Archive - Oct 24, 2008

• Troy Davis Issued Stay of Execution as Supporters Gather in NYC
• Was Brandon McClelland's Death Another Texas Lynching?
• Third Party Debate in DC
• Obama Campaign Hopes Virginia Will Turn Blue
• Labor Leaders Want Worker Bail-Out
• Chilean Election Preview

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• Asian and European Leaders Call for Massive Overhaul to Global Economic Rules
• Thailand and Cambodia Vow to Peacefully Resolve Border Dispute
• Divisions in ANC Deepen as South Africa's Crime Fighting Unit is Disbanded
• Lawsuits Immediately Follow NYC Vote to Change Term Limits
• Connection between McCain and Pinochet Unearthed
• Palin Gives Deposition in "Troopergate" Scandal

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The Federal Appeals Court in Atlanta issued a stay of the execution today for Troy Davis. Davis is an African American convicted by an all-white jury in 1989 for the killing of a white police officer in Savannah, Georgia. His supporters gathered in New York City yesterday.  Kristofer Rios was there.

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Civil rights activists are beginning to compare the bloody murder of Brandon McClelland in Paris, Texas to the lynching of James Byrd in another small town in the Lone Star state 10 years ago. Authorities first told Brandon's family that he was struck by a gravel truck; but the family soon learned that he was dragged at least 40 feet by a pick-up. Two white men have now been arrested – and the local DA says Brandon's death had nothing to do with race. But many disagree, and say Brandon was lynched, and authorities are doing all they can to cover-up a hate crime. FSRN spoke with Brandon's mother, Jacqueline McClelland, about his murder.

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Third Party candidates met in Washington DC last night for their first, and possibly only, debate of the season. The event took place with little fanfare – two of the third party candidates didn't participate. The two that did highlighted their differences with their major party counterparts. Washington Editor Leigh Ann Caldwell reports

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Barack Obama spent a full day in Virginia Wednesday – and using a full day in one state with less than two weeks until Election Day is a tall tale sign that the state is in play. Virginia votes similar to the conservative south, and it is one of several states that the Obama Campaign hopes he turns blue. As Nathan Moore reports, all signs are pointing in the Democratic direction.

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