Narodniks? Basayev, Russia’s most wanted man, said he was behind the wave of recent attacks in Russia — including the school siege, the near-simultaneous downing of two passenger planes and a bomb attack in Moscow — in which well over…

Firefox drawing fans away from Microsoft IE Open-source browsers Mozilla and Firefox have won over a significant number of defectors from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer in the past nine months, Web site metrics suggest. I’ve been using Firefox and the companion Thunderbird…

Johnny Ramone dies from cancer I saw the Ramones many times. They were the first punk band y’know, as they had three albums out by the time the Sex Pistols released their first LP. They influenced countless bands. Get their double…

Various news Bush’s convention bounce vanishes as race tightens. And that’s from The Wall Street Journal! Kofi Annan declares US invasion of Iraq illegal.  Bush team ‘knew of abuse’ at Guantánamo Americans guilty of Afghan torture An Afghan court has…

ParEcon. The Participatory Economics Project Participatory Economics (parecon for short) is a type of economy proposed as an alternative to contemporary capitalism. The underlying values parecon seeks to implement are equity, solidarity, diversity, and participatory self management. The main institutions…

LA, SF, DC hotel workers vote for strike authorization LA, SF, and DC hotel workers have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike. A hotel worker in LA averages $12 an hour; in NYC, $18. Why the difference? In NYC,…