March 19, 2010

A Washington state man arrested during a violent Olympics protest for wrapping a bike chain around his hand, brass-knuckles style, was carrying the chain because he had been fixing his bike, court heard yesterday.

By Nora Barrows-Friedman - Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Clashes took place in several areas of East Jerusalem...This comes on the heels of accelerated attacks by Israeli forces and Jewish settlers...directed towards the community's youngest and most vulnerable population. Since January, at least 33 children from the area have been arrested, detained and interrogated by Israeli forces as home demolitions and settler takeovers continue apace.

By Gord Hill - March 17, 2010

“These 'peace officers' abuse their powers and sometimes even kill innocent and unarmed individuals without the least worry of being punished, since they know the system is there to protect them. This situation has a name: impunity.”

-- Montreal's Collective Opposed to Police Brutality (COPB)

<p>Here is the best argument against global warming:</p>
<p>Oh, right. There isn&rsquo;t one.</p>
<h1>The Best Argument Against Global Warming ... ...

HONG KONG - Former top US diplomat Condoleezza Rice voiced regret on Friday at the bloody aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq but said the Bush administration had in the end "got it right" in the country.

Rice, who served as national

Todd Gordon and Jeff Webber expose the Canadian government’s support for the coup regime in Honduras as part of an imperialist counter-attack against the Left in Latin America.

The "Peak Oil" concept -- that the world’s petroleum-production rate will soon reach its maximum and commence an inevitable decline, with negative economic consequences —

<p>Think back seven years ago to this day. Where were you on March 19th, 2003, when the invasion of Iraq began? Did you see &ldquo;Shock and Awe&rd...

Some Democratic senators and state and local air regulators are concerned that the latest draft of a Senate climate and energy bill would unduly strip authority from U.S. EPA and states.

-Bees in the City? New York May Let the Hives Come Out of Hiding
-Produce to the People: Collaborating for Food Access

Governments have completely and utterly failed bluefin tuna at CITES today - the vote for a listing in Appendix I was rejected after lobbying from some of the species' largest consumers.

Revealing the inspiration behind his latest epic, Avatar,
legendary filmmaker James Cameron recently described himself as a
''nature geek'', and said modern humans were suffering a degree of
''nature deficit disorder''.

ORLANDO, Fla. - U.S. bank regulator Sheila Bair said she has "serious concerns" that the Senate's regulatory reform bill allows for backdoor bailouts of the largest financial firms.

OPEC ministers meeting in Vienna this week caused no surprises in deciding to keep production quotas unchanged. Saudi oil minister Ali Al-Naimi described current prices as "beautiful".

Society in the hands of the workers! ---- We neither fear you nor will we pay for your
crisis ---- Your financial system has failed ---- Capitalism and governments are the real
crisis ---- Society in the hands of the workers!