Mayor Bloomberg, winning praise over his position on the “Ground Zero Mosque,” weighs in against Native Americans’ right to tax-free tobacco sales on their reservations in blatantly racist terms.
John Joseph Jay of American Freedom Defense Initiative names as one of his “heroes and inspirations” Meir Kahane—founder of two State Department-listed Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
New York City buses will be running ads from the jingoistic American Freedom Defense Initiative attacking the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque”—part of a nationwide propaganda campaign.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that New York City can withhold documents related to the arrest of 1,800 protesters during the 2004 Republican National Convention.
Following two failed attempts, New York City reached a settlement with the 10,000 rescue and cleanup workers who became sick or injured from responding to the 9-11 attacks.
New York’s kneejerk jingos, already aghast that the “Freedom Tower” name has been dropped from the skyscraper going up at Ground Zero, are now protesting the building of a nearby mosque.
From the Gothamist, April 28: Community Activist Harry Wieder Killed by Taxi Harry Wieder, an LGBT rights, transportation, and disabilities advocate, was run down and killed by a taxi last night in the LES [Lower East Side]. Weider, 57, described… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan have posted a video claiming responsibility for the attempted Times Square car-bomb attack. Police say they dismiss the claim.
Mayor Bloomberg cited costs and potential disruptions in urging the federal government not to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other accused 9-11 conspirators in New York City.
The (disabled) Stinger missile in the supposed Bronx terror plot of course originated with the FBI infiltrator. We wonder how much more of the plot originated with the FBI infiltrator.
The Syria Peace Vigil in New York's Union Square was threatened by followers of the pro-Assad "Party for Socialism and Liberation," one of whom actually took a swing at one of the vigilers. It is hardly surprising that supporters of genocidal dictators will resort to violence to try to intimidate those who stand against those regimes. The question is why do the "anti-war" forces in New York and the United States continue to view PSL and its front groups like the ANSWER Coalition as legitimate allies? (Photo: Syria Solidarity NYC via Facebook)
New York City’s tabloids are apoplectic that the Port Authority has dropped the name “Freedom Tower” for the edifice going up at Ground Zero in favor of the more prosaic “World Trade Center 1.”
