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textThe Shortwave Report 1/5/07 ¡Listen Globally! by Dan Roberts
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Cuba, China, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 5:11pm PST
imageJust Seeds/Radical History Poster Project in Jeopardy
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by Local Artists
For 10 years, JustSeeds has been a critical resource for radical artists working outside the "art world" system. In the process of becoming a decentralized artist-owned cooperative, the floor suddenly fell out from under them. The collapse of Clamor Magazine leaves JustSeeds without a distributor and in colossal debt. Help save a priceless radical art project from shutting down forever. The community of art-activists around JustSeeds have launched national projects like the Celebrate People's...
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 2:08pm PST
imageRage, Resistance, Work: Images from Oventic
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by danielsan
A handful of fotos from the Encuentro in Oventic focused on the presentations of the EZLN on topics like health, education, autonomy in government, defense of the land......
Posted: Wed, Jan 3, 2007 10:32am PST
imageArt, Dance, Beauty: Images from Oventic
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by danielsan
A handful of fotos from the Encuentro in Oventic focused on the public art, natural beauty, and music and dance that marked four days in the mountains. Two videos at the end show traditional songs played by Zapatista Musicos....
Posted: Wed, Jan 3, 2007 9:38am PST
textDemocrats Waffling On Iraq War by Stewart A. Alexander
Only days and weeks before the November 2006 Mid-Term Elections Democrats nationwide took hard line positions against the Iraq War; many Democrats were predicting the possibility of ending America’s involvement within 4 to 6 months into the new year, others predicting by the end of 2007; now less than 60 days since the elections most Democrats are projecting that American involvement could extend well into 2008 or beyond....
Posted: Mon, Jan 1, 2007 11:49am PST
image“Pariah State”: Meeting with the Prime Minister of Palestine
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by Scott Kennedy
Scott Kennedy of the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz describes the rare experience of entering the Gaza Strip in November 2006 and even rarer meeting with the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, during the economic boycott of Gaza led by the United States and the military siege by Israel. Kennedy and Haniyeh on 11/18/06 at the Prime Ministers office in Gaza City, Gaza. (below)...
Posted: Mon, Jan 1, 2007 12:49am PST
image“Five killed in clashes in West Bank and Gaza”: Language and the crimes we permit
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by Scott Kennedy
Kennedy describes the ways in which language masks what is actually going on in Palestine -- specifically, the devastation of the Gaza Strip as the result of a US led economic blockade and Israeli siege. Based on a visit to Gaza in November 2006....
Posted: Sun, Dec 31, 2006 7:47pm PST
imageLa Otra Educacion: Zapatista Schools
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by danielsan
Day two of the Encuentro between the EZLN and International Civil Society began with a workshop on the Other Education, the schools that educate children in the Autonomous zones where the Zapatista Juntas de Buen Gobierno (Councils of Good Government) provide social services. The last cold morning (of 2006) saw a crowd of observers and participants packed into Oventic's classroom to hear representatives of the five caracoles (+/- districts) discuss their reasons for autonomous schools, their ...
Posted: Sun, Dec 31, 2006 2:06pm PST
audioAudio from the Encuentro: Zapatistas Welcome Visitors (audio/mpeg 519.4KB) by danielsan
Audio from Day 1 of the Encuentro of the Zapatista Community with the Global Community. To listen live, go to http://chiapas.mediosindependientes.org/ for streaming audio of the conference....
Posted: Sat, Dec 30, 2006 4:59pm PST
imageI’m going to stay right here: The story of a Oaxacan movement prisoner
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by el enemigo común
Interview by: Hilaria Cruz Translation: Joy Turlo Dionisio had gone to the demonstration in Oaxaca on the 25th of November. After the demonstration he and his friend Juan de Dios went to get something to eat, during which time confrontations started up between demonstrators and the Federal Preventive Police (PFP). Upon leaving the restaurant, they headed toward the downtown area, which had become filled with tear gas and smoke. When they saw a woman and her children overcome by tear gas, ...
Posted: Fri, Dec 29, 2006 5:33pm PST
textThe Shortwave Report 12/29/06 ¡Listen Globally! by Dan Roberts
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Russia, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, Dec 28, 2006 5:01pm PST
textMass Demonstration in Washington DC on January 27 by Joan Stallard
United for Peace and Justice (1500 organizations) is teaming with over 500 additional groups to march on Congress to insist the US get out of Iraq. Massive numbers are expected to rally and march around the Capital on January 27 at the start of a 3-day event....
Posted: Wed, Dec 27, 2006 12:53pm PST
imageEverything is on Zapatista Time: Preparations
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by danielsan
Los Pueblos Zapatistas are preparing for their first Encounter with the Pueblos of the World, set for December 30 - January 2 in Oventik, Liberated Territory (Chiapas), Mexico....
Posted: Tue, Dec 26, 2006 10:22am PST
imageMexico City Solidarity with Oaxaca, Acteal and Atenco on December 22
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by ~Bradley
On December 22nd, 2006, hundreds of people came together in Mexico City to honor the peoples of Oaxaca, Acteal and Atenco during a global day of remembrance and solidarity. The demonstration was held at the Hemiciclo a Juárez in Mexico City's Historic Center where people spoke about Oaxaca and the demonstrations taking place around the world. There were musicians, memorials, stilt walkers and banners calling for liberation of political prisoners and an end to illegal detentions, an end to tor...
Posted: Sat, Dec 23, 2006 9:11pm PST
textpress release for dec22nd by mollie
here's a press release intended to be used for any city in the states that is doing december22nd solidarity events. folks can plug in their local information accordingly and make changes if necessary---- most importantly---we just need someone to take on the task of releasing this press release to the press...
Posted: Sun, Dec 17, 2006 7:05pm PST
textThe SHORTWAVE REPORT 12/15/06 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! by Dan Roberts
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, China, Cuba, and Russia...
Posted: Thu, Dec 14, 2006 4:40pm PST
videoDocumenting Baggage (video/quicktime 4.1MB) by ~Bradley
On November 24th, 2006, I traveled to the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California, to observe and document how people were spending their time on “the busiest shopping day of the year,” the day after Thanksgiving. To narrow down the focus of my documentary, I decided to use photos of people and the bag or bags that they were carrying. The bag a person carries can lead to many assumptions about the person carrying the bag. In some cases, the owner of the bag may not be the person who ...
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2006 3:52am PST
textVideo: Venezuela- Sanitarios Maracay under workers control by Cort Greene
Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution...
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2006 3:47am PST
textFax/phone before Monday to save priceless Aboriginal culture! by Diet Simon, borrowing from GetUp
If you care about priceless Aboriginal cultural artefacts being needlessly destroyed, we need you to fax or ring the Australian environment minister RIGHT NOW, or at least before Monday. International support is needed to shame this government....
Posted: Tue, Dec 12, 2006 9:44pm PST
textVenezuelan Socialists: What does the reelection of Chávez mean? by Liberation News
Chavez has angered both U.S. imperialism and the wealthy of Venezuela through policies that help the poor and extend good relations to countries and forces that the U.S. government sees as enemies to U.S. corporate interests, but has he done enough?...
Posted: Sat, Dec 9, 2006 12:41pm PST
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