Rights Groups Win Release of Abu Ghraib Photos21 Sep 2007A federal judge yesterday found that lawyers for the federal government failed to prove their assertion that privacy and national security should trump the public’s right to know when it comes to…
Expectations for DC Anti-war Convergence Loom Large15 Sep 2007Pointing to reports that activists in hundreds of cities are arranging buses and caravans to travel to the nation’s capitol, the coalition of anti-war groups behind this weekend’s Washington, DC…
Israel?s High Court Rejects World Court Ruling on Barrier7 Sep 2007The long-awaited final say of Israel?s highest judicial body has reaffirmed the domestic legality of the 700km barrier being built largely inside occupied Palestinian territory; the barrier remains outlawed by the still-higher World Court.
Chicago Calls for End to Iraq War7 Sep 2007Chicago’s city leaders Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on the “United States government to immediately commence an orderly and rapid withdrawal of United States military…
Israel to Take West Bank Land for Settlement Barrier16 Aug 2007According to a decision by Israel’s attorney general, the long-awaited move to effectively annex the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank by wrapping it in Israel’s controversial “separation…