The U.S. House will soon vote on a bill that would define acts of peaceful protest as terrorism. Already passed by the Senate, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, S. 1926 and H.R. 4239 (AETA) categorizes activists as terrorists if they engage in First Amendment-protected activities like demonstrations, leafleting, undercover investigations and boycotts targeted at any [...]
Continue reading...By Japhet, November 10 2006
Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been in solitary confinement in Louisiana State Penitentiary for more than 34 years. In prison for armed robbery they were convicted of killing a prison guard in 1971 despite a substantial amount of questionable evidence against them. Woodfox and Wallace are two of the original Angola 3 who have [...]
Continue reading...By Scott Parkin, November 8 2006
As a great blue wave washed over America with a new majority in Congress and ousted Donald Rumsfeld from the Pentagon, George Bush and the Republican Party aren’t the only ones who were rebuked on November 7th. On Election Night, Massey Energy and its CEO Don Blankenship were foiled at the polls as over $6 [...]
Continue reading...By Brant Olson, November 7 2006
Here’s David’s report from his trip up to Ontario this week. The Grassy Narrows speaking tour has turned out to be a real hit – we have reached about 450 people in 6 cities in one week. You can hear a pin drop while the Grassy Narrows clan mothers speak, and they have had some [...]
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By Japhet, November 13 2006
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