By Alex Kane and Jessica Lee DENVER, Colo.—A little more than an hour before Sen. Barack Obama made a surprise appearance at Pepsi Center to conclude the evening at the Democratic National Convention, his campaign had an exchange with Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). Approximately 100 IVAW members were determined to push Obama on his stance [...] read more »

By Katie Clancy Okay. Sen. Barack Obama needs all the help he can get to win the White House. So many independent “citizen” journalists feel the way to fight the “good fight” is to lay low on the criticism, turning the other cheek when the campaign makes moves that alienate and distress voters. (Yesterday on Aug. 25, [...] read more »

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Meet the Real Social Justice Candidates: A Chat with the Green Party Ticket By Alex Kane DENVER, CO—Although the corporate media is transfixed on the spectacle of a convention centered on a candidate that promises “hope” and “change,” a real agenda for social justice was being pushed forward Aug. 25 just blocks away from Pepsi Center [...] read more »

By Katie Clancy DENVER—As more than a dozen news cameras recorded the event in front of Denver’s Pepsi Center Monday, Aug. 25, a new sculpture by pop artist Robert Indiana became an instant landmark as local officials and convention goers posed for photos before the letters. Indiana, probably best known for his iconic giant box sculpture LOVE, [...] read more »

DENVER— Approximately 7:45pm (Central Time) Several hundred demonstrators are currently trapped in on all sides by the Denver Police Department riot officers on the sidewalks near Civic Center Park at 7:45pm. As the police continually maneuver their lines, those who are boxed in by the law are unsure what is going to happen next. “Let us go! [...] read more »

DENVER, CO—Hundreds of demonstrators marched from Civic Center Park to the Federal Courthouse today, demanding an end to racial profiling, police brutality and freedom for political prisoners. Around 10am at Civic Center Park, the rally was kicked off with a display of mock Guantanamo jump-suits, signs demanding freedom for the Cuban Five and [...] read more »

Check out IndyVideo’s newest vid: Sean Bell: 50 Shots and Counting. It looks at the institutionalize racism behind the shootings and what activists are doing about it. Featuring interviews with Nicholas Powers and Carl Dix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoyIApkNi-8 read more »

The Rent Stabilization Association (RSA) has filed a lawsuit against Intro 627a – The Tenant Protection Act – in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. City Council Speaker Christine Quinn championed the legislation that combats landlord harassment of tenants and Mayor Bloomberg signed the anti-harassment [...] read more »

As more results from rural areas flood in, last Sunday’s recall referendum keeps looking better and better for Evo Morales and his Movimiento a Socialismo party. After having won the Bolivian presidency in 2005 with approximately 54% of the popular vote, Evo surprised everyone by not only winning the recall referendum convoked by the right-wing [...] read more »

For the Movimiento a Socialismo and Evo Morales, Sunday was indubitably a good day. After having won the Bolivian presidency in 2005 with approximately 54% of the popular vote, Evo surprised everyone by not only winning the recall referendum convoked by the right-wing opposition, but by winning big, with over 62% of the vote. Commentators [...] read more »