines Conservative Ideological Roots of Bush Presidency
We here at Political Affairs have been pointing out the danger of right-wing ideology since our founding. In the neoconservative resurgence that began with Reagan and culminated with George W. Bush, Political Affairs has long warned against the militaristic and imperialistic urges deeply rooted in right-wing ideology.
Bush was FOR timetables before he was AGAINST them
Defying President Bush's stubborn refusal to change course in Iraq, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Congress would provide no 'blank check' for a failed Iraq policy without 'benchmarks, guidelines, or standards.'
The Winograd Commission: Shallow Inquiry – Superficial Findings
The Winograd Commission appointed by the government to examine shortcomings during the prosecution of the recent war in Lebanon, issued a report this week thoroughly condemning the Prime Minister, the Defense Minister and the former Chief of Staff for “serious failure” and “rash decision making.”
It is imperative to have an immediate energy revolution
I hold nothing against Brazil, even though to more than a few Brazilians continuously bombarded with the most diverse arguments that could well confuse even people who traditionally have been friendly to Cuba, we might sound callous and careless about hurting that country’s net income of hard currency.
Tin Soldiers and Nixon's Coming: The Kent State Audiotape
It took thirteen seconds. In these thirteen seconds, four young people died, and nine others were maimed. But now, thirty seven years after shots were fired by National Guardsmen at Kent State University in Ohio, a newly disclosed audiotape may put new perspective on the events of May 4, 1970.
Some Comments on John Gray's 'Are We Born Moral?'
Gray makes an important point early on in his article, and that is, that if evolution is correct, then the human capacity for morality must have come about “in some part from evolutionary processes.”
Sen. Barack Obama: Running With the Big Dogs
Presidential fundraising stats issued last week revealed some interesting and surprising trends with Senator Obama leading the pack in contributions coming from Wall Street. Giuliani was a close second, with Clinton a hair behind.
Happy May Day 2007
In our time, May Day, the international holiday of the labor and socialist movements, developed out of labor's struggle against exploitation and socialism's dedication to the regeneration and empowerment of the working class.
Getting the Story Straight, or How to Avoid Responsibility for What You Say
Last Sunday on ABC's This Week Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice played word games with George Stephanopoulous. She told him that that neither she nor the President ever said Iraq was 'an imminent threat.'
