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NAACP reaffirms opposition to death penalty
BE IT RESOLVED that the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People reiterates its strong opposition to the death penalty; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the NAACP calls on its units throughout the United States and the world to support the international call for Mumia Abu-Jamal to be released from death row......
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 2:00pm PDT
Democratic Staff Members -- State Employees -- Working to Block Nader in Illinois
"We may not agree on other policies, but we are unifying against these ridiculous ballot access laws in Illinois," says Jeff Trigg, Libertarian Party of Illinois Executive Director. "The facts are that Illinois Democrats are challenging Nader, but they bent over backwards to let President Bush blatantly ignore deadlines in election law. This Bush favoritism shows you who the Democrats think their political enemies are, and it isn't the Republicans. Their enemy is voter choice, ...
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 12:32pm PDT
Boston Independent Media Center - Democratic National Convention Projects
Are you coming to Boston for the Democratic National Convention this July? Are you
planning to work with the Independent Media Center?...
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 11:31am PDT
Welcome To Boston Guide is Now Out!
Welcome to the final countdown for the DNC. We have just released our "Welcome
to Boston" guide at:
http://blackteasociety.org/bostonguide/...
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 10:52am PDT
Clean Up, Don't Build Up! Nuclear Weapons Days of Action
Trinity, Hiroshima & Nagasaki Anniversary Events Held Nationwide. Communities Call on National Leaders to Take Precautionary Action and Prevent Nuclear Weapons Hazards.
“Clean Up, Don’t Build Up
A series of seventy-two events are being held in twenty states across the country to commemorate the 59th anniversaries of the Trinity atomic detonation and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing. A diverse coalition of environmental health, nuclear weapons, toxic waste and peace organizatio...
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 10:47am PDT
U.S. House strikes member's remark that Bush stole 2000 election
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to strike a Florida representative's words from the congressional record after she said Republicans stole the closely fought 2000 U.S. election....
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 9:07am PDT
Building Bridges Radio - Boycott Liberty Apparel: National Mobilization Against Sweatshops
Building Bridges Radio presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW...
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 8:14am PDT
Zionists' Shenigans Ad Nauseum
Looking for an alternative to mainstream media when getting the real deal on what's happening in Palestine-Israel? Check out the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. It's only something like $29 a year for this excellent monthly magazine....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 10:43pm PDT
Al-Qaeda is recruiting.
Al-Qaeda may be recruiting local police officers....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 6:59pm PDT
Fault Lines Issue 2: G8 Summit Hides on Private Island
In Occupied Brunswick, site of several demonstrations opposing the 2004 G8 Summit in South Georgia, police and military units not only outnumbered protesters by a factor of 50 to one(!), there were more of them than actual Brunswick residents. Funny thing is, the Summit wasn’t even taking place in Brunswick....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 11:02am PDT
US Should/Must Follow NZ Lead on Treatment of Israeli Spies
It is well-known that of all foreign countries, Israel has the largest spy-ring in the US. But because of our country's "special relationship" with Israel, our government's policy has been generally to simply detain the caught Israeli spies for some questioning, and then deporting them on visa violations charges. However, it's high time to recognize that our country's security is seriously threatened by Israeli spies, who have often been caught in "false flag" operations...
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 10:58am PDT
Fault Lines Issue 2: The Real "Spin Factor"
Subjecting a civilian population to collective punishment is an archetypal war crime, although American disdain for the Geneva Conventions has preceded Abu Ghraib by many decades...
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 10:57am PDT
Fault Lines Issue 2: Mass. Crackdown
A protester is arrested for refusing to show identification to a federal officer. An MIT alumna is arrested for leafleting the entrance of this year’s commencement. A college student who dressed as an Abu Ghraib prisoner is accused of falsifying a bomb threat, charged with felonies and required to undergo psychological evaluation. Eight housing activists who enter an abandoned building during a protest are held at gunpoint and charged with multiple felonies....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 10:50am PDT
Fault Lines Issue 2: Greece Wins the Gold in Repression
With just a few weeks to go before the Olympic Games in Athens, preparations for the world’s biggest athletic competition are well under way. So far, international media have focused on the delayed construction of the Olympic venues, mostly ignoring the Greek government’s ecological destruction and trampling of human rights....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 10:44am PDT
Another "SNAChU" in November?
Will SNAChU be what we see after the November 2004 election, as in 2000?...
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 9:46am PDT
The Powerful Never Make a Mistake
Rejoice, you internationalistas, states are ennobled by justice, not by cowardice and fear. Rejoice, you critics, social criticism and prophetic criticism are correctives to one-dimensional delusions, leaven in a culture of resignation and helplessness....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 6:43am PDT
Betrayal
Announcement of a 102-page report from the Homosapiens Educational & Legal Project (H.E.L.P.) - Burton H. Wolfe, Principal Director - providing irrefutable evidence that "Jesus" is a myth and "Christianity" is a 1900-year-old fraud....
Posted: Sat, Jul 17, 2004 9:22pm PDT
Democratic ABB Strategy Failure: they think we are idiots?
The Democrats held the towels and kept quiet while America and the hopes of people all over the world were raped, beaten and robbed. And now they expect to be elected Sheriffs?...
Posted: Sat, Jul 17, 2004 2:00pm PDT
Signature gatherers try to hide Nader’s name on petitions
A mysterious pair of men were gathering signatures on a petition Monday outside the Kroger store on Charleston’s West Side — apparently in an effort to get independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on West Virginia’s ballot in November....
Posted: Sat, Jul 17, 2004 11:58am PDT
Homeland Secuirty Questioning of Photo Student Challenged
SEATTLE - Ian Spiers had just hours to finish an assignment for his photography class. He was taking shots of a railroad bridge near the Ballard Locks when an officer with a German shepherd approached him, asked him what he was doing and requested some ID....
Posted: Sat, Jul 17, 2004 11:51am PDT