1 Re: War Opposition Grows in Congress -- Christopher Lowe2 Re: The Sentencing of Lynne Stewart -- Leonard Lehrman3 Re: We're In A One-and-a-half Dip Recession -- Charles=====11111From: Christopher LoweRe: War Opposition Grows in CongressWhile surely the split vote among House Democrats overfunding for war in Afghanistan is significant, itssignificance should not be exaggerated. Less than amonth ago only 38 Democrats voted against an earlierversion of the war Supplemental that also contained
Where Are the Prosecutions? SEC Lets Citi Execs Go FreeAfter $40 Billion Subprime LieBy Zach CarterJuly 30, 2010 - 3:55pm EThttp://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010073030/where-are-prosecutions-sec-lets-citi-execs-go-free-after-40-billion-subprime-lWhat is the penalty for bankers who tell $40 billionlies? Somewhere between nothing and a rounding-error onyour bonus.The SEC just hit two Citigroup executives with finesfor concealing $40 billion in subprime mortgage debtfrom investors back in 2007. The biggest fine is going
Where Race Isn't Off-LimitsAmericans don't know how to talk about racebecause they only do it when they absolutely haveto.Jamelle Bouie |July 30, 2010 |American Prospect web onlyhttp://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=where_race_isnt_off_limitsIn the aftermath of high-profile racial incidents(Shirley Sherrod, Henry Louis Gates, heck, the electionof Barack Obama), mainstream pundits and writers havewondered aloud about the country's inability to talksensibly about race. Perhaps most representative of
Pete Seeger Spellbinds With Intimate New York Set91-year-old folk legend opens up about supportingObama, new discBy Patrick DoyleJun 22, 2010 6:19 PM EDThttp://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/120244At 91, Pete Seeger doesn't like to travel anymore,preferring performing in front of school children inhis hometown of Beacon, New York, to big journeys intothe city. But last night, the folk legend played ashort but spellbinding set for 400 fans at New York'sGotham House, an old converted bank, and received
1 Pete Seeger -- New Song About BP Oil Spill2 When the Sea Saved Humanity3 Media Critique President Obama on 'The View'4 The Yes Men Fix The World -- Without Censorship=====11111Pete Seeger Performs New Song About BP Oil SpillOn July 23th 2010 Pete Seeger performed live at a GulfCoast Oil Spill fundraiser at The City Winery in NewYork City. There, he unveiled to the public his newprotest song about the BP oil spill entitled "God'sCounting on Me, God's Counting on You." Backing upPete's singing and banjo picking is [...]
The Washington Post's latest attack on Venezuela comes in an editorial headlined: "Colombia Proves Again That Venezuela Is Harboring FARC Terrorists."
The editors don't say why a point already proved needs be proved again, but before offering the new evidence, they recount the old claim that laptops captured by Colombia from FARC guerrillas have clearly established links between the Venezuelan government and the FARC:
A USA Today story by Susan Page (7/27/10), on the impact of the WikiLeaks revelations, reports that despite some erosion, "Most Americans continue to support the war in Afghanistan."
Will Sweatshop Activists' Big Victory Over Nike TriggerBroader Industry Reforms?By Micah UetrichtWorking In These TimesInTheseTimes.comJuly 28, 2010http://www.inthesetimes.com/working/entry/6268/will_activists_victory_over_nike_trigger_broader_industry_labor_reform/With the memory of a previous victory over a multinationalgarment manufacturer still fresh in their minds, studentlabor activists and Honduran workers are celebrating whatthey say is another major win -- this one against industrygiant Nike. [...]
Reader Responses to Michael Steven Smith's article, "TheSentencing of Lynne Stewart,"* The Enemy of My Enemy is Not Necessarily My Friend(Meredith Tax)* Letter from The National Committee to Reopen theRosenberg Case==========* The Enemy of My Enemy is Not Necessarily My Friend:Response to Michael Smith's article on Lynne Stewartby Meredith Tax [...]
Obama Education Policy Must Put Children and PublicEducation First (2 articles)* Civil Rights Groups Slam Obama's Education Reforms(ColorLines)* The Case for $320,000 Kindergarten Teachers (New YorkTimes)==========Civil Rights Groups Slam Obama's Education Reformsby Julianne HingColorLinesMonday, July 26 2010, 3:22 PM ESThttp://colorlines.com/archives/2010/07/civil_rights_groups_issue_takedown_of_obamas_ed_reform.htmlToday, a group of seven education and civil rights groups
What's Next for Arizona's SB 1070?; The Economic &Political Power of Immigrants (3 posts)* What's Next for Arizona's SB 1070?* A Breakdown of Legal Challenges to SB 1070* A State-by-State View of the Economic and Political Powerof Immigrants, Latinos and AsiansAll States Demographic Information Now Available==========What's Next for Arizona's SB 1070? [...]
Enough right-wing propagandaBy E.J. Dionne Jr.Washington PostMonday, July 26, 2010; A13http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/25/AR2010072502756.htmlThe smearing of Shirley Sherrod ought to be a turning pointin American politics. This is not, as the now-trivializedphrase has it, a "teachable moment." It is a time foraction.The mainstream media and the Obama administration must stopcowering before a right wing that has persistently forcedits propaganda to be accepted as news by convincing
In case you thought the WikiLeaks story might change everything: The forthcoming Time magazine (out tomorrow) has a cover photo of a disfigured Afghan woman with the headline "What Happens If We Leave Afghanistan."
The implication would seem to be that the Taliban will commit similar atrocities without the presence of U.S. forces. You can see the cover (and a portion of the story) here.
When ABC announced that CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour would take over as host of their Sunday chat show This Week, there were rumblings about how different things would be.
War Opposition Grows As 102 House Dems, 12 Republicans Oppose Obama's Afghan SurgeJohn NicholsThe NationJuly 28, 2010http://www.thenation.com/blog/37978/war-opposition-grows-102-house-dems-12-republicans-oppose-obamas-afghan-surgeMore than 100 Democratic House members and a dozenRepublicans [1]voted against funding the Obamaadministration's Afghan war surge Tuesday, offering oneof the strongest shows of opposition to presidentialwarmaking since the Vietnam War era.President Obama still got the money for his expanded
No Place for Washington in Colombia-Venezuela RowA process of South American diplomacy could resolve theColombia-Venezuela dispute. The US should keep itsdistanceBy Mark WeisbrotThe GuardianJuly 28, 2010http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/jul/28/colombia-venezuela-washington-south-americaIn March I wrote about the Obama administration'scontribution to the election campaign under way inVenezuela, where voters will choose a new nationalassembly in September. I predicted that certain things
The Job Machine Grinds to a HaltBy Harold MeyersonWashington PostJuly 28, 2010http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2010/07/27/ST2010072705270.html?sid=ST2010072705270Ain't no hiring. And ain't likely to be any for a goodlong time.The problem isn't merely the greatest downturn sincethe Great Depression. It's also that big business hasfound a way to make big money without restoring thejobs it cut the past two years, or increasing itsinvestments or even its sales, at least domestically. [...]
Arizona, the Anti-Immigrant LaboratoryBy Todd MillerNACLA: North American Congress on Latin AmericaJuly 28 2010https://nacla.org/node/6681Even though a federal judge blocked key controversialprovisions of Arizona's new immigration legislationtoday, July 28, one of the harshest anti-immigrant lawsever passed in the United States is still poised to gointo effect tomorrow in that state. This law, however,didn't come out of thin air. The "zero tolerance" logicbehind the law mimics what has already been established
