The Argument From Morality
Starmail - 29. Nov, 10:35
Vote USA 2004
29
Nov
2005
The US government runs the mainstream media in almost Soviet fashion
None Dare Call It Censorship
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/douglas2.html
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/douglas2.html
Starmail - 29. Nov, 10:31
The Mother We All Long For
Starmail - 29. Nov, 10:29
28
Nov
2005
Grassroots Mobilizing to Demand Action on Climate Crisis
Nov. 28, 2005
For Immediate Release
For more information:
Ted Glick, 973-338-5398
Barbara Lerman, 609-203-1842
Grassroots Mobilizing to Demand Action on Climate Crisis
From Eastport, Maine to Los Angeles, California, North Americans concerned about global warming are holding events later this week to demand action by the federal government and the thousands of delegates at the United Nations Climate Conference meeting in Montreal this week and next.
In Washington, DC, hybrid cars will ring the White House while fiddlers liken President Bush to Nero, fiddling while the world burns. True to its festive traditions, New Orleans, drawing attention to their unenviable title as ‘most vulnerable city in North America’, according to the International Panel on Climate Change, will host a "Save New Orleans, Stop Global Warming" party in the French Quarter. In Los Angeles local activists plan to individually reach at least 10,000 people by organizing directly in the streets and city buses in inner city Black, Latino, and Asian LA neighborhoods with the message, “Stop Hurricane USA!”
In arid Arizona, on the Hopi Nation, the newly elected Hopi Tribal Chair Ivan Sidney will be attending a community forum, "Coal, Water, Wind, and Sun" focused on the effects of the closing of the Mojave (coal-fired) Generating Station and Black Mesa Mine at the end of this year. In Madison, Wisconsin there will be a two-hour Critical Mass bike ride on the University of Wisconsin campus. In St. Paul, Minnesota activists will gather outside the residence of Governor Tim Pawlenty for a noontime picket calling for a reduction of Minnesota's greenhouse gas emissions and that his colleague President Bush help solve the climate crisis.
Students will be active around the country, including at Penn State in State College, Pa., where they will dump coal on the campus green at a demonstration protesting the school president’s refusal to meet with them about reducing greenhouse gases. Also in Pennsylvania, several Native American groups will be rallying in Doylestown and Harrisburg, drumming, praying and singing, calling for U.S. ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.
Altogether, actions are expected in over 25 states. A fuller listing, including contact information, can be accessed at http://www.climatecrisis.us
These actions will be part of the International Day of Action to Stop Global Warming, participated in by groups in 31 countries http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org
The world’s largest demonstration will be taking place on the afternoon of December 3rd in Montreal http://www.3dec2005.org . Hundreds of U.S. citizens will be heading north to participate in this action. Smaller actions will be taking place in Montreal throughout the time of the United Nations conference, from November 28th to December 9th.
One such action will take place on the morning of December 3rd in front of the U.S. Consulate in Montreal at the corner of Rue Saint-Alexandre and Ave. Rene-Levesque. At 10:30 am Energy Action, Environmental Defense, Greenpeace, Kyoto and Beyond and other groups will present close to 2/3 of a million signatures of U.S. citizens on petitions calling for action by the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Barbara Lerman, spokesperson for Climate Crisis, USA Join the World!, urged U.S. government leaders to catch up with popular opinion on this urgent issue. “The world scientific community is in agreement,” Lerman stated. “Global warming is real, it is accelerating, and the time is now to get serious about substantial reductions in greenhouse gases caused by the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. According to Fox News, 60% of the American people agree that this is a major issue. U.S. government delegates in Montreal and members of Congress should represent this sentiment and act accordingly.”
UNITED FOR PEACE & JUSTICE | 212-868-5545
From ufpj-news
For Immediate Release
For more information:
Ted Glick, 973-338-5398
Barbara Lerman, 609-203-1842
Grassroots Mobilizing to Demand Action on Climate Crisis
From Eastport, Maine to Los Angeles, California, North Americans concerned about global warming are holding events later this week to demand action by the federal government and the thousands of delegates at the United Nations Climate Conference meeting in Montreal this week and next.
In Washington, DC, hybrid cars will ring the White House while fiddlers liken President Bush to Nero, fiddling while the world burns. True to its festive traditions, New Orleans, drawing attention to their unenviable title as ‘most vulnerable city in North America’, according to the International Panel on Climate Change, will host a "Save New Orleans, Stop Global Warming" party in the French Quarter. In Los Angeles local activists plan to individually reach at least 10,000 people by organizing directly in the streets and city buses in inner city Black, Latino, and Asian LA neighborhoods with the message, “Stop Hurricane USA!”
In arid Arizona, on the Hopi Nation, the newly elected Hopi Tribal Chair Ivan Sidney will be attending a community forum, "Coal, Water, Wind, and Sun" focused on the effects of the closing of the Mojave (coal-fired) Generating Station and Black Mesa Mine at the end of this year. In Madison, Wisconsin there will be a two-hour Critical Mass bike ride on the University of Wisconsin campus. In St. Paul, Minnesota activists will gather outside the residence of Governor Tim Pawlenty for a noontime picket calling for a reduction of Minnesota's greenhouse gas emissions and that his colleague President Bush help solve the climate crisis.
Students will be active around the country, including at Penn State in State College, Pa., where they will dump coal on the campus green at a demonstration protesting the school president’s refusal to meet with them about reducing greenhouse gases. Also in Pennsylvania, several Native American groups will be rallying in Doylestown and Harrisburg, drumming, praying and singing, calling for U.S. ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.
Altogether, actions are expected in over 25 states. A fuller listing, including contact information, can be accessed at http://www.climatecrisis.us
These actions will be part of the International Day of Action to Stop Global Warming, participated in by groups in 31 countries http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org
The world’s largest demonstration will be taking place on the afternoon of December 3rd in Montreal http://www.3dec2005.org . Hundreds of U.S. citizens will be heading north to participate in this action. Smaller actions will be taking place in Montreal throughout the time of the United Nations conference, from November 28th to December 9th.
One such action will take place on the morning of December 3rd in front of the U.S. Consulate in Montreal at the corner of Rue Saint-Alexandre and Ave. Rene-Levesque. At 10:30 am Energy Action, Environmental Defense, Greenpeace, Kyoto and Beyond and other groups will present close to 2/3 of a million signatures of U.S. citizens on petitions calling for action by the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Barbara Lerman, spokesperson for Climate Crisis, USA Join the World!, urged U.S. government leaders to catch up with popular opinion on this urgent issue. “The world scientific community is in agreement,” Lerman stated. “Global warming is real, it is accelerating, and the time is now to get serious about substantial reductions in greenhouse gases caused by the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. According to Fox News, 60% of the American people agree that this is a major issue. U.S. government delegates in Montreal and members of Congress should represent this sentiment and act accordingly.”
UNITED FOR PEACE & JUSTICE | 212-868-5545
From ufpj-news
Starmail - 28. Nov, 23:59
Amnesty kritisiert 1000. Hinrichtung in den USA
Todesstrafe: Amnesty kritisiert 1000. Hinrichtung in den USA (28.11.05)
Nach Angaben von Amnesty Internationale steht in den USA die 1000. Hinrichtung seit Wiedereinführung der Todesstrafe 1977 unmittelbar bevor. Im US-Bundesstaat Virginia solle Robin Lovitt am 30. November hingerichtet werden. Die Menschenrechtsorganisation setzt sich derzeit mit einer Eilaktion für die Aufschiebung der Hinrichtung Lovitts ein. Etwa die Hälfte der 1000 Hinrichtungen hätten allein in den zwei südlichen Bundesstaaten Texas und Virginia stattgefunden. Amnesty fordert die US-Regierung und die Behörden aller Bundesstaaten auf, alle geplanten Hinrichtungen sofort auszusetzen. "Die Todesstrafe ist nachweislich wirkungslos, willkürlich und fehlerbehaftet", sagte Amnesty-Mitarbeiter Sumit Bhattacharyya. Keine glaubwürdige Studie habe jemals bewiesen, dass die Todesstrafe Gewaltverbrechen wirkungsvoller abschrecke als andere Strafen. Seit 1990 seien mindestens 122 Menschen zum Tode verurteilt worden, deren Unschuld später bewiesen worden sei.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12388
Nach Angaben von Amnesty Internationale steht in den USA die 1000. Hinrichtung seit Wiedereinführung der Todesstrafe 1977 unmittelbar bevor. Im US-Bundesstaat Virginia solle Robin Lovitt am 30. November hingerichtet werden. Die Menschenrechtsorganisation setzt sich derzeit mit einer Eilaktion für die Aufschiebung der Hinrichtung Lovitts ein. Etwa die Hälfte der 1000 Hinrichtungen hätten allein in den zwei südlichen Bundesstaaten Texas und Virginia stattgefunden. Amnesty fordert die US-Regierung und die Behörden aller Bundesstaaten auf, alle geplanten Hinrichtungen sofort auszusetzen. "Die Todesstrafe ist nachweislich wirkungslos, willkürlich und fehlerbehaftet", sagte Amnesty-Mitarbeiter Sumit Bhattacharyya. Keine glaubwürdige Studie habe jemals bewiesen, dass die Todesstrafe Gewaltverbrechen wirkungsvoller abschrecke als andere Strafen. Seit 1990 seien mindestens 122 Menschen zum Tode verurteilt worden, deren Unschuld später bewiesen worden sei.
Die ganze Nachricht im Internet:
http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?Nr=12388
Starmail - 28. Nov, 22:55
"Duke" Cunningham Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy
Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham pleaded guilty in US District Court to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud and wire fraud, and tax evasion for underreporting his income in 2004.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/112805X.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/112805X.shtml
Starmail - 28. Nov, 22:50
Where Is the Iraq War Headed Next?
As the debate over troop reductions continues, the covert war in Iraq has expanded in recent months to Syria. A composite American Special Forces team, known as a SMU, for "special-mission unit," has been ordered, under stringent cover, to target suspected supporters of the Iraqi insurgency across the border.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/112805Y.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/112805Y.shtml
Starmail - 28. Nov, 22:45
Five Ideologies, One Middle East
by Rami G. Khouri, TomPaine.com
Will the current turmoil produce peaceful Islamists or radical nationalists -- or something in between?
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20051128/five_ideologies_one_middle_east.php
Will the current turmoil produce peaceful Islamists or radical nationalists -- or something in between?
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/20051128/five_ideologies_one_middle_east.php
Starmail - 28. Nov, 19:46
