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CNN executive forced to quit for bringing up US targetting of journalists in Iraq
CNN's chief news executive Eason Jordan has quit over remarks he made about journalists killed in Iraq, possibly by US forces, the television network has said....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 11:00pm PST
The further hemorrhaging of Detroit—city to shut 34 public schools
Detroit parents, students and teachers reacted with shock and anger to Thursday’s announcement that 34 of the city’s public schools will close their doors this June. More than 10,000 of the district’s 140,000 students will be uprooted and shifted to different schools when the academic year ends and the facilities are shut down....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 10:31pm PST
Overview of Amendments to the REAL ID Act (H.R. 418) as Passed by the House
Approximately 20 amendments were offered to the bill. Of that number, six were ruled in order with the House approving three of the six. A brief outline of those six amendments follows:...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 8:53pm PST
Work Less Party replies to the Throne Speech
Alarm Clocks Kill Dreams....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 6:55pm PST
FILIPINO TRANSSEXUAL FAMILY DENIED RIGHT TO REMAIN IN THE U.S
FILIPINO TRANSSEXUAL FAMILY DENIED RIGHT TO REMAIN IN THE U.S.
EMPAQ CALLS TO STOP DEPORTATION AND SEPARATION OF FAMILY!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 6:31pm PST
*Reclaim the Commons!* Philadelphia, June18-21 *Call to Action!*
All who dare to paint
poems of resistance on walls of oppression, dance in city streets in
defiance of police states, and plant seeds of sedition in the shadows
of Empire: come to Philadelphia!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 6:17pm PST
A NATIONAL DAY OF OUTRAGE IN RESPONSE TO LYNNE STEWART VERDICT
Please begin making arrangements and stay tuned for more information....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 3:06pm PST
Press release concerning the Anna Mae Aquash case and Leonard Peltier
It has become clear that certain factions are maliciously and wrongfully framing Leonard Peltier as a patsy to be falsely blamed for the death of Anna Mae Aquash. First and foremost, let us be clear that Leonard had no involvement in the murder....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 1:56pm PST
KFC acknowledges PETA covert video
KFC's spinsters are hard at work to gets lies out to the masses, but others are working much harder to get out the truth.
Animal Liberation!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 11:11am PST
Another Bedrock Right Obliterated: Lynne Stewart's Conviction Hurts Us All
In a shocking jury verdict today, a tireless watchdog for liberty was convicted of violating special administrative prison rules and of providing material support to terrorists....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 9:30am PST
Convicted Attorney Lynne Stewart: "You Can't Lock Up the Lawyers"
Lynne Stewart and her attorney, Michael Tigar, join Democracy Now! In our firehouse studio for their first extended national broadcast interview following Thursday's jury decision to convict Stewart on all five counts of conspiring to aid terrorists and lying to the government. The verdict reverberated around the country, especially with lawyers who fear the government's aim is to discourage them from representing unpopular clients. We also speak with one of the witnesses at her trial, former...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 7:59am PST
Higher Authority: On Powerlessness and Fate
The egalitarian brutality of this natural disaster that wiped out fishing villages and exclusive beach resorts at the same time emphasized the inequality and injustice of world society iwth all its moral paradoxes....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 7:22am PST
Censored by New York Indy
Apparently New York Indymedia has a policy that considers the below article, downplayed but not censored on Indybay, to be "Hidden by the mountain with code: Policy Violation
Notes: spam, flamebait, mod-baiting" while it was, like many other articles, simply printed on different websites. Wha do you think is the reason for the censorship?...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 12:16am PST
February 2005 U.S. Immigrant Alert! Newsletter
1. The Surge of Anti-Muslim and Anti-Chinese Xenophobia
2. Free Eddie & Andy
3. Our “Vision 2005 Strategy�
4. Immigration News Briefs
5. Community Actions!
6. Information About the Network
7. Please Subscribe to the Newsletter...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 12:06am PST
House OKs Tougher Driver's License Laws
The House voted Thursday to make states verify that they're not giving driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and to grant judges broader power to deport political asylum seekers they suspect may be terrorists....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 11:56pm PST
Brother of military resister Pablo Paredes speaks out: “Human life is worth more than this
Socialist Worker:
February 11, 2005...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 11:23pm PST
NCLR DENOUNCES PASSAGE OF "REAL ID ACT"
The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., laments today's passage of the "REAL ID Act" (H.R. 418) by the House of Representatives....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 11:20pm PST
Arrest of members of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Copwatch Program
Three members of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Lumumba Bandele, Desaw Floyd, and Djbril Toure were arrested in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn just past midnight this morning. At the time of their arrest, the three were engaged in the legal monitoring of police activities as part of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Copwatch Program....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 10:35pm PST
Bill seeks to deny driver's licenses to illegals
facist federal government is seeking a bill to not give illegals drivers liecences...
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 10:15pm PST
Fake reporter unmasked at White House
The White House faced fresh accusations of a clandestine propaganda campaign yesterday after it emerged it granted regular access to a rightwing blogger with a habit of asking President Bush easy questions....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 10:00pm PST