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White Washing War Crimes, by Mumia Abu-Jamal 
Who will solve these war crimes?...
Posted: Sun, Jul 3, 2005 6:46pm PDT
California Spying, Schwarzenegger-Style Initially, the so-called war on terror enhanced the governor’s reform agenda, as he hitched his wagon tighter to the White House’s post-Sept. 11 momentum. More recently, though, the poster boy for the state Republican Party has seen his public approval ratings decline sharply.
Despite and because of that, the Guard’s recent monitoring of women’s peace groups is likely the tip of the government surveillance iceberg. In Schwarzenegger’s right-wing calculus, anti-war dissidents and labor acti...
Posted: Sun, Jul 3, 2005 5:14pm PDT
Major Spy Scandal is Breaking Italy - Possible Ties to Neocons I don't know much about Wayne Madsen, where this story originates, and can't find any links at all on other news about this, so it may be completely unfounded. Proceed with caution on the truth of this story. But there *is* tension. ''They hide the truth about Calipari (Italian agent killed by US in Iraq), they kidnap terrorists or terrorist suspects and then don't even bother to give an explanation," opposition lawmaker Pietro Folena told reporters ( Reuters | July 2, 2005). Intere...
Posted: Sun, Jul 3, 2005 9:10am PDT
Leonard Peltier Moved to Indiana & Solitary Confinement Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier was moved to Terre Haute, Indiana on 6/30/05 and is in solitary confinement. He was framed on false murder charges, has sat in prison for some 30 years, and is now a frail 60 year old man. His lawyers, family and friends were not notified of this move. This is another "rendition" or kidnapping perpetrated by Nazi USA....
Posted: Sat, Jul 2, 2005 7:06pm PDT
Elderly Couple Detained in Virginia Homeland Security takes Elderly Couple Away...
Posted: Sat, Jul 2, 2005 10:09am PDT
Green Party Calls for Probe of National Guard Greens second call for immediate probe
of California National Guard after emails
disclose spying on anti-war groups at Capitol...
Posted: Thu, Jun 30, 2005 7:25pm PDT
Donald Fell case: Bush administration attempts to impose death penalty on Vermont A federal court jury in Burlington, Vermont, took less than two hours to find 25-year-old Donald Fell guilty June 24, ending the first phase of his murder trial. The penalty phase, during which prosecutors will press for the death penalty, will begin next week. Fell was convicted on two federal charges that could result in his execution—carjacking with death resulting and kidnapping with death resulting—as well as two lesser federal firearms offenses....
Posted: Mon, Jun 27, 2005 4:50am PDT
Italy seeks arrest of 13 CIA agents for abduction of Egyptian cleric The US practice of abducting terrorism suspects on foreign soil and secreting them to third countries, where they are held without charges and routinely tortured, has been propelled to the forefront of international diplomatic relations with the issuing of criminal arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents accused of seizing an Egyptian cleric on the streets of Milan and shipping him to an Egyptian jail....
Posted: Mon, Jun 27, 2005 4:47am PDT
Scores of Muslim Men Jailed Without Charge (New York, June 27, 2005)—Operating behind a wall of secrecy, the U.S. Department of Justice thrust scores of Muslim men living in the United States into a Kafkaesque world of indefinite detention without charge and baseless accusations of terrorist links, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union said in a report released today....
Posted: Mon, Jun 27, 2005 4:38am PDT
Barcelona solidarity action for Italian anarchist prisoners 
On June 25, about 300 people marched through the streets of Barcelona, Spain, in solidarity with Italian anarchists imprisoned after a series of raids in May....
Posted: Sun, Jun 26, 2005 9:11pm PDT
BTL:Leonard Peltier's Attorney Disputes Conviction of... ..the Imprisoned Native American Activist ~ Interview with Barry Bachrach, attorney representing Leonard Peltier, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 1:49pm PDT
bail them out!! please, help them out, tell your friends, your community,we need to raise money ASAP to bail them out of jail.We need solidarity,support and help out our friend from Canada who could be totally fucked up for something illegal that he didn't do and for the other to people..please,I know that there's a lot of shit going on out there, than tons of people need help and tons of places are in danger like Chiapas, or the Apallachian Montaintop Removal,Brazil,Biscuits...and etc..but if you got any m...
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 11:34am PDT
12 BIODEVASTATION ACTIVISTS ARRESTED! A dozen protesters were arrested at the Biodevastation protests in Philadelphia this weekend. They are all still in jail, and need your help to get out....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 11:02am PDT
Ethiopia: West plays down murder of demonstrators Security forces fired indiscriminately at crowds of unarmed protesters in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, killing 36 and wounding more than 100 people on June 8. Protests had erupted in Addis Ababa and several other towns and cities over the previous week in response to alleged fraud in the disputed elections of May 15....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 5:18am PDT
The New York Times’ Joseph Lelyveld: another “liberal” defense of torture In the lead article in the New York Times Magazine of June 12 (“Interrogating Ourselves”), Joseph Lelyveld weighed in on issue of torture and abuse of prisoners held by the United States government. Lelyveld, a former managing editor of the New York Times and frequent political commentator, set out an argument for the legalization of some forms of abuse, and in doing so joined the growing list of American “liberal” apologists of torture....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 5:13am PDT
FRSC: Interview with Michael Cardenas; Community Activist from San Diego (audio/mpeg 10.9MB) On June 23, Michael Cardenas spoke with Matt and Bradley live on Free Radio Santa Cruz. Michael is one of the more than 12 people in San Diego that have received grand jury subpoenas. (23:53 minutes / 10.9 MB)...
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 1:10am PDT
protesters charged with killing cop at biotech/skateboard demo Look at the updated newswire at Philadelphia IMC. A biotech Industry conference which was held in San Francisco last year was held in Philadelphia this week, and received a similar protest due to ethical/economic concerns. Yesterday, skateboarders were holding a convergence, and decided to have a parade/protest by skating in Love Park where it had been banned. A police officer who hadn't been in the center of a small conflict suffered a heart attack and died in the stressful situation, and fo...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 8:22pm PDT
Get ready to support anti-G8 prisoners in Scotland Get ready to support anti-G8 prisoners in Scotland
(Please distribute widely!)...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 4:59am PDT
Communities United Against Police Brutality Newsletter Phyllis Walker, president of AFSCME Local 3800, was served with a summons
for obstructing legal process in connection with the police brutality
incident at the General College rally and sit-in on May 4....
and more...
Posted: Sun, Jun 19, 2005 11:51am PDT
Garden Grove Police pursue phony criminal charge against woman hit by Minuteman supporter In one of the worst cases of political repression ever seen by the author of this article, the Orange County District Attorney's Office and Garden Grove Police Department have jointly launched an unprecedented and outrageous attack against a young Vietnamese woman whose only real crime was to express her dissent with the powers that be.
>>>> PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY...
Posted: Sat, Jun 18, 2005 12:15pm PDT
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