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USDOJ Reviews Own Role in Illegal Wiretapping
Thursday, 21 December 2006, 12:57 am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – The US Department of Justice’s (USDOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) opened a review of the USDOJ’s role in the National Security Agency’s (NSA) warrantless wiretapping program on November 27, 2006, according to a letter ... More >>
Protesters Heckle Wolfowitz at World Bank Lecture
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 2:40 pm | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – Paul Wolfowitz was interrupted four times by a total of five protesters tonight during his invited Leo and Berry Eizenstat Memorial lecture on the World Bank at the Ahavath Achim Synagogue. The title of his speech was “Why Africa Matters ... More >>
APN: E-Voting Critic Runs for Dem Chair in Georgia
Friday, 1 December 2006, 3:52 pm | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – Donzella James, a former Georgia State Senator, US Congressional candidate, and elections integrity advocate, has decided to run for Chairperson of the Democratic Party of Georgia, Atlanta Progressive News has learned in an exclusive. More >>
Atlanta Prog. News Celebrates 1 Yr of Publication
Monday, 27 November 2006, 6:07 pm | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – November 23, 2006, marks the one year anniversary of the founding of Atlanta Progressive News (APN). To commemorate this occasion, Matthew Cardinale, Founder of APN, has issued the following letter to our readers: More >>
Iraq Veterans Working For Congressional Campaigns
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 11:30 pm | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – Iraq Veterans for Progress (IVFP) is supporting the campaigns of four candidates running for the US House and Senate, and creating jobs for veterans at the same time: by sending veterans of the US Invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan ... More >>
McKinney & Harris To Dig Deeper Into GA Primary
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 1:51 pm | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) DECATUR – US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) is keeping her options open, and is reviewing public records concerning her 2006 Primary and Run-off Elections with Bev Harris of BlackBoxVoting and others while deciding whether to legally challenge ... More >>
Diebold's 2002 Secret Patch On GA E-Voting Systems
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 12:15 am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – Top Diebold corporation officials ordered workers to install secret files to Georgia's electronic voting machines shortly before the 2002 Elections, at least two whistleblowers are now asserting, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. More >>
Amy Goodman Scolds Corporate Media In Atlanta
Monday, 25 September 2006, 5:04 pm | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – "The media has been part and parcel of the propaganda machine that was cranked up five years ago on 9/11 and is still churning and well-oiled today," David Goodman told an audience of 400 at an WRFG fundraiser at the First Iconium ... More >>
Blackwell Faces Green Challenger in Ohio Race
Monday, 18 September 2006, 11:58 am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – "People need somebody running who can keep Blackwell from stealing an election. Democrats can't say 'Quit stealing,'" Bob Fitrakis, 50, told Atlanta Progressive News. More >>
Bush Protested During Visit in Atlanta
Saturday, 9 September 2006, 8:47 pm | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – President Bush was greeted by protesters this morning as he was in Atlanta at the Cobb Galleria Centre to flog his proposed legislation regarding military tribunals for terrorism suspects. More >>
Possible New Nuclear Reactor is Threat to Georgia
Tuesday, 5 September 2006, 11:35 am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – A possible new nuclear reactor at the plant in Vogtle, Georgia, being plotted by big business and the Republican-controlled State Senate, is posing serious dangerous threats to the people, animals, and environment of Georgia and ... More >>
Machine Vote-Flipping Claimed in McKinney Primary
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 12:06 am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA –“You’ve got electronic voting machines. Many people called in and shared their concern. They pushed the button for Cynthia McKinney and Hank Johnson came up. It wasn’t one time, it wasn’t two times, it was many, many times,” ... More >>
Georgia Lawsuit Filed On E-Voting Questionability
Monday, 17 July 2006, 12:20 am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – Representatives from VoterGA filed suit this morning against Secretary of State Cathy Cox, the Georgia State Election Board, and Governor Sonny Purdue over the current electronic voting system as well as the audit trail pilot project. More >>
Choicepoint Pres. Funds Would Be GA SoS Holcomb
Friday, 14 July 2006, 10:09 am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA – With the Georgia Primary for Secretary of State only days away, Atlanta Progressive News has learned Democratic Candidate Michael "Scott" Holcomb has accepted campaign contributions from the President of Choicepoint Corporation ... More >>
Rep. McKinney Meets Progressive Constituents
Tuesday, 11 July 2006, 12:28 am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) DECATUR – US Congresswoman McKinney (D-GA) wowed a progressive audience here at the packed Push Push Theater during a forum following a screening of the film "American Blackout." "You are like a Malcolm X," one audience member said. More >>
Rep. John Lewis on the Voting Rights Act Renewal
Saturday, 1 July 2006, 12:36 am | Atlanta Progressive News
"I'm shocked, I'm surprised, and I'm also very saddened, to relive some of these issues over again, using some of the same language that was used in the 1950s and 1960s," US Rep. John Lewis told Atlanta Progressive News in a phone interview. More >>
Gore May Run Again in 2008 for US President
Wednesday, 17 May 2006, 12:46 am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA - Al Gore may be a "recovering politician," but "You always have to worry about a relapse," Gore told Atlanta Progressive News. More >>
Atlanta Backs US Department of Peace
Friday, 12 May 2006, 3:07 pm | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA - The City Council of Atlanta has voted 12-2 to support a resolution calling for a US Department of Peace, The Georgia Alliance for a US Department of Peace announced at a press conference today on the steps of the Georgia State Capitol. More >>
Jonathan Springston: Great Speckled Memories
Thursday, 11 May 2006, 11:38 am | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA - It's difficult to talk about the leftist scene in Atlanta in the 1960's and 70's without someone bringing up The Great Speckled Bird, the leftist alternative newspaper which influenced so many minds of the time. But what was The ... More >>
36 US House Reps Want Bush Impeachment Probe
Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 2:08 pm | Atlanta Progressive News
(APN) ATLANTA -- 36 US House Representatives have signed on as sponsors or co-sponsors of H. Res 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush's impeachment, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. More >>
