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War Tax Resistance: How a Portland Couple Have Refused to Pay Taxes for Over 30 Years to Protest Military Funding. Lawmakers Hold Tax Day Press Conference on Cost of Iraq War. Torture and Democracy, Part II: Scholar Darius Rejali Details the History and Scope of Modern Torture. Portland Considered Most Bicycle-Friendly City in North America. … Continued
Black Ops on Green Groups: Private Security Firm Run by Fmr. Secret Service Officers Spied on Environmental Orgs for Corporate Clients. Did Burger King Target and Spy on Tomato Pickers Rights Groups? Forty Years After Founding Seattle Black Panther Chapter, Aaron Dixon Still at Forefront of Struggle for Racial Equality. Today’s Headlines * Iraq … Continued
V to the Tenth: Thousands of Women Gather in New Orleans for 10th Anniversary of Global Movement to Combat Violence Against Women. Headlines * Bush Pauses Iraq Troop Withdrawals * 10 Killed in US Attacks on Sadr City * AP Photographer Remains Imprisoned Despite Iraqi Release Order * ACLU Calls for Probe of Admin … Continued
Telecom Whistleblower Discovers Circuit that Allows Access to All Systems on Wireless Carrier — Phone Calls, Text Messages, Emails and More. China’s Great Leap: Human Rights Watch on the Beijing Games and Olympian Human Rights Challenges. Justice Department Increasingly Avoiding Corporate Prosecutions. Report: 40 Years After King, Little Progress in Closing Economic Inequality Gap Between … Continued
As Petraeus Urges Delay of Troop Withdrawal, a Debate on Iraq and Iran’s Role in the War. Today’s Headlines * Petraeus Urges Freezes on US Troop Withdrawals from Iraq * Sadr Cancels Million-Man March Against US Occupation * Study: Lawmakers Invest $196M in Pentagon Contractors * Protesters Storm National Palace in Haiti over Food Prices … Continued
EXCLUSIVE…In Their First Joint Interview, Two Ex-KBR Employees Say They Were Raped by Co-Workers in Iraq; Stuffed and Starved: As Food Riots Break Out Across the Globe, Raj Patel Details "The Hidden Battle for the World Food System." Today’s Headlines * Petraeus & Crocker to Testify on Capitol Hill * Heavy Fighting in Baghdad … Continued
State Dept. Renews Blackwater Contract in Iraq Despite Pentagon Labeling Sept. Baghdad Killing of 17 Civilians "A Criminal Event"; Chilean Writer Isabel Allende on Her Memoir, Her Family, Michelle Bachelet, Torture and Immigration. Today’s Headlines * Report: US No Closer to Achieving Its Goals in Iraq * Clinton’s Top Strategist Steps Down After Trade … Continued
Democracy Now! Special: Martin Luther King’s Life and Legacy 40 Years After His Assassination. Headlines * NATO Backs US Missile System in Eastern Europe * Iraqi PM Halts Raids on Shia Forces * Official: 1,000 Iraqis Deserted Anti-Shia Crackdown * KBR Faces New Rape Allegations in Iraq * Zimbabwe Police Raid Opposition Party, Journalists … Continued
The Green Light: Attorney Philippe Sands Follows the Bush Administration Torture Trail; 1968, Forty Years Later: A Look Back at the Orangeburg Massacre When SC Police Opened Fire on Black Students Protesting Segregation; 1968, Forty Years Later: President Lyndon Johnson Announces No Second Term Amid Low Support for Vietnam War in Aftermath of Tet Offensive. … Continued
