Day July 5, 2004

Marine says he killed civilians Jimmy Massey, a 12-year veteran of the Marines, told Amy Goodman that he and his fellow soldiers regularly slaughtered civilians in Iraq for little or no good reason. When he went public, the military sent…

How the Greens choose Kerry over Nader Walt Sheasby, long time Green, details precisely what happened, and who did it.

America, A History in Verse. Vol 3. 1962-1970 Ed Sanders, shaper of the exploding hippie culture of the 60’s, co-founder of the legendary Fugs and the Peace Eye Bookstore on the Lower East Side in the early 60’s, author of The…

Rumsfeld gave go-ahead for Abu Ghraib tactics, says general in charge The former head of the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad has for the first time accused the American Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, of directly authorising Guantanamo Bay-style interrogation…

Now for something completely different! Baptists angry at Bush campaign tactics The Southern Baptist Convention, a conservative denomination closely aligned with President Bush, said it was offended by the Bush-Cheney campaign’s effort to use church rosters for campaign purposes “I’m…