Mass demonstration on Inauguration Day, regardless of who is elected The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition has obtained permits for the Counter-Inaugural demonstration! On the first day that the next president takes the oath of office – January 20, 2005 – there will…

Rap returns home to Africa Daara J are one of the success stories – the Senegalese rap group have just played the UK’s Glastonbury and Womad festivals and won a BBC World Music award. The title track of their album…

Soros responds to drug-lord accusation From Boing Boing George Soros has responded to Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s accusation that he is financed by narco-gangsters in a great, stiff letter that demands an apology: You do a discredit to yourself…

Good riddanceGOP shuns Zell Miller after backlash from his speech Having alienated both Democrats and Republicans, Miller now finds himself friendless. Couldn’t happen to a  more deserving guy.

Mission accomplished? Iraq will be lucky if it manages to avoid a breakup and civil war, and the country can become the spark for a vortex of regional upheaval, a report released Wednesday by Britain’s highly regarded Royal Institute of…

4x4s replace the desert camel and whip up a worldwide dust storm Dust storms emanating from the Sahara have increased tenfold in 50 years, contributing to climate change as well as threatening human health and destroying coral reefs thousands of…

More updates From NYC IndyMedia 12:05  Still no reports of mass arrests outside RNC. 11:44 Order to disperse now given at 30th St. and 8th Ave. At 7th Ave and 29th people are agressively heckling Republican delegates and not (yet)…