DN!: Civil Rights Commission Stacked with Conservatives//US Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 12:47:49 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST November 8, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Bush Maneuvers to Stack Commission on Civil Rights with Conservatives * The eight-member U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has long been staffed equally with members of both major political parties. Critics say Bush in effect installed a fifth and sixth Republican on the panel in December 2004 after two commissioners, both Republicans when appointed, reregistered as independents. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/08/1449259 * Actor and Activist Danny Glover & TransAfrica Forum's Nicole Lee on the U.S. Militarization of Africa and Africom * "With little scrutiny from Democrats in Congress and nary a whimper of protest from the liberal establishment, the United States will soon establish permanent military bases in sub-Saharan Africa," write Glover and Lee in The Nation. "An alarming step forward in the militarization of the African continent, the US Africa Command (Africom) will oversee all US military and security interests throughout the region, excluding Egypt." Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/08/1450204 * As Blackwater Is Implicated in Another Deadly Shooting in Iraq, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) Urges Passage of the Stop Outsourcing Security (SOS) Act * In a Democracy Now! interview, Rep. Jan Schakowsky calls for the withdrawal of all guards with the firms Blackwater, DynCorp and Triple Canopy over the next six months from Iraq and Afghanistan. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/08/1450208 * Headlines for November 8, 2007 * - Over 700 Supporters of Bhutto Detained In Pakistan - Taliban Launches Coup Of Their Own in Western Pakistan - President Bush Defendes WWIII Comments About Iran - AT&T Whistleblower Urges Congress Not To Give Telecoms Immunity - Effort to Impeach Vice President Cheney Continues - FBI Monitored Sales At Middle Eastern Grocery Stores - U.S. Recalls 4 Million Toys With Date Rape Chemical Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/08/1449253 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Thursday, November 8, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/ To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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