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3 authors interviews: The China Factor and the Overstretch of the US Hegemony
3 books that can change your mind in 2005 about the geo-politic and geo-economic dynamics going on...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 4:18pm PST
Welcome to middle-class lockdown
The commoditization of American life...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 3:29pm PST
Hot off the Press! New Zippy the Pinhead Book
You may be wondering... is this News?
If you love Zippy the Pinhead and live in San Francisco it is!
The cartoon character's creator, Bill Griffith, announced today that "Type Z Personality" is now available!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 3:01pm PST
Telcos Roll Out Astroturf Advocacy
Phone companies push astroturf-advocacy as they seek changes in telecommunications rules....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 8:30am PST
SUPPORT COMMUNITY ACCESS TV – SUBMIT COMMENTS TO FCC
URGENT: Submit Public Comments in Support of Local Franchising and Community Access TV to the FCC....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 8:28am PST
3 authors interviews: The China Factor and the Overstretch of the US Hegemony
3 books that can change your mind in 2005 about the geo-politic and geo-economic dynamics going on...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 6:25am PST
Bush’s Tyranny for a Bankrupt Nation
Feeling exuberant? Mike Whitney makes some dismal projections....
Posted: Sun, Feb 5, 2006 10:51pm PST
El Enemigo Común premiers in Santa Cruz (2/16)
Come to the Resource Center for Nonviolence for a viewing of the new film, El Enemigo Común (The Common Enemy) on Thursday, February 16th at 8:00pm.
Directed by Simon Sedillo - Director in Attendence
(Video Trailer and 3 Audio PSAs are Below!)...
Posted: Sun, Feb 5, 2006 12:37pm PST
The Failure of Citizenship
Sullivan:
"When will enough people with courage and conviction rise and fight? When will we drag the criminal Bush cabal kicking and screaming to the gallows? How much worse do things have to get? Let us stop kidding ourselves by trying to work the system, by trying to appear reasonable to authority."...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 10:26pm PST
EL ENEMIGO COMUN premiers in the Bay Area
"el enemigo común" scratches beneath the surface of neoliberalism, at some of the its most hidden atrocities in recent North American history. The film documents instances of paramilitary activity against indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico from 2002 through 2005 while including scenes from an international human rights movement in 2003, in Miami against the Free Trade Area of the America's, and in Cancun against the World Trade Organization. The three locations in isolation expose the d...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 7:58pm PST
The Super Bowl in Detroit: the manufacturing of a “national event”
Detroit is the host city of this year’s Super Bowl, the championship game of American professional football. The annual contest, which will be played this Sunday between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks, has in recent years become something of a national phenomenon, almost a national rite. Proper obeisance must be paid to it. The mass media, as it does every year, has been informing the population for weeks that it can hardly wait until “Super Sunday,” when “Super Parties” wil...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 9:52am PST
Caracas Libertarian Declaration // January 26, 2006
Between January 23 – 29, 2006, anarchist activists gathered in Caracas for the Alternative Social Forum, coming from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela. We consider it important to establish a specifically anarchist position that speaks to our experiences and exchanges. In such a spirit we declare the following:...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 6:49am PST
Ashanti Alston: From the Panthers to the Zapatistas
From the Panthers to the Zapatistas
Featuring Ashanti Alston, former Black Panther
Saturday, Febrary 11th 7:00 - 9:00 pm
K.I.N.K.S. International, 629 15th St. (corner of 15th and G Sts.)
Admission is free, but donations will be requested to support the work of Estacion Libre, a people of color collective that takes people-of-color delegations to Chiapas to learn first-hand about the Zapatista movement....
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 1:27am PST
ATTORNEY'S ADVICE -- NO CHARGE
Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 3, 2006 8:20pm PST
Marcha por todas nuestras luchas (en Venezuela)
Marcha convocada por ANMCLA, el frente campesino Ezequiel Zamora entre otros....
Posted: Fri, Feb 3, 2006 7:11am PST
The Two Faces of Bill Gates
Should we commend Bill Gates for turning some of his obscene profits toward worthy philanthropic causes?
The message of this editorial seems to be "not yet."...
Posted: Fri, Feb 3, 2006 2:32am PST
Historic Perspective of Land Ownership and the Constitution
From Tillery, Halifax County, North Carolina. Gary R. Grants continues to lead the National Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association since it's incorporation in 1997. His lifetime of preparation is on display at a presentation on Black Farmers Conference in Memphis, Tennessee. Black Farmers in America Tour 2006....
Posted: Thu, Feb 2, 2006 5:19pm PST
Anniversary of Lee Kyung Hae --- Report from the Korean Farmers League
Remember the struggle! Remember Kyung Hae!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 2, 2006 2:05pm PST
Food Security in Africa: Availability, Accessibility and Affordability
Agriculture is the Foundation of Black Culture Globally
Nearly 1 billion people on the planet are food insecure, most in the African Union.
Black Farmers must begin to share a global methodology to feed ourselves....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 11:21am PST
World Social Forum Wrap Up
The sixth World Social Forum in Caracas, Venezuela ended on Sunday, January 29. This article is about what happed, some analysis about the WSF and where it is likely to go from here....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 7:49am PST