BRITISH and American coalition forces are using depleted uranium (DU) shells in the war against Iraq and deliberately flouting a United Nations resolution which classifies the munitions as illegal weapons of mass destruction.
DU contaminates land, causes ill-health and cancers among the soldiers using the weapons, the armies they target and civilians, leading to birth defects in children.
The Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity Act (aka Title IX) is up for a vote in the United States Senate. Could this be the beginning of the end of equal rights in collegeiate scholarships and athletics? Are we headed into a roll back of womens' rights?
A conference was hosted by the Latin American Solidarity Coalition last weekend in DC. It began Friday eve with speeches, including a stem winder by Vernon Bellecourt of AIM, followed by a full slate of workshops on Saturday (with a break for the anti-war march), and a protest on Sunday against the policies of the World Bank and IMF. (article 1)