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Italy bid for PM corruption trial
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and the husband of a UK minister could face trial in Italy, following a request from prosecutors....
Posted: Fri, Mar 10, 2006 6:24am PST
Growing Distrust Leads to Surge in Citizen Impeachment Resolutions
Impeach Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Gonzales on the 9 Constitutional crimes listed below...
Posted: Fri, Mar 10, 2006 5:12am PST
BTL:Israel & U.S. Attempt to Isolate New Palestinian Hardline Hamas Government
Interview with Lori Allen, post-doctoral fellow at Brown University, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, Mar 10, 2006 5:05am PST
Philippines: Lifting of PP 1017 - The beginning of Arroyo’s downfall
The lifting of Presidential Proclamation 1017 is a victory for the Filipino people! It was not the will of GMA, but the will of a determined people, who had continuously fought and challenged the proclamation and held protest actions to oust her from office, that made such lifting possible....
Posted: Fri, Mar 10, 2006 1:28am PST
"Vote415" Kicks Off This Saturday
San Franciscans can kick off this year’s election season at a grassroots-level voter registration drive this Saturday in the Excelsior as progressive groups look to carry the success of last year’s special election to this year’s gubernatorial election....
Posted: Thu, Mar 9, 2006 9:15am PST
Going Bigger
Bigger and Better Plan
We're making our election plan bigger and better with a new Spring TV ad program that will help break the Republican stranglehold on Congress. The blitz this Spring will cost $2 million. To get started we need to raise $500,000 this week. Can you join us?...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 9:47pm PST
February Protests - Calls for Impeachment Rising
State Senator Alan Bates of Oregon and the San Francisco
Rules Committee are recommending impeachment of the Bush
Administration....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 3:14pm PST
Why Republicans need the WSC
People’s Lobby’s citizen-initiated World Service Corps (WSC) congressional proposals are non-partisan efforts to push Congress to enact legislation that will improve life in pockets of need at home and abroad and reduce the escalating spread of terrorism. Implementing the WSC could dramatically improve the world. It needs support from all parties and groups. If you have read this, read the companion “Why the Democrats need the WSC.”...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 1:24pm PST
Why Democrats need the World Service Corps
People’s Lobby’s citizen-initiated World Service Corps (WSC) congressional proposals are non-partisan efforts to push Congress to enact legislation that will improve life in pockets of need at home and abroad and reduce the escalating spread of terrorism. Implementing the WSC could dramatically improve the world. It needs support from all parties and groups. If you have read this, read the companion “Why the Republicans need the WSC.”...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 1:07pm PST
Corrupt, Arrogant & Destructive-NO PROBLEM-Texans Renominate DeLay
America is in the grips of Massive Corruption - and what do the Republicans in Texas do?- Renominate DeLay...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 9:45am PST
Progressive candidate wins Burlington’s IRV Mayoral Election
Progressive Bob Kiss beat out a field of six candidates, including a Democrat, Republican, Green, and two independents to win the counties first ever Mayor race to be decided by Instant Runoff Voting....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 7:55am PST
SF City Council Joins Impeachment Movement
SF's supervisors jumped into national politics by passing a resolution asking the democratic congressional delegation to seek the impeachment of President Bush for failing to perform his duties by leading the coutnry into war, eroding civil liberties and other transgressions....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 6:32am PST
It's an Awful Lot of Money to Makes Us Less Safe and Less Free
Ever since President Eisenhower's farewell address, there have been sporadic warnings about the Military Industrial Complex. Over the last couple of decades, critics like Ernest Fitzgerald and Chuck Spinney have performed a valuable public service by uncovering the Pentagon's lunatic potlatch schemes and dragging them before the bar of public opinion. Lately, organizations such as the Project on Government Oversight, the Center for Defense Information, and the Committee against Government Was...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 6:17am PST
ACTIVISM: Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Your Right to Know What's in Your Food
TOLL FREE...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 1:10am PST
The Mysterious Case of David Cobb
The Mysterious Case of David Cobb
By JOSHUA FRANK
http://www.counterpunch.com/frank03062006.html...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 12:31am PST
Budget Surplus: Will the People Have a Say?
After news of an unexpected budget surplus of $137 million hit City Hall, just about every elected representative threw out a proposal for spending it before there was time to blink. Now, as the debate over the competing proposals heats up, it’s important to remember a crucial voice in the process - the people of San Francisco. Budget and Finance Committee Chair Chris Daly has called for an initial public hearing on all proposals March 15, and will hopefully call for a following series of hea...
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 10:12pm PST
2 hours to Patriot Act Vote in congress
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Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 1:25pm PST
Berkeley City Council should respect will of voters and implement 'free' elections
Green Party candidate for Secretary of State, Dr. Forrest Hill, will participate in a rally calling on the Berkeley City Council to respect the will of the voters and implement IRV. The rally will be held on TUESDAY (March 7) at 6:30 p.m. in front of Old City Hall (2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way)....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 4:14pm PST
Whistleblower charged w/ 3 felonies for exposing Diebold's crimes
A whistleblower in Los Angeles is in legal trouble and needs our help. Stephen Heller is alleged to have exposed documents in Jan. & Feb. 2004 which provided smoking gun evidence that Diebold was using illegal, uncertified software in California voting machines. ...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 11:28am PST