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textHalabja Protesters May Face Death Penalty by IWPR (reposted)
Mass arrests and crackdown on journalists in wake of protest over memorial to victims of Saddam-era crime....
Posted: Thu, Mar 23, 2006 9:58am PST
textOregon Attorney on Why He Feels Federal Agents Broke into His Home and Office by Democracy Now (reposted)
Attorney Thomas Nelson discusses his lawsuit against the National Security Agency and his evidence that the Bush administration's secret domestic surveillance is much broader than reported and may include secret physical searches....
Posted: Thu, Mar 23, 2006 9:05am PST
textNew York Times details secret US military torture operation by wsws (reposted)
A New York Times report on March 19 details the operations of Task Force 6-26, a highly secret US Special Operations Unit whose members have reportedly engaged in torture and assassination in Iraq and Afghanistan. The existence and a hint of the operations of the unit—previously known as Task Force 121 and since renamed Task Force 145—have been reported in the press before, however there has never been a complete public accounting for its illegal activities....
Posted: Wed, Mar 22, 2006 10:27pm PST
textFrance: Police assault leaves protesting worker in coma by wsws (reposted)
A 39-year-old French telecommunications worker is in a coma as a result of a brutal beating by riot police last Saturday evening. Cyril Ferez was attacked during the mass demonstration against the Gaullist government’s “First Job Contract” (CPE), which permits companies to sack young workers without cause during the first two years of employment. More than a million workers and students marched against the measure last Saturday, including 350,000 in Paris....
Posted: Wed, Mar 22, 2006 6:38am PST
image Speaking he Unspeakable: Is Bush Guilty of War Crimes? Cindy Sheehan, McGovern, Everest
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by don
Speaking the Unspeakable: Is the Bush Administration Guilty of War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity? Panelists: Cindy Sheehan, Ray McGovern, Larry Everest Thursday, March 23, 7 pm, International House, 2299 Piedmont Ave., Berkeley This past October and January in New York City, an unprecedented people’s Commission of Inquiry on Crimes Against Humanity by the Bush Administration took place. (www.bushcommission.org). Nationally-known whistleblowers, expert witnesses, and victims of the...
Posted: Wed, Mar 22, 2006 1:04am PST
documentIndependent Investigation: SCPD Violated Civil Rights Of Organizers
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by Just Us
"In my opinion, the Santa Cruz Police Department violated the Last Night DIY Parade organizers' rights to privacy, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly in the manner in which they went about obtaining information about the organizers' activities." Bob Aaronson, Police Department Auditor....
Posted: Wed, Mar 22, 2006 12:33am PST
textPolice Auditor's Report Reportedly Available In Main Library by Robert Norse
Police Auditor Bob Aaronsen's report on Spygate Santa Cruz--the SCPD snoop operation against Last Night-DIY, the New Year's Eve Peaceful Parade--is reportedly in the main library, released Tuesday afternoon....
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 10:50pm PST
textDPF Upcoming Events & Volunteer Opportunities by Death Penalty Focus
MARCH 24, 2006 - SAN FRANCISCO, CA SPECIAL ART EXHIBIT BY DEATH ROW INMATE WILLIAM NOGUERA March 30 - May 21, 2006 - Davis, CA PreMeditated: Meditations on Capital Punishment, Recent Works by Malaquias Montoya...
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 10:43pm PST
textDowntown Merchants, Councilmember Coonerty Will Be At Ten Minute Law Meeting by Robert Norse
Merchants at the Tuesday morning (3-21) monthly meeting of the Downtown Association discussed the Ten Minute Trespass law. They heard from City Council member Coonerty and decided to attend the Thursday morning (3-23) 8:30 AM Downtown Commission final hearing. The merchants will then meet again after the DC hearing (probably around 10:30 AM) on 3-23 to make a final decision on whether to support the anti-homeless law....
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 6:56pm PST
videoMichael Chertoff's San Francisco Unwelcome! *Postscript* (video/quicktime 1006.1KB) by Bill Carpenter
How Don Spark denounced chief of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff during his Commonwealth Club speech the previous day. Half-minute QT movie. 1MB....
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 12:11pm PST
text Death raises concern at police tactics by BBC (reposted)
The recent killing of an unarmed Virginia doctor has raised concerns about what some say is an explosion in the use of military-style police Swat teams in the United States....
Posted: Tue, Mar 21, 2006 7:06am PST
audioAlex Jones Interviews Actor Charlie Sheen about 9/11 (audio/mpeg 9.0MB) by Winston
Alex welcomes actor Charlie Sheen, star of Platoon, Wall Street, Young Guns, and most recently the CBS comedy Two & a Half Men, to discuss his views on the world, 9/11 and much more. Sheen has joined a growing army of other highly credible public figures in questioning the official story of 9/11 and calling for a new independent investigation of the attack and the circumstances surrounding it. Interview took place on March 20, 2006...
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 10:01pm PST
imageHUNGER STRIKE! DEMAND THE JAIL GIVE VEGAN FOOD TO ERIC MCDAVID
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by SUPPORTER
CALL THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY MAIN JAIL ALL DAY TO DEMAND ERIC MCDAVID BE GIVEN VEGAN FOOD....
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 9:11am PST
textEric McDavid Needs Vegan Food + phone calls on Monday by via list
Eric's health is deteriorating and it is critical that he be provided vegan food as soon as possible....
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 11:19pm PST
textParade spying undermines community trust in police by TN
Keith Sugar, Santa Cruz mayor blasts SCPD and City Council for indiference to constitutional violations in police spying scandal...
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 10:35pm PST
textTen Minute Trespass Law + Protest March 23 8:30 AM by Robert Norse
The repressive Ten Minute Trespass Law proposed for all city garages and parking lots received an initial hearing before the advisory Downtown Commission last Thursday. On Thursday March 23 8:30 AM, the public hearing will continue (though with additional public testimony banned or restricted) at 809 Center St. in City Council Chambers. Activists will supply chow; you supply the bodies!...
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 7:41pm PST
videoMichael Chertoff's San Francisco Unwelcome! (video/quicktime 16.9MB) by Bill Carpenter
Outside the Nikko Hotel where Chertoff addressed the Commonwealth Club, there was a speak-out. Four-minute QuickTime movie. 17MB....
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 3:46pm PST
textPrisoners Abused Before, After Abu Ghraib: Report by IOL (reposted)
CAIRO, March19 , 2006 (IslamOnline.net) – Iraqi detainees were repeatedly abused by an elite US Special Operations force unit before and after the outbreak of the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal, revealed a leading US newspaper Sunday, March19 ....
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 2:29pm PST
image“Hey you! Stop!”
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by By Friends of Dave
NYC activist Dave Segal reported to prison Monday, where he will serve six months for actions he took to protest the war in Iraq. These are his words about the experience that took him there....
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 2:00pm PST
textHigh-Tech Torture Lawsuit [Schlund vs. Bush] Headed To Appeals Court by Martin F. Abernathy
Federal Judge Virginia A. Mathis dismissed Charles A. Schlund's lawsuit against George W. Bush late last year – without a legitimate reason for doing so. Charles Schlund is going to appeal Judge Mathis' decision. Charles Schlund is a whistleblower and political witness who is being subjected to *high-tech* [i.e. electronic] torture by the U.S. government, in order to prevent him from exposing the *massive* corruption of the Bush administration. The information that Charles Sch...
Posted: Sat, Mar 18, 2006 12:08pm PST
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