It turns out that Wal-Mart’s labor practices are even meaner overseas than they are in the USA. The Mexican Supreme Court recently told the company that it had to pay its Mexican workers in money, not in company vouchers that had to be spent at Wal-Mart.
Read the Mexican Constitution (in Spanish). Check out [...]Jose Luis Nazario is being prosecuted in civilian court for crimes allegedly committed while serving as an active-duty US Marine. The Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act was designed for prosecuting US mercenary forces – who are not subject to the military courts.
This case should not be in the civilian courts. Although I have publically [...]A military commission has convicted Salim Hamdan of giving Material Support for Terrorism. It acquitted him of the primary charge he faced: Conspiracy to Commit Terrorist Acts. Looking at these proceedings is like reading the autopsy report on the American Legal System.
Even if this defendant had been acquitted of all the charges, he [...]Barak Obama and many others who consider themselves to be progressive argue that the “real” front in the War on Terrorism is in Afghanistan. This is dangerous nonsense. Bush, Cheney, and the others lied about the Afghan war, too. The Afghan war is yet another illegal war of aggression. We’ve already lost. It’s time to [...]
The Democrats in Congress are going to help President Bush launch his latest criminal war of aggression in the Middle East.
The House of Representatives is about to pass House Concurrent Resolution 362. The Resolution alleges that Iran poses a threat to the stability and peace of the Middle East. Iran has not attacked [...]A Chinese Muslim named Huzaifa Parhat has been in American custody for more than six years. He has never been charged with a crime. The DC Court invalidated a finding that Mr. Parhat was an “Enemy Combatant.” This man has been in solitary confinement for years, and now it turns out that there is no [...]
