by Annamarie Murano

Caterpillar Inc. is responsible for violations of human rights in the Occupied Territories and must be held accountable. Caterpillar knows this is happening and continues to violate international law. The Olympia CAT Campaign is calling on the company to investigate its role in human rights abuses and cease its support of the Israeli military through the supply of Caterpillar equipment, including the CAT D9 militarized bulldozer, which was used in the killing of Rachel Corrie.

by Peter Bohmer

On Sunday, January 21st, 150 to 200 people rallied at Noon by the Texaco gas station on the Eastside of Olympia, near where the National Socialist Movement - an openly Nazi organization - was supposed to rally. When they didn't appear, we left at 12:45 to head to Sylvester Park where an anti-racist, anti-Nazi rally had been planned.

PRESS RELEASE - Eighty-five people were present at the demonstration commemorating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks at the gates of Naval Submarine Base Bangor on January 15th. Sixteen demonstrators blocked the highway entrance into the base. One demonstrator was arrested on federal property.

by Cory Fischer-Hoffman & Greg Rosenthal

Two of Latin America's most respected independence figures, José Martí and Simón Bolívar, recognized nearly a century ago that their homelands would never be free of imperial domination until Latin America came together in solidarity as a united force. In the lands of these timeless figures, a unique partnership has developed between Cuba and The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela which defies the logic of neo-liberalism. Cuba and Venezuela are demonstrating an alternative relationship based on humanism and solidarity. This . . .

by Marco Rosaire Rossi

It may be a surprise to most Americans, but the individual whose ideas on justice and law shaped the more libertarian aspects of the American constitution was not Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, or Thomas Jefferson. The individual was not even an American or part of the American revolution. Many of the concepts outlined and explored in the Bill of Rights have their home in the mind of the quiet Italian judicial philosopher Cesare Becaria. Becaria's classic work Of Crimes and Punishment was considered the Enlightenment's response to the draconian judicial systems on the . . .

by Drew Hendricks

A lot of criticism has been committed to print since it was revealed that President Bush authorized warrantless wiretaps on United States citizens. Many Senators and legal experts have taken issue with the President's explanation that the targets of these warrantless wiretaps are terror suspects speaking with persons outside the United States. These Senators and experts point out that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was established for just such a purpose, and has only denied a handful of requests in the two and a half decades of its existence. But their shock and . . .