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imageU.S. Black Ops in Haiti - Undercover "journalists" - gunboats off Cité Soleil?
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by Haiti Watcher
See the full story at http://www.kathryncramer.com/kathryn_cramer/haiti/index.html...
Posted: Sat, Jan 21, 2006 2:29am PST
textWas Gandhi Anti-Semitic? by Sean Gonsalves Common Dreams
Ever notice whenever some desperate Palestinian commits a suicide bombing newspapers all over the country have these front page stories about the "terrorism" Israelis are up against? But when Israel commits brutal acts of terrorism against Palestinians, it is called a "retaliatory attack" or "self-defense."...
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2006 2:40pm PST
textDr. Martin Luther King Jr. and some thoughts by Francisco Da Costa
It is a fact that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. contributed a lot to Civil Rights and allowed millions of people from all races in America and elsewhere to get the best opportunities. Today, years after his death we still have 6 States that have not joined with the Nation to accept Dr. Martin Luther's Day as a National Holiday. And while the playing field has been some what been leveled - we still see racists and their ugly philosophy reign in some quarters....
Posted: Wed, Jan 18, 2006 6:29am PST
textFormer Black Panthers considered terrorists under Patriot Act by The Freedom Archives
Undaunted by what they call "unconstitutional" methods used under the guise of the Patriot Act, three former Black Panthers are touring the country to bring awareness to their recent interrogation by anti-terrorist law enforcement....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 11:46am PST
textHaiti: Batay Ouvriye "supports" U.S. Transport Workers BUT not Haitian Transport Workers by For True Labor Solidarity With Haiti (FTLSH)
How can Batay Ouvriye claim "solidarity" with New York's Transit Union Workers, when they never claimed or have shown "solidarity" with Haitian transport unions?...
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 12:36am PST
textHaiti: UN Commander dead in Haiti amid pressure from elite by Haiti Action
Haiti Information Project - HIP-Haiti - Amid tremendous controversy over Haiti's security situation and the on-again, off-again elections, the military commander of UN forces in this beleaguered nation apparently took his own life early Saturday morning. After having assumed command of the UN military mission less then four months ago, the body of Brazilian officer Lt. Gen. Urano Teixeira da Matta Bacellar was found sprawled out on the balcony of the Hotel Montana, the apparent victim of a se...
Posted: Sun, Jan 8, 2006 5:08pm PST
textBare Back Mountain, analysis of gender minstrelsy by Brad Altfest
In fact, “Brokeback Mountain” is like Vaudeville where whites wore black face. Hollywood makes gays “acceptable” to the mainstream by ensuring only heterosexual actors play gay characters....
Posted: Sat, Jan 7, 2006 1:05pm PST
imageBatay Ouvriye's Smoking Gun: The $100,000 NED grant
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by Haiti Action
Recently declassified National Endowment for Democracy (NED) documents reveal that a "leftist" workers' organization, Batay Ouvriye (BO), which promoted and called for the overthrow of the constitutionally elected government of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was the targeted beneficiary of a US $99,965 NED grant routed through the AFL-CIO's American Center for International Solidarity (ACILS). Listed in NED's "Summary of Projects Approved in FY 2005" for Haiti, the gran...
Posted: Sat, Jan 7, 2006 10:26am PST
textHaiti Democracy Project, Not So Democratic by Elija
I have noticed recently that a right wing think tank, "funded by in large part by the group 184 and board membered by ex-state department officials" has been warming up to this "leftist" worker organization batay ouvriye... Its interesting that the right wing in haiti is now embracing the anti-lavalas left. When will democracy return to Haiti?: See this article for a good read....
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 11:24pm PST
imageSAN FRAN--BOYCOTT CANADIAN SEAFOOD TO SAVE SEAL PUPS!
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by Harpseals.org
Ask your favorite restaurant to stop serving Canadian seafood until the brutal slaughter of defenseless baby seals is stopped! Visit Harpseals.org to help and learn more!...
Posted: Sat, Dec 31, 2005 10:49am PST
imageActivist gather for Climate Change Marches-We're all in this together
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by Elsie Flemings
The Arctic Inuit who are losing their ice caps and activists demanding urgent action on global warming were among thousands taking to the streets in cities around the world Saturday to raise awareness of climate change. The demonstrations coincided with the 10-day UN Climate Change Conference under way in Montreal to review and update the Kyoto Protocol, the global accord that binds the top 35 industrialized nations to lower greenhouse gas emissions....
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 2:19pm PST
textFlexcar: Public Car Sharing in San Francisco in 2005 by kirsten anderberg
Flexcar is a car sharing program that started in Seattle, Wa., but it is quickly spreading across America. Flexcar is now in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and more. Flexcar members pay a small initial fee to join, then reserve cars online, for use as needed. People pay by the hour to use Flexcars, and the fees are all-inclusive, meaning that insurance, gas, maintenance, parking, etc. are all included in the hourly fee. The hourly fees range from approximately $7.50 - $9 an hour, depend...
Posted: Sat, Nov 19, 2005 8:11am PST
textMARCH 2006 A GRASSROOTS CALL TO ACTION by Malachy Kilbride
The DC Anti-War Network, DAWN, calls for decentralized actions marking the third anniversary of the war-occupation in March 2006....
Posted: Sun, Nov 13, 2005 12:05pm PST
imageFeds let Niger Forgery (forgeries, see photos) pass. What else? 9/11?
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by Clayton Hallmark
The Bush administration exploited FAKE intelligence to sell Congress on the Iraq war. FAKE intelligence, not faulty intelligence. We show photos of the forgeries here and point out the glaring errors in them, so you can see for yourself. The CIA and intelligence community let the forgeries slip by until after the war started. Then Joe Wilson exposed the forgeries, and his wife, Valerie Plame, got outed to pay him back and shut him up. WHAT ELSE DID THEY LET SLIP BY? 9/11 MAYBE?...
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 10:40pm PST
textRAN and the illusion of Corporate Campaigns by Gato Negro
In 1999, Rainforest Action Network declared a victory on their Home Depot Campaign. The victory declared that the company had agreed to stop carrying lumber extracted from rainforests. Mahogany toilet seats and plywood from Indonesia were to be a thiing of the past. In 2005 the organization uses its victory as a model for corporate campaigning. But Home Depot still carries those products, in fact nothing has changed, except for corporate America’s ability to deal with environmental corporate ...
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 8:50pm PST
textGSA Network News: November 9, 2005 by GSA Network
GSA Network Highlight It's Okay Club Marched into the History Books Participating in Their First Homecoming Parade GSA Network Announcements...
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 10:47pm PST
textThe World Can't Wait! Drive out the Bush Regime! by John Change
World Can’t Wait! Drive Out the Bush Regime has called for nationwide protests and student walkouts on Nov. 2, the first anniversary of Bush's "re-election." At last count people in 67 cities, at 43 colleges and universities, and 90 high schools (at last count) will leave work and school and gather in the city centers to declare No! This Regime Does Not Represent Us! and to launch a movement to drive Bush from power. (www.worldcantwait.org). San Francisco convergence point is Civic ...
Posted: Mon, Oct 31, 2005 8:49am PST
textPART I: 2000 TROOPS NOW DEAD IN VAIN: IRAQ IS NEITHER LIBERATED NOR FREE by Eric_E_Johansson
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Posted: Sun, Oct 23, 2005 5:18am PDT
textPART II: 2000 TROOPS NOW DEAD IN VAIN: IRAQ IS NEITHER LIBERATED NOR FREE by Eric_E_Johansson
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Posted: Sun, Oct 23, 2005 5:15am PDT
textCALL TO ACTION FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR-OCCUPATION by Malachy Kilbride
The DC Anti-War Network calls for decentralized actions marking the 3rd anniversary of the war-occupation in March 2006...
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2005 6:46am PDT
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