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Civil Rights vs. War on Terror: the simple list.
a list of constitutional rights that are <i>affected</I>, let's say, by the War or Terror and the US Patriot Act.
plusungood.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 22 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:50 24.07.03
FCC deregulates the US Media...
FCC says to corporate media... "Go ahead buy up." Now will there be less opportunity for diverse and quality reporting?
:: STARTED BY netbanshee
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:29 23.07.03
Thug politics in the USA
The "just drop it" mentality of politics in the White House.
:: STARTED BY zarathustra_k
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:37 18.07.03
US Army Suicides in Iraq?
What does this sign bode for the US military and its occupation?
:: STARTED BY pachinko droog
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:32 18.07.03
New Law in UK to illegalise under 16s kissing
New Law in UK to illegalise under 16s kissing
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:51 18.07.03
Be careful with revolution
The use of the term revolution, and whether violence should be implied by the term.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:44 18.07.03
Trial by jury
A discussion of government attempts to restrict the right to trial by jury.
:: STARTED BY Fist Fun
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:13 18.07.03
Silencio. Is there a band? (Democrats and Bush)
Discuss Gore's speech questioning Bush's dogma and the general no-show of a Democratic party voice in opposition.
:: STARTED BY The Tower Always Falls
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:27 18.07.03
"You're still a bloke: the Pope says so."
Nothing really surprising, but the Vatican says sex-changes don't actually change your sex.
:: STARTED BY The Return Of Rothkoid
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:45 16.07.03
Scott Ritter's new book "Frontier Justice, Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Bushwacking of America"
Looking for information on Scott Ritters new book.
:: STARTED BY zarathustra_k
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:27 15.07.03
It's the prats at the top who are causing all our problems
The point being, how can we make it so that we the people arrange not to kill eachother?
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:36 14.07.03
UK to give gay couples equal rights
a thread about the recent proposals to to grant gay couples the same rights as straight couples.
:: STARTED BY sleazenation
:: 31 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:04 14.07.03
Taking a STAND against ID cards
Once again the idea of ID cards for UK citizens rears it's ugly head. But STAND are making it easy to register your dislike...
:: STARTED BY Our Lady of The Two Towers
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:54 14.07.03
The 'gay plague' and the diluted theocracy
Is Bush's sponsorship of Fundamentalist Christian agenda (evangelists in government positions, pro-life legislation, clone banning, school vouchers) his future downfall or his windfall?
:: STARTED BY Hieronymus
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:22 13.07.03
Girls Rule, Boys Drool: The New Gender Gap
Article about the "new Gender Gap" in Businessweek raises some interesting questions about education, equality, and "political correctness gone mad." What's your take on it?
:: STARTED BY Cherry Bomb
:: 38 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:48 12.07.03
Free Speech, Blogging and Libel
Free Speech and Defamation - blogs protected in US
:: STARTED BY We're The Great Old Ones Now
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:19 10.07.03
The Push for GM crops
GM foods... do we have a choice?
:: STARTED BY 000
:: 25 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:27 09.07.03
Berlusconi and Godwin
Berlusconi "ironically" suggests that a german MEP should play a Nazi in a film.
:: STARTED BY Lurid Archive
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:07 08.07.03
Spy vs. Government Officials
The reaction to TIA (total information awareness program): GIA (government information awareness).
Spy on your government officials, people, you have been given the means to publish your reports.
:: STARTED BY 000
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:03 06.07.03
New Extradition Treaty
Blunkett, the dear man, appears to have secretly handed the US the key to our door.
Nice.
:: STARTED BY We're The Great Old Ones Now
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:36 05.07.03
Strom Thurmond dead at 100
Strom Thurmond, and hopefully his segregationist legacy, has died.
:: STARTED BY Hieronymus
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:23 04.07.03
Ufology and terrorism
File under: war on terror, Ashcroft, UFOs, paranormal research, terrorism, Area 51, civil liberties.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:58 02.07.03
Tales of an American Police State
Being a record of news stories of police excess and the continual erosion of civil rights in the US.
:: STARTED BY cusm
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:51 02.07.03
Supreme Court Lifts Sodomy Ban
Texas unsuccessfully defended its stance that homosexual sodomy "has nothing to do with marriage or conception or parenthood and it is not on a par with these sacred choices."
:: STARTED BY gotham island fae
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:34 29.06.03
George Galloway- idealist or Labour's Lord Haw-Haw?
George Galloway has been accused of, shall we say, "dodgy dealings" with a certain Mr Hussein. Truth or smear?
:: STARTED BY STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
:: 13 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:15 28.06.03
U.S. Troops Shoot, Kill Two Protesters, Citing "Self-Defense" Against Rocks
Rocks vs. machine guns = self-defense? Please.
:: STARTED BY FinderWolf
:: 41 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:00 27.06.03
Orrin Hatch & Software Piracy
File under: computer, file swapping, downloads, cybercrime, hackers, security, government.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:05 24.06.03
Is there any utility derived from anti-globalisation, anti-capitalist, anti-g8 rallies and demonstrations?
Are anarchist/anti-G8/globalisation/capitalist demonstrations/rallies of any use? Do they undermine the causes they claim to promote?
:: STARTED BY nihraguk
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:28 23.06.03
Global governance
Can we add to, overthrow, redefine or agree on ideas on global governance?
:: STARTED BY Strange Machine Vs The Virus with Shoes
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:11 23.06.03
This is Your Story. The Progressive Story of America. Pass it On
Wonderful, inspiring speech from Bill Moyers. Go read it, then come back and talk about it!
:: STARTED BY Cherry Bomb
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:14 19.06.03
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