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The search is finally over. Sen. John Kerry is believed to have found his heroic voice. He apparently misplaced it back in the early ’70s after standing up to the U.S. war in Vietnam upon his saluted return from battle. Now many antiwar liberals believe Kerry is dissenting yet again.
"I have come here today to reaffirm that it was right to dissent in 1971 from a war that was wrong. And to affirm that it is both a right and an obligation for Americans today to disagree with a president who (…)

There is no more room for maneuver for those still steeped in denial over Bush administration manipulation of pre-war intelligence.............. They fed us lies to trick us into war -it’s that simple ........ http://www.democrats.com/drumheller It is now imperative for each person of good will to petition the legislature in his or her state to demand that the US House of Representatives commence a serious and comprehensive impeachment investigation of the manifest crimes of President (…)

The torching of the French banlieues as both sequel to the No vote of May 2005 and symptom of a wider Western malaise. Rejection of official pieties of integration, and flames of revolt against an automated Europe.
by JEAN BAUDRILLARD
Fifteen hundred cars had to burn in a single night and then, on a descending scale, nine hundred, five hundred, two hundred, for the daily ‘norm’ to be reached again, and people to realize that ninety cars on average are torched every night in this gentle (…)

In which Marco borrows bus fare and enters politics
by Gianpaolo Baiocchi
Marco is a self-employed handyman in his mid-30s who moved to the city of Porto Alegre from the Brazilian countryside eight years ago. A primary-school-educated son of a farmer, he’d had few opportunities in his small town and had heard about the city’s generous social services. He borrowed money for bus fare and landed in Porto Alegre, where he found construction work. But when his wages wouldn’t cover rent he (…)

by Eugene Hernandez
Any indie filmmaker would love to have an Oscar winning actress hyping their new film; the presence of a celebrity can command serious media attention. This week, actress and activist Jane Fonda has been making the media rounds, from Good Morning America, Larry King Live, and The View, to an appearance at the IFC Center on Monday. While she is also hawking a paperback version of her recent memoir, Fonda has also been talking a bit about David Zeiger’s "Sir! No Sir!", (…)

by Uri Avnery
I DON’T usually tell these stories, because they might give rise to the suspicion that I am paranoid.
For example: 27 years ago, I was invited to give a lecture-tour in 30 American universities, including all the most prestigious ones - Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Berkeley and so on. My host was the Fellowship of Reconciliation, a respected non-Jewish organization, but the lectures themselves were to be held under the auspices of the Jewish Bet-Hillel chaplains.
On (…)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Neil Young’s newly recorded protest album "Living With War," including a song calling for the impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush, will be posted for free Internet streaming next week, his label said on Friday.
Starting April 28, fans can log onto Young’s Web site, www.neilyoung.com, and listen to the 10-track collection in its entirety, free of charge, said Bill Bentley, a spokesman for Warner Music Group’s Reprise Records.
The album will first become (…)

http://www.opednews.com
Joining Illinois, California has become the second state in which a proposal to impeach President Bush has been introduced in the state legislature. And this one includes Cheney as well.
California Assemblyman Paul Koretz of Los Angeles (where the LA Times has now called for Cheney’s resignation) has submitted amendments to Assembly Joint Resolution No. 39, calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney. The amendments (…)

summary by Mike Rivero at whatreallyhappened.com "A mix-up in Boston prevented the luggage from connecting with the plane that hijackers crashed into the north tower of the trade center. Seized by FBI agents at Boston’s Logan Airport, investigators said, it contained Arab-language papers revealing the identities of all 19 hijackers involved in the four hijackings, as well as information on their plans, backgrounds and motives."
Sooooooooooo, a guy who knows he is about to die, packs a (…)

There was a mix of anxiety and anticipation in the Kucinich household Easter morning as the Strongsville family waited for a call from their eldest son.
I was so overjoyed when I heard him. We just love him and miss him so much,’’ Gary Kucinich said, recalling the phone call from his 19-year-old son, Gary Jr., a U.S. Marine stationed in Iraq.
Despite the joy, the call was bittersweet for the elder Kucinich, a Democratic candidate in the 13th Congressional District primary who has made (…)