Case dropped against Yankee activists December 20, 2005 By DANIEL BARLOW Southern Vermont Bureau BRATTLEBORO — Trespassing charges against seven women arrested last month during a protest outside of Vermont Yankee’s corporate offices have been dropped by Windham County State’s Attorney Dan Davis. The women had pleaded innocent to the charges in Brattleboro District Court… Continue reading Case dropped against Yankee activists
Month: December 2005
VY protesters dismissed from court
VY protesters dismissed from court By BOB AUDETTE Reformer Staff BRATTLEBORO — Charges were dropped against the seven people who were arrested last month for protesting at Vermont Yankee’s corporate offices. The state’s attorney on Monday dismissed charges of unlawful trespass against. Terry Carter of Brattleboro, one of those arrested on Nov. 7, said she… Continue reading VY protesters dismissed from court
Dec. 16, Boston Tea Party – Dec. 17 Entergy Tea Party!
Today is the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, Dec. 16, 1773. Did you know that before Massachusetts settlers dumped tea in the harbor to resist government from afar, women spun and resisted publicly in Boston. Join us in resistance. Please consider joining a HUMAN chain reaction begun on this anniversary of the Boston Tea… Continue reading Dec. 16, Boston Tea Party – Dec. 17 Entergy Tea Party!
Mistake at Vernon Reactor — VT State Nuclear Engineer Challenges Entergy
Mistake at Vernon Reactor — VT State Nuclear Engineer Challenges Entergy On Wednesday, December 7, 2005 at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, Bill Sherman, Nuclear Engineer for the State of Vermontchallenged Entergy Nuclear engineers calculations that project safety during uprate conditions proposed at the New England’s 33-year old reactor in Vernon,… Continue reading Mistake at Vernon Reactor — VT State Nuclear Engineer Challenges Entergy
Sami Ramadani on the latest “milestone” election in Iraq
Courtesy of Socialist Worker http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-2/569/569_16_Iraq.shtml#Ramadani By Eric Ruder, reporting from London December 11, 2005 Sami Ramadani on the latest “milestone” election in Iraq “The elections won’t change things” SAMI RAMADANI was for many years an exile from his native Iraq as a political refugee from Saddam Hussein’s regime. Today, he is an outspoken opponent of… Continue reading Sami Ramadani on the latest “milestone” election in Iraq
Rounding up Women in the UK – In any name, this equals harassment of the vulnerable.
Traprock Homepage Published December 6, 2005 Police steal and threaten in sex worker raids On 6 October 2005, over 40 police and immigration officers raided 55 flats in the Baker Street area of central London. 70 sex workers were held and questioned, some for up to five hours. Women working as “maids” for the working… Continue reading Rounding up Women in the UK – In any name, this equals harassment of the vulnerable.
“Our movement won’t back down.”
Campus officials target student antiwar activists’ right to dissent “Our movement won’t back down” By Eric Ruder and David Thurston | December 2, 2005 | Page 12 STUDENT ACTIVISTS across the U.S. are challenging the U.S. war in Iraq–and military recruiters on their campuses. Along the way, they’re finding that they also have to fight… Continue reading “Our movement won’t back down.”
“It was never as bad as this.”
Iraq under U.S. occupation: “It was never as bad as this” November 18, 2005 | Pages 4 and 5 WHEN U.S. and coalition troops invaded Iraq in March 2003, many Iraqis hoped that at least their conditions of life would improve–after a decade and a half of living under the strictest system of economic sanctions… Continue reading “It was never as bad as this.”