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Democracy Now! Archived Philip Berrigan Coverage
Philip Berrigan, the former Roman Catholic priest who led the draft board raids to oppose the Vietnam War and helped start the anti-nuclear Plowshares movement, died on Friday in Baltimore....
Posted: Sun, Dec 8, 2002 10:30am PST
Info on coup in Venezuela
a foreign intelligence agency has been charged with controlling delivery of money from a powerful international economic community to the axis of subversion encouraged by a strengthened ultra-right ... the agency is responsible for actions aimed at capturing sympathy among the military ......
Posted: Sat, Dec 7, 2002 10:49am PST
update from Venezuela
Two dead and latest reports claim twenty injured after four gunmen started firing indiscriminately into the crowd at Rebel HQ Plaza Altamira at just after 7:00 p.m. local time....
Posted: Sat, Dec 7, 2002 10:49am PST
Building a Meaningful Anti-War Movement
We are at the juncture of the most serious crisis in modern history, requiring an unprecedented degree of solidarity, courage and commitment. America's war, which includes the "first strike" use of nuclear weapons, threatens our very civilization, as we know it....
Posted: Fri, Dec 6, 2002 5:46pm PST
Flashpoints Dec 5; Uri Avnery how to peace; South Koreans tire of US military BS
KPFA Flashpoints Radio December 5, 2002
-interview with distinguished Israeli parlimentarian and peace activist, Uri Avner.. the road to peace is all laid out, the brave shall follow and exalt..
-South Koreans sour at US military court verdict absolving two GIs of crushing two 13 year old age girls under a military vehicle.....
Posted: Fri, Dec 6, 2002 12:00am PST
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 12/6/02 ¡Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.6MB) and quick download (3.4MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands,Germany, Russia, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, Dec 5, 2002 6:01pm PST
Organize an inspection at a local military corporation
This is an invite from some northern friends to inspect a local branch of a military corporation which has a head office in our area, and a location in yours...
Posted: Thu, Dec 5, 2002 5:14pm PST
Colombian Reporter Gets Applause - But no Coverage
Vol. 8, No. 1986 - The American Reporter - December 2, 2002
COLOMBIAN REPORTER TELLS ALL - TO U.S. PRESS
by Lucy Komisar
American Reporter Correspondent
New York, N.Y....
Posted: Thu, Dec 5, 2002 12:16pm PST
Flashpoints Dec 4: Israel kills 96 year old; Turkey and US; Joy Sadler on strike
Flashpoints Radio December 4, 2002
-Israeli soldiers kill an 95 year old Palestinian woman for riding in a cab on a
*Jews Only* road
-Turkey, Israel, and the US hawks
-an HIV positive woman activist on a hunger strike in an Indonesian jail...
Posted: Thu, Dec 5, 2002 4:37am PST
The ground war in Iraq Has Started?
Wednesday, 4 December, 2002, 11:01 GMT
'Clashes' in northern Iraq...
Posted: Wed, Dec 4, 2002 1:17pm PST
US sued over toxic waste at former bases
A lawsuit potentially worth millions of dollars was filed yesterday against the United States Air Force and Navy on behalf of victims of toxic wastes allegedly left by the US military at the former US bases in the Philippines more than ten years ago....
Posted: Wed, Dec 4, 2002 10:38am PST
UN demands end to Israeli 'killing and beating' of staff
By Justin Huggler in Jerusalem
04 December 2002...
Posted: Tue, Dec 3, 2002 10:11pm PST
Flashpoints Dec 3: Spain oils; Haiti riots; Kelly reports; Sierra Club threatens
Flashpoints Radio December 3, 2002
-a really huge oil slick hits the coast of Spain
-report from protests in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
-Kathy Kelly's Iraqi Journal
-Sierra Club threatening its Glen Canyon (So. Utah) chapter for speaking out against Bush's war plans...
Posted: Tue, Dec 3, 2002 8:15pm PST
One Palestinian Activist Who Refuses to Give Up the Good Fight (non-violently, of course)
How any one can do this is beyond me, but thank God, someone does. I would be a complete basket-case after these kinds of experiences! If anyone wants to try to see if they can handle it, check out www.palsolidarity.org....
Posted: Mon, Dec 2, 2002 9:41pm PST
Israelis Destroy Palestinians Food Supply
How low can the Israelis go?...
Posted: Mon, Dec 2, 2002 9:08pm PST
Australian PM claims Australia owns all of Asia
Australian PM Howard created a storm of controversy when he said on Sunday when he stated that self-defence justifies military action without UN approval. The remarks were front-page news yesterday in most countries in the region - and the reaction was entirely hostile. "Australia ready to invade Asia", screamed a headline in Jakarta's Republika newspaper. The Malaysian Defence Minister, Najib Tun Razak, said Malaysia would never allow Australia to violate its sovereignty by sending...
Posted: Mon, Dec 2, 2002 7:53pm PST
Bethlehem, Under Seige Now
At Christmastime, there is no peace. Israel won't allow it. Israel wants all of Palestine for a Jews Only Jewish supremacist state. Who is going to intervene? When? How?...
Posted: Mon, Dec 2, 2002 5:57pm PST
What It's Like Living Under Curfew in Bethlehem
Can you even imagine living under the kind of oppression the Israelis impose on the Palestinians, just because they are not Jewish? Can you imagine being so discriminated against that every step of your life has an obstacle that you need to go around or deal with? Can you imagine the incredible frustration of being forced to live this kind of existance, simply because you are not the "right" religion or race or sex, and if you leave, you will be giving up your ancestral homeland t...
Posted: Mon, Dec 2, 2002 5:21pm PST