Feature Article "COME AND TAKE IT!" David McElroy
TREASON is how to describe John McCain's S. 1867 up for a vote now. It will eliminate any pretense of federal respect for any of our God-given rights, any semblance of justice or a free society...
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News Scott Olsen, Iraq Vet Injured by Police at Occupy Oakland, Interviewed After Release From Hospital
11-29-2011
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www.bradblog.com
'Stay peaceful, because that's what this is about,' advises the now-wounded, but still-optimistic warrior...
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News Henry Lowrider – A Lesson in Courage
11-29-2011
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Farm Wars
Henry turned his handicap into a strength because he never knew that he couldn't. He just adapted and survived, and excels at what he does.
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News Senate Bill to OK Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Charge, Trial
11-28-2011
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www.thenewamerican.com
...one all-encompassing “battlefield” in the global “war on terror” and authorize the detention of Americans suspected of terrorist ties indefinitely and without trial or even charges being filed that would necessitate a trial.
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News Pakistan tells NATO to leave air base
11-26-2011
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www.aljazeera.com
The Pakistani government has given the US fifteen days to vacate an airfield in Balochistan province after an alleged cross-border attack which killed at least 24 Pakistani soldiers.
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News Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns
11-26-2011
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8917077/P
British embassies in the eurozone have been told to draw up plans to help British expats through the collapse of the single currency, amid new fears for Italy and Spain.
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News Student Occupiers: It's the Debt, Stupid
11-26-2011
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motherjones.com
College students have, to some extent, always been poor and hungry. But in the past few years, undergrads' plight has become truly dire. It's not hard to see why the Occupy Wall Street movement has struck a chord on campuses.
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News Family of U.S. student freed in Egypt gives thanks
11-24-2011
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www.reuters.com
(Reuters) - Joy Sweeney's Thanksgiving wishes were granted in a predawn email on Thursday notifying her that her son and two other American students arrested on suspicion of throwing gasoline bombs in Egypt would be freed.
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News Egypt braces for fresh rally against army rule
11-24-2011
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www.reuters.com
(Reuters) - Activists vowed to crank up pressure on Egypt's generals on Friday with an overwhelming show of people power to cap almost a week of protests against army rule that have left 41 people dead.
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News American Tech Know-How Drives Both Sides of Arab Revolution
11-24-2011
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www.wired.com
As activists take to the streets in Syria, using the power of Facebook and Twitter to organize one of the many revolutions across the Middle East, other American technologies are propping up the very regime these protesters hope to topple.
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News After Apology, Egypt’s Military Rejects Quick End to Its Rule
11-24-2011
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www.nytimes.com
CAIRO — Egyptian generals offered an unusual apology on Thursday for the killings of protesters in Tahrir Square, the iconic landmark of the country’s revolution, but rejected the demonstrators’ demands for an immediate end to military rule.
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News Pregnant Seattle protester miscarries after being kicked, pepper sprayed
11-22-2011
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www.rawstory.com
“I was standing in the middle of the crowd when the police started moving in,” Fox recalled. “I was screaming, ‘I am pregnant, I am pregnant. Let me through. I am trying to get out.’” She claimed that police hit her in the stomach twice before pepper
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Headlines: Pregnant Seattle protester miscarries after being kicked, pepper sprayed -- After Apology, Egypt’s Military Rejects Quick End to Its Rule -- American Tech Know-How Drives Both Sides of Arab Revolution -- Egypt braces for fresh rally against army rule -- Family of U.S. student freed in Egypt gives thanks -- Student Occupiers: It's the Debt, Stupid -- Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns -- Pakistan tells NATO to leave air base -- Senate Bill to OK Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens Without Charge, Trial -- Henry Lowrider – A Lesson in Courage -- Scott Olsen, Iraq Vet Injured by Police at Occupy Oakland, Interviewed After Release From Hospital -- "COME AND TAKE IT!" --