The women Democratic Senators want to know: what would you ask John Roberts?
Public Briefing on MCRI in Detroit
One United Michigan is hosting an event this Tuesday: Don’t be Fooled! Michigan is coming together to support affirmative action. Who: One United Michigan What: Public Briefing on defeating the California Anti-Affirmative Action Amendment When: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 , 5:00 p.m. Where: AFSCME Auditorium, 600 W. Lafayette, Detroit, Michigan The Constitional Amendment backed by […]
Iraq War Protest Announced
The anti-war coalition United for Peace and Justice has announced a massive “mobilizationâ€? to Washington, D.C. this September. I thought the last paragraph from their call was interesting: From every corner of this country, people will travel to Washington to bring our demands directly to the policymakers responsible for this unjust war. These three days […]
MoveOn Protest in D.C.
What: Protest and Picket to Demand Bush Fire Karl Rove Where: The White House, Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC (Metro: Farragut West or McPherson Square) When: 2:30 PM :: Thursday, July 14, 2005 (rain or shine) —–
Tariq Ali On Terror
Ever since 9/11, I have been arguing that the ‘war against terror’ is immoral and counterproductive. It sanctions the the use of state terror—-bombing raids, tortures, countless civilian deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq—-against Islamo-anarchists whose numbers are small, but whose reach is deadly. The solution then, as now is political, not military. The British ruling […]
Protesting the Supreme Court
Seems to be on the rise. Here, a group is organizing protests around the country on July 4th of the Supreme Court’s decision on Eminent Domain: JulyFourthProtest.com, including protests in New London Connecticut, Portland Oregon, Los Angeles California, and Washington D.C. —–
Land Politics
When I was on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota a few years back I wondered why there seemed to be so many white-owned ranches on ostensibly native land. Turns out the feds lease the land to the whites, and pass along the check along to the true owners. (Well, some of it at […]