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Unemployed Oil Workers Protest in Venezuela
Rubber bullets and tear gas were used by the National Guard to disperse a protest by unemployed oil workers in the eastern state of Anzoategui Thursday...
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2003 9:48am PDT
Summer lovin’ – Arab Gays, Lesbians coming out of the closet...?
"there is a growing movement of progressive-minded Muslims who see Islam as an evolving religion that must adapt to modern-day society."...
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2003 9:06am PDT
Interview with Jean Parker from Radio For Peace International (audio/mpeg 3.8MB)
Why is the UN-mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica trying to close down Radio For Peace International (RFPI)? RFPI includes United Nations programming in its line-up, yet it would seem that they are being denied the right of free speech.
Simon Aronowitz, Editor of ThoughtCrimeNews.com speaks to a member of the Board of Directors to find out the full story....
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2003 3:02am PDT
Today We Face Another 'Watergate'
Thirty years ago the Senate of the United States prevented President Richard Nixon from destroying constitutional democracy in our country. Watergate was a wrenching turning point in our history and its lessons must be learned and re-learned....
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2003 11:42pm PDT
Japanese Pop Group Recruits for Japan's Army!
The insanely popular Japanese Idol group, Morning Musume, have begun a new career as recruiters for the Japanese military!...
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2003 9:05pm PDT
Racism Reinforced. Israeli marriage law discriminates against Arab citizens of Israel
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Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2003 6:48pm PDT
Jesus Christ against sexual prejudice (by Latuff)
No protestant and catholic sexual prejudice against gay and lesbian....
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2003 5:49pm PDT
"Stop GATS!" Against Privatization of Services
"The `Washington Consensus' from the 80s promised that a neoliberal policy would be good for everyone. In fact, local structures.. are destroyed, human lives are annihilated through hunger and poverty and enormous environmental damage continued."...
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2003 11:05am PDT
New left news criticism site
A new blog, Left I on the News, primarily dedicated to analyzing daily media coverage of the news from a left-wing perspective, is up and running at http://lefti.blogspot.com. New material posted daily....
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2003 9:44am PDT
Salt Lake City Activisits Give Cheney a **Hot** Welcome
Activists in Salt Lake City, Utah welcomed Cheney with chants, signs and cheers (of the radical kind) on August 4th....
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2003 6:37am PDT
Iraqi resistance say they did not conduct Jordanian embassy bombing. They suspect 'spies' (video/mpeg 8.0MB)
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Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2003 12:32am PDT
Firing blindly during a power cut, soldiers kill a father and three children in their car
She had to leave in the car her injured daughters, 16-year-old Ia and 13-year-old Haded, along with her husband, Adel, who was bleeding badly and groaning. Her 18-year-old son, Haider, was already dead. A bullet went between his eyes....
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2003 12:01am PDT
Bush Lies and Our Coalition Troops Die while Bush Cover-Ups Politicized Iraqi WMD Evidence
His name was Joe, from the U.S. government. He carried 40 classified slides and a message from the Bush administration full of politicized, super-sized, and hyped up lies....
Posted: Sat, Aug 9, 2003 10:57pm PDT
Big Brother
"There is every reason today to refer the negative utopia of George Orwell to the only remaining superpower - the America of George W. Bush. This is true for that schizophrenic form of mental indoctrination called `double think'.' Translated fr German...
Posted: Sat, Aug 9, 2003 11:30am PDT
INTERNATIONAL BOYCOTT OF COKE LAUNCHED
An International Boycott of Coke has kicked off in protest of Coca Cola's alleged complicity in the murders of Columbian bottling plant worker organizers, and Coke's disregard for enviornmental and health standards in India....
Posted: Sat, Aug 9, 2003 10:04am PDT
Bush Is Using West Coast Residents as Pawns in Nuclear Brinkmanship
Bush is using West Coast residents as pawns in a dangerous game of nuclear brinkmanship with North Korea. North Korea has the missiles needed to deliver a nuclear bomb to the West Coast. Bush is playing this dangerous game in order to declare martial law and void the upcoming 2004 elections...
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2003 6:42pm PDT
CALL TO ACTION!
Across the country cities are networking together to bring about justice for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and John Clarke! Don't let the government win in the fight for people's rights! We need your help!...
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2003 4:39pm PDT
Philippines: 300 troops mutiny unmasks "war on terror"
a group of 296 soldiers - 70 junior officers and 226 enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)- staged on July 27 a siege of the Oakwood Premier luxury hotel at the Ayala Center in Makati, a financial district of Metro Manila. Based on their own statements, as reported on Tv and radio, they were asking the entire administration to resign. The rebels accused Ms Macapagal and Defense Secretary Reyes of corruption and sponsoring terrorist bombings in Mindanao...
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2003 1:38pm PDT
CNN Poll VOTE NOW- against Bush's anti-gay marraige Stand
Don't let CNN and the radical right dominate the American agenda...
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2003 1:17pm PDT