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Organize Now to Secure Burning Man! (video/quicktime 4.4MB) Organize Now to Secure Burning Man!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 25, 2005 10:41am PDT
Father of Australian Guantánamo prisoner speaks to the WSWS Terry Hicks, the father of Australian Guantánamo Bay prisoner David Hicks, recently spoke with the World Socialist Web Site. His son David, who was arrested by Northern Alliance militia in Afghanistan in December 2001 and then transferred to Guantánamo, has been incarcerated in the US military prison in violation of his basic legal rights for over three and a half years....
Posted: Thu, Aug 25, 2005 8:04am PDT
From Death Row: Texas Set to Execute First African-American Woman Since Civil War 
The State of Texas is scheduled to execute Frances Newton on September 14. Supporters say the courts should grant her another trial based on new evidence, especially given that infamous defense attorney Ron Mock originally represented her. We hear from Frances Newton herself and speak with her attorney David Dow....
Posted: Thu, Aug 25, 2005 7:57am PDT
NO_TASER Welcome to BAN TASERS NOW !
This groups is gathering testimonies from taser victims, records casualties due to taser use, and is meant to build support for taser victims and their (biological & extended) families. The site is also archiving all articles about tasers in the greater Bay Area and nationwide....
Posted: Wed, Aug 24, 2005 4:55pm PDT
Emergency: Stop the execution of Frances Newton! Stop the execution of Frances Newton! www.freefrances.org...
Posted: Wed, Aug 24, 2005 2:39pm PDT
Amnesty International Welcomes Resolutions Adopted by Blacks in Gov't Calling for Stopping Taser U Amnesty International Welcomes Pro-Human Rights Resolutions Adopted by Blacks in Government Calling for Suspending TASER Use, Abolishing the Death Penalty, Ending Racial Profiling, and Taking Action in Sudan...
Posted: Wed, Aug 24, 2005 12:26pm PDT
UPDATE on LEONARD PELTIER 8/19/05 I talked to Leonard today and he informed me that he is in the general
prisoner population, not in a box!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 24, 2005 12:51am PDT
Europe: Police State...!!! Incredible brutal Police attacks on disco in Berlin, Germany and on alternative rave festival in Czeck republic....
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2005 3:34am PDT
Rave raided in Utah - assault rifles, teargas, dog attacks.... "This was one of the scariest things I have ever witnessed in person. I
can't even begin to describe how surreal it was. Helicopters, assault
rifles, tear gas, camoflauge-wearing soldiers.... why? Was that really
necessary?"...
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 10:36am PDT
Write letters in support of Muhammed Yousry, Lynne Stewart's Arabic translator ou can help Muhammad by writing letters to the
judge in the case. Sentencing, as many of you know, is scheduled for
September....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 10:19pm PDT
Leonard Peltier moved to Pennsylvania USP Leonard Peltier Moved Again
Statement from Leonard
URGENT UPDATE: LEONARD HAS BEEN MOVED AGAIN!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2005 11:51pm PDT
Britain: government lies exposed over de Menezes murder Documents and photographs leaked to ITV News demonstrate that the entire story used by the police, the media and the government to excuse the killing of the young Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes in London was a lie....
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 10:15pm PDT
Whose streets? Our Streets? Environmental group faces legal battle over Critical Mass The future of Critical Mass in New York City remains uncertain, as environmental group TIME’S UP! is forced to foot the bill for an impending court battle....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 9:39am PDT
Anarchist Solidarity Actions in Buenos Aires and Montevideo 
In a communique posted to the santiago indymedia website, anarchists claimed responsibility for the Thursday, August 11th bombings of the Dante Alighieri institute and a branch of the National Bank of Laboro in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in solidarity with anarchists in Italian prisons. The Dante Alighieri institute promotes the Italian culture in Argentina....
Posted: Sat, Aug 13, 2005 12:43pm PDT
Maher Arar Fights to Keep Torture Suit Against U.S. Government Alive Canadian torture victim Maher Arar is the first person to mount a civil suit challenging the U.S. government policy of extraordinary rendition. Now his attorneys are fighting the Justice Department's motion to dismiss the case. We speak with David Cole, the lead lawyer for Maher Arar....
Posted: Wed, Aug 10, 2005 7:25am PDT
photos: Aug.8 anniv: FREE THE MOVE 9! by Hans Bennett 
On Sunday, Aug. 7 Supporters of the MOVE 9 political prisoners gathered in downtown Philadelphia outside of the Constitution Center and the Liberty Bell national monument for the 27th anniversary of the Aug. 8, 1978 police assault on the MOVE organization’s West Philadelphia headquarters....
Posted: Mon, Aug 8, 2005 3:21pm PDT
London Tube Atrocity 7/7 - Some questions that need to be answered. It was the enclosed article that led to the media frenzy in trying to get the chairman of the Birmingham Central Mosque in the UK to step down or be fired. He has however received the full backing of his community which has said they want the answers to the questions asked....
Posted: Mon, Aug 8, 2005 11:27am PDT
Release Ruchell Cinque Magee, sole survivor of the Aug. 7, 1970, Courthouse Slave Rebellio 
In the historical context of aggressive, official violence against Black prisoners, Magee appeared in court that fateful morning to testify for fellow prisoner James McClain, defending himself against the charge of assaulting a guard in the wake of the murder by racist San Quentin guards of Fred Billingsley, beaten and tear gassed to death in his cell earlier that year....
Posted: Sat, Aug 6, 2005 10:15am PDT
Off Duty CBP Officer Charged with Killing Arab On July 6, an off-duty Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer who shot to death a young Arab-American man was finally indicted under state manslaughter charges, after initially being released. A federal investigation of the incident continues....
Posted: Thu, Aug 4, 2005 5:24pm PDT
July 30, 2005 - Update from Leonard Peltier As you already know by now, on June 30, 2005, I was transferred from Leavenworth Facility, to Terre Haute USP. The reason for my transfer, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons Administrative staff was that the Leavenworth Facility was downgraded from maximum security level to medium, and therefore I could not remain at Leavenworth due to my illegal sentencing and consequent maximum security rank....
Posted: Wed, Aug 3, 2005 10:57pm PDT
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