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Allies and critics rally round London's Livingstone Suspension undemocratic, say MPs and unions
· Mayor 'master at turning martyrdom to advantage'...
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 5:51pm PST
SCHWARZENEGGER ALIENATES MANY GROUPS The people of California elected Governor Schwarzenegger to provide leadership, to cut wasteful spending and to control special interest groups; however Schwarzenegger has categorized most Californians as special interest groups....
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 4:04pm PST
EMERGENCY NATIONAL RALLY AGAINST MARTIAL LAW IN PHILIPPINES 
On the 20th anniversary of People Power and the ouster of Marcos, a State of Emergency/Martial Law has been declared in the Philippines. All rallies are banned. Email and texting curtailed. Massive rallies are going on being met with violent dispersal by Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines. Disparate forces from the mass movement to former President Cory Aquino are calling for the president's ouster....
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 12:51pm PST
Peter Camejo Event Tonight in Berkeley 
Peter Camejo who is planning to formally announce his candidacy to run for Governor of California will speak about his lifetime of activism for social justice and other topics tonight in Berkeley....
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 6:56am PST
London Mayor Livingstone suspended over 'Nazi' jibe Ken Livingstone was today suspended from office for four weeks by a disciplinary tribunal for likening a Jewish newspaper reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard....
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 6:28am PST
McPherson must be thrown out of office for his failed judgement on Diebold! Acting as Secretary of State of California, McPherson recertified Diebold voting machines for use in California. Diebold has become famous for scandal. McPherson has exposed the entire state to potential vote fraud. Therefore, McPherson must go!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 8:25pm PST
IMPEACH PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FOR APPOINTING UAE EMPLOYEE U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR 
Impeach President George W. Bush for violating conflict of interest laws by appointing UAE government employee to work for U.S. Government! It is a conflict of interest to appoint an employee of a foreign government to serve as Maritime Administrator in U.S. Government!!!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 5:27pm PST
President Bush Appoints Employee of United Arab Emirates to serve as U.S. Maritime Admin.! President Georg W. Bush appointed an employee of the Government of the United Arab Emirates to the post of Maritime Administrator = Illegal conflict of interests! This is a highly illegal conflict of interests.
This is an impeachable offense....
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 12:24pm PST
Dubai's Port of No Return Don't jump to conclusions, but there are ties between the UAE, bin Laden, and the Taliban...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 6:39am PST
Was Cheney Drunk? Dave Lindorff contrasts the reactions of Franklin Roosevelt and Dick Cheney after a tragedy.
He relates that Doug Thompson of Capital Hill Blue has knowledge that Cheney (a known heavy drinker in the past) was inebriated at the time he shot Harry Whittington in the face.
(http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8184.shtml)...
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 5:42pm PST
Leland Yee is the Best Choice for Tenants Leland Yee is the best choice for tenants....
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 7:41am PST
SF Rules Committee Recommends Impeachment of Bush and Cheney On Thursday, February 16, the Rules Committee heard testimony and recommended and voted to send the proposed resolution to the full board for a vote, but not without controversy. Rules Chair Ross Mirkarimi has already spoken for impeachment on more than one occasion; and Tom Ammiano has been an outspoken critic of the Bush administration. It was the conservative Sean Elsbernd who voted against the resolution thereby in effect choosing to take the side of the President and Vice President....
Posted: Tue, Feb 21, 2006 9:32am PST
41st Anniversary of the Assassination of Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet” We turn now to the words of Malcolm X, who was assassinated 41 years ago today in New York City as he spoke before a packed audience in Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom. He was just 39 years old. This is an excerpt of a speech he gave in Detroit on April 12, 1964 - just a year before he was gunned down. It is known as “The Ballot or the Bullet.”...
Posted: Tue, Feb 21, 2006 9:27am PST
Ambulance Chasing and the Veep 
Lindorff:
"This is the real secret, not the 14-hour reporting delay regarding Cheney's shooting of his hunting buddy, that has been kept from the American people not for hours but for years."...
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2006 4:56pm PST
Toppling Musharraf: Heat rises on Pakistani leader His critics call him a Western poodle, the cartoons have fanned the flames, and now Bush is coming to town. Katherine Butler reports from Islamabad on the attempts to unseat the President...
Posted: Sun, Feb 19, 2006 10:54pm PST
Democrats force antiwar candidate out of Ohio Senate race Iraq war veteran and antiwar activist Paul Hackett withdrew from the US Senate race in Ohio February 14, after his campaign for the Democratic Party nomination was sabotaged by the top national Democratic leaders, including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Charles Schumer of New York, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee....
Posted: Sun, Feb 19, 2006 10:21pm PST
End the War, Meet Workers' Needs: Peace and Freedom Party, Candidates Submit Statements The Peace and Freedom Party and six of its statewide candidates last week submitted brief statements to be included in the Voter Information Guide sent to all registered voters by the Secretary of State. The statements summarize key points of the party’s program of ending the war in Iraq and transforming society to meet the needs of working people in California....
Posted: Sun, Feb 19, 2006 10:05am PST
DIEBOLD RE-CERTIFIED IN CA! Secretary of State McPherson seems to have a thing for making major announcements late on Fridays just before holidays. Following in what seems to be a pattern of his, he announced late this afternoon that he was certifying Diebold Optical Scan and AccuVote TSx (touch-screens) for use in elections in the state....
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 5:04pm PST
Italy cartoon row minister quits The Italian reform minister who angered Muslims by wearing a T-shirt decorated with Western media cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad has resigned....
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 9:08am PST
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