Let the finger pointing begin: Republicans and the autoworker's union are blaming each other after Congress came to an impasse on the industry bailout. But President Bush and the Treasury may step in and issue the Big Three some $15 billion dollars from TARP funds to avoid an industry collapse. Karen Miller reports from Capitol Hill.
Workers vote to unionize at Smithfield's Tar Heel plant
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- Plans to Expand DNA Database Draw Protests from Civil Liberties Groups
- New Bush Administration Rule Weakens Endangered Species Act
- Bus Accident Kills 25 Students in Nepal
- Greek PM Refuses to Call Early Elections
- Massive Subway Strike Paralyzes Buenos Aires
- Police Shooting Decision Draws Fire in Montreal
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- Bail Out Stalled in the Senate
- Obama Announces Health Care Team; Advocates Pleased
- Bush Midnight Regulations Spotlighted
- Chicago Workers See Victory; Re-evaluate Strike Tactics
- Africa Jones - Day Without A Gay
- Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Continue their Annual Protest
- Pakistan Truck Convoys Targeted
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- Congress Will Limit Military Aid to Countries Employing Child Soldiers
- Unrest Continues in Greece
- Suicide Bomb Kills Dozens in Kirkuk Restaurant
- Mugabe Claims Cholera under Control in Zimbabwe
- Ghana Presidential Election Headed to Run-off
- Health Officials Charged with Suppressing HIV Infection Data in Chile
- EPA Issues Environmental Crimes Most Wanted List
- Low Income Texans Sue FEMA over Hurricane Damage Claims
- US Execution Rate at 14-Year Low
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- House moves on auto industry bailout
- Some lawmakers outraged over misuse of financial bailout
- Congress to take up EFCA early next year
- Hearing may be Troy Davis's last change
- Human Rights Week Series: Canada's security certificates
- Another Ecuadorian violently murdered in New York
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General Strike Continues in Protest over Killing of Greek Teenage Boy
Human Rights Workers Regularly Abducted in Zimbabwe
North Korea Nuclear Talks End in Failure
UK to Withdraw Troop from Iraq by June
Democratic Probe Bashes FCC Chair Kevin Martin
LGBT Community Observes "Day Without a Gay"
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- Auto Industry Bailout May Come at the Expense of Green Cars
- Housing Rights Advocates Demand Mediation
- Fair Housing Commission Releases Report
- Ethiopia Increases Troop Presence in Somalia
- Democracy and Discontent in Bhutan
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Let’s step back to 1968, the year Richard Nixon was elected into the White House, to the Pro-Nixon Rally at Madison Square Garden -- New York City, October 31st, 1968.
What Pacifica listeners heard - that the television audience did not hear - were the instructions to the delegates as if they were extras on a movie set. As you listen to the warm up speaker, realize that these were never meant to be heard by the viewers.
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The economist of Indian origin on President-elect Barack Obama's transition team, Ms. Sonal Shah, has one dubious credential on her resume--her relationship with the Hindu extremist group, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).
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It is often said that you are known by the company you keep. If that is true, then progressive voters should familiarize themselves with at least some of Sen. Barack Obama's advisers and fundraisers, and by this I don't mean Bill Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
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From the Twin Cities Star-Tribune:
The city of St. Paul won't prosecute misdemeanor charges against Amy Goodman or any journalists who were included in mass arrests during protests at the Republican National Convention, according to a statement released today by St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman.
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With all the talk this election season about the oxymoronic "clean coal" technology, very few people are talking about the human and environmental effects of actually getting the coal out of the ground. This article from Daily Yonder (reposted with permission) is an open letter to the next President to eradicate black lung - a chronic, debilitating health side effect of coal mining that has unfortunately become a political non-issue among most national politicians.
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Several news media are reporting that police forces in the Twin Cities arrested more than 800 people during events surrounding the Republican National Convention this week.
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Just making my way back to the RNC from the what has been a crazy night on the outside full of concussion grenades, tear gas and other oppressive tactics… Whew. I saw Sharif get hauled away, along with many other members of the press and legal observers. Some minors have been taken as well. Check back in the morning for updates.
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If you really don't like the US electoral system, here are some things you can do.
1) Register to vote, but list yourself as an independent or decline-to-state. If you really feel the need to vote for a major party candidate in a later election and your state requires you to be a member of that party in order to vote in the primary, you can change later. And if you want to have an effect on the Republicans or Democrats, voting in their primaries or caucuses in essential!
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