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J20 National STOP "Bush" Sign Stenciling
The media will try to ignore the protest in D.C. but the signs of the time are everywhere and everyone can read the writing on the wall. Show some solidarity and do some sign improvement in your locale....
Posted: Tue, Jan 18, 2005 4:07pm PST
All Day Vigil Thurs Against Inauguration at Civic Center
Join everyone who will take time out - any time throughout the day on Thursday - to say no to this farce of a government....
Posted: Tue, Jan 18, 2005 2:06pm PST
Republican Websites Hacked in Protest of the Inauguration
In solidarity with the billions around the world who are being oppressed under the Bush agenda, The Internet Liberation Front has hacked and defaced six Republican websites who push forward the sick and violent ideology of warfare, capitalism, and profit over people.
The will of the people was not expressed in these elections. Imperialist war, tax cuts for the rich, and ecological destruction are not in the interest of working people or the stability of our global society. The bush adminis...
Posted: Tue, Jan 18, 2005 2:05pm PST
Open Letter To Boxer: A gift audio clip of Condi
Dear Senator Boxer,
Thanks for standing up for the election challenge, it took a lot of courage to do that, I hope you have more where that came from. I've read that you are gearing up to battle Condi's appointment- if you really want to ask her tough questions, I have a gift for you. This audio excerpt of a speech Condi gave 6 months after 9/11:
http://la.indymedia.org/uploads/condi-terrible_accident.mp3
After seeing the first plane hit, Condoleeza's "first thought was, what a te...
Posted: Mon, Jan 17, 2005 11:02am PST
Should SF Gay Area join Canada?
In the queer SF Bay Times, a San Franciscan proposes a ballot measure about the land of blue helmets, maple donuts, curling, and same-sex weddings....
Posted: Sun, Jan 16, 2005 9:40pm PST
GENERAL STRIKE ON 1/20
You CAN do something to show this government you find their policies repugnant. STRIKE! EVERY ONE OF YOU STRIKE AGAINST THIS REGIME ON 1/20!...
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 2:18pm PST
LGBT caravan to Napa
On Saturday, February 5th, at 9:30am, car loads of LGBT activists
from San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Cruz and Reno will
roll into Napa for a fun-filled day of precinct-walking and phone
banking on behalf of Chris Edwards. Chris is a local business owner,
a longtime Democratic activist and civic leader, the co-chairperson
of the Napa Valley Gay Lesbian Political Caucus...
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 12:24pm PST
Calif. governor unveils Bush-like proposals
Labor and people’s organizations are expressing outrage over the proposals made by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the “State of the State” address he delivered Jan. 5, and the budget he introduced Jan. 10....
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 11:51am PST
Action Alert: 1/24-27
Welcome Congress Back with a Demand
to Defend and Expand Democracy!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 11:09pm PST
Democrat Feinstein Supports Fascist Repub Condi Rice for Sec of State
Democratic US Senator Dianne Feinstein adores fascist Republican Condoleezza Rice so much that she will introduce her at the confirmation hearings on 1/18/05 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in her effort to become Secretary of State, proving again that there is not a dime's worth of difference between the capitalist Democrats and the capitalist Republicans....
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 9:01pm PST
Supreme Court Overturns Federal Sentencing Guidelines
The Supreme Court ruled that federal sentencing guidelines put in place two decades ago were unconstitutional because they violated a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to be tried by a jury. The court ruled judges cannot increase sentences beyond the maximum that the jury's findings alone would support....
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 8:43am PST
BTL:Historic Congressional Challenge to Ohio Election Results Spotlights...
...Voting Irregularities ~ Interview with Bob Fitrakis, an attorney who filed lawsuit challenging the presidential election results in Ohio, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 4:39am PST
Challenging a Criminal Empire with Truth, Compassion, Hope
Here is an opportunity to gather with others to challenge the reinstallation of Bush- to voice our rejection of the lies, wars, crimes, violence which maintains his power. We believe in the power of truth, non-violence, and public dialogue and will exert our free speech rights at the Civic Center on January 20th from 10AM until 7 PM....
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 9:15am PST
BTL:Torture Victims Oppose Gonzalez Nomination for Attorney General
Interview with Orlando Tizon, human rights activist and torture survivor, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 6:03am PST
George W. Bush, Man of the Year or Man of La Mancha?
Bush has been compared to Don Quixote many times. In reality it is more accurate to portray him as the Sancho Panza to Grover Norquist's Don Quixote....
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 3:36am PST
Michael Chertoff is Bad for Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff is not fit to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. While he has a good record as a prosecutor, he does not have as good a record on respecting and safeguarding civil rights and liberties. He is, by his own admission, an advocate of “streamlining” justice, a euphemism for setting aside troublesome things like due process of law....
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 1:04pm PST
J20 Inaguration Day: Not Our President!
Morning Commute Banner/Sign Holding
Join Not In Our Name on January 20 to hold a banner declaring NO to Bush
"Stop the War! Fight the Right" March and Rally
Join the Not In Our Name contingent at the January 20 march and rally! Civic Center ~ 5pm. Declare "Not Our President!" with us - look for the
banners, and red "NO" posters!...
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 10:28am PST
Unprecedented Security Preparations For Bush Inauguration
An unprecedented level of security is planned for George W. Bush's inauguration on Jan. 20, including six thousand police officers, 2,500 military personnel, and dozens of federal security agencies on patrol....
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 9:55am PST
Christian Group Wants to Carry Crosses at Inaugural Parade
Christian Defense Coalition: Secret Service Refuses to Remove Crosses from List of Prohibited Items at Inaugural Parade Route...
Posted: Tue, Jan 11, 2005 10:48pm PST