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"The last stage of capitalism no longer believes in its original utopia of universal provision thorugh market forces.. After the vain hope in the belssings of the invisible hand, the ideologists of this capitalism conscious of their own malice fall to a cynicism and refuse any alternative."...
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 6:16am PST
While the world?s major news media minimize Haitians? support for their government, this picture tells the truth: A sea of Haitians came out New Year?s Day to celebrate their bicentennial and the leadership of President Aristide....
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 12:59pm PST
Part I: Jan. 1, 1804 ? Jan. 1, 2004
This day is sacred.
It is the 200th anniversary of the Haitian Revolution.
Fought by Haitians.
Won for us all....
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 12:57pm PST
This cheery pick me up is from the new issue of Vice magazine. It is really funny, so stick with it and learn something about your body. It is better than shit talking......
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 12:55pm PST
Students took to the streets last week as part of an alleged movement to remove Haiti's Pres. Aristide from power....
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 12:52pm PST
As America becomes more and more enveloped in crisis, it becomes more important that people stay open minded while still keeping a patriotic spirit. Many people are discriminated against for things that seem unfair, such as race, religion and disability. Racism has always been a part of American culture, especially at times of war. The media and our nation's leaders keep telling us that this is a war on terrorism, not Muslims or Afghanistan, but are people listening? Rumors fly about the home...
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 6:10am PST
In an effort that is eerily reminiscent of the campaign against Allende’s Chile in the 1970s or against Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela today, the U.S. government has bankrolled anti-Aristide political groups, including the so-called “Democratic Convergence,” with tens of millions of dollars. It has sought to paint Aristide as incompetent and unstable, and urged him to resign. Violence is also escalating: more than 30 Lavalas members and supporters have been killed by anti-government paramilitaries o...
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 1:58pm PST
A confrontation between police and demonstrators in the south eastern Iraqi city of Amara has left at least seven people dead....
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 1:42pm PST
Guantánamo captives still have zero legal rights, as of today (Jan. 10). Yet Saddam has been given rights, along with POW status, by the U.S. government....
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 8:26am PST
"A society in which everything is privatized has no common property. Such a society no longer needs to know how to live together and in common." Keepinbg public what is public and regulating financial markets are key future questions....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 3:17pm PST
AMSTERDAM - The Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, which was the main reason for the United States to unleash the war last year, seem correct. And in Syria. A high Syrian information officer detailed data have played on about this to a compatriot in exile....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 2:24pm PST
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.2MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Spain, Russia,China, and Cuba....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 2:22pm PST
This is a dispatch from some bay area journalists currently in Iraq working on a documentary. They have been chronicling the day-to-day events of occupied Iraq for the SFBay IMC and here is their latest....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 1:48pm PST
Will Dreams Of U.S.-Latin America Trade Come True?
As Heads of State Gather In Monterrey, Doubts About the Future of Trade Relations...
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 5:56pm PST
CODEPINK Joins V-Day in a March on Ciudad Juárez: Since 1993, more than 320 women have been murdered in Ciudad Juárez, the sister city of El Paso, Texas. Of these deaths, approximately 100 have been sexual-torture killings of young women, ages 12 – 19. Some 450 more women are unaccounted for or missing....
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 10:24am PST
All nine people on board a US military helicopter have been killed after it made an emergency landing in Iraq....
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 8:45am PST
Israeli entrepreneur Menachem Zvik, owner of the MCR International Afumati Romania - is working diamonds by exploiting its workers in apalling conditions....
Posted: Tue, Oct 28, 2003 1:19pm PST