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Protest Worsening Prison Conditions For Ill Cuban Activist Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet is seriously ill and suffering from
chronic gastritis and hypertension. The conditions in which he
is serving his 25 year prison term - imposed after an unfair
trial in 2003 for his non-violent advocacy of human rights - are
deteriorating....
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 1:26pm PST
Sami Al-Arian Acquitted A jury has acquitted
Professor Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian American,
on key charges....
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 1:22pm PST
Tell the FDA: Time's up! Approve Plan B today! With your help, truckloads of hourglass timers will be delivered to FDA headquarters in Washington, DC... all in boxes proclaiming "Time's up: Approve Plan B®!"....
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 1:15pm PST
Mumia Abu-Jamal - Decision, U.S. Court of Appeals 
Bryan considers the decision of the U.S. Court
of Appeals, Third Circuit to grant new certificates of appealabilty on two
critical issues to be extremely important in regard to winning a new trial
for Mumia....
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 1:10pm PST
Jury Acquits Jailed Palestinian Professor of Several Charges in Major Blow to Bush Adminis A federal jury on Tuesday failed to return a single guilty verdict on any of the 51 criminal counts against former Florida professor, Sami Al-Arian and three co-defendants accused of helping to lead a Palestinian terrorist group. He remains in jail. We speak with his daughter and a journalist who has closely followed the case....
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 7:31am PST
Study finds hundreds of toxic chemicals in umbilical cords of newborns The umbilical cord is a baby’s lifeline, bringing nourishment from the mother and removing waste. The amniotic fluid bathes the growing embryo, and the umbilical cord brings the embryo oxygen, nutrients—and a startling array of toxic industrial chemicals, according to a recent study, “Body Burden: The Pollution in Newborns.”...
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 6:40am PST
Day Laborers Face Uncertain Future under Bush’s Immigration Plan They earn a living day-to-day, painting houses, installing roofs, gardening and offering their work at a low cost. Day laborers are the most visible undocumented group of Latino immigrants in the United States, and their lives may soon change if a guest worker plan proposed this week by Pres. George Bush is approved by Congress....
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 6:36am PST
US court clears Sami al-Arian of terrorism In a major defeat for the federal government, a Florida jury last night acquitted a Palestinian professor on charges of leading a terrorist group that carried out suicide bombings in Israel. Three of his co-defendants were also cleared of dozens of related charges....
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 10:11pm PST
Senator Barbara Boxer Speaks Out for 9/11 Truth! by Dr, Kevin J. Barrett Monday, Dec. 05, 2005 at 10:07 PM-
kevin@mujca.com - from the LAIMC...
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 1:42pm PST
Fight Racism & Censorship at New School New School Administrators are targeting a graduate student because she organized an all-black panel to speak on topics they consider "controversial."...
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 8:01am PST
Actors, Journalists, Activists, Scholars and Others Continue the War and Peace Epic Thirty-five years after WBAI's 1970 War and Peace broadcast, the Pacifica Radio Archive gathered actors, activists, scholars and journalists to read sections of the epic novel. We play excerpts of readings by veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas and writer and death row prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal....
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 7:31am PST
"Anti-Iraq War" Song"BushWhacked" gets 18000 hits in 4 days 
New Song/WMV "BushWhacked" run time 3:48...
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 6:26am PST
Urge your Congressman to Co-Sponsor H.R. 4272, The Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act Action Alert: Let Patients Tell The Truth: Urge your Congressman to Co-Sponsor H.R. 4272, The Steve McWilliams Truth in Trials Act...
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 11:59pm PST
Bush uses World AIDS Day to push Christian right agenda For President George W. Bush, World AIDS Day was another occasion to pander to the Christian fundamentalist right wing that makes up the political base of his administration....
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 10:13pm PST
What Did the Democrats Know and When Did they Know It? The apology of John Edwards, former Senator and 2004 Democratic vice presidential candidate, for voting for the Iraq war in 2002, has been widely praised. But his apology is based on a lie, one that other Democrats are likely to embrace and one which will serve their ambitions but hide the truth. We should have no illusions about this, for to believe otherwise is to set ourselves up for the continuation of Bush's war by a Democrat....
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 9:10pm PST
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia tightens rules following false article While it would not prevent people from posting false information, the new process will make it easier, said Wales, for the site's 600 active volunteers to review and remove factual errors, defaming statements and other material that runs afoul of Wikipedia policy. Wikipedia visitors will still be able to edit content already posted without registering. It takes 15-to-20 seconds to create an account on the Web site, and an e-mail address is not required....
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 4:13pm PST
Saying "No" to Hillary Clinton 
Cindy Sheehan's gets so little support from the Democratic Party "heavy hitters"....
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 2:51pm PST
Private Armies in Iraq Operate However the F*&k They Please, and Get Rich Doing It When I grow up I want to be a security guard in Iraq working for the Bush administration so I can kill anybody I want, no hassles, and get paid the big bucks, too....
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 2:26pm PST
crimethinc "anarchy and alcohol" pamplet It’s no exaggeration to say that alcohol has played a key role in the epidemic of fascism, racism, statism, imperialism, colonialism, sexism and patriarchy, class oppression, religious superstition, and all the other products of hierarchal authority that has swept the earth over the past few mellenia. It continues to play that role today, as people of the whole world, finally universally domesticated and enslaved by globalized capitalism, are kept pacified and helpless by a steady supply of s...
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 2:12pm PST
Basin St. Blues: Iberville Housing Rights March, Dec3'05, New Orleans LA 
A band of housing rights advocates gathered at the Iberville Projects on Basin St. Saturday morning to march in support of New Orleans residents right to return home after the hurricanes, especially residents of Housing Authority of New Orleans public housing....
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 12:28pm PST
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