Greenpeace’s Message To G20:Danger-Climate Destruction Ahead
Today, the police in Pittsburgh arrested 9 Greenpeace activists. The environmental group started what are expected to be protests at the G20 summit. The 9 activists arrested were suspended from a bridge and unrolling a large banner bearing the message “Danger:Climate Change Ahead” (see photo). The banner hung for 2 hours from the bridge near […]
Obama Scraps Bush’s Missile Plan In Europe
The decision was announced today, following a review earlier this year of plans made by the Bush administration to build a radar station in the Czech Republic and to install 10 interceptor missiles in Poland. Czech prime minister Jan Fischer said he received a direct call from President Obama to inform him that the shield […]
9/11 Is Still Used To Justify Endless Wars 8 Years Later
Today, commemorations for the 8 years anniversary of the 9/11 attacks were held in New-York and Washington DC. The somber day of 9/11/2001 still has a deep impact on all of us, and on America’s collective psyche. President Obama paid tribute to the victims in a speech at the Pentagon. “No turning of the seasons […]
Neo-Nazi’s Remorse: “A Life Based On Hate Is No Life At All”
White supremacist, Buford Furrow, killed a Filipino postal worker and wounded five people in 1999 during a shooting rampage at a Jewish community center near Los Angeles. Kevin Modesti, a reporter with the Los Angeles Daily News, received a letter from Buford Furrow after the reporter’s request for an interview was denied by prison officials. […]
CIA Withholds Key Torture Documents From ACLU
Judge Hellerstein had ordered the government to turn over the documents by August 31, following an ACLU lawsuit, or else to provide justification for continuing to withhold them. However, in a court filing late Monday, the CIA said if will not release the documents, claiming that disclosing details about the enhanced interrogation program would harm […]
