Oppose Karen Tandy’s Nomination Oppose Karen Tandy’s Nomination
The Bush Administration has quietly nominated another hard-liner with a questionable past to a high level position in Washington: veteran Justice Department official Karen Tand...
Jul 29, 2003 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Help Save the FOIA Help Save the FOIA
As Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel noted in a recent weblog, the Freedom of Information Act has been under severe assault from the Bush Administration since October 2001, w...
Jul 21, 2003 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Social Unionism–Salvadoran Style Social Unionism–Salvadoran Style
For the first time in Salvadoran history, a new union is bringing together workers from the country's phone companies, Internet sector, radio and TV stations, and newspapers and ...
Jul 7, 2003 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Stop Bill Pryor Stop Bill Pryor
Talk about outside of the judicial mainstream! Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor is the latest extremist candidate nominated by the Bush Administration for a federal judgeship....
Jun 19, 2003 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Help Halt Big Media Help Halt Big Media
The FCC's 3-2 vote on June 2 to relax the few regulations concerning media ownership rules still on the books represented an unprecedented give-away to the corporate media and a ...
Jun 17, 2003 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Mobilize in Sacramento Mobilize in Sacramento
From June 23th to June 25th, the Bush Administration is hosting hundreds of government ministers and corporate reps in a Sacramento, CA summit designed to pave the way for the US...
Jun 14, 2003 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
An Anniversary of Occupation An Anniversary of Occupation
Today, June 5, the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Israeli takeover of the West Bank and Gaza, will see peace and justice activists worldwide protesting what even Ariel Sharon ha...
Jun 5, 2003 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Take Back America! Take Back America!
The Campaign for America's Future, a broad coalition organized to revitalize a progressive agenda for the US, is staging a national conference in Washington, DC this week from J...
Jun 2, 2003 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Profiting from War Profiting from War
Shortly after the US conquered Baghdad, the US Defense Intelligence Agency distributed a now famous deck of cards bearing the images of "Iraq's Most Wanted." This hit list of top...
May 23, 2003 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Media Merger Mania Media Merger Mania
On June 2, the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote on whether to relax the rules for owning American news media. Further relaxing of the rules is the absolute ...
May 8, 2003 / Blog / Peter Rothberg