from the Stop Mass Incarceration Network Queens, NY – A Queens jury today found four men not guilty of obstructing the NYPD’s 103rd Precinct last year. The high-stakes trial for political protesters began October…
Flirtation is the Least of their Crimes
by Debra Sweet One man is at the center of a story you can’t avoid in the media, since last Friday. General David Petraeus, architect of the U.S. “surge” in Iraq, pulled…
10 Myths About Obama and the Democrats
by Jason Hirthler Delusions of the Liberal IntelligentsiaAs we head into The Chosen One’s second term, it might be useful to explode a few of the chronic myths that cling to the…
Afghanistan: When is “Withdrawal” an “Enduring Presence”?
Dennis Loo | November 14, 2012 The “post-2014 enduring presence.” In May of this year NATO leaders met in Chicago – after making sure that no demonstrators would be allowed to come…
Dead Enough: The Reality of the “Lesser Evil”
by Chris Floyd To all those now hailing the re-election of Barack Obama as a triumph of decent, humane, liberal values over the oozing-postule perfidy of the Republicans, a simple question: Is…
The Three Big Questions of Obama’s New Term
The reelection of Barack Obama to a second term raises many questions. from Revolution Newspaper Will he stop the American bombing from pilotless “drones” that he has ordered to be rained down…
Cindy Sheehan, Glen Ford, and Debra Sweet Discuss the Election
Two days after the 2012 election, Glen Ford (BlackAgendaReport.com) and Debra Sweet (Director of World Can’t Wait) joined Cindy Sheehan for a discussion of the presidential election and “where do we, as…
The Onion Nails It: “Millions Without Power Following Election”
The satirical newspaper The Onion captured the situation November 7, 2012: WASHINGTON—According to widespread reports, roughly 314 million Americans across the country have been left without any power following Tuesday’s devastating presidential…
Get Ready to Come Out and Support Gregory Koger
The wheels of INjustice are still grinding. Sometime in the next week or two, Gregory Koger will face a court hearing in Skokie again. The prosecutor and judge will try to send…
What the 2012 Election Was … and Wasn’t
by Dennis Loo Most of the commentary about Obama’s re-election and the defeat of some of the most reactionary GOP incumbents and candidates such as Rep. Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock has…