Yes We Can Stop Torture and Close the School of Assassins
Columbus, GA – Thousands will gather this weekend, November 21-23, at the gates of Fort Benning, GA for what organizers hope may be the last mass protest to close the controversial School of the Americas, renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
Vietnam, Iraq, and The Wires
It is a sad and dangerous development when supposedly objective news media yield to national pressure to slant the news in favor of the government. This routinely happens in dictatorships at all times but it can happen in democracies as well, particularly in time of war.
Obama Calls for Urgent Action on the Economy
In his weekly address posted to YouTube.com, President-elect Barack Obama discussed the economic crisis and the need to invest federal dollars in creating new jobs.
Undoing the Bush Environmental Legacy
Right now Bush is pushing to open up thousands more acres in sensitive areas around three national parks in Utah to more oil and gas extraction.
Sean McCormack's Sadly Laughable Remarks
The Bush administration struck a new note of irony and hypocrisy this week – if that is possible. In a press briefing, State Department spokesperson Scott McCormack told reporters Nov. 20 that 'I would put the record of this administration up against any American administration...'
Push for Universal Health Program
There are times in history when you and I must take action. This is one of those times. An Obama Presidency and a Democratic Congress gives us the best chance yet to win a national, single-payer healthcare system in the US.
Home Depot Founder Wants to Shoot CEOs Who Disagree With Him?
They 'should be shot; should be thrown out of there goddamn jobs,' Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus said last month about business leaders who do not oppose the Employee Free Choice Act.
A Call to Action
We hail the 10’s of millions who came to the polls and registered an historic defeat of the ultra right. These voters saw through the direct and indirect appeals to racism and voted for Obama. We salute those who rejected the Republican anti-communist, anti-immigrant attacks and numerous other slanders and voted their hopes and not their fears.
Unions Oppose New York State Budget Cuts
Resolution Passed Unanimously by the New York State Alliance of Higher Education Unions, November 14, 2008. In light of the financial crisis facing the nation and higher education, we affirm the following
Impact of the Financial Crisis on 3rd World Economies
Emerging nations need their own stabilization funds, independent of the IMF, and its parent – the US Treasury which provides most of its financing. That was the conclusion of two experts at a seminar sponsored by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) this week in Washington, D.C.
