Jan 13 2009
Israel Intensifies Attacks on Gaza; Activists Prepare to Break Siege
Israel has intensified its attacks on Gaza in the third week of its war, pushing closer to the capital, Gaza City. Foreign journalists are still being barred from entering Gaza to report on what is really happening on the ground. With fatalities closing in on the 1000 mark, Israel has come under severe international criticism for …
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With the continuing Israeli invasion of Gaza, images of violence in the Middle East are once again prevalent in the media. Outside of news footage, consistent portrayals of Arabs and Muslims in U.S. films and television have all too often been reduced to roles as ‘terrorists.’Academy Award nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo will join fellow actors …
California’s largest SEIU local may lose 65,000 members as a result of a vote by the union’s executive board last week. The United Healthcare Workers-West, headed by Sal Roselli, a leading critic of SEIU head Andy Stern, has long demanded that its long-term care workers remain where they are: united with hospital workers. Now, as …
Outraged protests have continued over a fatal shooting of a Black man by a white police officer in the Bay area. Twenty two year old Oscar Grant was shot in the back by a police officer at a subway station in San Francisco’s East Bay on New Year’s Day. Cell phone camera videos by various …
In a ruling issued last Wednesday, the Bush Administration effectively ended an important legal protection for immigrants facing deportation. Issued by Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey, the decision states that immigration cases can not be reopened due to ineffective or incompetent legal representation. Mukasey argued that neither the Constitution nor statutory provisions guaranteed immigrants such …
