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ALERT: Blind musher in brutal Iditarod is honored - WRITE
Rachael Scdoris, the legally blind woman who raced in the 2005 Iditarod, will be grand marshal of the Starlight Parade presented by Southwest Airlines, according to an announcement made by the Portland Rose Festival. People who participate in Iditarod brutalities don't deserve honors....
Posted: Sat, Apr 16, 2005 5:40pm PDT
'No to Appeasement, No to War, Yes to Democratic Change by the Iranian People, Resistance
'No to Appeasement, No to War, Yes to Democratic Change by the Iranian People and the Resistance,' Declares Convention...
Posted: Sat, Apr 16, 2005 10:39am PDT
Salmon Mystery in the Pacific Northwest!
Scientists are shocked by the low numbers of spring chinook salmon that have returned so far to the Columbia River this season - in a year when they were forecasting a huge run. This lack of fish is very scary - and may be the result of warm water conditions, potentially resulting from global warming, off the West Coast this year. However, nobody really knows exactly what is going on right now....
Posted: Fri, Apr 15, 2005 10:53am PDT
May 18, National Call to Action Against Halliburton in Houston, Texas
On May 18, 2005, Halliburton will hold their annual shareholders' meeting in the Belly of the Beast, Houston, Texas. As the petrochemical capital of the world, a walk through downtown Houston is a veritable who's who of corporate gluttons and war profiteers. From Enron to Halliburton, George Bush, Sr. to Ken Lay, Houston is home to the worst of the worst. In defiance, the Houston Global Awareness Collective and the Austin Spokescouncil have taken up the fight, but we need your help…...
Posted: Fri, Apr 15, 2005 6:31am PDT
Free Radio Santa Cruz: National War Tax Resistance coordinating committee
Mp3 Audio Interview with Ed Hedermann of NTRCC about War Tax Resistance and what you can do, often asked questions....
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 8:55pm PDT
Bolton On the UN (audio/mpeg 37.6KB)
12 second clip of how John Bolton really views the U.N.
excerpt from his panel speech to the Federalist Society, 1994...
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 11:49am PDT
KmB Pro-People Youth USA Website Operational
KmB connects local issues in the U.S. to broader international issues-mainly the National Democratic struggle in the Philippines. This can only be attained by addressing the 3 root problems - imperialism, bureaucrat capitalism, and feudalism. Kabataang maka-Bayan is National Democratic in character because it fights for national sovereignty and interests of the majority of the oppressed masses in the Philippines....
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 1:56am PDT
Smithfield Packing Guilty of Threatening, Physically Assaulting Workers
UFCW: Smithfield Packing Guilty of Threatening, Physically Assaulting Workers - Again; Company Police Force Instigate Plant Riot in Assault on Workers; NLRB Orders Reinstatement of Workers, Payment of Lost Wages...
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 12:38am PDT
May 1: End the War! Abolish Nukes!
Sunday, May 1, 2005
NO WAR, NO NUKES!
End the War in Iraq: Bring Our Troops Home Now
Fund Essential Programs at Home, Not War Abroad
Abolish All Nuclear Weapons Worldwide...
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 12:33am PDT
Enemy Combatant Radio Down But Not Out
Technical difficulties winged the indybay radio station...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 6:33pm PDT
vegan segment on Food Network, 4/13
DawnWatch tip: Terrific vegan segment on Food Network BBQ show 4/13/05- 4/30/05...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 4:22pm PDT
April 13th is CAFTA National Call-in Day
April 13th is CAFTA National Call-in Day - Be part of
the Global Week of Action on Trade - Demand that Your
Representative take a stand Against CAFTA!
(www.stopcafta.org for more info and for call scripts)...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 12:19pm PDT
Feminist Scholar Andrea Dworkin Dies at 58
Andrea Dworkin, a feminist icon and scholar, died on Saturday at the age of 58...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 10:51am PDT
Eric Rudolph Pleads Guilty to Ala. Bombing
Eric Rudolph Pleads Guilty to Ala. Bombing; Expected to Plead Guilty to Three Atlanta Bombings...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 10:42am PDT
FDA Panel Recommends Against Readmitting Silicone Gel-Filled Breast Implants
In a 5-to-4 vote an FDA panel voted to reject Inamed Corp.'s application to bring back silicone gel-filled breast implants to the open market....
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 10:39am PDT
AgJOBS VOTE POSSIBLE IN SENATE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
On Wednesday afternoon, April 13, Senator Larry Craig and Sen. Edward Kennedy are likely to offer the AgJOBS farmworker immigration bill, S.359, as an amendment to the pending supplemental appropriations bill...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 10:30am PDT
Block this Man! Protest against John Bolton
John Bolton said repeatedly that the United Nations only has value when it serves the interests of the US and that the most effective Security Council would be one in which only the US would be a permanent member....
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 7:46am PDT
Food and Commercial Workers File Charge Against Wal-Mart on Coughlin 'Union Project'
Food and Commercial Workers File Charge Against Wal-Mart on Coughlin 'Union Project'; UFCW Calls on the NLRB to Aggressively Investigate Whether Wal-Mart Bribed Employees to Suppress Worker Support for Union Representation...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 12:03am PDT
Minuteman Project Misconceptions - Confessions of two Indymedia Reporters
For the last two weekends, Jessica and Walt have spent time on the Arizona-Mexico border, interacting with both the Minuteman Project volunteers and the ACLU Legal Observers. What they saw revealed problems with the activist movements....
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 7:56pm PDT
Senators Grill Bolton on Past UN Comments, Politicizing Intelligence
During the confirmation hearing of John Bolton as UN ambassador nominee, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee grilled Bolton on his highly critical comments on the UN and his treatment of intelligence officials in the state department. We play extended excerpts of the hearing....
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 2:59pm PDT