The government shutdown dominates the news. Republicans and Democrats fight in a stalemate, unable to agree. There is talk, including by mainstream commentators, that “our democracy is imperiled.” (See Thomas Friedman’s op-ed,…
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Sunsara Taylor Arrested at St. Patrick’s in NYC – Drop the Charges Now!
Sunsara and four other participants in Take Patriarchy by Storm NYC, attended a service at St. Patrick’s (a historically right-wing, anti-birth-control, anti-abortion, anti-queer and anti-woman stronghold), and waited for the priest to…
Join Collective Conscience in Action
by Debra Sweet Join collective conscience in action by sustaining World Can’t Wait. July 9-31 we are on a campaign to increase our sustainer community by 40 individuals so that we can…
U.S. Again Bombs Mourners
by Glen Greenwald In February, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism documented that after the U.S. kills people with drones in Pakistan, it then targets for death those who show up at the scene…
The U.S. Cyber War on Iran
by Glen Greenwald The primary fear-mongering agenda item for the National Security and Surveillance State industry is now cyberwarfare. The Washington cadre of former military officials who seek to personally profit by…
Protest Shuts Down Recruiting Center in Fremont CA
from the website Silver Underground Today Afghans for Peace and some other organizations held a Rally to End the War in Fremont, CA. Fremont is a suburb of San Francisco, and home…
January 2012: Stand Up for Abortion and Birth Control!
this article originally appeared on the site Revolution IT IS TIME! January 22 and 23, on the 39th anniversary of the Roe V. Wade Supreme Court Decision which legalized abortion, come to…
“He’s Avoiding the Handcuffs” – Bush Cancels Trip to Switzerland
This article is from the Mail Online Change of plan: George W. Bush has cancelled a visit to Geneva for a charity gala over fears he could be arrested on torture…
Congress endorsing military detention, a new AUMF
"…here we have the Congress, on a fully bipartisan basis, acting not only to re-affirm the war but to expand it even further: by formally declaring that the entire world (including the…