By Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker, 5/29/06 A few days before the start of the confirmation hearings for General Michael Hayden, who has been nominated by President Bush to be the head…
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The U.S. Flag will be Burned because it Represents an Imperial Nation Intent on Dominating the World
By Kenneth J. Theisen, 5/23/06 Sometime between now and the 2006 elections in November, the U.S. Senate will debate one of the most pressing questions facing the American people. No, they will…
U.S. Airstrike at Taliban Kills Civilians, Afghans Say
NY Times, 5/23/06 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, May 22 ( American planes in pursuit of suspected Taliban fighters bombed a village in southern Afghanistan on Sunday night and early Monday, killing 16 civilians and…
Tuesday, 5/23
Your government suppresses the science that doesn’t fit its religious, political and economic agenda, forcing present and future generations to pay a terrible price. What’s Bush’s response to all the warnings of…
Boston College faculty & students protest Rice’s commencement speech
From RawStory.com: When Condoleezza Rice took center stage at Boston College this week, I wonder what kind of reaction she was expecting. No one has ever accused Ms. Rice of being unintelligent…
ACLU requests FBI surveillance files on World Can’t Wait chapter in Greensboro, NC
From News-Record.com: By Joe Killian, 5/23/06 GREENSBORO ( The ACLU of North Carolina is asking for information on the Greensboro Police Department’s surveillance of political groups. The request, submitted May 15, stemmed…
Cheney met with protesters in Sacramento chanting “Drive Out the Bush Regime”
While speaking at a $250 a plate fundraising dinner in downtown Sacramento, California, Cheney was met with protesters outside. Local ABC News channel 10 reported: Bewtween 100 and 200 protesters demonstrated outside…
Ron Luce’s Holy War
by Sunsara Taylor Revolution #48, May 28, 2006 ‘Do you care more about the pigs around you or God?’ BattleCry leader Ron Luce asked the crowd of more than 17,000 youth gathered…
Monday, 5/22
Attorney Genral Gonzales claimed that the government has every legal right to prosecute journalists who publish classified information, saying national security trumps a free press. Gonzales also said the government will track…
Abuse Trial Revives Old Questions
Involvement of Superior Officers at Abu Ghraib to Be Raised Washington Post, 5/22/06 As the Iraq insurgency grew rapidly in the spring of 2003, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld complained to…