New York City
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With New York’s Democratic primary election less than two weeks away, Harlem residents and local leadership alike are torn between frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. |
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Amidst a background of protesters chanting, “Dethrone Peter King,” the Long Island Congressman stood before over 100 students, faculty, and community members yesterday in the Humanities building to speak on matters of homeland security, ranging from the war in Iraq to the New York Times reporting of NSA surveillance.
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Supporting peripheral issues from the rescue of Darfur to labor rights, what may amount to hundreds of thousands of anti-war protesters marched down broadway in a peaceful and animated display of discontent with the Bush White House.
The protest was led by various celebrity activists (or activist celebrities), including Susan Sarandon, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Cindy Sheehan, and recently-out-of-jail Roger Toussaint, of the Transport Workers Union. |
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Firefighters and other personnel who were there witnessed gruesome things one would normally see in a war zone. Fingers, detached from bodies, sprawled in the toxic soot and human ashes, for long stretches. This was the macabre reality of that day; many people had to dig up the bodies, and often mere remains, of their firefighter brothers (and sisters).
There was no other option- the fallen were like family, and so a dignified burial was what was commanded. This honorable impetus drove the many sleep-deprived, aching and emotionally drained comrades to devote months to the recovery effort. Unfortunately, there was a price that they’d soon learn they’d be paying. |
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On November 2, a large anti-Bush demonstration filled Union Square, culminiating in a march up Eighth Avenue to Times Square. The World Can't Wait...Drive Out The Bush Regime rally saw hundreds of students and workers walking out of their schools and places of employment to show their disapproval of the Bush Administration. here are some first-hand observations of the demonstration. |
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The nation experienced somewhat of a medical panic last week, spurred by the discovery of a new and more resiliant strain of the devasting HIV virus. The main characteristic of the new strain, dubbed "Super AIDS" by many, is its high resistance to previously-effective drug treatments. |
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Submited by Ian Rice Courtesy of foundrymusic.com: CBGB, the legendary downtown club that ushered in American punk rock, is in danger of being priced out of its longtime haunt. |
