News Junkie Scott's Blog (9/30/07)

Come on up to Fredrick, MD (about 45 minutes from DC) on October 6th and oppose homophobia and religious extremeism!

INTERNATIONAL PROTEST AGAINTS DIVERLAND WATERLAND CIRCUSES IN VENEZUELA

As the opposition to the Iraq War continues to mount across America and around the world, many independent voters are now rejecting the candidates of the two corporate parties and are considering third party candidates. Within the next three weeks the Socialist Party USA will meet for its National Convention, in St Louis Missouri; the organization is hoping to capture the votes of those independent voter and working class people that are searching for a new direction for the nation.

BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary

Stop the War at Home & Abroad!

This last week, thousands of people converged on the small town of Jena, Louisiana to show support for the six African teenagers who face felony charges following a series of attacks by a hostile white school and criminal justice system.

ZTE deal to cost US$527 million after 20 years of repayment

Wearing white elephant masks to depict the potential character of the controversial national broadband network (NBN) project, members of the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) staged a picket outside the Senate Tuesday in time for the Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the project won by Chinese firm ZTE Corp., and stressed its debt burden on the Filipino people.