By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Columbus Free Press, 5/1/06 As the Bush/neo-con kleptocracy disintegrates in a toxic cloud of military defeat, economic bankruptcy, environmental disaster and escalating mega-scandal, its attack on…
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Single-Faith Prison Program Questioned
Washington Post, 4/29/06 The Justice Department plans to set aside cellblocks at up to half a dozen federal prisons for an ambitious pilot program to prepare inmates for release. But it has…
In the Chaos of Iraq, One Project is on Target: a Giant US Embassy
London Times, 5/3/06 The question puzzles and enrages a city: how is it that the Americans cannot keep the electricity running in Baghdad for more than a couple of hours a day,…
Impeachment weighed again
By Dave Lindorff and Barbara Olshansky, Philadelphia Inquirer, 5/3/06 President Bush’s actions threaten basic freedoms and the American system of checks and balances. [read more]
Wednesday, 5/3
There is not going to be some savior from the Democratic Party. This whole idea of putting our hopes and energies into “leaders” who tell us to seek common ground with fascists…
Boston College faculty object to honorary degree for Rice
Boston Globe, 5/3/06 BOSTON —Nearly 100 faculty members at Boston College have signed a letter objecting to the college’s decision to award Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice an honorary degree. [read more]
Bush challenges hundreds of laws
President cites powers of his office By Charlie Savage, Boston Globe, 4/30/06 WASHINGTON — President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office,…
News Reports from May 1 Immigrant Rights Protests
As Congress debates one form or another of repressive anti-immigrant legislation, millions of immigrants are standing up and declaring “Aqui estamos – Aqui nos quedamos – No nos vamos” (We are here…
Tuesday, 5/2
Your government is openly torturing people, and justifying it. The ACLU obtained government documents today revealing that torture at Abu Ghraib was directly ordered by Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, and top government…
Murtha won’t sign petition on troop-withdrawal measure
The Hill, 5/2/06 Rep. John Murtha, the powerful Democratic defense appropriator from Pennsylvania, has never signed a discharge petition in his 32 years in Congress, and he refuses to bend, even if…
