End 'sympathy' budget for US forces in Japan
The Japanese government plans to submit to the next ordinary Diet session a bill to revise the special agreement on Japan's funding for the stationing of U.S. forces in Japan under Article 24 of the Status of U.S. Forces in Japan Agreement (SOFA) so that it can be extended two more years.
Spooks, spies, and Special Branch
The peace process continues to be stalled as both governments attempt to put the pieces back together and get the Executive and Assembly running again. The British Secretary of State, Peter Hain, has stated that he intends cutting off the salary of members of the Assembly if the Executive and Assembly are not operational later this year.
Relapse Into 'Cave-Age' Anticommunism
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is preparing, at the end of January 2006, to pass a resolution entitled 'On the Need for International Condemnation of Communist Regimes'.
An Ominous Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On a global scale, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr is the most revered American of the second half of the twentieth century. His I Have a Dream speech, given at the August 1963 National March on Washington, is the most praised and admired speech by an American in modern history.
Report: Atlanta Mayor Leads Anti-Homeless Trend
'There is a conspiracy among mayors since they hear the Mayor of Atlanta has outlawed panhandling,' Michael Stoops, Executive Director of the National Coalition of the Homeless (NCH), said in a press conference, January 11, 2006.
Weighing the Options: The Next Path for Israel/Palestine
Given the recent political death of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, many in Israel and the Occupied Territories are wondering who will the former premier’s spot. Likewise, Palestinians and Israelis are closely watching to see who will govern Palestinian society.
East Timor counts its dead
During Indonesia’s occupation of Timor there were some 18,600 unlawful killings or disappearances between 1975 and 1999. The Report says that the Indonesian military was responsible for 70% of the killings.
Exalting Sharon: A Dire Case of Collective Amnesia
The mainstream media’s lionizing and exalting of the fatally ill Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could only be compared to that of great men and women of past years.
Government by Giveaway
In December 2005, the reactionaries who are running the government and ruining the country decided to cut about $42 billion from the human services budget over the next few years. Most of the cuts will come out of the hides of the very poorest among us.
Pentagon Spied on Concerned Peace Moms in Atlanta
'Don’t they have anything to do? I am just a mom of a teenage son. I just don’t want my son or anyone else go to a stupid war,' Susan Keith told Atlanta Progressive News.
