NY Bill to Declare Abortion a Fundamental Right for Women is Top Legislative Priority for Gov. SpitzerDemocracy Now - 9 Mar 2008Pro-choice activists are gathering around the country today to mark the National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers. In Albany, New York Governor Elliot Spitzer is addressing the Family Planning Advocates of New York State. Shortly after taking office last year, Spitzer introduced a bill that would declare abortion a fundamental right for women. The bill would also ensure abortion remains legal in New York should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade.
Headlines for March 10, 2008Democracy Now - 9 Mar 2008Bush Vetoes Congressional Torture Ban, Obama Wins Wyoming Caucuses, Obama Advisor Resigns for Clinton Comments, Rep. King: al Qaeda Will ?Dance in Streets? if Obama Wins, Dem Wins Seat in Longtime GOP District, Bush in December 2002: War ?Inevitable?, Britain to Use Landmine, Weapons Disposal Money to Fly Military Jets in Iraq, Blackwater Drops Plans for California Compound Amidst Local Outcry, Israel Announces New West Bank Settlement Construction, Andean Countries Resolve Border Dispute, Outspoken UN High Commissioner Stepping Down, Dept. of Labor: U.S. Lost 63,000 Jobs in February, Mortgage Giant Countrywide Investigated for Securities Filings, Inspectors: FAA Stymied Southwest Airlines Safety Probe, UN Investigator Faults U.S. on Immigration Jails, Judge Rules Chertoff Broke Law in Pushing Border Wall
Israeli sniper bullet takes 12-year-old girl’s lifeElectronic Intifada - 9 Mar 2008rr r r rr r rr r rr r rr r rr rrr r”I put my hand on her chest to stop the streaming blood. She told me that she could not breathe, her body trembled and she closed her eyes,” said Ra’d Abu Saif of his 12-year-old daughter Safa’s last moments after she was shot by an Israeli sniper last Saturday. Safa was shot in the left side of her chest while she was inside her home in Jabaliya, northern Gaza. Sami Abu Salem reports from Gaza.
Hegemony through free trade: Interview with Daoud HamoudiElectronic Intifada - 9 Mar 2008rr r r rr r rr r rr r rr r rr rrr rIn this interview by EI contributor Stefan Christoff, Daoud Hamoudi of the Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign discusses how apartheid economics is critical to US and Israeli policy in the region, implemented through neo-liberal bilateral trade accords, or on the ground in Palestine where Israel is pushing a plan to build industrial processing zones.
Italian solidarity with Palestinian filmmaker on trial in IsraelElectronic Intifada - 9 Mar 2008rr r r r rr r rr r rr r rr rr rrr rAt the end of last November, filmmaker Mohammad Bakri furiously left a press conference organizaed at the Library of the Auditorium of Rome. He was present because of the performance of the opera Al Kamandjati based on the story of Palestinian musician Ramzi Aburedwan and his music school in Ramallah. The reason for his anger was that not a single journalist asked him any questions when he announced that he would soon be tried in Israel because of his 2002 film Jenin Jenin.
The Nakba generationElectronic Intifada - 9 Mar 2008rr r r rr r rr r rr r rr r rr rrr rThis year, it will sixty years since the Nakba, the catastrophe of expulsion of Palestinians from historic Palestine. Generations have been born, have grown up, and have died in refugee camps, but the international community still continues to ignore the political rights of the Palestinian refugees. What makes it sad for me as a refugee—one who was born and grew up in a refugee camp, and struggling not to die in a refugee camp—is that the Nakba generation is dying. Ziad Abbas writes.
