Ithacan returns from Cuba with Venceremos Brigade

Never let it be said that our alternative media and new modes of communication like blogs, Facebook and Twitter will ever replace the role of the conventional daily paper. It came as a complete surprise that I read in this morning’s Ithaca Journal that Emiliano Acevedo, a recent Ithaca College graduate, just returned with [...] [...]

Dan Burgevin, back from Cuba with Pastors for Peace

I am back from my third trip with pastors for peace to our neighbor Cuba. Every time I have gone, the place and people there get a little deeper into my consciousness. We visit new facilities or see a different service that the revolution has provided for the people and I’m further convinced about [...] [...]

Israel’s leaders are not simply war criminals; they are fools

text of Gerald Kaufmann’s address to the House of Commons: Israel’s leaders are not simply war criminals; they are fools By Sir Gerald Kaufman, House of Commons (British Parliament), January 15, 2009 I was brought up as an orthodox Jew and a Zionist. On a shelf in our kitchen, there was a tin box for the Jewish National [...] [...]

Rep. Maurice Hinchey Co-sponsors Bush Impeachment Resolution

It is official. Representaive Maurice Hinchey, Dem NY 22nd Congressional District, has co-sponsored House Resolution 1258 Impeaching George W. Bush, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. Hinchey has not yet cosigned H. Res. 333 to impeach Vice President Richard B. Cheney, nor has he yet cosigned Rep. Robert Wexler’s (D-FL) [...] [...]