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BTL:Bush Administration May Reject Ratification of International Tobacco Control Treaty
...International Tobacco Control Treaty ~ Interview with Derek Yach, one of the principle drafters of the International Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 3:39am PST
Confessions of a "Little Eichmann"
Dee Ouellette lays out her argument in defense of Ward Churchill and presents first hand experience of being a "Little Eichmann", someone who did not create the institutions of injustice but works day in day out making sure it functions efficiently....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 10:31am PST
Manifesto of Porto Alegre (unofficial translation)
Another development model should be realized based on an energy-saving way of life and democratic controls on natural mineral resources, particularly drinking water. Another world is possible promoting democracy....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 7:04am PST
Internat'l Food Not Bombs Convergence, June in Philly
gather for the 25th anniversary of food not bombs at the biotech protests/green and black urban gathering this june in philly!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 1:19pm PST
When the Left is "Right" in Lebanon
THE LEFT is ALIVE in Uruguay, but dead in...LEBANON. It is worse in Lebanon; there is a small group of former leftists who claim that they constitute the "new left." I have written in an article in As-Safir that they are more the like "old right." They share the same slogans of the fascistic Phalanges Party from the 1970s, and they see no fault in Hariri's aggressive and cruel capitalism which impoverished large segments of the Lebanese population....
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 7:05pm PST
BTL:White House and Media Escalate War of Words Against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
...Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ~ Interview with Eva Gollinger, attorney reporting from Caracas, Venezuela, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 5:41am PST
Green and Black Urban Gathering this June in Philly
We are calling for anti-authoritarian, eco-positive radicals and allies to gather during the anti-biotech mobilization and share our vision of struggle for liberation and harmony among all living communities....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 10:16am PST
FDA Chooses Drug Industry Health Over Public Health
The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) associate safety director, Dr. David J. Graham, highlights FDA priorities, with the safety of your medicines being low among them. And adverse reactions to 'properly prescribed and administered drugs' is the US's 4th leading cause of death....
Posted: Tue, Mar 1, 2005 12:12pm PST
Call for Direct Actions A16
Come to DC for a week of Direct Action and prevention of "Business as Usual" and the Spring World Bank and IMF meetings....
Posted: Mon, Feb 28, 2005 9:58pm PST
BTL:Opponents of US Ratification of Central American Free Trade Agreement Say..
...Victory is Within Reach~ Interview with Shane Stevens, of CISPES, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 6:33am PST
FBI groups Anarchist Black Cross with al Qaeda
In Testimony to Congress a week ago, Robert Mueller, the FBI head, listed anarchist groups, specifically the Anarchist Black Cross Federation, with ELF and animal rights groups, to be among groups presenting a threat on the level of the al Qaeda network...
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 10:20am PST
Peru and the FTA (audio/mpeg 35.1MB)
This program is about the devastating impact of the FTA on the people of Peru and Latin America. 60mins (spanish/english)...
Posted: Tue, Feb 22, 2005 10:06pm PST
All Out for April 16th, 2005! Washington DC: No to the World Bank and IMF!
Call for a Mass Mobilization April 15-17th, 2005 During the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund...
Posted: Tue, Feb 22, 2005 2:28pm PST
Iceland Under Attack; Threatened Protesters Raise Stakes, Call for International Protest
"Nobody can afford to allow the divine Icelandic dragon of flowers and ice to be devastated by corporate greed"...
Posted: Sun, Feb 20, 2005 6:48pm PST
Breaking News: Homeless Camp in Brasil Raided, Two Killed, NYC IMC Volunteer Arrested
Update: According to a comment posted to the Global Indymedia feature from CMI Brasil, "The two IMC volunters ... were taken to the Federal Police where their equipement was taken by the police. They have a lawyer there with them and they seemed to be ok."...
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 11:10pm PST
$9 Billion is ’Missing’, and Republicans Refuse to Investigate
Certain Congresspeople are refusing to investigate this theft of $9 billion, doesn’t that make them accessories to the crime? According to The Constitution, it is the duty of Congress to investigate these crimes. Their purpose is to provide ’checks and balances’ to the Executive Branch, expressly to be something other than a horde of rubber stamp lemmings....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 9:41pm PST
World Festival of Students and Youth in Caracas Aug.5-13th
The Hands Off Venezuela Campaign is offering as a service to all those groups and LOC's organizing for the WFSY in Caracas, Venezuela on August 5-13th, our website to enhance and spread the word on your efforts towards it( see our main menu sub-section on left hand side).This is being done in a friendly way to help, since our site is viewed by alot of people interested in Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 11:16am PST
New Anti-Capitalist Website: Prole.info
Announcing a new anti-capitalist website:
http://www.prole.info
It has lots of pamphlets in PDF form, as well as a number of online texts.
Check it out....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 12:34am PST
National Legal and Policy Center Reacts to Sentencing of Former Boeing CFO Sears
National Legal and Policy Center Reacts to Sentencing of Former Boeing CFO Sears; Ethics Group Broke Tanker Deal Scandal...
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 11:39pm PST
Trading Freedom: FTAA Mvie Torrent
New torrent for a great Indymedia film. help share the media! Seed seed seed...
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 2:54pm PST