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The Ulterior Motive Behind School Vouchers
A network of Religious Right groups, Free-Market economists, ultra-Conservative columnists and others "are using vouchers as a vehicle to achieve an ultimate goal of privatizing" the education system....
Posted: Fri, Aug 1, 2003 12:08pm PDT
It's 2003, do you know what the "Club for Growth" is?
"When the supply-siders at the Club for Growth decide to back a candidate who favors the economic policies of the Reagan era, donations don't just trickle down, they gush." -- Congressional Quarterly Today, Feb. 7, 2003...
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2003 6:37pm PDT
Buyer's Strike for Regime Change
Buyer's strike to highlight Bush economic Disaster...
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2003 6:15pm PDT
The Relative Impact of Trade Liberalization on Developing Countries
As explained in this report, so-called "free trade" is anything but a walk in the park for the developing (read: easily exploited) countries....
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2003 11:44am PDT
actualizacion dossier MEDIACTIVISMO
actualizacion dossier MEDIACTIVISMO en el site de la asamblea de florida este...
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2003 8:09am PDT
See Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil struggles
These images were taken from a mix of IMC's in Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil and with stills and video taken from our trip this spring as part of Arizona Indymedia. Enjoy high quality with great soundtrack....
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2003 6:54pm PDT
"Cheap-Labor Conservatives" the new catch-phrase
Have you got three minutes? Because that's all you need to learn how to defeat the Republican Right. Just read through this handy guide and you'll have everything you need to successfully debunk right-wing propaganda....
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2003 6:32pm PDT
Alaska's fragile ecology is imperiled by 'Rugged' ego
The military and the oil and gas industry account for most of Alaska's population growth, and are both notoriously conservative and transient. These immigrants believe they are rugged individualists, and they are dead wrong...
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2003 3:51pm PDT
Liberty: Solutions--Solving the tenacious problem of homelessness
Libertarians have SOLVED homelessness! Just eliminate all zoning laws, land-use regulations, growth-control measures, and building codes that increse housing costs -- but don't be surprised when your matchstick house collapses in an earthquake or becomes poisoned by the chemical factory next-door -- "Live and let live"...
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2003 2:06am PDT
MAXAM, PACIFIC, PACIFICA, KPFT COMPARED
Two motherships, two children, one steals for money, the other steals for ingnorance sake. Pacific lumber is alledgedly blaming Maxxam, the parent company. Pacifica radio uses downstream mismanagement to steal what belongs to the community and others....
Posted: Tue, Jul 29, 2003 9:38am PDT
The Zapatistas on the offensive
The Zapatistas have announced some major changes and there is a lot to expect from them in the next few weeks....
Posted: Sun, Jul 27, 2003 10:25am PDT
Recalls Are for Cars, Not California Governors
When did the Target parking lot replace the voting booth?...
Posted: Sun, Jul 27, 2003 4:58am PDT
Intimidation of peoples opposing a dump of 203200 tonnes of cyanide
Canadian company Rosia Montana Gold Corporation is intimidating peoples opposing an open pit gold mine that will simply dynamite 5 mountain peaks to leave in place a 700 ha lake with cyanide water....
Posted: Fri, Jul 25, 2003 1:34pm PDT
Deflation Threatens. A Specter goes about in Germany
"The IMF recently warned of a deflationary development and an intensification of the economic crisis in Germany.. Deflation is characterized by a lowering of price levels on a broad front.. The cause is a surplus of the supply of goods over the demand for goods."...
Posted: Fri, Jul 25, 2003 11:21am PDT
OPERATION MEDIA BONE THROW, TAILS WAG
Media ownership rule changes may be challenged by the House of Representatives according to one of the frequent quotes from the New York Times by Democracy Now, a networked "community" radio and TV show, while a larger "community" TV network, CCTV, announced the creation of the RED WTO....
Posted: Fri, Jul 25, 2003 8:51am PDT
The Painful Truth Comes Out
California Democrats caught plotting against the citizens via forgotten microphone. Admissions of guilt involving educational and budget crisis rock the liberal support base....
Posted: Thu, Jul 24, 2003 10:56am PDT
call for a padded bloc at the Nov. 20-21 FTAA meetings in Miami (updated)
updated information on organizing for a padded contingent for the Nov. 20-21st FTAA meetings in Miami (with endorsers, logistics, and more)...
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2003 2:19pm PDT
The Conservative's PlayBook for Gaining Absolute Power
Bush's disguise as a compassionate conservative prevents him from condemning the misguided Supreme Court decision on affirmative action and most city dwellers (and they are many) are still very much addicted to finding government solutions for every problem....
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2003 2:01pm PDT
On the Human Right to Laziness
"Paul Lafargue spoke satirically about the first sinister acceleration thrusts of early industry: "All individual and social misery comes from a passion for work. O laziness, be merciful with your endless misery! O laziness, you are the balm for the pains!"...
Posted: Tue, Jul 22, 2003 7:46pm PDT
Should Bush dump Ashcroft?
Republican victories in the past few decades have come with substantial support from libertarians and libertarian-leaning conservatives, who usually view the GOP as the lesser of two evils....
Posted: Tue, Jul 22, 2003 3:43pm PDT