Dec 18 2009
Beyond Legalizing Marijuana; A Top Cop Breaks Rank Again
Earlier this week, Alternet.org broke the news that supporters in California had collected more than enough signatures to qualify a ballot measure on marijuana legalization next year. The group “Tax Cannabis 2010” needed only two months to gather nearly 700,000 signatures in an effort to have the state be the first in the nation to vote on decriminalizing the …
Earlier this week, Alternet.org broke the news that supporters in California had collected more than enough signatures to qualify a ballot measure on marijuana legalization next year. The group “Tax Cannabis 2010” needed only two months to gather nearly 700,000 signatures in an effort to have the state be the first in the nation to vote on decriminalizing the …
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Iraq recently held an international auction to run its oil fields, awarding contracts to companies like Royal Dutch Shell, and Russia’s Lukoil. As representatives of nearly two hundred nations, and over a hundred thousand climate justice activists wrap up the final day of a 2 week meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark on global warming, the auction winners in Iraq have promised …
A battle between liberals has broken out in the Senate over healthcare. Howard Dean, former head of the Democratic National Committee has come out in recent days urging a no vote on the bill being considered in the Senate saying that it is too geared in favor of insurance companies in it’s current incarnation. He is being joined in his …
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In an announcement that surprised delegates and activists alike, the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today announced in Copenhagen that the US will work toward raising $100 billion to help poor countries cope with global warming. The pledge is conditional on the US’s desire to have large developing countries like China and India offer stringent emissions controls that are transparent and enforceable. Many hope that …
Danish authorities have begun cracking down hard on climate justice activists and non-governmental organizations in Copenhagen. Hundreds of people have been arrested as they attempted to take over the Bella Center where delegates are meeting and where heads of state are expected later this week. Activists planned to reclaim the talks by holding a “people’s assembly” to counter what they see as negotiations heading …
The climate negotiations in Copenhagen have resumed after a brief suspension yesterday when poor countries from the G77 block walked out over their frustration with rich nations. In particular the Danish government was accused by some African nations’ negotiators of trying to sideline discussions over the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. On Friday heads of state from 120 countries are expected to come to an agreement. …
A hundred thousand protesters marched on the streets of Copenhagen over the weekend to pressure governments gathered there to agree on a fair, ambitious and binding treaty that will drastically cut green house gas emissions. Over a thousand people were arrested, most of them preemptively under a newly passed Danish law. Meanwhile, inside the halls of the Bella Center …
As US Admiral Mike Mullen, Chair of the joint Chiefs of staff is in the middle of a surprise visit to Afghanistan, Taliban militants have been busy – over a dozen Afghan police have been killed over 24 hours in apparently coordinated attacks in a southern and a northern province. The violence is part of an ongoing pattern in …
Proposed legislation in Uganda targeting homosexuals may reportedly be revised before coming to the parliament in the coming weeks. As it was introduced earlier this October, homosexuality, already a crime in the African nation, would be subjected to harsher prosecution if the bill were to become law. Member of Parliament David Bahati of the ruling National Resistance Movement party …
