NY Times, 5/10/06 Lawrence Lader, a writer who so successfully marshaled his literary and political efforts in support of abortion rights that Betty Friedan, the feminist author, called him the father of…
Category: Reports on Protest & Resistance
Hayden Is a ‘Perfect’ Pick
By Robert Scheer, TruthDig.com, 5/9/06 It makes perfect sense for President Bush to nominate Gen. Michael V. Hayden as CIA director, no matter what the critics, including a surprising number of normally…
Ariz. Posse to Round Up Illegal Immigrants
Newsday.com, 5/10/06 GILA BEND, Ariz. — Four Mexican men sit in the dirt with their wrists bound, shoulders hunched and eyes lowered to avoid the glare of the rising sun. [read more]
Protesters Object to McCain as New School Commencement Speaker
NY Times, 5/10/06 Bob Kerrey, the former senator and longtime friend of Senator John McCain, said it was only logical to invite his fellow iconoclast and Vietnam veteran to be the commencement…
Centrist Democrats Urge Party Policy With Muscle
Washington Post, 5/10/06 Democratic hawks said yesterday that their party can win a war of ideas with the Republicans over national security, but only if Democrats move beyond simply criticizing President Bush’s…
New ‘Anti-Abortion Pill’ Kills Mother, Leaves Fetus Alive
The Onion, 5/10/06 NEW YORK(Pro-life advocates celebrated approval of the new anti-abortion drug UR-86 by the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday, calling it a “safe and effective method” for terminating pregnant women…
Is Venezuela the New Niger?
The Bush Administration is Trying to Link Hugo Chavez to Iran’s Nuclear Program By LARRY BIRNS and MICHAEL LETTIERI, CounterPunch.org, 5/10/06 Washington is no stranger to flimsy pretexts when it comes to…
My Meeting With Rumsfeld
By Ray McGovern, TomPaine.com, 5/8/06 ‘Hold âem, Yale’ is one of the best short stories of “Guys and Dolls” creator Damon Runyon, who depicted the New York City underworld in the 1920s….
With Friends Like These)
On Abortion, the Pennsylvania Senate Race, the Democrats’ 2006 Election Strategy, and What Comes Next By Leah Fishbein & RJ Schinner, 5/9/06(Send us your comments) While the right to abortion hangs in…
Rolling Stone Review of The Coup’s New Album
“We’re the have-nots, but we’re also the go-gets,” raps Boots Riley early on the Coup’s fifth album. From there, Riley — a Bay Area MC and avowed Marxist — charges up his…