Radical/Progressive Law
« Previous EntriesUpcoming events from the growing movement of GI resistance to the Iraq war
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008VeteransforPeace.org: VFP Troop Engagement Project - Ft. Stewart - Hinesville, Georgia, February 16 - 28, 2008
VFP volunteers will engage active duty soldiers at Fort Stewart Army Base in Hinesville, Georgia between February 16 and 28, 2008. The engagement will be modeled on the successful VFP Veterans’ Convoy of March 2007. The […]
In solidarity with the monks in Myanmar
Monday, September 24th, 2007MSNBC/AP: Monks lead 100,000-strong Myanmar protest — Military regime shows restraint apparently due to pressure from China
YANGON, Myanmar - As many as 100,000 anti-government protesters led by a phalanx of Buddhist monks marched Monday through Yangon, the largest crowd to demonstrate in Myanmar’s biggest city since a 1988 pro-democracy uprising that was brutally crushed by […]
This makes me even prouder to be a member of the NLG
Monday, June 25th, 2007NY Times: Trove of F.B.I. Files on Lawyers Guild Shows Scope of Secret Surveillance
Castro to Bush - “You will never have Cuba!”
Monday, June 18th, 2007
Granma.cu: They will never have Cuba - statement of defiance by Fidel Castro
CNN: Castro vows U.S. ‘will never have Cuba’
I don’t agree with everything Castro says but this particular statement is very compelling and inspirational. I can’t help but admire (warts and all) that this small nation has stood against the American Empire […]
Free rights of soldiers is not only impaired, but is now DEAD
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Wired.com: Army Squeezes Soldier Blogs, Maybe to Death
I understand security concerns but the vast overreaching of this new policy is outrageous and is violative of the basic human rights of soldiers who have led to believe that they are putting their lives on the line to protect our freedom.
I hope to God that there are […]
Happy May Day!
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
Here are some encouraging news stories that I want to share in celebration of May Day (aka International Workers Day):
MSNBC: Venezuela takes operations from big oil firms — In a May Day takeover, control of massive Orinoco oil projects removed
PUERTO PIRITU, Venezuela - Venezuela stripped the world’s biggest oil companies of operational control over […]
“Minuteman Watch” signs posted in my neighborhood
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007I’m more than a bit upset by these signs that were posted in my very diverse, inter-racial neighborhood (Lincoln Terrace).
These signs were posted on both sides of Lincoln Blvd every few block or two (normally at the bus stops), presumably as a racist scare tactic to let hispanics know that they are not welcome.
I’ve called […]
Listening to Radio Habana Cuba
Sunday, March 4th, 2007
I just bought a really neat (and tiny and best of all CHEAP) portable shortwave radio receiver from Radio Shack which I’m really enjoying. I’ve listened to SW radio in the past but this is the first time I’ve owned a receiver with a digital frequency display which really makes tuning into a particular broadcast […]
Canada does the right thing but America still won’t make amends for torturing innnocent man
Friday, January 26th, 2007
This is an update to a earlier JMBzine post
CNN: Canada compensates man U.S. deported to Syria
MSNBC: Canada pays torture victim in U.S. terror case — Washington says engineer still a risk, won’t remove him from no-fly list
Just say NO . . . to police searches
Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Erowid.org: Guidelines for Saying No to Police Searches — in the United States
This guide is a few years old, but generally it seems to have pretty decent advise on why folks should refuse to consent to police searches and how is the most effective way to do so.