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textAlexander: Jerry Brown Creating Public Phobia Regarding Marijuana by Stewart A. Alexander
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has made the assumption that if marijuana becomes legal, society will start getting stone and will become less competitive. Many of the gubernatorial candidates from the real Left dismiss Brown’s phony claims and believe legalizing marijuana will be a benefit to society, our economy, and will help California generate revenues....
Posted: Tue, Aug 11, 2009 6:56pm PDT
imageListen to U.S. Agriculture Chair, Senator Harkin lead the Senate Apology for U.S. Slavery
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by Khubaka, Michael Harris
Sacramento, CA and a nation may learn from the message from our U.S. Senate Ag Committee Chair Harkin. Honorable Con. John Conyers, Chair of the Judiciary Committee, has proposed H.R. 40 to study and quanitify systemic instutional slavery this resolution speaks to. Our U.S. Senate has reviewed and voted upon this congressional act, hopefully notice will come to Sacramento, California to consider the actions of past governmental action . Black Agriculture will once again be the foundation...
Posted: Tue, Jun 23, 2009 12:14pm PDT
textSocialist Stewart Alexander: Washington and Capitalism in Shambles by Stewart A. Alexander
Since President Barack Obama took office in January, the U.S. economy has gone from bad to worst. Nationwide, home foreclosures continue to climb, consumer spending is down due to the credit crisis, more than 6 million Americans remain unemployed, and while paychecks are shrinking, inflation and gas prices are on the increase. The U.S. economy and capitalism is in a total mess....
Posted: Fri, May 22, 2009 8:37pm PDT
imageGovernment, Planning and the Politics of Water
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by Martin Zehr
Water planning is a political issue that cannot be addressed through activism or demonstrations. Regional planning is possible and can provide input and transparency. The Green Party can increase its visibility to larger segments of the population. It should lay claim to its ownership of the issue. It needs to listen to farmworkers and rural stakeholders. It needs to act like a political party....
Posted: Tue, Apr 28, 2009 1:19am PDT
textAlexander: Food Lines Show Signs of National Depression by Stewart A. Alexander
According to Reuters, “The previous record for food stamp enrollment was 31.6 million last September, which included “disaster” stamps for states hit by hurricanes and floods.” Today’s disaster, that has increased that number is the U.S. economy; even with the government bailouts totaling close to $3 trillion, the U.S. economy is in freefall and the lines for food stamps and unemployment benefits continue to climb....
Posted: Thu, Mar 19, 2009 11:02am PDT
videoSDCC Students Protest and Lobby Sacramento Lawmakers (video/x-ms-wmv 3.5MB) by SD City College ASG
Video compilation of members from San Diego City College Students involved in Sacramento Protest and Lobbying of Lawmakers. The demands were shut down prisons more funding for schools, Help former convicts released from prisons get back into the workforce,...
Posted: Tue, Mar 17, 2009 6:08pm PDT
textAlexander: Socialists Say Nationalize All U.S. Banks by Stewart A. Alexander
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan thinks it’s necessary to temporarily nationalize some banks. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in recent statements has indicated that the nationalization of some banks may be necessary under certain conditions, and many economic analysts believe nationalization is only a matter of time; however, socialists nationwide say nationalization of all U.S. banks is now necessary to achieve a national economic recovery....
Posted: Sun, Mar 8, 2009 8:12am PDT
documentBreaking Free: The Adcentures of Tin Tin
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by Modesto Anarcho Crew
Modesto Anarcho Crew brings you the zine version of the classic Attack International book, 'Breaking Free: The Adventures of Tin Tin."...
Posted: Wed, Mar 4, 2009 6:22pm PST
textCapitalists Attempting to Redefine Socialism by Stewart A. Alexander
Since Congress passed the first $168 billion government stimulus, the “S” word has become a favorite term for the corporate media in referring to socialism. It would be more appropriate to use the “S” word to refer to “stimulus” because it is evident that the capitalists are moving no closer to a transition to socialism; however, as the U.S. economic crisis continues to expand and the failure of capitalism become more apparent to the world, the wealthy ruling elite are now sustaining capital...
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2009 8:12pm PST
textAlexander: Obama’s $825 Billion Stimulus Plan offers too little, too late by Stewart A. Alexander
With less than 10 days in office, President Barack Obama has indicated that his $825 billion economic stimulus package will energize the U.S. economy and create future jobs for more than three million Americans. Socialists nationwide are rejecting this new call for deficit spending and are calling for programs that will meet the short and long term needs of the nation and create immediate employment for the millions of working people that are unemployed or under-employed....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2009 8:07am PST
textIsrael Continues Bombing Gaza In Spite of Ceasefire, Sacramentans Report by Dan Bacher
Maggie Coulter and Patricia Daugherty, local activists, report from Jordan that Israel is still bombing Gaza, in spite of the ceasefire....
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2009 3:16pm PST
textEnd the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act by CCR r
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and a network of grassroots groups launch the Coalition to Abolish the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA)...
Posted: Fri, Dec 5, 2008 7:17pm PST
imageInside The Bush Administration
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by Steve Lerman
Scott Horton interviews Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, (US Army Ret.), former chief of staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell for Anti-War Radio....
Posted: Sat, Nov 22, 2008 9:20am PST
imageElection Fraud and The Subversion of Democracy
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by Steve Lerman
From Media Matters, Mark Crispin Miller is author of "Loser Take All: Election Fraud and The Subversion of Democracy", "Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them)", among other titles....
Posted: Sat, Nov 15, 2008 9:43am PST
imageEconomics for a Crowded Planet
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by Steve Lerman
With an increasingly crowded planet, how can we achieve sustainable development? Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, explores the many challenges we face including poverty and globalization....
Posted: Sat, Nov 8, 2008 11:33am PST
textThe Three-Trillion Dollar War by Steve Lerman
The three trillion dollar war by Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes...
Posted: Sat, Nov 1, 2008 12:48pm PDT
textYou Can't Fight The Goverment Without A Plan by Rev. Floyd D. Harris, Jr.
Until we can build a fundamental foundation of education on understanding how the local government operates in each community we will never be successful in getting liberation....
Posted: Wed, Oct 29, 2008 6:49am PDT
imageStand Up For ILWU 10 Members Jason Ruffin and Aaron Harrison:Drop The Bogus Charges Now!
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by Transport Workers Solidarity Committee
The Transport Workers Solidarity Committee will be mobilizing with ILWU Local 10 to defend two young Black members who were beaten and arrested by Sacramento police on August 23, 2008. There will be a rally at the Yolo County Court House on Monday October 6....
Posted: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 1:57pm PDT
imageGovernment Report on WTC Building #7 Defies Laws of Physics
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by Dan Bacher
Independent architects and structural engineers have submitted evidence of controlled demolition, disputing NIST’s theory of 9/11 building collapses as "contrary to all historical, visual and physical evidence."...
Posted: Tue, Sep 9, 2008 1:59pm PDT
textInternational Anarchist Conspiracy Communique #6 (Fighting ICE) by IAC
Countless nights have been spent gazing into the Seeing Stones. Many things have been seen inside those murky depths. Everything in there is Black. The future holds much darkness for everyone. We see it spreading already, outside our very doors; the barbed wire fences stretching for miles, the animals in the desert prowling at night for someone to kill, the camps nestled in our backyards, the camps where people hold tightly onto their friends as they slowly die, the camps holding mothers and ...
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 11:47pm PDT
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