The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating allegations that several Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation agents assaulted and tortured Nigerian detainee Daso Abibo at the ICE office in Oklahoma City on June 14, 2004. FBI spokesperson Gary Johnson… Read moreFBI probes ICE torture case
On Aug. 13, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson declared a state of emergency for counties along the Mexico border. Governor Janet Napolitano did the same for Arizona on Aug. 15. The states of emergency allow the two governors to spend… Read more“State of emergency” in Southwest border states
It will certainly be an edifying sight. Instead of Israeli military bulldozers destroying modest Palestinian homes to make way for garish and profligate suburban-style Jewish settlements, it’ll be the other way ’round. In the Gaza Strip, the world will witness… Read moreDe-suburbanification of Gaza: model for West Bank —and USA?
You can add your very own John Hancock to this following bit of levity at PetitionOnline. So far they have 726, which seems pretty insufficient for something so self-evident, so we thought we’d help spread the word: To: President of… Read morePetition: George Bush is a horse’s ass
“Robertson Apologizes for Chavez Remark” reads the Fox News headline Aug. 24. Actually, what he did was lie about what he said. From Blog for America, Aug. 25: Pat Robertson announced yesterday that his comments on last weekend’s “700 Club”… Read morePat Robertson: liar
The metronomically predictable Ann Coulter is the latest to jump all over Cindy Sheehan for something she didn’t say. Writes Ann for FrontPageMag Aug. 18: On the bright side, Sheehan shows us what Democrats would say if they thought they… Read moreAnn Coulter, Fox News, etc.: liars
The standoff between President Bush and Cindy Sheehan is escalating again, with emotional appeals from both sides, each invoking sacrifices made by Americans after 9-11, the Washington Post reports Aug. 26. In a briefing for reporters after her return to… Read moreSheehan vs. Bush: propaganda war escalates
From New York Newsday: Driver unknowingly crushes elderly woman in tragic case BY JEROME BURDI and ROCCO PARASCANDOLA STAFF WRITERS August 27, 2005 An elderly woman who survived Auschwitz was killed Friday morning after she was run over by a… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
From ArtVoice of Buffalo, NY, online at MediaStudy: I Raq and Roll Right into Fascism: Donald Rumsfeld’s 9/11 Folly by Michael I. Niman Earlier this month, when Internet news reports quoted Donald Rumsfeld announcing that the Defense Department would use… Read more9-11 “Freedom March”: fascist spectacle
Via TruthOut: More Images of Abu Ghraib By Ari Berman The Nation Monday 22 August 2005 There’s a new batch of photos from Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, and these are reportedly far worse than the sickening originals. Naturally, the Pentagon… Read moreAbu Ghraib: worst yet to come?
From Survival International, Aug. 22: The Botswana government has launched a massive crackdown on the Bushmen of the central Kalahari aimed at destroying their way of life. The move comes despite the resumption of the Bushmen’s three-year court case against… Read moreBotswana: Bushmen face forced relocation
From Newsday: Road rage rampage ends with SUV on sidewalk, seven hurt BY LUIS PEREZ and PETE BOWLES STAFF WRITERS August 24, 2005 What began as road rage turned into several terrifying moments Tuesday when an out-of-control sport utility vehicle… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
