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Xmas 9-11am, Matt Gonzalez interviews anti-war Sen Candidates Todd Chretien & Kevin Zeese Matt Gonzalez interviews Todd Chretien and Kevin Zeese KPFA 94.1 fm...
Posted: Sat, Dec 24, 2005 4:20pm PST
New York City transit strike was quashed by the unions A group of top union officials in New York City played the key role in bringing about the abrupt end of the New York City transit strike, brokering a deal that leaves 34,000 subway and bus workers exposed to punishing financial penalties and the continued drive by their employer, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), to extract far-reaching concessions....
Posted: Fri, Dec 23, 2005 10:50pm PST
Bush employees “Big Lie” technique to defend illegal spying on Americans The Bush administration is employing its standard tactics of fear-mongering, intimidation and lies to defend its illegal spying on Americans. Bush, Vice President Cheney and other administration spokesmen repeatedly assert that Bush’s secret authorization for the National Security Agency (NSA) to monitor international telephone calls and email messages sent from the US without obtaining court-issued warrants does not violate either legal statutes or the Constitution....
Posted: Fri, Dec 23, 2005 10:49pm PST
New York City transit worker speaks: “They’re churning up the next American revolution” On Thursday afternoon, TWU officials showed up on picket lines throughout the city and instructed workers to return to work, without any explanation of what had been accomplished. This generated considerable anger among many workers who had struck for three days and willingly accepted the loss of thousands of dollars in wages under the antiunion Taylor Law....
Posted: Fri, Dec 23, 2005 10:47pm PST
12/23 Update about Daniel Mc Gowan Unbeknownst to us, Daniel was arraigned yesterday and is currently being held in
Lane County Jail and will probably be there until Tuesday, though he is registered
at Sheridan Federal Detention Center....
Posted: Fri, Dec 23, 2005 1:04pm PST
Bringing Torture into Court: The Loopholes in McCain's Bill By JOANNE MARINER...
Posted: Fri, Dec 23, 2005 7:21am PST
Patriot Act Extension Is Reduced To a Month Patriot Act Extension Is Reduced To a Month
House Action Overcomes Senate's Longer Reprieve...
Posted: Fri, Dec 23, 2005 12:08am PST
Wal-Mart Wins Grinch of the Year for Second Year in a Row With 52% of the 13,134 votes cast, Wal-Mart won the 5th annual online "Grinch of the Year" election sponsored by National Jobs with Justice. Nominated by Wake Up Wal-Mart, the company is criticized for leading the global race to the bottom; boosting profits for their executives on the backs of their employees through low wages, insufficient healthcare, and discrimination....
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 11:59pm PST
Jury Awards $172 Million To Over 100,000 Current And Former Wal-Mart Workers Statement by Paul Blank, campaign director for WakeUpWalMart.com on today’s verdict by a California jury in the class action lawsuit affecting 116,000 current and former Wal-Mart workers over unpaid lunch breaks....
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 11:58pm PST
Wal-Mart must pay $200m to workers denied lunch breaks Wal-Mart, the world's largest retail company, has suffered a potentially ominous legal setback, with a California jury awarding more than $200m (£115m) to thousands of employees who alleged they were illegally and systematically denied lunch-breaks....
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 11:40pm PST
US Senate passes budget bill slashing social programs The US Senate finished up the final days of its session for the year by pushing through a top priority measure—a budget reconciliation bill that will cut spending in entitlement programs for students, the poor and the elderly. Once the bill is signed into law, it will mark the first cutback in entitlement spending in nearly a decade....
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 11:36pm PST
Behind the media onslaught on the transit workers While New York City’s striking transit workers were winning broad sympathy and support from millions of working people this week, the mass media swung into action with a predictably unanimous campaign of hysterical slanders against the strikers....
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 11:35pm PST
Billions in bonuses for Wall Street execs; mayor denounces “selfish” transit workers Earlier this week New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg denounced striking transit workers as overpaid and selfish “thugs” who were indifferent to the impact of their walkout on the city’s working poor. These comments were rather rich coming from a mayor who, with a net worth of $5 billion, is rated number 34 on Forbes magazine’s list of wealthiest Americans....
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 11:34pm PST
The sudden end of the New York transit strike: A preliminary assessment The sudden end of the three-day strike that shut down New York City’s mass transit system has underscored both the enormous class tensions building up in America, the heart of world capitalism, and the deep-going crisis of leadership and perspective in the working class....
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 11:33pm PST
Minutemen Mobilize Whites Left Behind by Globalization Cross the white picket fence of the Minutemen offices in Tombstone, Ariz. and you're immediately aware that the federal government denied the local media mogul his constitutional right to bear arms. And, the sign on the front door adds, “ Minutemen founder Chris Simcox trains his infrared scope on the border. BEWARE of his armed bodyguard who is still exercising his second amendment rights.”...
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 11:33pm PST
Buffalo Field Campaign - Update from the Field - 12/22/05 
Last Thursday wild bison advocates gathered in Helena, Montana for a press conference, held right down the hall from the office of Governor Brian Schweitzer. Simultaneously, our national call-in day to the Governor was underway....
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 7:01pm PST
Suspect in ecoterror case found dead An Arizona bookstore owner charged with eco-sabotage in
Washington was found dead in a Flagstaff jail cell early Thursday,
authorities said....
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 4:55pm PST
Solstice Homeless Persons Memorial Day Vigil, Cleansing Ritual for Murdered Dineh Woman Everytime another homeless person dies in Seattle, Women In Black, the Church of Mary Magadalene and WHEEL vigil. Solstice was Homesless Persons Memorial Day all over Washington State. 56 deaths in Seattle. Davina Garrison, a 42 year old Dineh (Navajo) woman was killed on Thanksgiving, then set on fire. A cleansng ritual followed the vigil at the murder site....
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 3:37pm PST
Over 400,00 "Out Of Iraq" Petitons Delivered To Congress Author: Michael Fox...
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 2:38pm PST
Voting Machine Security for Diebold, not voter Posted: 12/17/2005 3:05:19 PM
Author: Arlin Briley...
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 2:05pm PST
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