San Francisco officials marry gay couples In an open challenge to California law, city authorities performed scores of same-sex weddings Thursday and issued a stack of marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. Over 50 couples were married, according to the…

Chalmers Johnson: rogue Brahmin When the cold war ended, Chalmers Johnson; a die-hard cold warrior, member of the august Council of Foriegn Relations, and possessor of stratospheric security clearances, began to wonder why the US wasn’t disarming. Given that it…

Why isn’t George Bush screaming about this human rights violation? He screams about Saddam, yet ignores human right violations and torture in Uzbekistan. What a guy. Fatima Mukhadirova, 63, is the mother of a man who died in prison, allegedly…

Freeway blogger wants you To send photos of AWOL signs atop a Bush. Best photo wins $25 and a t-shirt!  

Soople? Soople offers several dfferent Google iterfaces. One cool thing about Google is that they have a very simple interface, which keeps three billion pages from being too intimidating. On the other hand that simple interface disguses a lot of…

It’s official! Unity statement for March 20 demos This unity statement is significant in that, I believe for the first time ever, “an end to occupation in Palestine” is specifically mentioned as a unity point for nationwide antiwar rallies. This…

Another victory! US withdraws subpoena of antiwar meeting Facing growing public pressure from civil liberties advocates, federal prosecutors on Tuesday dropped subpoenas that they issued last week ordering antiwar protesters to appear before a grand jury and ordering a university…