Monthly Archives: December 2006

Colonized Wombs? Reproduction Rights and Puerto Rican Women

Posted on 12/25/2006 by Antonia Darder

Following World War II, Puerto Rico and the rest of the Third World emerged as a problem for U.S. philanthropists, foreign policy makers, and social scientists to solve. A major concern of the times was that Third World populations were … Continue reading →

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Twenty Years After Iran-Contra, Washington’s Role in Nicaragua Still a Scandal

Posted on 12/25/2006 by Mark Weisbrot

Imagine Osama bin Laden visiting the United States ten or 15 years from now, telling Americans who to vote for if they want to avoid getting hurt. It would never happen, but in Nicaragua something very similar happened in the … Continue reading →

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Observing the Nicaraguan Elections: How the U.S. Has Overstepped its Bounds Once Again

Posted on 12/25/2006 by Erica Throneberg

On November 5th, the Nicaraguan people went to the polls in huge numbers and voted for a new President, Vice President, and deputy representatives to various legislative bodies. After the ballots were counted in this historic election, Daniel Ortega was … Continue reading →

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“Escualidos for Chavez?“ What I Saw at the Venezuelan Election

Posted on 12/25/2006 by Robert Naiman

AN OVERWHELMING WIN By now you surely know that President Chavez won re-election in Venezuela for another six-year term. What you might not realize is how decisive the victory was. Chavez won 63% of the vote, which was more than … Continue reading →

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U of I Grad Takes Presidency in Ecuador; What’s Left?

Posted on 12/25/2006 by Belden Fields

A FACT AND A QUESTION Rafael Correa, a 43 year-old who took a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Illinois in Urbana, won big in Ecuador’s presidential election on November 26. Correa received 68% of the votes cast. His … Continue reading →

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Cries of Life

Posted on 12/25/2006 by DeAndre Lewis

It’s sad to say and even worse to see Black on black crimes even within families We’ve fallen so far that funerals are the only place you’ll catch us giving hugs coming from real love Sure, our ambition is to … Continue reading →

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The Clock

Posted on 12/25/2006 by Jason Walker

A circle of such significance Sixty marks of mental anguish The short arm vaguely stating where the sun sits in the sky While the long arm moves with unbelievable regularity Followed by my anxious eyes The red arm flies over … Continue reading →

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Keep It, It’s Yours

Posted on 12/25/2006 by Nate Collins

Ashley, hey can you hear me? I am running late, sorry, I am on my way Got something I need to ask you Remember the first time we me? Your eyes pulled my heart from my chest That day I … Continue reading →

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Police Brutality at the Hands of Sgt. Myers and the Corruption of the Champaign Sheriff’s Department Under Dan Walsh That Allowed It to Continue

Posted on 12/25/2006 by Michael Rich

On November 6, 2004 I was taken into custody by the Urbana Police Department for an incident that occurred at the Canopy Club. I was not right with my actions that night at the club, but that does not make … Continue reading →

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Community Court Watch Corner

Posted on 12/25/2006 by Brian Dolinar

On December 1, Champaign-Urbana Citizens for Peace and Justice held a press conference to pre-empt a plea bargain expected to be finalized for Sgt. William Alan Myers, accused of illegally using a Taser on an inmate in the Champaign County … Continue reading →

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The Oaxacan People’s Insurrection for Dignity

Posted on 12/25/2006 by Korinta Maldonado

On the dawn of Friday, October 27, 2006, news about the assassination of the New York Independent Media reporter Brad Will by paramilitary forces in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico reverberated throughout the world. This day marked the beginning … Continue reading →

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