University of California faculty, students and workers rallied against state budget cuts and unfair labor practices at 10 campuses and five medical centers from San Diego to Davis on Thursday, September 24. Full Story
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UC Berkeley, UPTE Strike & Faculty/Students WalkOuts on 9/24/2009 - Rallies Against UC President Youdof's/Regents' Unilateral decision to impose UC System-wide Pay Cuts, Furlough, Lay-Offs on low-waged workers, and Student tuition fee hikes, while UC has sound financial status report - way above it's expected goal - for the fiscal year of 2009. Photographer: Joe Pulido of AFSCME 3299
Poem for the Rooftops of Iran: "Where is this Place" - June 19th, 2009
Humanity, Humanism, Humans,... Democracy, Dignity, Decency,... Mentality, Maturity, Manifest Destiny. Where Are We At, as now, as human beings, as a Whole?????
At an early September rally in San Francisco, a member of Elders for Health Care Reform shows her support for the public option. (Photo: janinsanfran / flickr)
Have You Ever Had Doubts About Any of The Stories Told of The Chechen Bombing?
I had.
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Scott Anderson, a veteran war correspondent, says he's disappointed GQ was frightened of circulating his story. "If you're worried about repercussions and you bow to them, you're basically surrendering to the other side."
David Folkenflik, National Public Radio: "For war journalist Scott Anderson, the most confounding part of his recent assignment for GQ magazine to explore the root of terrorist acts in Russia a decade ago wasn't the suggestion of treachery and subterfuge he found. It was the reception his story ultimately received back in the United States." Full Story