Activists charge pharmaceutical cartel with being a tool for genocide
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - "There is an entire industry with an innate economic interest to obstruct, suppress and discredit any information about the eradication of diseases," writes Dr. Mathias Rath MD, a German-based advocate of patients rights and author of the book, "Why Animals Don't Get Heart Attacks-But People Do." Dr. Rath has bee` outspoken about people having free access...
The ‘Rock of the South’
ATLANTA (FinalCall.com) - The life and times of Minister Abdul Rahman Muhammad will be celebrated with a weekend of events featuring a special tribute January 31 in Atlanta, with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan who serves as the honorary chair of the planning committee giving special remarks that night. "We want to recognize our brother for his great work....
Cop kills another Black man in Louisville
New Jersey activists want killer cops jailed (FCN, 12/30/2003)Minneapolis rallies against police brutality (FCN, 12/14/2003)Black Capitol police suit back in court (FCN, 12/09/2003)Abusive cops cleared of all charges (FCN, 11/12/2003)Denver activists protest decision in police shooting case (FCN, 11/10/2003)FCN Editorial: Police brutality and human rights (07/21/1998)Police Brutality in America; A Violation of Human Rights (Human Rights Watch) LOUISVILLE (FinalCall.com) - Michael Newby, 19,...
Calories count: Are you counting?
Q: If you are trying to lose weight and follow one meal a day, do the number of calories you eat count? AM: Yes, calories do count in weight loss. The universal law of weight loss says that, in order to lose weight, you must burn off (calories), more than you consume. Some of us may eat one...
Chicago alderwomen fight for construction funds
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Alderwoman Arenda Troutman (20th Ward) and Alderwoman Shirley Coleman (16th Ward) used a parliamentary procedure known as "defer and publish" to hold up over $10 million in construction funding for the Kennedy King Community College, which serves Chicago's Southside. "November 19 was a good day to die for my people," Alderwoman Troutman told The Final Call. "The...
Utility cut-offs leave 22,000 low-income residents without heat
Cold weather puts Midwest in deep freeze, headed east (WIS, 01/06/2003)Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Chicago Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) have mounted a proactive campaign to pressure Illinois state representatives to approve a bill that would prevent utility shutoffs. According to ACORN, 22,000 low-income Chicagoans had been disconnected as...
Courts rule against Bush over ‘enemy combatants’
JIM.LOBE Political fallout, economic drain and public criticism deepen over U.S. security policies (FCN, 10/16/2003) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - Two federal appeals courts have ruled that President George W. Bush does not have the power to detain "enemy combatants" in his "war on terrorism" without providing them basic rights to justice. Civil liberties and human rights groups hailed the decisions as victories...
Letters from Leonard Peltier on the genocide of Native Americans (Part II)
Letters from Leonard Peltier - Part I (12/22/2003)The Case of Leonard Peltier; Native American Political Prisoner (FinalCall.com) - In the last issue (Volume 23, Number 12) of The Final Call, Native American activist Leonard Peltier talked about a young man named John Boy Graham, who was recently arrested for the murder of American Indian Movement activist Anne Mae Pictou-Aquash. The...
Michael Jackson: In his own defense
Nation of Islam issues statement on Michael Jackson (NOI.org, 12/29/2003)L.A.'s DCFS concluded sex abuse charges "unfounded" (TheSmokinggun)Michael Jackson continues to fight invasion of privacy (FCN, 12/11/2003)Michael Jackson: Innocent until proven guilty (FCN, 12/04/2003) (FinalCall.com) - "I would never hurt a child. It's totally false. I was outraged. I could never do something like that," Michael Jackson said during a...
Activists say protests against war continues
2003: A year of US and Israeli defiance of International Law (Electronic Intifada) NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Anti-war activists held a press conference on December 16, across the street from Madison Square Garden, the site of the 2004 Republican National Convention (RNC) to say that the mobilization to convince President George W. Bush to end the occupation of Iraq continues. "The...