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Robert Bales, acusado de las muertes en Afganistán, contrata al ostentoso abogado John Henry Browne.
Before the public even knew the name of the Army staff sergeant accused of murdering 16 Afghans in cold blood, his lawyer John Henry Browne, a 6-foot-5 Seattle attorney who’s defended Ted Bundy and the ‘Barefoot Bandit,’ was busily trying the case in the media. After he defended ’70s serial killer Ted Bundy, before he…
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Rush Limbaugh defendió a Joseph Kony, líder de la milicia rebelde acusada de atrocidades.
Joseph Kony, the African strongman who is suddenly a major villain thanks to a viral video about his atrocities, has a friend in Rush Limbaugh. In 2011, President Obama sent American troops to fight Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a guerilla group in Uganda. The LRA has been condemned for human…
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Abogado describe conversación con sospechoso de asesinatos en Afganistán
By GENE JOHNSON FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage met his client for the first time Monday and said the solider has a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre. Lawyer John Henry Browne said Robert Bales…
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Dharun Ravi declarado culpable de crímenes de odio por el suicidio de Tyler Clementi en el juicio por espionaje con cámara web
By KATE ZERNIKE NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A former Rutgers University student was convicted on Friday on all 15 charges he had faced for using a webcam to spy on his roommate having sex with another man, a verdict poised to broaden the definition of hate crimes in an era when laws have not kept…
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El Día de San Patricio y la Lucha Irlandesa
St. Patrick’s Day is typically portrayed as a day for drinking, festivities and revelry. However, we in the American Party of Labor believe that revolutionaries should set aside some time every year to remember the tragedy of discrimination the Irish people have faced here in the United States, and to celebrate the memories of Irish-American…
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El mundo es un gueto: barrios marginales globales – Ojos que no ven, corazón que no siente: deterioro de la condición humana.
It has been estimated that more than one to two billion human beings live in slums or shanty towns all over the world. One in every three people in the world will live in slums in the next coming twenty to thirty years, unless all the governments control unprecedented urban growth. A Report from the…
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Sobre el emocionalismo
When we come together to discuss the problems of our world, their solutions and the means by which we can achieve these ends, it is often that emotions come to the forefront. This is understandable, since it is impossible to demand that someone engage in discussion of world-defining subjects without having strong feelings about the…
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A Santorum no parece importarle ofender a Puerto Rico.
By Eric Randall Campaigning in Puerto Rico, Rick Santorum doesn’t show any signs that he wants to pander Wednesday, telling voters (erroneously) that they must declare English their only official language to achieve statehood. You’d think Santorum would want to butter up Puerto Ricans a bit more deftly, given the fact that Mitt Romney’s victories…
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La investigación sobre el capitán de la patrulla vecinal que disparó al adolescente Trayvon Martin revela una conducta policial cuestionable.
By MATT GUTMAN (@mattgutmanABC) and SENI TIENABESO ABC News has uncovered questionable police conduct in the investigation of the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain in Florida, including the alleged “correction” of at least one eyewitness’ account. Sanford Police Chief Billy Lee said there is no evidence to…
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Los tiroteos reducen aún más el apoyo de los estadounidenses a la guerra.
By ANNE GEARAN WASHINGTON (AP) — The weekend massacre of Afghan civilians, allegedly carried out by a U.S. soldier, further undermines the rationale for a war that a majority of Americans already thought wasn’t worth fighting. But the Obama administration and its allies insisted Monday the horrific episode would not speed up plans to pull…
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