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subMedia seeks content for second issue of ¡Molotov!
Independent Media Group subMedia (submediatv.com) is looking for writings, films, digital art and music for the second issue of its multimedia DVZ (DVD/Zine) ¡Molotov!...
Posted: Thu, Dec 1, 2005 12:39pm PST
The Wall Street Journal and the case of Jose Padilla
On November 25 the Wall Street Journal, following the Justice Department’s announcement of a criminal indictment against Jose Padilla, published an editorial supporting the Bush administration’s assertion of virtual police-state powers to seize US citizens and detain them indefinitely in military jails, stripping them of all legal recourse to contest their imprisonment....
Posted: Thu, Dec 1, 2005 8:20am PST
Probe exposes criminal methods in Republican right takeover of US Public TV
A report issued by the inspector general of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) reveals that its former chairman, Kenneth Tomlinson, violated federal laws in his efforts to refashion public radio and television as propaganda organs for the Republican right and the Bush administration. The report suggests that the entire CPB board was to one degree or another complicit in Tomlinson’s actions....
Posted: Thu, Dec 1, 2005 8:17am PST
When Telco Pricing Info Dries Up
Beastly phone companies hide rate increases....
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 2:57pm PST
The Web: Supreme Court tackles 'trolls'
Capitalists turn on themselves trying to destroy patent rights...
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 1:22pm PST
An apology to the editors of this site
As you may have noticed, I've been commenting here a great deal lately. While my intentions were to assist in turning down the heat in the comments area, I'm also concerned that if I continue, I'm going to become part of the information clog on this part of the site. As such, I'm bowing out, and please accept my apologies if my attempts have made your work more difficult, rather than less. As I said on another thread, throw cold water on me if I step in again....
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 7:34am PST
Osama Bill O'Reilly threatens Baghdad by the Bay (video/quicktime 11.4MB)
Terrorist Alert in Union Square! Two-minute QTmovie. 11MB....
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 5:12am PST
12/4 Indybay Meeting in Berkeley
Sunday, December 4th at 5:00pm at the La Peña Cultural Center...
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 11:17pm PST
12/1: KPFA Labor Collective Forum: Change To Win (CTW) Convention & Sutter Hospital Strike
Thursday, December 1 at 7 PM - The KPFA Labor Collective will present video documentaries and discussion about the September 27 founding convention of the Change To Win (CTW) Federation. Also a report on the Sutter Hospital Strike. New College of California, 766 Valencia St., San Francisco....
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 10:28pm PST
Don’t let corporate raiders liquidate the fourth estate
"Whether you subscribe or not, the newspaper is an essential democratic institution, affecting everyone in the region. Newspapers empower civic participation. They set the public agenda by digging up much of the content seen on local TV news, radio, cable and the Web.
News has the power to define reality. It is unlike any other product traded on Wall Street."...
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 2:33pm PST
FORMER BLACK PANTHER POLITICAL PRISONER
Larry Pinkney on Bill Mandel
FORMER BLACK PANTHER POLITICAL PRISONER
LARRY PINKNEY TELLS IT LIKE IT IS...
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 1:46pm PST
"Power of Nightmares" (Pt 2) airs Tues. Nov. 29 at 8:00 pm on Ch. 29 (SF)
"The Power of Nightmares" (Part 2) will air again tonite, Tues. Nov. 29th at 8:00 pm on San Francisco public access Channel 29. Don't miss it!...
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 1:09pm PST
Did Bush Really Want to Bomb the Arabic TV Network's Headquarters in 2004?
The Arabic satellite network Al Jazeera continues to search for answers over reports President Bush wanted to bomb its headquarters in Doha. We speak with Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill about the Bush administration's attacks on Al Jazeera and Dima Tahboub, the widow of Al Jazeera Baghdad reporter, Tareq Ayoub, who was killed April 8th, 2003 when the U.S. military bombed the network's office in Iraq. She is considering suing the US government for her husband's death....
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 12:51pm PST
VOIP Firms, Privacy Pros Spar with FCC Over Wiretaps
Feds want to listen in to all your Internet telephone calls....
Posted: Sun, Nov 27, 2005 4:05pm PST
Pols Battle Over Future of OpenDocument
Corporate oligarchs infest state government....
Posted: Sun, Nov 27, 2005 2:32pm PST
Newest News From Neptune Radio Program
Do you have a Type "Z" Personality?
Then you may appreciate the political commentary coming from C. G. Estabrook and Paul Mueth's weekly program, "News from Neptune"....
Posted: Sun, Nov 27, 2005 1:12pm PST
Osama Bin O'Reilly Issues Fatwa Against San Francisco
Bill O'Reilly encourages Al Qaeda to attack San Francisco....
Posted: Fri, Nov 25, 2005 8:36pm PST
"Power of Nightmares" (Part 2) airs Sat. Nov. 26, 6:30 pm on Ch.29 (SF).
"The Power of Nightmares" airs this Sat.nite, Nov. 26 at 6:30 pm on San Francisco public access Cable Channel 29. Part 2 of this 3-part documentary "The Phantom Victory" explores the political nexus of the international Christian and Islamic fundalmentalist movements and events that follow, including the creation of the CIA's mythical "Al-Qaeda Terror Network"....
Posted: Thu, Nov 24, 2005 3:12pm PST
London Bureau Chief Responds to Report of Memo Alleging Bush Wanted to Bomb Al Jazeera
The British government has threatened to use the Official Secrets Act to sue newspapers that publish contents of a leaked memo in which President Bush allegedly discusses bombing the Arabic satellite network Al Jazeera. The British newspaper, the Daily Mirror disclosed the memo Tuesday. We speak with the head of Al Jazeera's London bureau, Yousri Fouda as well as British journalist and filmmaker, John Pilger....
Posted: Wed, Nov 23, 2005 9:17pm PST
UK gags paper over Aljazeera memo
Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper has been ordered to cease publishing further details from an allegedly top secret memo revealing that US President George Bush wanted to bomb Aljazeera....
Posted: Wed, Nov 23, 2005 9:13pm PST