by Christine Frank / December 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper Despite the massive quantities of greenhouses gases produced by coal-burning power plants and with total disregard for their effect on Earth’s climate, the Bush administration is pressing for more of these monstrosities to be built. While the United States, the largest polluter on the … Continue reading Down With King Coal! Why we should not mine, transport or burn coal
Month: December 2005
Youth Revolt in France
by Gerry Foley / December 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper In November, France was shaken by violent protests in Paris and many other cities. Thousands of cars and some buildings were set on fire. The violence reached into the center of Paris and Lyons. These were explosions of desperation by young people suffering from … Continue reading Youth Revolt in France
Bob Dylan Sang What Many Felt
by Joe Auciello / December 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper Review of: Bob Dylan, “Chronicles Volume I” (New York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2005), 304pp., $14. Early one morning the Socialist Action editors asked me to write a review of “Chronicles”; later that afternoon the lawyer who was making out my will, with no … Continue reading Bob Dylan Sang What Many Felt
The Real Deal on the ‘New Deal’
by Andrew Pollack / December 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, some Democratic Party politicians and even conservative newspapers like the New York Daily News were calling for a “new New Deal” to deal with the destruction wrought, and with the broader social problems exposed in its wake. Some … Continue reading The Real Deal on the ‘New Deal’
Intelligent Design: A Renewed Attack on Science
by DoMajure & Marc Rome / December 2005 The heated national debate between so-called intelligent design and Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution has been spotlighted during the recent six-week trial in a Pennsylvania federal court concerning the legality of actions by the Dover, Pa., school board. The trial’s final arguments were delivered on Nov. 4. … Continue reading Intelligent Design: A Renewed Attack on Science
Major Court Victory for Mumia!
by Jeff Mackler / December 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper In a decision that will likely stun the Pennsylvania legal establishment that has been trying to railroad death-row political prisoner and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal to the execution chambers for 24 years, the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit, reversed two critical Federal … Continue reading Major Court Victory for Mumia!
Montreal Summit: Bush Feels the Heat
by Michael G. Livingston / December 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper On the eve of the Nov. 28 to Dec. 9 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal, the Bush administration was starting to feel the heat, both literally and politically, for its position on global warming. The U.S. kept a low profile at … Continue reading Montreal Summit: Bush Feels the Heat
Iraq Disaster Reflects the Breakdown of U.S. Capitalism
by Gerry Foley / December 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper In the run-up to the first Iraqi parliamentary elections under the U.S.-led occupation, scheduled for Dec. 15, the political position of the occupiers has been severely weakened. But at the same time increasing violence between Sunni and Shiite forces threatens to drive wedges among … Continue reading Iraq Disaster Reflects the Breakdown of U.S. Capitalism
Congress Debates ‘Redeployment’ of U.S. Military Forces in Iraq
by Jeff Mackler & George Saunders / Dec. 2005 issue of Socialist Action newspaper On Nov. 17 Pennsylvania Democratic Party Congressman John Murtha proposed on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to “redeploy” the nearly 160,000 U.S. troops out of Iraq within six months. Pandemonium followed. Murtha is a right-winger to the core … Continue reading Congress Debates ‘Redeployment’ of U.S. Military Forces in Iraq