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South Africa - Squatters and police clash after raid Furious residents attacked police and vented their anger at passing vehicles, throwing stones at them and hitting them with knobkerries....
Posted: Mon, Apr 26, 2004 12:58pm PDT
Brazilian squatters stage mass invasion of unused property in Sao Paulo Squatters staged mass property invasions in Brazil's largest city Monday, saying President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's effort to redistribute land to the poor is falling short....
Posted: Mon, Apr 19, 2004 11:52pm PDT
1000 HAVE-NOTS STORM ELITE HOTEL IN MONTREAL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 6:56pm PDT
The Case of Leonard Peltier Below you will find a new detailed article on the case of Leonard Peltier. This article explains why Leonard’s case is so important to all of us and why support events like the Feb. 7th Tacoma Peltier March are needed to be supported by all who believe in social justice and peace....
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 3:21pm PST
Veterans' Drug Bills May Soar WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is considering
dramatic increases in the fees military retirees pay for
prescription drugs, a step that would roll back a
benefit extended just 30 months ago and could alienate
an important Republican constituency at the dawn of the
2004 campaign season....
Posted: Sat, Jan 3, 2004 5:17pm PST
Gunmen in Guatemala Shoot Dead Priest Who Spoke For The Poor Father Ruiz, regarded as a staunch defender of the poor, was murdered for speaking out....
Posted: Tue, Dec 16, 2003 4:42pm PST
Randians: Christmas Should Be More Commercial Ayn Rand Institute
WHY CHRISTMAS SHOULD BE MORE COMMERCIAL
Christmas should celebrate reason, selfishness and capitalism...
Posted: Tue, Dec 16, 2003 3:07pm PST
An Aisle Seat - Same Sex Partners' Rights in Ca. Ca. is leading the way, with AB 205, just passing, to give registered domestic partners many of the same state rights as legally married couples......
Posted: Wed, Sep 24, 2003 7:43am PDT
Thailand To Send Tens Of Thousands Of Homeless to Concentration Camps Before Bush Visit The Thai authorities have said they want to clear Bangkok's streets of thousands of homeless people ahead of a meeting of world leaders next month....
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2003 4:27pm PDT
Defend OCAP and John Clarke John Clarke, an Ontario Coalition Against Poverty organizer is facing up to five years in prison for defending the homeless...
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 9:47pm PDT
1,112 and Counting This is a groudbreaking essay that helped start the fight against AIDS....
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2003 11:51am PDT
THE MOST DANGEROUS STATE TO BE HOMELESS: ...increased police enforcement of so-called "quality of life" laws disrupted the relative safety found in the loose-knit community of campers and folks living in their vehicles in that neighborhood, and ultimately displaced an estimated 100 homeless people, leaving them at increased risk for hate attacks....
Posted: Mon, May 19, 2003 11:39am PDT
AN AMERICAN EPIDEMIC: Hate Crimes Against Homeless People As disturbing as the case descriptions contained in NCH's report are, what is even more ominous is that homeless people have almost no protection against such cruelty. Poor people are not a protected class under federal civil rights statutes, and none of the current hate crime laws in the United States include or acknowledge hate crimes based on economic or housing status....
Posted: Mon, May 19, 2003 11:33am PDT
ADAPT Gridlock Forces DOJ Talks & Commitment to Review Institutions and States’ ADA Plans ADAPT stopped traffic on busy Constitution Avenue, and on surrounding streets including an entrance to I395, for seven hours Monday to gain a meeting with U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials....
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2003 9:36pm PDT
100 from ADAPT Arrested at White House Demanding Apology from President for “Stolen Lives” 100 from ADAPT Arrested at White House Demanding Apology from President for “Stolen Lives”...
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2003 9:30pm PDT
Washington DC Housing Authority Threatens Arrest of Dissenting Residents DC Housing Authority Locks-Out Public Housing Residents from Community Meeting
- Threatens to arrest residents who expressed dissent at the meeting
- Removes all residents under age 18...
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2003 12:12pm PDT
May Day: Remembering the street peddlers (by Latuff) 
Copyright-free photos by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff on behalf of Brazilian and worldwide street peddlers....
Posted: Wed, Apr 30, 2003 9:10pm PDT
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