10 August 2010
The American Bar Association, the nation’s leading legal organization, today passed the following resolution:
“RESOLVED, That the American Bar Association urges state, territorial, and tribal governments to eliminate all of their legal barriers to civil marriage between two persons of the same sex who are otherwise eligible to marry.”
“With this action, the American Bar Association has affirmed the principles upon which this nation was founded—that every American is vested with certain inalienable rights and that all Americans are created equal,” said Chad Griffin, Board President of the American Foundation …

Is There Really a “Fight” for Gay Marriage?
By Vanessa Carmichael
August 9th, 2010
Celebration is indeed in order. The health of our society, our democracy, hinges on equality, not just for some but for all. However, the ink isn’t even dry on Judge Walker’s decision to undo the wrong passed by California voters and already we’re onto how weak Obama and Democrats are on gay marriage.
Obama may have brought this one on himself. There was really no need to rain on the gay marriage parade with a statement about not supporting gay …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WATER WARS:
WHEN DROUGHT, FLOOD AND GREED COLLIDE

The Struggle ‘With’ Water and ‘For’ Water Is The Next Big Global Crisis

Available on DVD August 31, 2010
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LOS ANGELES (July 2010) – On July 28th, the United Nations General Assembly declared for the first time that access to clean water and sanitation is a fundamental human right. This was a historic vote meant to improve quality of life for the nearly one billion people who lack clean drinking water, and the over two-and-a-half billion people who do not …

LOS ANGELES (August 6, 2010) – Following the tragic death of her wife, Charlene Strong was thrust into the national spotlight as an activist for marriage equality.  Her emotional testimony was influential in the final decision of the Washington State’s Legislature to enact its historic Domestic Partnership laws protecting LGBT couples and families.  Charlene was recently invited to meet with President Barack Obama at the White House during a June 2010 reception for LGBT Pride leaders.  Charlene’s evolution into a marriage equality activist is powerfully captured in the award-winning documentary …

It has been generally standard fare in the media to refer to Venezuela’s Globovision as the “sole opposition-aligned television channel,” as the AP has put it.  Rarely, if ever, is the actual reporting of Globovision put into context, which makes a July 29 Los Angeles Times article all the more amazing.  Chris Kraul and Mery [...]

Mark Weisbrot’s new response to New York Times reporter Larry Rohter’s latest attacks on “South of the Border” was posted on the History News Network site yesterday…

FAIR questions why the Washington Post editorial board would cite an alleged photo of an ELN guerrilla commander drinking Venezuelan beer as evidence of Venezuelan support for the FARC, which is, after all a different armed group.

CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN
HEADING TO THE BIG SCREEN

Cinema Libre Studio has Acquired
the Internationally Best-Selling Book
by Former Economic Hit Man John Perkins,
to be adapted into a Major Motion Picture

Production Slated for 2011
LOS ANGELES, CA – CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN, the shocking and riveting behind-the-scenes memoir by John Perkins about his role in the game of global economics, rose to the top of Amazon.com during its first week in publication, and stayed on The New York Times Bestsellers List …