CommonDreams.org, 5/12/06 GENEVA – The United States has again refused the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) access to terrorism suspects held in secret detention centers, the humanitarian agency said on…
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May 13-14 weekend
Your government enforces a culture of greed, bigotry, intolerance and ignorance. It’s Fallujah on the border. Bush plans to further militarize the US-Mexico border with the deployment of National Guard troops. The…
A Democrat-controlled House wouldn’t impeach, Pelosi says
SF Chronicle, 5/13/06 House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco has told her caucus that the idea of impeaching President Bush isn’t in the cards if the party takes over the…
Friday, 5/12
Reality vs. Bush’s lies on the NSA’s database of tens of millions of Americans’ phone records: Bush lie: ‘After September 11, I vowed to the American people that our government would do…
Bush Beats Out Nixon: Least Liked President Ever
By David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org, 5/12/06 This day has been long coming. The graphs have shown it would soon be upon us: Now, here we are. With this new Harris poll, available through…
Iran: Let the democratic process work
By Hamid Dabashi, Asia Times The “war on terror”, as US President George W Bush defines it, is a moving target. The current record of his administration is the active fabrication of…
Hey, Democrats, the Truth Matters!
By Robert Parry, 5/11/06 My book, Secrecy & Privilege, opens with a scene in spring 1994 when a guest at a White House social event asks Bill Clinton why his administration didn’t…
Dean slams gay marriage on ‘700 Club’
Southern Voice, 5/10/06 Democratic Party Chair Howard Dean has contradicted his party’s platform and infuriated gay rights advocates by saying the party’s platform states “marriage is between a man and a woman.” …
salaam as Iran
New blog from peace activists on a trip to Iran: We arrived in Tehran Monday night around 9 pm Tehran time (only 7.5 hours ahead of est) It’s about 10 pm now…
Niles Eldredge: Text of Speech at May 2nd Event Sponsored by World Can’t Wait
An Evening with Niles Eldredge, sponsored by The World Can’t Wait(Drive out the Bush Regime. Columbia University, May 2, 2006. (photo by zee) Last week’s guest blog by Harold B. Rollins began…
