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Making Hot Dates and Fighting Imperialism
New Free Political Prisoners Calendar is a fundraiser for grassroots organizing, a useful educational tool and full of beautiful art. Keep track of hot dates and fight imperialism, get this calendar....
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 12:40am PST
Race, Place, and Housing are Interconnected, Report Says
Counties with consistently high concentrations of racial or ethnic minorities are the last bastions of poor quality housing in this nation, according to a Housing Assistance Council report released today....
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 12:35am PST
Report Finds Human Rights Under Threat in U.S.
Report Finds Human Rights Under Threat in U.S.; Friday, Dec. 10 Marks International Human Rights Day...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 12:30am PST
Celebrate Bill of Rights Day Dec. 15,
Celebrate Bill of Rights Day Dec. 15, and its Cornerstone, the 2nd Amendment...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 12:26am PST
Two U.S. Mosques Burned in One Week
A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on federal authorities to help rule out the possibility that fires this week at mosques in Massachusetts and Arizona were anti-Muslim hate crimes....
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 12:24am PST
Lambda Legal Sees Rise in Hostility Toward Gay Youth Since Election
Lambda Legal Sees Rise in Hostility Toward Gay Youth Since Election, Expands Its Education Campaign to 'Hot Spots' in Missouri, Utah, Alabama, Iowa, Texas...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 12:14am PST
United Church of Christ files petition with FCC over networks' refusal of church ad
United Church of Christ files petition with FCC over networks' refusal of church advertisement
UCC: Ad's rejection denies 'full range of religious expression'...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 12:11am PST
12/8: HHS Stalls on Medical Marijuana Decision
HHS Stalls on Medical Marijuana Decision
Heat Turning Up on Government to Correct 'Medical Marijuana Misinformation'...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 11:45pm PST
Thugs, Criminals Counting American Votes
author: Daniel Hopsicker
"An electronic voting system is to a mechanical one what a nuclear bomb is to a hand grenade... If someone manages to sabotage it, the results can be catastrophic."
This article was originally posted to the Portland IMC - 12/9/04....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 5:37pm PST
Nat'l ID card, Internal Checkpoints.
call your senator!
202 224 3121
http://senate.gov...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 2:50pm PST
Millions on Strike
The general strike in Italy was directed against the budget draft of the italian government and its tax policy. Instead of lowering the top tax rates, tax evasion should be combated. The five million pensioners need relief, not the rich....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 10:37am PST
STRATEGIC ACTION FOR AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT
This coming Monday, December 13th, the Electoral College is slated to cast
its votes for President in state capitols across the country. Meanwhile,
the recounts in Ohio and New Mexico will have only just begun. No Stolen
Elections!, together with dozens of other organizations, has called for
nationwide protests on December 13th to defend the recounts, to make
visible the many voting rights violations and election irregularities which
call into question the integrity of the 2004 ...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 10:32am PST
If Kofi Annan resigns, then Bush should resign
Right wing extremists close to the Bush regime in the US have been very quick to call for Annans resignation. One congressman, Scott Garrett even questioned whether or not Annan should be in prison!...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 4:24am PST
So-Called "Abortion Non-Discrimination Act" Threatens Women's Health
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) today challenged President Bush's signing of the Weldon Amendment, or so-called "Abortion Non-Discrimination Act" (ANDA). The legislation, originally proposed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and added as an amendment to the final version of the omnibus appropriations bill, will allow health care organizations to refuse to comply with existing federal, state or local laws pertaining to abortion....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 12:43am PST
Open Words about the Empire
Everyone who rises to prominence learns to think in the obsequious sentences of an English butler serving cookies to the Prince of Wales.. Wars as the US waged uninterruptedly in the last 60 years always serve to prevent democracy at home....
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 3:39pm PST
Black Farmers Historic Lawsuit
Black Farmers Seek to Resolve Historic Lawsuit...
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 11:30am PST
FBI Intensifies Investigation of Israeli Lobby Spying on the US
Unfortunately for the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, this isn't going away....
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 11:29am PST
Day 1 of the John Graham Hearings
his evening I spoke with Terrance LaLiberte, attorney for John Graham,
Southern Tutchone First Nations man fighting extradition from Canada to
the United States. The reception between this attorney and myself was like
that storm outside this kitchen window. Crackling, odd interference....
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 1:04am PST