On Wednesday, Sen. Max Baucus called on the IRS to investigate non-profit organizations engaged in political activity, focusing on groups that are newly flush with corporate cash and strongly connected with the GOP. Karl Rove better get ready to open his books.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
War Criminal of the Week: Bye, Bye Jay Bybee By Nancy Mancias “An individual placed in a box, even an individual with a fear of insects, would not reasonably feel threatened with severe physical pain or suffering if a caterpillar was placed in the box.” - Jay Bybee Judge Jay Bybee counseled the White House [...]
Friday, September 24, 2010
Next Tuesday, September 28, Medea Benjamin will be arraigned in court in Virginia, accused of trespassing in the home of Erik Prince, the founder and C.E.O. of the notorious private security contractor Blackwater (now Xe). Five days later, Benjamin will appear in Nyack, New York, to receive the 2010 Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize, an honor initiated in 1979 by the Fellowship of Reconciliation to recognize unheralded persons or groups working in the United States in the tradition of Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King was very involved with FOR, and was serving as a member of FOR’s Advisory Council at the time of his death. FOR’s MLK award honors those who make a significant contribution to the furtherance of Dr. King’s nonviolent approach to transforming racial, economic, and social injustice. Medea Benjamin is the co-founder of Global Exchange and CODEPINK Women for Peace. She was interviewed on behalf of FOR by Fellowship magazine editor Ethan Vesely-Flad.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
On October 2nd, One Nation Working Together will bring people from around the country to Washington to rally together for jobs, justice and peace. Convened by groups like the NAACP, unions, the US Student Association and the National Council of La Raza, it will be a rainbow gathering that will out-do, in numbers and certainly in message, Glenn Beck's recent Restoring Honor rally.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Check out the new campaign and website by American Crossroads Watch (AWC), a group that serves as a watchdog group of Karl Rove's corporate-funded shadow RNC. AWC is offering $100,000 to anyone with information leading to Rove's arrest and conviction for "money laundering, election rigging or felony campaign finance violations." Check out their WANTED poster for more info...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
By Janet Weil and Rae Abileah Summer 2010 was a time of transitions. Increasing contention over the escalating war in Afghanistan spurred by the release of over 90,000 US military documents by Wikileaks, the continuing BP-caused catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, the attack on immigrants’ rights in Arizona, and the downshift – but not [...]
Thursday, September 30, 2010
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