News :: Labor
Obama Breaks His Promises on Outsourcing
28 Mar 2009
by
Ciaran Dubhuidhe
Obama, the man who won the presidency on a platform of reform has reneged on yet one more promise — the promise to oppose outsourcing.
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BTL:Critics Charge U.S. Practice of Sentencing Youth to Life in Prison Without Parole is Inhumane
28 Mar 2009
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Between the Lines
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine
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News :: Civil & Human Rights
White CEO of Republican Think Tank Refuses to Let Black Subordinate Run for Lt. Governor of Illinois
Here's the actual e-mail from Joseph Bast, the CEO of a Republican think tank in Chicago, the Heartland Institute, in which he explains why he has stopped his employee, the former Mayor of Maywood, Ill., an all-black suburb, from running for Lieutenant Governor. This was sent to other Republican insiders yesterday morning.
Note the hypocrisy -- Conner ran for Cook County Assessor in 2006 and netted 250,000 votes. He was an employee of Heartland then too.
Guess these low-lifes at Heartland don't want a black man to be one of the leaders of the Illinois GOP.
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News :: Latin America
Carlos Ayres Brito Versus Duque de Caxias
28 Mar 2009
by
Eliel Santos
Luiz Alves de Lima e Silva: Pacificador.
Carlos Ayres Britto: Traidor.
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Announcement :: Animal Rights
4 Baltimore Animal Rights Activists Illegally Arrested While Protesting Foie Gras
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Review :: Media
Reviewing Mumia Abu-Jamal's new book on Jailhouse Lawyers
27 Mar 2009
by
Kiilu Nyasha
Mumia states in his Preface, "This is the story of law learned not in the ivory towers....It is law learned...in the hidden dungeons of America - the Prisonhouse of Nations....It is law learned in a stew of bitterness, under the constant threat of violence...written with stubs of pencils...with grit, glimmerings of brilliance, and with clear knowledge that retaliation is right outside the cell door. It is a different perspective on the law, written from the bottom, with a faint hope that a right may be wronged, an injustice redressed. It is Hard Law."
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BTL:American Peace Movement Rejects Obama Iraq and Afghanistan War Policy
27 Mar 2009
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Between the Lines
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine
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Announcement :: Protest Activity
UNITY: Apr 3 & 4 UFPJ & BOPM Joint Statement
26 Mar 2009
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Bailout the People
Statement from United for Peace and Justice and the Bail Out the People Movement:
Join us for actions on Wall Street in New York City on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4
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