Globalization and the New Terror
A website press release by Enron Corp. entitled ‘Shevardnadze to Receive Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service’ it stated: 'Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze will receive the 1999 Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service on April 22, 1999 at an event sponsored by Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.
Invading Iran: If they want it, they’ll take it
If the Bush administration wants it, they’ll just take it. The threat of hurricanes and indictments isn’t going to stop these crazy guys. Nor will the Democrats, France, or that fallible United Nations. Nope, nothing is going to step in their way. Even if what they want is war on Iran.
Republicans in Congress Vote Against Minimum Wage Workers—Again
Yet members of Congress are set to give themselves their eighth pay raise since the last minimum wage increase in 1997. The new pay raise for Congress means the salaries of senators and representatives have gone up by $31,600 since 1997 while minimum wage workers still earn only $10,700 a year.
SYRIA: Bridging the gap between Muslims and Christians
Nizar Mansour, a 15-year-old Christian who attends a private school in Damascus, says he has friends from both communities.“We can tell that someone is Muslim or Christian when the Christians leave the class during a lesson on Islam – I would prefer it if all religious education in schools was cancelled,” Nizar said.
Supreme Court Nomination: Don’t Trust Miers on Reproductive Rights
Now Bush seeks to complete his 'doubleplay' by nominating a right-wing Republican woman, Harriet Miers, who has been a loyal cog in the Texas right Republican political machine that he took over when he was elected governor in 1994.
IRAQ: Women and children killed in US air strikes on Ramadi, doctor says
A senior Iraqi government official in the city, said three houses had been totally destroyed in the air attacks on Sunday and Monday and 14 dead civilians had been found inside them. A further 12 civilians had been critically injured in the same air strikes, he added
When Fists are Frozen: The Statue of Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Trepidation should be our first impulse when we hear that radical heroes are to be immortalized in fixed poses of bloodless nostalgia. There is something very wrong with seeing the toothy, grinning face of Paul Robeson staring back at us from a stamped envelope. Or the wry expression the US Postal service affixed on Malcolm X - harmless, wry, inviting, and by extension slanderous.
Republicans in the News (October 20, 2004)
More tales of Republican Party corruption, abuse of veterans, an anti-working class agenda, and plain craziness.
New York Times Reporter was Pentagon's Mouthpiece
Embattled New York Times reporter Judith Miller acted as a 'middleman' between an American military unit and the Iraqi National Congress while she was embedded with the U.S. armed forces searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq in April 2003, and 'took custody' of Saddam Hussein's son-in-law, one of 55 most wanted Iraqis, RAW STORY has found.
News Roundup: Jobs, Human Rights, Venezuela, and Oil
For 30 years now the economy has failed to provide good jobs. The UN has asked human rights groups to report on violations of rights by the US government. Venezuela is combatting unemployment and pverty. Senate Republicans are proposing huge subsidies for oil giants while hating bills skyrocket.
