Month June 2003

Lawsuit against Unocal for slave labor Fourteen villagers from Burma are suing Unocal in U.S. court for human rights violations and for using slave labor in building a pipeline. The Court of Appeals is due to rule on whether the suit…

“Gay is the new black” From The Guardian. I am struck by their understanding of the issues involved. Wouldn’t it be nice if major newspapers in the U.S. also spoke so clearly? “The gay rights issue has been a ticking timebomb for…

Leslie Feinberg, transgender warrior Leslie Feinberg spoke today at the ONE Institute in Los Angeles. The Institute is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) library on the planet. Founded in 1952, it has 20,000 books, 600 periodicals, and 2 million…

Democrats’ Anthem: Election 2004 To be sung to “Blowin’ In The Wind, By Madeleine Begun Kane How many wars must a President start Without any reason at all? How much ill will must a President cause Until he at last…

Weapongate! From a blog about real estate (see the 6/13 entry) “I am coining here today the expression “Weapongate” – (No results for “weapongate” on “Google”, except for one Japanese game…) If the “Missing WMD’s case” is to accelarate into…