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Reclaim The Commons Update! April 8-10 Chicago This is an update about Reclaim The Commons – Three days of events in
Chicago (April 8-10) in response to the 2006 Biotech Industry Organization
convention....
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 11:22pm PST
The Price of “Diamonds are Forever” Too Often Misery for Africa SAN FRANCISCO – The Census Bureau estimates that some $2.4 billion worth of wedding and other rings were sold this time of the season of love last year, and with similar sales this year, diamonds were certainly every girl’s best friend over the Valentine’s Day holiday....
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 12:39pm PST
Sixth Annual BASTARD conference details Where: UC Berkeley Dwinelle Hall
When: 10 am - 5 pm Sunday March 19th...
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 9:27am PST
Anarchist Book Fair in San Francisco, 3/18/06 
On a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Golden Gate Park, the 11th Annual San Francisco Anarchist Bookfair was held at the County Fair Building in SF....
Posted: Sat, Mar 18, 2006 3:15pm PST
UCSC Sweat Free Coalition present Chancellor with ‘sweat free’ cake On Thursday, March 16, about a dozen members of the UCSC Sweat Free
Coalition presented Chancellor Denton with a ‘sweat free, sugar free’
cake after putting on “The Naked Truth Fashion Show” in front of the
Bay Tree Bookstore....
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2006 7:30pm PST
Cal Student Activists are Threatened and Detained in UCB Administration Building Students with the Sweat-Free Campaign were threatened and detained by UC police after entering a UC Berkeley Administration building (California Hall) to deliver a letter to Chancellor Birgeneau. This event is the latest in an escelating series of actions by Students Organizing for Justice in the Americas to pressure the UC into ending the sourcing of collegiate apparel from sweatshops....
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2006 3:56pm PST
Activists ask FCC for openness in impending media ownership debate A group of prominent media reformers have asked the Federal Communications Commission for "procedural transparency and extensive public participation" when the FCC again considers revising its media ownership rules....
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2006 1:59pm PST
10,000 protest at water summit About 10,000 protesters have marched in Mexico City, where 11,000 delegates and representatives met at the 4th World Water Forum to discuss ways to improve supplies for the poor....
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2006 7:21am PST
Against terminator tech -- Call from the Social Movements Assembly @ WSF This is a very expansive & radical call that emerged from the recent
World Social Forum in Venezuela...
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 7:21pm PST
Controversial Issues at Biosafety Protocol Meeting in Brazil The third meeting of the parties (MOP3) of the UN Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety is taking place in Brazil this week, (13th-17th March) in the
week prior to the eighth conference of the parties (COP8) for the UN
Convention on Biological Diversity (20th-15th March)...
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 7:11pm PST
Ward Churchill on Developing a Strategy to Win Ward Churchill in San Jose!
Ward will speak on Developing a Strategy to Win
Sunday March 19
6:30p
San Jose Unitarian Universalist Church
160 N. 3rd St....
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 5:07pm PST
Drain America First President Bush has an uncanny ability not to see the big message....
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 10:34am PST
The Anarchist Library Goes to Court The Anarchist Library has found itself once again in deep shit. Tomorrow the Anarchist Library, as consequence for fliers found adhered to certain lamp posts in the Mission District of San Francisco, will be going to court to fight fines mounting to a total of $2400, so far. Just today we recieved more citations so more is to be expected.
The citations were first issued ..... by the SF Green Patrol, an offshoot of DPW, that makes sure that the Mission district stays clean of anarchist propag...
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 12:23am PST
Israel: Gal Lusky's 'IFA' Caught Up in Moshe Katsav,Mohamed Hadid, Zwebner 'UCSY' scam ? That might also explain why Michael Zwebner did not take the opportunity of the Hurricane to promote his and his 'business' partner, Palestinian con man and Al Qaeda Islamic terrorist charities connected suspect Mohamed Hadid's, et.al.'s 'airwater machine'. Perhaps he felt using you or Israeli President Moshe Katsav again to promote his worthless 'UCSY' shares might get old.Originally I imagined it was because New Orleans was too close to his scam in Miami but then again he sent 120 or so fic...
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 7:44pm PST
Call for Direct Action Against World Bank and IMF Meetings Come to Washington, DC April 22-23 to take direct action against the World Bank and IMF...
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 9:31am PST
The dollar TheHerald
Web Issue March 13,2006
Future of the dollar
President Bush says the collapse of the Dubai ports deal could hurt US efforts to recruit Mideast governments as partners in the worldwide war on terror. It's not about terror, really. It's about the dollar....
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 8:49am PST
The Tax State in the Globalization Trap The middle class cannot do what corporations do.. German corporations pay little corporation tax; their share amounts to 2.6% of all taxes. For decades, they even received more subsidies than the profit taxes paid in Germany. Corporate enrichment in the US leads to state deficits and social cuts....
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 7:14am PST
Fascist Takeover of America Continues 
Fascist Takeover of America Continues
Dyncorp Mercenaries in Louisiana would make arrests, carry weapons
The Washington Post | March 14, 2006
By Renae Merle
ST. BERNARD PARISH, La. - Maj. Pete Tufaro scanned the fenced lot packed with hundreds of stark white trailers soon to be inhabited by Hurricane Katrina evacuees. Shaking his head, he predicted the cramped quarters would ignite fights, hide criminals and become an incubator for crime, posing another test for his cash-strapped sher...
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 6:48pm PST
Emerging Christian Left To Challenge The Right Drawing inspiration from Christian leaders who stood on the frontlines of the civil rights movement in the ‘60s, faith-based groups from left side of the political spectrum are mobilizing to challenge the right. Rene P. Ciria-Cruz is an editor at New America Media. Another version of this story appeared in the National Catholic Reporter....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 4:56pm PST
Even torn-up credit card applications aren't safe; buy a shredder or opt out of junk mail Do you get that ridiculous barrage of credit card applications in your mailbox? Pre-Approved!! they read. Never mind the evil bankruptcy bill card company lobbyists pushed and Congress obliged to pass into law recently. These applications not only tempt you to into indentured servitude, they set you up for ID theft as well. Read on, then opt out of this crap today.
You can stop this avalance of junk mail:
A consumer can also call 1-888-5OPT-OUT to get off the specialized marketing ...
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 1:19pm PST
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