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Hearing on AMINA LAWAL SET TO BE STONED ON - 27 AUGUST 2003
The Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for Amina Lawal, condemned for the crime of adultery on August 19th 2002, to be buried up to her neck and stoned to death. Her death was postponed so that she could continue to nurse her baby. Hearing on her Execution is now set for 27 AUGUST 2003....
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2003 9:44am PDT
New book on PR industry ties to Bush regime
New book by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber exposes the role that PR companies play in manufacturing consent for US wars. Go out and buy a copy today to help put this title on the bestseller lists....
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2003 9:32am PDT
CNN censors Gore
This time around more than an election is at stake -- the future of democracy is on the line. So why did CNN refuse to deliver the live coverage they promised -- why did they refuse to air Gore's speech when they were all set up to do it? Why did they neglect to discuss the content of his speech, choosing instead to divert our attention to the party line lies of Shrubco?...
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2003 8:01am PDT
BTL:Court Allows Former Guatemalan Dictator Accused of...
...Genocide to Run for President Interview with Larry Birns, director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, conducted by Between the Lines' Denise Manzari...
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2003 2:31am PDT
ANNE GWYNNE friend and host killed by Israel
Hammis Abu Salem was just killed by the IOF...
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2003 11:06pm PDT
Israel: Askar Camp Invaded This Morning
The Israeli Military has invaded the Askar refugee camp....
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2003 10:55pm PDT
VIDEOS ON THE STRUGGLE IN ARGENTINA!
From the Frontline of the Rebellion in Argentina--three videos:
Argentinazo, the Revolution Begins (2001)
Piqueteros, Carajo (2002)
Sasetru Obrera (2003)...
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2003 3:01pm PDT
STOP CAFTA IN HOUSTON OCT 20-24
YO BASTA!!!! STOP CAFTA Free Trade Talks are coming to Houston and the resistance needs to begin...
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2003 8:38am PDT
Arianna's Mother Jones Interview
During my Republican years, I really believed that the private sector could step up to the plate and solve a lot of the social problems we're facing.
And then I saw how difficult it was to raise private money for homeless shelters, or at-risk children's centers. I saw how much easier it was to raise private money for the opera or Harvard or prestigious educational institutions or fashionable museums. It was really that process, as well as getting to know Newt Gingrich and some of the Repu...
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2003 3:38am PDT
Defend OCAP and John Clarke
John Clarke, an Ontario Coalition Against Poverty organizer is facing up to five years in prison for defending the homeless...
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 9:47pm PDT
FURTHER TRICKERY AND TREACHERY
Removal of the international witnesses...
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 7:50pm PDT
US Navy sonar (LFAS) injuring and killing dolphins, orcas and whales
Do a search on "Balcomb" and "LFAS" to get more info on this....
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 12:46pm PDT
Oppose Roadless Area Exemptions For Tongass-Chugach National Forests
The Bush administration has taken the first procedural swipe at the landmark Roadless Area Conservation Rule by proposing to strip
protections from America's great Alaskan temperate rainforests, which represent fully one-quarter of the lands protected under the Rule....
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 10:46am PDT
Jobless Growth
"We celebrate the victory over the recession while several hundred thousand employees are dismissed every month', decried Calif congressman Pete Stark. `It would be almost hilarious if it weren't so sad.' Employers prefer reducing personnel to save costs.."...
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 9:43am PDT
The Superpower's Paralysis
"The triumphalism of the Bush administration has vanished for a long time.. `From victorious liberators, we have quickly become hated occupiers'.. More than two and a half million jobs were destroyed since Bush took office."Translated from the German...
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 9:19am PDT
This Day in History
On Aug. 6, 1945, in an inexcusable act of unspeakable cruelty, the US military committed a vile act of state sponsored terrorism.
Never forget! Never forgive!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2003 9:09am PDT
RedRed' s New Public Statement
My name is Lori Chavez, known to most as RedRed. I am a Portland anarcha-feminist involved in autonomous community building and support. The purpose of this letter is to recap what happened to me while I was in Sacramento, and to ask for your support in my still pending felony legal case....
Posted: Tue, Aug 5, 2003 3:27pm PDT
Victory 2004: A New Salvador
Schafik Handal, presidential candidate for the FMLN in El Salvador, will visit the Bay Area this week....
Posted: Tue, Aug 5, 2003 1:12pm PDT