Day December 9, 2005

How America plotted to stop Kyoto deal

A detailed and disturbing strategy document has revealed an extraordinary American plan to destroy Europe’s support for the Kyoto treaty on climate change. The document details how ExxonMobil-funded groups and the neocons plotted to destroy Kyoto. The ambitious, behind-the-scenes plan…

The lost John Lennon interview

From 1971 Tariq Ali: Your latest record and your recent public statements, especially the interviews in Rolling Stone magazine, suggest that your views are becoming increasingly radical and political. When did this start to happen? John Lennon: I’ve always been…

L.A. Protest military recruiters!

Picket, rally and youth & student speak-out! Sat., Dec. 10, 12 noon5051 Rodeo Road, Los Angeles At the Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion(Just east of La Brea, near MLK Blvd) On Saturday, December 10, students, young people, and anti-war and community…

Pentagon memo considered using torture

Although Bush administration officials have denied that they transfer terrorism suspects to countries where they are likely to be abused, a classified memorandum described in a court case indicates that the Pentagon has considered sending a captured militant abroad to…

Sing, birdies, sing

Abramoff associate may plead guilty in Florida wire-fraud case Adam Kidan, a businessman who was indicted in Florida along with Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff on charges of wire fraud and conspiracy, may plead guilty next week, according to a court…