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President cites powers of his office
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | April 30, 2006
WASHINGTON — President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution. Article Tools
Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that (…)

COMMENTS ON NOAM CHOMSKY’S NEW BOOK - FAILED STATES - by Stephen Lendman
Noam Chomsky hardly needs an introduction. Throughout his lifetime as an internationally esteemed academic, scholar and activist he’s the rarest of individuals I know. He’s world renown twice over - in his chosen field of linguistics where he’s considered the father of modern linguistics and as a leading voice for equity, justice and peace for over four decades. Although the dominant US corporate media religiously (…)

By Diana Lee
Out of 500 possible charges, prosecutors in the acclaimed “trial of the century” have narrowed it down to 12 documented cases to be presented against the former leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein. Since October 19, 2005, the slow progress of Saddam’s first trial has descended into mayhem. The circumstances surrounding the trial and the court proceedings have raised serious doubts about the fairness and legitimacy of the Iraqi Special Tribunal.
Like the Nuremberg Trials and the (…)

“War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Washington, D.C. - On April 27, 2006, at 9 AM sharp, in Room 2325 of the Rayburn Building, on Capitol Hill, the highly-respected Chairwomen, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA), called to order the second Congressional public forum on how to bring the troops home from Iraq. She is one of the cofounders of the House of Representatives’ “Out of Iraq Caucus.” One of the other cofounders of that anti-Iraqi War group is Rep. Barbara (…)

On Monday, May 1, International Workers Day, we will all be participating in one of the most momentous political events as millions of immigrant workers and students, and hopefully a large number of their allies, participate in the Great May 1st Boycott. Initiated from within the immigrant workers movement itself, the call for the May 1 Boycott has received the active support of organizations throughout the country.
For the last six weeks ANSWER chapters, organizers and volunteers have (…)

May 20, 2006: Washington, D.C.
National March: Hands Off Venezuela, Hands Off Cuba
DETAILS :
http://www.internationalanswer.org/

I’m listening to Neil Young’s new album, Living With War. It’s not my first time; I was lucky enough to be at a private listening last week in California. But now, along with millions of others connected to the Internet, I’m hearing it live today through my computer speakers, streaming for 24 hours, courtesy of Mr. Young and his absolutely brilliant bunch of guerrilla marketers and movement builders. Peace groups like True Majority smartly have seized on the moment to mobilize Young’s (…)

It is "a steppingstone to war," said Rep. Dennis Kucinich, during the debate over the so-called Iran Freedom Support Act, and if this vote is any measure of the degree of congressional opposition to the looming prospect of war with Tehran, then we have a lot to worry about.
Only 21 members of the House stood up against the overwhelming bipartisan wave of support for the bill, which would impose economic sanctions on the Iranians - and openly proclaims the goal of effecting "regime change." (…)

This album is most excellent! Thank you Neil Young!! Don’t Need No More Lies
available NOW free streaming http://www.neilyoung.com,/
Legendary Canadian singer Neil Young is taking shots at the Bush administration and its war in Iraq.
His controversial new CD, Living With War, goes on sale next Tuesday. It’s filled with songs of protest with titles like “Looking for a Leader” and “Let’s Impeach the President.”
In the latter, Young accused Bush of lying and wonders if the government (…)

The Phloggers are "phlogging" the legend of Pat Fitzgerald to heights unseen since the days of Camelot ........Had these mental midgets been around during the Hoover era they would be neoconning’ about you on the marvels ofCrime-fighter’ J. Edgar Hoover and before that , ’Mob-buster’ Thomas E. Dewey ........... What has Fitzgerald done in this case ? ...........Not a hell of a lot ......... Scooter Libby has been indicted on what he told a federal grand jury regarding his conversations (…)