"I am opposed to every war but one"

By Eugene Debs Eugene Debs was born in Indiana in 1855. A militant trade unionist, he became the leader of the Socialist Party. He is best known for his working-class and internationalist opposition to World War I. After the U.S.…

Annoying ringtone tops British charts!

Crazy Frog Axel F is based off the revving sound of a Swedish mo-ped. “This song is incredibly irritating and puerile and we’re still trying to understand why people like it,” Gennaro Castaldo, a spokesman for HMV [A British music…

Foreclosure rates increase in 47 states

From the Washington Post “Philadelphia, its suburbs and indeed much of Pennsylvania have experienced a foreclosure epidemic as low-income homeowners take on mortgage debt they cannot afford. In 2000, the Philadelphia sheriff auctioned 300 to 400 foreclosed properties a month;…

France rejects EU Constitution

European leaders desperately played down Europe’s biggest crisis in 50 years as voters in France overwhelmingly rejected the European constitution. Chirac’s government will probably fall because of this, and it never had to happen. He could have just had it raftified,…