Archive for December, 2002
Why Strike?
” There are 34,000 transit workers in the TWU. Last year, the MTA filed 16,000 disciplinary actions
An expensive 62.5%
“The Pentagon’s missile defense program suffered a setback early Wednesday when an interceptor failed to separate from its booster rocket and missed its target high above the earth.
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The entire project is expected to cost around $60 billion, but earlier this year, the Congressional Budget Office concluded the real cost may be much higher”
No War Blog
Lott liked the old-racist Thurmand, not the new reformed one!
“It’s true that, to our knowledge, Thurmond has never given a big speech saying, essentially, "I was wrong to run in 1948." But the man has gone through something of an evolution in his life; the Strom of the past 20 years is not the same as the Strom of 1948, just as the Robert [...]
Powell Unveils U.S.-Arab Initiative
This initiative is small change compared to the billions of dollars spent on supporting undemocratic governments, like those in Egypt, but Powell is saying the right things:
“Powell also provided a tour of the bleak economic, political and educational landscape in many of the Arab nations of the Middle East. "Any approach to the Middle East [...]
Are cross-burnings speech or violence?
“No one can deny that cross-burning is criminalized solely because of the message it conveys. And it’s clear from the justices today that the more they think about this message, the madder they get. Well, doesn’t that prove Smolla’s point? That this statute exists only to censor one particularly virulent, hateful message? Not quite, if [...]
The moral high ground … nukes and land mines.
Lets get this straight - we should go to war with Iraq because of their use of banned weapons of mass destruction; and, in doing so, we are preparing to use anti-personnel land mines and nuclear weapons!
“The Pentagon is preparing to use anti-personnel land mines in a war with Iraq, despite U.S. policy that calls [...]
Trent Lott Supported White-Supremacist Group
“Emerging evidence shows Trent Lott addressed a white supremacist group at least twice in the 1990’s and is on record praising the group, contradicting statements the Senator’s spokesperson made to reporters this past weekend.”
FAIR Media Advisory
Mac Addicts to the Rescue
“Mac Addicts to the Rescue
or
How I Caught a Counterfeiter with a Little Help from my Friends”
Mac Addicts to the Rescue
Trying to Buy Our Way Out of Trouble
Why consumption isn’t the answer to all our ills!
“But even with rising tides of prosperity, the postwar consumer culture fed inequalities that are still very much with us. As we embrace brisk sales as an answer to our current economic ills, it bears noting that consumerism has played a role in reinforcing social biases and [...]
Mass Protest and Peace Congress - Jan 18, Washington DC
Just in case you forgot. I imagine that by then we will know if there is going to be a war or not - it may have already started. In any case, mark your calendars! Also, please note that this web site lists hundreds of events all over the world - you can search by [...]
An anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, 
