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,…

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]

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 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]

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,…

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…

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…

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…

To sign on write lbarrios@jjay.cuny.edu Clergy/Seminarians in Support of the May 1 Great American Boycott We, the undersigned, as religious leaders from various faith communities, recognize that a common denominator in all…

From a letter to the NY Times, 4/30/06  To the Editor: We are deeply concerned that without serious debate, the United States has crossed the limits of acceptable practices in the treatment…