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textBTL:Consensus Building in Congress to Uphold Geneva Conventions in... by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
...Treatment of Guantanamo Detainees ~ Interview with Wells Dixon, Center for Constitutional Rights attorney, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, Jul 21, 2006 7:03am PDT
calendarJustice4BigO, flyering in the Mission by IdrissStelleyFoundaton
On Capp Street between 15th and 16th Street, Friday 7-21 at 6 pm. We gather behind the Walgreen parking lot and distribute flyers on Capp, about the Shameful SFPD Killing of Samoan Brother Oliver Lefiti, AKA "Big O", in order to find more witnesses to Big O's murder by PD on 6-24-06...
Event Date: Fri, Jul 21, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 21, 2006 2:11am PDT
textStolen Lives Induction Ceremony Highlights Post-9/11 Police Killings of Civilian by via October 22nd Coalition
The October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality (New York) announces the 2006 Stolen Lives Induction Ceremony on July 22, 2006 at 2:30PM at historic St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem....
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 11:53pm PDT
textDPF Upcoming Events and Resources by Death Penalty Focus
meetings, and conferences, and more...
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 10:27pm PDT
textSafeway at Church and Market Assaults and Harasses another Sick Poor Person by Naomi Graffitti
Safeway Security and Assistant Manager Harass a suspected shoplifter who has Porject Openhand food in a wheeled suitcase and when he objects and walks out tries to take his suitcase away from him- saying to a witness "He was trepressing so I can take this property from him"...
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 8:01pm PDT
textFBI mosque raid sparks united outcry by PWW (reposted)
PITTSBURGH — As the mostly African American and Latino congregation was preparing for weekly Friday prayers at Light of the Age mosque here on June 30, a dozen FBI agents raided the building and lined up worshippers outside at gunpoint. Agents ransacked the building and asked individuals detailed personal questions, demonstrating intimate knowledge of their private lives....
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 7:00pm PDT
calendarSTATE OF FEAR: opens at the Roxie, July 28 by Allyce
Roxie Film Center...
Event Date: Fri, Jul 28, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 2:28pm PDT
imageNSA Spying Case Moves Forward: Judge Denies "State Secrets" Motion
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by from EFF.org
EFF's Spying Case Moves Forward - Judge Denies Government's Motion to Dismiss AT&T Case...
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 2:22pm PDT
documentZachary Jenson Is A Government Informant
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by Sacramento Prisoner Support
Sacramento Prisoner Support sacprisonersupport[at]riseup[dot]net July 20, 2006 Alert Zachary Jenson is a Government Informant...
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 11:04am PDT
textBush Stymies Domestic Spying Probe by IOL (reposted)
US President George Bush has used his presidential powers to block a probe into the controversial domestic spying programs, drawing immediate rebuke from critics and lawmakers, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, July19 ....
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 8:33am PDT
textBig Brother watching you surf? by Ytzhak
OTTAWA — One of Canada's largest Internet service providers is warning its customers that Big Brother is lurking on-line, with the federal government expected to revive an Internet surveillance bill. If the legislation is reintroduced, it could allow police unfettered access to personal information without a warrant, experts warn. Bell Sympatico has informed its customers that it intends to "monitor or investigate content or your use of your service provider's networks and to disclose a...
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 6:48am PDT
textThe Spanish Civil War, 70 Years On: The Deafening Silence on Franco’s Genocide by Counterpunch (reposted)
70 Years ago this week, General Franco launched his attack on the Spanish Republic, backed by Hitler, Mussolini and, tacitly, by the US and other Western powers. Across the next few days and weeks we will be publishing articles on this pivotal struggle, and the imperishable gallantry of the Republic’s defenders. We start with a overview by Vicente Navarro of the enduring significance of the Fascist onslaught and the malign tenacity of Franco's admirers to this day in burying his crimes while ...
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 7:27pm PDT
textLt. Gov. Candidate Proposes Prison Population Reduction by Stewart A. Alexander
Stewart Alexander is proposing to reduce California’s prison population by 70 thousand, and says California should close one or more prisons, within the next two to three years, to cut cost to taxpayers....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 7:08pm PDT
textHomeland Security Spies on Student Anti-War Groups by via The Progressive (Matthew Rothschild)
July 18, 2006 You probably know that the Pentagon has been spying on anti-war groups. Now it turns out that Homeland Security has been working hand in glove with the Pentagon—at least in California. The ACLU of Northern California released two documents on July 18 that reveal Homeland Security as a source of information for the Pentagon on protests at the University of California Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 3:38pm PDT
documentDepartment of Homeland Security Provided Information To Pentagon on UC Students' Anti-War Activities
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by via ACLU of Northern California
The Federal Department of Homeland Security provided the Pentagon with information on anti-war protests at UC campuses last year, according to the most recent government documents released to the ACLU of Northern California....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 3:23pm PDT
audioInterview with Josh Wolf (audio/mpeg 11.8MB) by David Grace
Bush Administration Uses Grand Jury to Encroach on State's Rights and Journalistic Privacy...
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 2:24pm PDT
textWho is the Spy in the UCSC Administration? by William Scott
USCS previously disclosed the existence of its spy who infiltrated the anti-War group. Now it has been disclosed that this spy reported to the FBI, Homeland Security, and other such agencies. The identity of the spy has been blackened out on documents obtained by the ACLU....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 9:43am PDT
textIndependent Journalist Charged with Civil Contempt for Resisting Grand Jury Subpoena by Grand Jury Resistance Project
San Francisco Independent journalist Josh Wolf, who is facing civil contempt charges for refusing to testify and provide evidence to a federal grand jury, will appear before U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup this Thursday. On behalf of the government, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Finigan is seeking video footage of a July 2005 protest in the Mission district against the Group of Eight (G8), meeting in Scotland at the time. If convicted, Wolf could be jailed for up to 13 months....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 9:41am PDT
textBritain: No one to be held accountable for police murder of Jean Charles de Menezes by wsws (reposted)
The announcement that no police officers are to be charged in connection with the shooting of innocent Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes has been met with justifiable outrage....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 6:23am PDT
textWhy I Wrote: I Cried, You Didn't Listen by New American Media (reposted)
Dwight Abbott, currently locked up in Salinas Valley State Prison, wrote the book, "I Cried, You Didn't Listen," first published in 1991 and now reprinted by AK Press, to expose the widespread abuse of incarcerated children....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 6:16am PDT
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