Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
Three weeks after CBS's cancellation of the apocalyptic drama "Jericho" set off a sustained and creative protest by fans of the first-season series, the network reversed course and announced on Wednesday that it had ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.
The nation's largest combat veterans group on Friday urged the military to "exercise a little common sense" and call off its investigation of Iraq war veterans who wore their uniforms during war protests.
Hundreds of students and faculty erupted in a chorus of boos Friday when President Bush's former chief of staff Andrew Card rose to accept his honorary doctorate in public service at UMass, blaming him in part for the Iraq war. The boos and catcalls included those from faculty who stood on stage with Card.
"Some will say that this weekend is not the right time to ask Americans to stand together and tell the President and the Congress to end this war. They may say it is not patriotic, or that it does not honor the fallen.I strongly disagree. I believe that Memorial Day Weekend is exactly the right time to honor the memory of those who paid the ul
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The Iraq war and Bush's approval ratings, now sagging below 30%, have unleashed a torrent of protest songs in popular music that rivals the politically charged anthems of the late Sixties. Scores of artists are weighing in on the president and his war policies, often with lyrics that are as hard hitting as anything in that bygone era.
In a move criticised by left-wing groups, German authorities have said protestors will not be allowed near a Baltic Sea resort where G8 leaders will hold their June summit.
China on Friday expelled five Americans, including two from San Francisco, who staged a protest against the Olympics on Mount Everest to challenge China's rule over the mountainous region.
At least 300,000 Turks waving the red national flag flooded central Istanbul on Sunday to demand the resignation of the government, saying the Islamic roots of Turkey's leaders threatened to destroy the country's modern foundations.
Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr strongly condemned construction of a wall around a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad , calling for demonstrations against the plan as a sign of "the evil will" of American "occupiers."
More than 100 journalists on Wednesday protested a police raid ordered by Afghanistan's attorney general on a private TV station that has fueled concern over growing government harassment of the media.
Tens of thousands of protesters loyal to Moktada al-Sadr, the Shiite cleric, took to the streets of the holy city of Najaf on Monday in an extraordinarily disciplined rally to demand an end to the American military presence in Iraq, burning American flags and chanting "Death to America!"
The man was arrested in Santa Barbara while reciting Iraq casualty list in 2004. Police said he was disturbing the peace.
Being in Kansas made me recall the night I arrived at Leavenworth Penitentiary on a prison bus. It was a dark and stormy night all right. The lighting cracked and the front steps looked like a thousand steps straight up to hell.
About 200 students threw rocks and firecrackers at the British Embassy on Sunday, calling for the expulsion of the country's ambassador because of the standoff over Iran's capture of 15 British sailors and marines.
"It's not like everyone doesn't know what we're doing anyway," said CIA Deputy Director Stephen Kappes. "And this will represent a huge financial savings. Do you know what it costs to keep a cadre of secret agents undercover in world-class casinos year round?"
It seems that not a day goes by without yet another political analyst, or person in the public eye, making some type of declaration as a solution seeker, or critic, to the mess the US has made in Iraq. Not that these folks are apologetic for their prior pro-war stance, they just want to be conciliatory, to join the more harmonious choir of hope &am
Shouts & Murmurs: The Wisdom of Children: Humor: The New Yorker

Thousands of people gathered for a Christian anti-war worship service Friday night at the Washington National Cathedral, kicking off a weekend of protests around the country to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq .
From the article: "The Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and 49 other antigovernment protesters were sent to a Harare hospital for treatment on Tuesday, two days after the police arrested and beat them for their efforts to hold a protest meeting.The violence continued to draw international condemnation, including an unusual, if muted, rebuke on Tuesday from neighboring South Africa..."
A House Republican leadership group said Monday that Democrats should retract an offer to let the nation's largest Islamic civil liberties organization use a Capitol conference room for a seminar. The House Republican Conference referred to the Council on American-Islamic Relations as "terrorist apologists".
Behind the scenes of the NYPD crackdown at the GOP convention a decision was made five months earlier by the NYPD to impose a "no summons" policy at the RNC. That meant instead of issuing tickets, as is the norm, they arrested 1,450 peaceful protestors for violations, forcing them to go "through the system."
A new song by Damon Albarn will be performed at an anti-nuclear weapons gig today (March 8) at 6.30pm (GMT). '5 Minutes To Midnight' will be performed by a 50-piece choir Sense of Sound on board Greenpeace boat Arctic Sunrise, which is docked on the Thames.
But here we are - four years from Mission Unaccomplished with most of America sick to death of this stupid, pointless war. Do you really want to wait until the clock runs out before we get rid of Bush? Busloads of activists will travel to Washington as they bring their anti-war demands directly to Shock and Awe Headquarters.
Iran's authorities have arrested more than 32 women activists protesting outside a courthouse in Tehran. The protesters were showing solidarity with five women on trial for organising a protest last June against laws they say discriminate against women.








