April 27, 2011
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Slaps Supreme Court
By LINN WASHINGTON, Jr.
Mumia
The federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, in a stunning smack at the U.S. Supreme Court, has issued a ruling upholding its earlier decision backing a new sentencing hearing in the controversial case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the convicted killer of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.
By TARIQ ALI
Libya's ragtag "rebel" army. Neither its actual popularity, nor crimes, nor strength have been investigated by the Western media, eager to rubber-stamp the imperial design.
The US-Nato intervention in Libya, with United Nations security council cover, is part of an orchestrated response to show support for the movement against one dictator in particular and by so doing to bring the Arab rebellions to an end by asserting western control, confiscating their impetus and spontaneity and trying to restore the status quo ante.
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By Zaid Jilani
ACROSS the country, Main Street Americans are speaking out against a GOP budget plan that would effectively end Medicare.
In taking aim at Medicare, these conservative members of Congress are claiming that they are actually “saving Medicare” from financial ruin and that there is no possible choice other than to privatize the program and throw seniors to the insurance industry. They say this to justify a plan that the Congressional Budget Office says would have the elderly spending the majority of their income on health care.
Bachmann Backs Away From GOP Medicare Plan: ‘I’m Concerned About Shifting The Cost Burden To Seniors’
By Alex Seitz-Wald
Following rowdy town hall meetings this week in which constituents confronted their representatives for voting for the GOP plan to effectively end Medicare, Republican leaders are insisting that they are not having second thoughts about the scheme.
