On the Line
On the Line Defend Affirmative Action Lansing, Michigan Members of the NAACP march to Michigan's state capitol on September 16 to oppose Proposal 2 on the November ballot. The proposal would end...
...The unionized employees had been working without a contract since 2004...
...We Americans have found ourselves in a pivotal era where we have traded humanity for patriotism...
...Box 1744, Flagstaff, AZ 86002 or go to savethepeaks.org...
...Here is an excerpt of his remarks: "I witnessed our baseless incarceration of civilians...
...Hundreds of people protested in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on September 14, the day the court heard arguments about the case...
...I do not know what to expect, or the course of my future...
...Hotel workers and their employers also agreed to new deals in Chicago while contracts in Los Angeles and Boston expire in November...
...For more information, contact the Save the Peaks Coalition at P.O...
...General Assembly...
...After returning from duty in Iraq, he went AWOL...
...Before turning himself in this August, Clousing held a press conference outlining his opposition to the war...
...If found guilty he could face a maximum of two years in confinement...
...On September 28, police arrested nearly 300 people in a street blockade in support of union efforts in Los Angeles...
...On August 31, the Army charged Clousing with desertion...
...Two weeks later, San Francisco hotel workers agreed to a new contract that gave them higher wages and full health care benefits...
...Hotel Workers Rising San Francisco Hotel workers blocked the entrance of the Palace Hotel on September 1 as part of a push to settle a contract with hoteliers...
...For more information, go to www.michigannaacp.org...
...For more information, contact United for Peace and Justice at www.unitedforpeace.org...
...I saw an innocent Iraqi killed before me by U.S...
...Vets Against War Seattle Sergeant Ricky Clousing served in Iraq as an interrogator...
...I saw the abuse of power that goes without accountability . . . I stand here before you today about to surrender myself, which was always my intention...
...The proposal would end affirmative action by state agencies and public universities...
...I saw civilians physically harassed...
...troops...
...For more information, go to www.sdmcc.org/rickyclousing Save Sacred Peaks Native Americans and environmental groups formed the Save the Peaks Coalition to tackle human rights and ecological concerns caused by a proposed ski resort development on the San Francisco Peaks, a mountain area in northern Arizona...
...For more information, go to www.unitehere.org U.N...
...Bush Protests New York City Anti-war activists staged a demonstration at the United Nations on September 19, timed to coincide with President Bushs address to the U.N...
Vol. 70 • November 2006 • No. 11
