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SpearHead Saturday Golden Gate Park + Sunday New College 911 Festival
Sunday New College of California, 777
Valencia St, San Francisco, 10am - 7pm followed by an acoustic
set by Michael Franti & Spearhead 8pm-9:30pm....
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 12:33pm PDT
Bush Did It! Demos/marches
Bush Knew! We know that he knew! We need to let the world know that We Know! We can't let a Terrorist run the country and attack people at home and abroad. Saturday, September 7th, 10a.m. join the SF rally and march to the 4th annual 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival, or join us Wednesday, September 11th, at 4 p.m. in Oakland. "Bush Did It!"- we, the people must demand that he be held accountable for his crimes!...
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 12:31pm PDT
"Bush Did It!" March & Rally - Sat 10am - Panhandle to 9/11 Franti Concert
We need drums!! If you play a drum or want to make noise, bring something!...
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 12:09pm PDT
Daniel Pearl and The Paymaster Of 9/11
It was supposed to be the key chain of evidence linking the September 11 hijackers to Osama bin Laden - a wire transfer of $100,000 to lead hijacker Mohamed Atta. Yet less than five months later, the man initially fingered as the paymaster of 9/11would be sitting in a Pakistani jail, accused of a wholly different crime - the murder of Daniel Pearl...
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 10:40am PDT
Origin of Iraq invasion planning
Notes made at a command center briefing five hours after the WTC attacks make clear that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was determined to use the 9-11 tragedy as a pretext for overthrowing Sadam Hussein....
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 10:27am PDT
US & Britain launch 100 plane airstrike against Iraq
The attack is described as a necessary first step before a major campaign against Iraq, although the US says it's just routine....
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 9:06am PDT
Earth summit hits poverty, pollution
JOHANNESBURG – Delegates to the third Earth Summit reached a minimal agreement on policies aimed at lifting four billion people from poverty and curbing threats to the global environment....
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 8:00am PDT
The battle cry in Florida: Jeb must go!
PALM BEACH, Fla. – Hundreds of election campaigners who gathered here, Aug. 27, for a debate between Democratic candidates for Florida governor were divided on who should win the Sept. 10 primary. But they had a unanimous verdict for the incumbent: “Jeb Bush must go.”...
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 7:55am PDT
US Should Threaten War on Israel, Not Iraq!
While the US President and his supporters are trying hard to justify a war against Iraq, they are also trying to divert our attention from what should be the real target : Israel, the fourth largest military in the world and the proud owner of a nuclear bomb....
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 7:52am PDT
Israeli spies accused of posing as Canadians
The revelation that Israeli spies were posing as Canadians during covert operations enraged the federal government, which feared the practice would prompt vigilante attacks against ordinary Canadians living in the Middle East....
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 6:13am PDT
Reshape the Middle East along US-Israeli lines
The gameplan among Washington's hawks has long been to reshape the Middle East along US-Israeli lines, writes Brian Whitaker...
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 5:48am PDT
Before 911! TV show about plane crash into WTC (video/x-pn-realvideo 2.3MB)
real media 56k...
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 3:32am PDT
Breaking News: 100 jets join attack on Iraq
About 100 American and British aircraft took part in an attack on Iraq's major western air defence installation yesterday in the biggest single operation over the country for four years....
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 2:02am PDT
VIDEO: Israelis caught on film committing ethnic cleansing
This video was censored and not supposed to leave Israel. It is not widely known, but Israel censors all photos and videos leaving the Occupied Territories. Attempting to smuggle video out of the areas could result in improsonment (if you are an International) or torture or death if you are a Palestinian....
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2002 12:06am PDT
"Relative calm" according to our media
Here's what happened during the "relative calm" (meaning only Palestinians killed) as NPR and US media in general frame it. 50 Palestinians have been killed but since there were no Israelis killed, this qualifies as "relative calm."...
Posted: Thu, Sep 5, 2002 11:50pm PDT
Queer Youth Activist Camp: Going Back to School... and Kicking its Butt (video/x-pn-realvideo 6.5MB)
This week, many young people go back to school. Some of them will be taking new activist and organizing skills with them, to help in queer students' fight for respect and safety, thanks to the Gay-Straight Alliance Network in California, which led a student activist camp this summer. (6:11)...
Posted: Thu, Sep 5, 2002 11:12pm PDT