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Category: Commentary
High School Student Appeals to NAACP President
SIGN a letter to the NAACP asking it to dis-invite military recruiters from the 2009 NAACP Convention. Concerning the NAACP’s National Convention and the inclusion of the Army Strong recruiters in its job fair:…
Escalating Attacks on Immigrants & New Resistance
By Travis Morales, Revolution newspaper #101, 9/16/07 In July, after the Senate failed to pass Bush-backed “comprehensive immigration reform,” Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff warned that the increase of arrests of undocumented…
Free the Jena Six
The Jena Six are Black youths who face up to 22 years in prison because of a schoolyard fight. These youths had the audacity to shatter the Jim Crow traditions in their…
Why We Take the Moral High Road
By Dennis Loo, 8/24/07 We do it, first of all, because it’s the right thing to do. We do it irrespective of whether we expect to win. You don’t decide on what’s…
Frankenstein’s Monster
By Dennis Loo, 8/14/07 On August 8, in “Turns Out We Are Mad as Hell,” Cindy Sheehan at After Downing Street excerpted comments from someone whose sentiments were typical of those that…
“Eyes Wide Open Exhibit” Meets Iraqi School Teacher
By Elaine Brower, 8/14/07 Today the death toll of U.S. military in Iraq reached 3,699 and Afghanistan, which we tend to forget, 418 deaths http://icasualties.org/oif/ or http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/. That’s how some of us…
Why the Democrats Are Acting This Way
By Dennis Loo, 7/31/07, http://dennisloo.blogspot.com Many people say they wish the Democrats would “grow a spine” and “show some courage.” They also say things like: “Don’t the Democrats realize that they’re throwing…
On the Road for Impeachment
By Dave Lindorff, 7/9/07 Austin–I just spent the weekend in this state capital, talkin” impeachment at a meeting organized by the Texas Green Party, Code Pink, World Can’t Wait and Austin Impeach,…
Sheehan’s Challenge to America: Let’s Roar
By Missy Comley Beattie, 6/3/07 “This is our country’s calling. It’s our country’s destiny.” -George Bush, Memorial Day, 2007, speaking about his war We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all…