War Criminal John Ashcroft By Nancy Mancias “The Bush Administration rejects torture.” – John Ashcroft Former Attorney General John Ashcroft rewrote laws and created policies that gave new powers to the executive branch and reduced the authority of the judiciary and Congress. He and the Department of Justice ushered in the Patriot Act through the [...]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Just when Wikileaks revealed ten more deaths of innocent Iraqis at the hands of Blackwater mercenaries, the wife of Blackwater CEO Erik Prince was busy trying to convict peace activists for trespassing. On Tuesday, October 26 in the Fairfax County Courthouse, Joanna Prince took CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin to trial. On the witness stand, [...]
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Nissan LEAF and AeroVironment Make Strange Bedfellows By Nancy Mancias The eco-friendly LEAF rolls into international auto shows next month in Los Angeles and San Francisco kicking off an electric revolution. Interest in hybrid and all electric vehicles are quenching a driver’s thirst to end oil dependency, giving an alternative to years of gas-guzzling SUVs [...]
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Like the Nissan Leaf? Then Tell Nissan to Unplug Itself from AeroVironment by Nancy Mancias The marriage between a new and exciting green electric car and a military contractor seem like an odd match, but it’s true these two industries have tied the knot. Military contractor AeroVironment Inc. based in Monrovia, CA makes a number [...]
Saturday, October 16, 2010
War Criminal: Donald Rumsfeld’s Bloody War by Nancy Mancias Any war with Iraq would be swift and not require a full US mobilisation. –US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld For decades, Donald Rumsfeld has had his bloody finger prints all over Iraqi business. Back in 1983, he traveled to Iraq as Reagan’s personal representative to meet [...]
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Check out these video highlights from Free Speech TV's coverage of the historic One Nation Working Together March on Saturday, October 2nd. Organizers estimate that over 175,000 people attended the rally and march. Below is video of Thom Hartmann and Rosa Clemente's live interview with Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace. This interview aired live to 35 million households on Free Speech TV via DIRECTV channel 248, DISH Network channel 9415, and streamed on freespeech.org to thousands of online viewers.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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