Month: December 2009
Copenhagen Climate Accord a Sham
By CHRISTINE FRANKThe following article will appear in the January 2010 issue of Socialist Action newspaper.Given the greatly lowered expectations thrust upon us by world leaders in advance, it came as no surprise that the outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in December did not include mandatory, binding, and enforceable … Continue reading Copenhagen Climate Accord a Sham
Fuera Golpista! Long Live the Honduran Resistance!
Kevin Cooper’s Life in Grave Danger!
by Rebecca DoranThe following article appears in the December 2009 edition of Socialist Action newspaper.On Nov. 30 the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider the appeal of innocent San Quentin death-row inmate Kevin Cooper. The High Court reached its decision to reject Cooper’s petition despite overwhelming evidence of a massive police frame-up— laid out in … Continue reading Kevin Cooper’s Life in Grave Danger!
Free Lynne Stewart!
Lynne Stewart jailed; loses appeal Appeals court seeks extended sentence
by Jeff MacklerThe following article appears in the December issue of Socialist Action newspaper. The Nov. 16 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, to reject radical New York attorney Lynne Stewart’s appeal of her 2005 frame-up conviction on five counts of aiding and abetting terrorism is a legal and political atrocity. The … Continue reading Lynne Stewart jailed; loses appeal Appeals court seeks extended sentence