U.N. Pact Sinks on Issue of Violence Against WomenBy Emily Freeburg WeNews correspondentWomen's E News https://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1304Run Date: 04/24/03The U.N. commission on women found itself at a diplomatic impasse for the first time in its history over a document describing what steps nations should take to reduce violence against women and … [Read more...] about -U.N. Pact Sinks on Issue of Violence Against Women
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-Corvin Russell: Artists Against Empire
Corvin Russell/ From www.rabble.caOne of the most famous and political of modern paintings, Picasso's Guernica, powerfully expresses the horror of modern war. On the occasion of U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's address to the Security Council in February to persuade them of the need for war on Iraq, the tapestry reproduction of the painting that hangs outside the … [Read more...] about -Corvin Russell: Artists Against Empire
-Global Internet Liberty Campaign Newsletter
GILC Alert Volume 7, Issue 3 29 April 2003=============================================== Free expression [1] Jailed Tunisian Net dissident resumes hunger strike [2] China limits Net discussions of SARS epidemic [3] File trading software distributors win legal battle [4] US state super-DMCA bills may curb Net free speech [5] Record companies bully student Net file … [Read more...] about -Global Internet Liberty Campaign Newsletter
-Clusters of Bombs: War, Death, Disability: In Iraq and at Home
ZNet Commentary April 30, 2003 By Marta Russell-- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA https://www.disweb.orgSupport ZNet: visit their site to learn about the Sustainer program https://zmag.org ---------------------------------------------------------In a truly "developed" world where diplomacy reigned over brute force and the wealth of a nation was used to better the … [Read more...] about -Clusters of Bombs: War, Death, Disability: In Iraq and at Home
-ACTION ALERT: ABC’s Weapons “Scoop” Turns Up Empty
from FAIR-L Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting: Media analysis, critiques and activismApril 29, 2003 On April 26, ABC's World News Tonight led with a major scoop. Anchor Claire Shipman announced at the top of the broadcast, "U.S. troops discover chemical agents, missiles, and what could be a mobile laboratory in Iraq. An ABC News exclusive." But ABC's "exclusive," as it turns … [Read more...] about -ACTION ALERT: ABC’s Weapons “Scoop” Turns Up Empty