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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Prisons |
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New Orleans: Prisoners Abandoned to Floodwaters |
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25 Sep 2005
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Officers Deserted a Jail Building, Leaving Inmates Locked in Cells |
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US Has Sanctioned Torture for Far Too Long |
by Jennifer K. Harbury
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25 Sep 2005
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Since these torture techniques constitute obvious policy, and many were specifically authorized, why are our top-level officials not under indictment? The Fourth Geneva Convention protects non-POWs, including saboteurs and insurgents. Such people may be tried and imprisoned, but not tortured. Our criminal laws make it a felony to conspire to torture a detainee abroad. |
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BTL:Bring Them Now Bus Tour Builds Momentum Toward... |
by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
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25 Sep 2005
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...Sept. 24 Iraq War Protest in Washington, D.C. ~ Excerpts of speeches by Cindy Sheehan and Anne Roesler, of Bring Them Home Now Bus Tour in New Haven, Conn., produced by Between the Lines' Scott Harris |
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LOCAL News :: Protest Activity |
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Anti-War Demonstrators March on Washington |
by By JENNIFER C. KERR Associated Press Writer
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24 Sep 2005
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Sep. 24, 2005 - Crowds opposed to the war in Iraq surged past the White House on Saturday, shouting "Peace now" in the largest anti-war protest in the nation's capital since the U.S. invasion.
The rally stretched through the day and into the night, a marathon of music, speechmaking and dissent on the National Mall. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey, noting that organizers had hoped to draw 100,000 people, said, "I think they probably hit that." |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : Government Secrecy : Latin America : Protest Activity : Regime |
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Independista Fighter Found Dead in Puerto Rico Hideout |
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24 Sep 2005
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Protests erupt after Filiberto Ojeda Rios was apparently killed in a shoot-out after operating underground in clandestinity for 15 years. |
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The IMF Has Lost its Influence |
by Mark Weisbrot
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24 Sep 2005
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The final blow to the Fund came from the country that IMF First Deputy Managing Director Anne Krueger reportedly calls "the A-word": Argentina. |
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News :: Children : Civil & Human Rights : Education : Political-Economy : Urban Development |
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Integrating Schools by Income Is Cited as a Success in Raleigh, NC |
by Alan Finder
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24 Sep 2005
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Efforts to address racial inequity in education, including those in Champaign County, have usually concentrated simply on race as a metric for success. These projects have frequently floundered, with disappointing results, despite considerable resources being applied. It appears that class is also an important iequity ssue to address, but class is often even more excluded from political discussions in the United States than race is. Perhaps it is time to consider alternatives that better address all inequities in our educational systems? |
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BTL:Evasive Responses in Senate Hearing Alarm Opponents of... |
by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
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24 Sep 2005
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...Supreme Court Chief Justice Nominee John Roberts ~ Interview with Elliot Minceberg, vice president and legal director of People for the American Way, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris |
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News :: Economy : Elections & Legislation : Government Secrecy : Labor : Political-Economy : Urban Development |
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Corporations' Great Local-Extortion Racket |
by Lee Drutman
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23 Sep 2005
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Very few communities demand accountability for their generosity to corporations. This "science" of shaking down communities for tax breaks with no accountability makes up much of The Great American Jobs Scam. It's a truly insidious "science," one that brims with disingenuous promises and misleading studies, and regularly pits community against community in a massive prisoner's dilemma. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Miscellaneous : Protest Activity |
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Need company and/or gas money returning from D.C.? |
by Andrew
andrew (nospam) riseup.net (verified) |
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23 Sep 2005
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Do you need two people to fill your back seats for the long drive back to Chambana from the D.C. protests? Are you leaving Sunday or Monday? Would you like some help in sharing gas / toll costs? If so, *please* write me ASAP as we'd love to help you out. Please leave your cell #, assuming / hoping you have one, as we do not have one . |
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