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Haiti, mother of liberty While the world?s major news media minimize Haitians? support for their government, this picture tells the truth: A sea of Haitians came out New Year?s Day to celebrate their bicentennial and the leadership of President Aristide....
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 12:59pm PST
Honor Haiti, Honor Ourselves Part I: Jan. 1, 1804 ? Jan. 1, 2004
This day is sacred.
It is the 200th anniversary of the Haitian Revolution.
Fought by Haitians.
Won for us all....
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 12:57pm PST
9 People Hurt in Haiti Student Protests Students took to the streets last week as part of an alleged movement to remove Haiti's Pres. Aristide from power....
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 12:52pm PST
Huge rally marks 1804 Haitian revolution In an effort that is eerily reminiscent of the campaign against Allende’s Chile in the 1970s or against Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela today, the U.S. government has bankrolled anti-Aristide political groups, including the so-called “Democratic Convergence,” with tens of millions of dollars. It has sought to paint Aristide as incompetent and unstable, and urged him to resign. Violence is also escalating: more than 30 Lavalas members and supporters have been killed by anti-government paramilitaries o...
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 1:58pm PST
Iraqi protesters shot dead in Amara A confrontation between police and demonstrators in the south eastern Iraqi city of Amara has left at least seven people dead....
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 1:42pm PST
Teflon Tyrant Guantánamo captives still have zero legal rights, as of today (Jan. 10). Yet Saddam has been given rights, along with POW status, by the U.S. government....
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 8:26am PST
Future Questions: Corporations and Globalization "A society in which everything is privatized has no common property. Such a society no longer needs to know how to live together and in common." Keepinbg public what is public and regulating financial markets are key future questions....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 3:17pm PST
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 1/9/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.2MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Spain, Russia,China, and Cuba....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 2:22pm PST
Checkpoint Four: Friends in Iraq Report From the Trenches! This is a dispatch from some bay area journalists currently in Iraq working on a documentary. They have been chronicling the day-to-day events of occupied Iraq for the SFBay IMC and here is their latest....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 1:48pm PST
Many Doubts About Free Trade for the Americas, report says Will Dreams Of U.S.-Latin America Trade Come True?
As Heads of State Gather In Monterrey, Doubts About the Future of Trade Relations...
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 5:56pm PST
Kate Raphael demo: The Movie: Israeli Consulate: San Francisco. Jan. 6th. 4min.QT mov 16MB (video/quicktime 16.0MB) Deeg Gold reports on Kate Raphael's detention by Israeli authorities. The audio here is almost identical to the previous upload. 4min 16MB QuickTime movie....
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 5:21pm PST
V-Day March on Juarez CODEPINK Joins V-Day in a March on Ciudad Juárez: Since 1993, more than 320 women have been murdered in Ciudad Juárez, the sister city of El Paso, Texas. Of these deaths, approximately 100 have been sexual-torture killings of young women, ages 12 – 19. Some 450 more women are unaccounted for or missing....
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 10:24am PST
ROMANIA: Diamond slavery Israeli entrepreneur Menachem Zvik, owner of the MCR International Afumati Romania - is working diamonds by exploiting its workers in apalling conditions....
Posted: Tue, Oct 28, 2003 1:19pm PST
Nepal: Women, farmers revolt Maoist Insurgents Gaining Ground in Confused and Disheartened Nepal
"We want people's war," says Aruna Katuwal, age 12, with two big blue ribbons in her hair....
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2001 10:47am PDT
Prague protesters stopped at Czech border Bicyclists and Activists on their way to Prague were prevented from entering Czechloslavakia....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2000 4:50pm PDT
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