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international / politics / elections Tuesday October 19, 2004 - 18:46 by R. Isible
An excerpt of an Amy Goodman interview with Noam Chomsky was carried on the Tue Oct. 19th. 2004 edition of DemocracyNOW! In it Chomsky comments on the furore over his endorsement of the VoteToStopBush petition. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice Tuesday October 19, 2004 - 16:35 by Anthony
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Two gardaí were acquitted of assaulting a participant in the Reclaim The Streets party held in May 2002. It's interesting to note that two years later, despite extensive video evidence of garda brutality not one garda has yet been convicted of any crime. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 19, 2004 - 11:50 by Mister Ed
Given the current escalation of Israeli depredations in Gaza and the daily US bombings of Falluja, it is interesting to examine Amnesty International's (AI) statements on the situation. AI is widely viewed as an authority on human rights issues, and thus it is of interest to analyze its output on these recent events. Careful scrutiny of AI's record reveals that, its typical response to the daily obscene deeds by either Israeli or US armies is a few barely audible ruminations with an occasional lame rebuke. The impotence of these responses raises many questions. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 19, 2004 - 00:46 by pc
judges rules out metal detectors for school of the Americas protest on Nov.19-21, Call to Action: Shut Down the School of the Americas! http://www.SOAW.org ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 18, 2004 - 18:26 by pc
French and Spanish interior ministers today shot down a German proposal to set up transit camps in North Africa that would process asylum seekers before they reach Europe. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday October 18, 2004 - 12:15 by Michael Hennigan
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Last week the Guardian launched Operation Clark County to help readers have a say in the American election by writing to undecided voters in the crucial state of Ohio. In the first three days, more than 11,000 people requested addresses. Here is some of the reaction to the project that it received from the US ... read full story / add a comment |
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