|
|
Newswire Articles |
Create or login to a User account? |
|
|
News :: Civil & Human Rights |
|
F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies |
by Eric Lichtblau
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 3
22 Nov 2003
|
COINTELPRO Redux -- It's No Longer Just A Rumor
"The F.B.I. is dangerously targeting Americans who are engaged in nothing more than lawful protest and dissent," said Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "The line between terrorism and legitimate civil disobedience is blurred, and I have a serious concern about whether we're going back to the days of Hoover."
Maybe the FBI should try investigating systematic police brutality and violation of civil rights at demonstrations? THAT shouldn't be hard to find. |
|
Read the full article...
|
|
BTL:As Effects Of Global Warming Result In Dramatic Climate Change... |
by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
betweenthelines (nospam) snet.net (verified) |
Current rating: 0
22 Nov 2003
Modified: 05:18:06 AM |
|
...U.S. Continues to Resist Reduction of Greenhouse Gases. Interview with Bill McKibben, environmentalist and author, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus |
|
Read the full article...
|
|
News :: Peace |
|
More Vietnam Atrocities |
by Gary Sudborough
IconoclastGS (nospam) aol.com (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
21 Nov 2003
|
|
Nick Turse has done an excellent job in documenting that My Lai and the Tiger Force atrocities were not isolated incidents, but he misses an important point. Disappearances, hideous torture techniques, mutilations, rapes, etc. are a very logical part of US counterinsurgency strategy. In Vietnam it was called the Phoenix Program. It is savage intimidation designed to reduce popular support for guerrillas. In recent terminology, it is shock and awe. |
|
Read the full article...
|
|
News :: Civil & Human Rights |
|
Patriot Act Expansion Moves Through Congress |
by Jim Lobe
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
21 Nov 2003
|
|
"I'm concerned about this," Illinois Sen. Richard Durbin, who tried unsuccessfully to limit the life of the new provision, told the New York Times. "The idea of expanding the powers of government gives everyone pause except the Republican leadership." |
|
Read the full article...
|
|
LOCAL News :: Protest Activity |
|
Archive Of Breaking News From FTAA Protests In Miami, Nov. 20, 2003 |
by U-C IMC Miami Reporters & Home Support Crew
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
21 Nov 2003
|
|
The following is an archive of the breaking news posted to the U-C IMC website's Razorwire on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. The news comes from reports phoned in live by U-C IMC reporters on the streets in the protests surrounding the FTAA Summit in Miami, FL.
The posts are in reverse chronological order, and show the sequence of events that afternoon. Most of the posts were made between 4 and 6 PM EST, when police violently rushed a large group of peaceful protestors. Our reporters called in just as the police began their offensive. |
|
Read the full article...
(1 comment) |
|
BTL:Iraqi Journalist Touring U.S. Dialogues With Americans About... |
by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
betweenthelines (nospam) snet.net (verified) |
Current rating: 0
21 Nov 2003
Modified: 05:41:03 AM |
|
...the Reality of Her Occupied Homeland. Interview with Nermin Al-Mufti, Iraqi journalist and historian, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris |
|
Read the full article...
|
|
Handling The Bullies |
by TPR
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
20 Nov 2003
|
|
Instead of letting the GOP define the issue as between morality and sin, the Democrats could reframe it as a debate between extremist bullies on one hand and moderate, fair minded Americans on the other. |
|
Read the full article...
|
|
News :: Regime |
|
Tommy Franks: Martial Law Will Replace Constitution After Next Terror Attack |
by Mlisab Utthead
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
20 Nov 2003
|
|
Gen. Tommy Franks says that if the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government. |
|
Read the full article...
(1 comment) |
|
LOCAL News :: Protest Activity |
|
UCIMC Reporters Safe And Planning For Tomorrow. |
by Nikki Lamers
lamers (nospam) uiuc.edu (verified) |
Current rating: 0
20 Nov 2003
|
|
The group of reporters from the UCIMC have called in to report that everyone from the group has made it back to the hotel safely. A few members of the group will be going to help assemble video footage for a court case tomorrow... |
|
Read the full article...
(1 comment) |
| | Previous Page | 1 | ...21 | ...41 | ...61 | ...81 | ...101 | ...121 | ...141 | ...161 | ...181 | ...201 | ...221 | ...241 | ...261 | ...281 | ...301 | ...321 | ...341 | ...361 | ...381 | ...401 | ...421 | ...441 | ...461 | ...481 | ...501 | ...521 | ...526 | 527 | 528 | 529 | 530 | 531 | 532 | 533 | 534 | 535 | 536 | ...541 | ...546 | ...551 | ...571 | ...591 | ...611 | ...631 | ...651 | ...671 | ...691 | ...711 | ...731 | ...751 | ...771 | ...791 | ...811 | ...831 | ...851 | ...871 | ...891 | ...911 | ...931 | ...951 | ...971 | ...991 | ...1011 | ...1031 | ...1051 | ...1071 | ...1091 | ...1111 | ...1131 | ...1151 | ...1158 | Next Page |
|
|
