Behind the Burma Protests | Russia Disses US on Iran | Army Said To Be Broken |
Europe To Rally for Journalists |Danny Cassidy on Slang and the Irish | More

SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL: RATHER IS RIGHT (Salon)
STAND UP FOR JOURNALISM
The European Federation of Journalists is calling for a Europe-wide day of action in promotion of journalists rights on November 5th, 2007. ‘Stand up for Journalism!’, will protest against the dramatic crisis facing journalists suffering from excessive commercialization, political pressure, falling standards and poor working conditions […]

LETTERS
Dave writes from Daniel Shays country in Massachusetts:
Hi Danny, Did you see the full page COLOR ad Chavez took in the NY Times declaring a new alliance between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the South Bronx? What a propaganda finger fuck to Bush. A 2 bit Banana is sending […]

UAW-GM TO SETTLE STRIKE | BURMA PROTEST CONTINUES | PROSPECTS FOR WAR WITH IRAN | CAMPAIGN AGAINST PREDATORY LENDING UNDERWAY | MORE

Predatory lending as major factor in housing downturn
The Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA reports:
This area has been hardest hit by a nationwide “slump,” he said, with predatory lenders in large part to blame.
Foreclosure epidemic hits Akron with a fury, The Akron Beacon Journal reports:
Some Good News: Starting October 1, 2007, a new federal regulation […]

WILLIAM RIVERS PITT ON DAN RATHER’S LAWSUIT
William Rivers Pitt writes for Truthout: “The willful collusion between CBS management and the Bush administration, offered by Rather to frame his accusations, illuminate an insidious, grotesque, and altogether deadly alignment of circumstances hiding in plain sight before the entire American populace. An explanation for why the legitimate fears […]