Indiana

Indianapolis hotel workers rally

Submitted by BrianNapoletano on 7 November, 2009 - 16:00
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First printed in Socialist Worker on 2 November 2009

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.--Approximately 150 workers, union activists and students rallied October 28 in front of the Indiana statehouse to stand in solidarity with workers at several Indianapolis hotels. The workers at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis, Westin Indianapolis and Sheraton Indianapolis City Center have been publicly campaigning for almost a year to unionize hotel workers.

The Indiana Legislature is afraid of Guantánamo Detainees

Submitted by BrianNapoletano on 7 March, 2009 - 23:07
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In what I like to describe as an ongoing effort to undermine what little credibility their party retains, Republican senators Stutzman, Buck, Yoder, and Walker of the Indiana General Assembly introduced on 02 February 2009 to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation & Veterans Affairs Senate Concurrent Resolution 25, which essentially states "Please don't send any Guantánamo detainees to Indiana unless they've been sentenced to death." On 17 February, the resolution was brought before the Senate in Roll Call 102, where it received 31 Yeas and 19 Nays. In defense of the Republicans, three of them (Kenley, Waltz, and Dillon) were smart enough to detect the glaring contradiction in the resolution and vote "Nay", while one Democrat (Mrvan) decided to support it. The rest of the Republicans voted "Yea" and the Democrats1

  1. 1. voted "Nay." The resolution has been sent to the House, but no hearing has yet been scheduled.

Congressman Buyer's Position on Torture Allegations

Submitted by BrianNapoletano on 9 July, 2008 - 22:49
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Originally posted on A contrario on 27 May 2008

On 2 May, I received a response from Congressman Steve Buyer to my 16 April letter requesting an independent investigation into the abuse and torture of prisoners by U.S. forces. He included an 'Issue Position Statement' with his response, which I have reproduced in its entirety below1:

  1. 1. To the best of my knowledge, a position statement is by definition intended for public distribution, and can therefore be freely distributed. As it claims to reflect the views of its original author, however, any intentional alteration to such a statement could probably be construed as libel.

A Request to Representative Buyer to Stop Torture

Submitted by BrianNapoletano on 9 July, 2008 - 19:23
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Originally posted on A contrario on 16 April 2008

In the letter quoted below, I request that Steve Buyer, the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 4th district, take the necessary steps to stop the U.S. government's use of torture and to identify and reprimand the officials responsible for this obscene policy. This letter is in response to Bush's latest statement that he personally approved the use of torture (see the Washington Post's summary of the interview), and the structure of this letter is based loosely on the form letter that ACLU is hosting over here. If you wish, you are welcome to use any part or all of the below text (except my signature!) in your own letter. According to the House web site, all physical mail is currently being screened for biological agents, so the fastest way to contact your Representative is probably through the House's Write Your Representative form.

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