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  • Obama Just Can't Quit Blackwater

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-28
    by Justin Elliott

    In fairness, Barack Obama never said he wanted to quit Blackwater.
    But it's still notable that the troubled firm made famous by helping to
    fight George W.

    »  Read more | 136 reads «

  • Small Businesses Respond to Protest Vandalism

    Syndicated from Media Co-op on Mon, 2010-06-28
    Big Chains and Big Banks Take the Brunt of Recessionary Rage

    Toronto - Queen St. and Downtown Toronto small-businesses have begun to address vandalism and property destruction sustained at Saturday's protest.

    »  Read more | 218 reads «

  • Why Petraeus Won't Salvage This War

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-28
    by Gareth Porter

    As Gen. David Petraeus prepares
    for his next command, his supporters are hoping he can rescue a failing war for
    the second time in just a few years.

    »  Read more | 113 reads «

  • Housing Crisis in Saskatchewan: PATHS Report

    Syndicated from CCPA on Mon, 2010-06-28
    »  Read more | 100 reads «

  • War by Other Means: Aid as a Weapon

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-28

    KABUL, Afghanistan - To recast the 19th-century military strategist
    Carl von Clausewitz's enduring axiom of war, economic aid has become
    "the continuation of war by other means."

    »  Read more | 190 reads «

  • Anti-G20 Solidarity Action in Toronto, Ontario

    Syndicated from Infoshop News on Mon, 2010-06-28

    On the night of Sunday June 27th – Monday June 28th two Bank of Montreal branches were attacked in Toronto, Ontario. We smashed several windows on...

    »  | 86 reads «

  • Bedlam Continues to Reign in Toronto

    Syndicated from Media Co-op
    Promoted by blackandred on Mon, 2010/06/28 - 9:51am

    By Gwalgen Geordie Dent - June 28, 2010

    [The] Toronto Community Mobilization Network (TCMN) headquarters was locked down by police [Sunday] at 4:30pm when over 50 police officers and 6 police vans blocked all building and street access and arrested several members for "breach of the peace"...[P]olice had rounded up a number of people congregating outside of the space and detained them for three hours, threatening them repeatedly with extreme violence and arrest.

    »  Read more | 648 reads «

  • Live Stream: Kagan Confirmation Hearing

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-28

    Live US Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elana Kagan:

    read more

    »  | 72 reads «

  • (en) THE SPOKE Issue 11 MONDAY, JUNE 28-6-2010 THE NEWS PAPER OF THE ANTI - G8/G20 CONVERGENC

    Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Mon, 2010-06-28

    The TMC's Broadsheet for June 28th by Toronto Media Co-op -- content ---* Jail Solidarity
    Attacked ----* Civilian Discontent ----* Agents Provocate ----* courtroom harassment by
    police -- at: http://toronto.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/thespoke11-web.pdf
    Jail solidarity action attacked by Toronto police ---- TORONTOâA prisoner solidarity
    protest in downtown Toronto Sunday fa

    »  Read more | 137 reads «

  • Memorial Mural Completed in Richmond

    Syndicated from Infoshop News on Mon, 2010-06-28

    The Wingnut is an anarchist collective in Richmond, Virginia. The Wingnut is dedicated to promoting social justice and community organizing in Sout...

    »  | 83 reads «

  • The Coup Is Not Over: Marking a Year of Resistance in Honduras

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-28
    by Joseph Shansky

    At one point during the military coup in Honduras last year, a US representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) »  Read more | 106 reads «

  • As Canada's Democracy Trembles, a New Global Architecture Emerges

    Syndicated from Common Dreams
    Promoted by blackandred on Mon, 2010/06/28 - 9:09am
    by Anthony Fenton

    IPS observed a police officer conducting random searches of pedestrians. Asked why he was doing so, the officer...replied, "Do you want to be responsible for a terrorist attack?"...The officer stated that the transit system was shut down due to a "terrorist threat" posed by anarchists, that a cache of Molotov cocktails had been discovered, and that the crude weapons were "all over the city"...A spokesperson for the G8/G20 Integrated Security Unit later contradicted the police officer, stating in a phone interview, "There's no terrorist threat."

    »  Read more | 696 reads «

  • Supreme Court Strikes Down Chicago Handgun Ban

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-28
    by Mark Sherman

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court held Monday that the Constitution's
    Second Amendment restrains government's ability to significantly limit
    "the right to keep and bear arms," advancing a recent trend by the John
    Rober

    »  Read more | 126 reads «

  • Shale Gas — The Hydrofracking Wars

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2010-06-28

    Josh Fox's film Gasland has stirred up a lot of controversy over the environmental damage caused by shale gas drilling. Shale gas reservoir rock lies many thousands of feet below the surface, with the depth depending on the location.

    »  Read more | 165 reads «

  • Giant Salmon Will Be First GM Animal Available for Eating

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Mon, 2010-06-28
    by Louise Gray

    Usually Atlantic salmon do not grow during the winter and take three years to
    fully mature.

    »  Read more | 103 reads «