...High Unemployment and Poverty Among Immigrants ~ Interview with Paul Silverstein, associate professor of anthropology at Reed College, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris

Similar to how the invasion of Iraq was wrapped in bright and shining lies in order to be sold to the American people, the lauded constitutional referendum was fraught with inconsistencies, fraud, and poor preparation.

A special conversation with Professor Noam Chomsky. Members of CKUT's news collective spoke with Professor Chomsky for an hour about the role of media, torture and imprisonment in liberal democracies, on the prospects of free trade agreements in the Americas, the upcoming elections in Haiti and the occupation in Iraq.

Washington is in an all-out war against the US poor and middle class. Isn't it great living in a new version of Nazi Germany?

CALL FOR FREEDOM AND YOUR OWN HOUSE IS DIRTY WITH SIN

Faced with US torture, killing and collective punishment of civilians, support for the Iraqi resistance is growing

For many activists, academics, and labor historians in the 1980’s the AFL-CIO became referred to as the AFL-CIA. Founded in 1961 the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD) was the AFL-CIO’s foreign organizing wing for Latin America and the Caribbean. Along with its counterparts in Africa, Asia, and Europe, AIFLD was used to undermine leftist trade movements, support dictators such as the Duvalier’s and back military coups in Chile and Brazil.

[The following is the text of Rep. McKinney's floor remarks on the November 18 debate over the "Murtha" withdrawal resolution.]

Members of Chicago's Congressional delegation who voted against the immediate withdrawal resolution on Friday, November 18th: Rep. Bobby Rush (D), Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D), Rep. Danny Davis (D), Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D), Rep. Luis Gutierrez, (D) Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D), Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D) - see http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll608.xml for votes

Nov. 19: Thousands Rally at the Gates of Fort Benning, Georgia
Nov. 20: Funeral Procession and Nonviolent Direct Action
Arlen Salas David - Presente!