Story by patspen/photos by mikasi “War is an ugly thing,” said Mike Miles of Luck, Wisconsin, “and many people get displaced as a result. We've displaced ourselves to be part of this effort.” Miles, a...
"Released from Guantánamo on 24 August 2006, German-born Turkish national Murat Kurnaz had been held for four years and eight months without charge or trial, despite little evidence to link him to "terrorist" activities. Both US and German intelligence services secretly...
"“The results of the general election in Nepal on 10 April 2008, won overwhelmingly by the Maoists - officially the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) - have come as a complete shock. Many people thought the former armed rebels would be a distant third, winning perhaps...
The UK Home Secretary has announced an expansion of the number of anti-terror police."Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, today announced an extra 300 police officers to fight terrorism and radicalisation within communities. At the weekend Jacqui Smith warned that as many...
"Howard Zinn Presents Progressive American History in "The People Speak" [VIDEO]
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Adam Howard, AlterNet at 12:14 PM on February 18, 2008.
Marisa Tomei, Danny Glover, Josh Brolin and many more join Howard Zinn to celebrate some of America's frequently...
I am not talking about the eternal complainer who never finds anything positive about her/ his work or company. In that case it might be time to move on. The news of Yahoo! being put in play by Microsoft got me thinking about Voices of Dissent at Work... You might...
Much has been written of Chinese blogger Hu Jia's arrest. China's blogging community is up and arms, saying that this is the time to stand up to the Chinese government and be steadfast in support of Hu Jia.Hu...
"Carolyn Manosevitz's art studio alongside her modernist home on Missouri Heights commands a sweeping view of Mount Sopris and the Roaring Fork Valley. But her paintings depict a different landscape — one of death, hate and healing.
Nearly all of her artwork deals with the...
For more please go to ISRAEL SEENWe all need to find our voice and share it with all who will listen. I have been reading and listening to a variety of commentaries about the future of my home, Israel. They all take on the different flavor of the moment and form a...
An independent journalist was acquitted October 1 in Illinois 19th Circuit Court, of trespassing and resisting arrest charges going back to July 2006 when he covered a war protest at the Midwest Entrance Processing Command (MEPCOM) at the Great Lakes Naval Base.Mike...
According to this study women who want to have more babies need to find a man with a deep voice."
Hamilton, ON. Sept. 24, 2007 – Men who have lower-pitched voices have more children than do men with high-pitched...
This is what Ahmadinejad, the person those of you on the left said needed to be heard, does to those who disagree with him. He shuts them up."Iran judiciary seals offices of news Web site
(Reuters)
24 September...
It's about time."n recent years, conservative evangelicals who claim a Biblical mandate to protect Israel have built a bulwark of support for the Jewish nation — sending donations, denouncing its critics and urging it not to evacuate settlements or forfeit territory.
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