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New Orleans Police Attack Peaceful March at St. Bernard New Orleans Police Attack Peaceful March at St. Bernard...
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 10:24am PST
New Orleans needs your phone calls NOW NOLA residents barred from city council meeting, tasered and pepper sprayed...
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 10:05am PST
The Battle to Save New Orleans Public Housing Thursday, December 20, 2007 :In New Orleans, protests have been taking place for weeks to block the demolition of 4,500 units of public housing. Jacquie Soohen and Rick Rowley of Big Noise Films file a report from the streets of New Orleans....
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 9:57am PST
Homeowners in Detroit suburb demand protection from foreclosures Thursday, December 20, 2007 :A stormy town hall meeting was held in the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan December 17, as hundreds of residents sought information on how to forestall home foreclosures. The following day mortgage-finance company Fannie Mae listed Michigan the number 1 state with the largest credit loss through September 30 of 2007....
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 9:49am PST
Activists Chained to Bulldozers in New Orleans Affordable housing and homeless advocate Jamie "Bork" Loughner has chained herself to a bulldozer this morning at the B.W. Cooper housing complex in New Orleans....
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 9:21am PST
Coaltion To New Orleans City Hall: Stop the Demolitons The Coalition To Stop Demolition held a press conference today at New Orleans City Hall today to implore the City Council and Mayor to say no to the demolition of public housing....
Posted: Tue, Dec 18, 2007 4:51pm PST
Destroying Homes for the Holidays in New Orleans On December 12, government authorities began the planned demolition of four public housing developments in New Orleans. Bulldozers began rolling in the BW Cooper development. But this outrageous and heartless destruction of housing has been met with protest and resistance....
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 12:20pm PST
Jingle Bells, Toxic Toys, Santa’s on the Way Monday, December 17, 2007 : A chorus of kids on YouTube has a holiday message for the Bush administration, Congress and toy manufacturers. Set to the tune of the holiday classic "Jingle Bells," the kids plead: Toxic toys, toxic toys, Make them go away. Please don't bring us toxic toys This year on Christmas day-ay. Toxic toys, toxic toys, They will make us sick....
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 7:09am PST
US: Baseball steroid report--reflection of a diseased social order Saturday, December 15, 2007 :The release Thursday of the so-called Mitchell report on the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs in professional baseball has unleashed a torrent of media scandal-mongering and hypocrisy. Most American newspapers gave the report banner headlines. Its author, former US senator, federal prosecutor and special envoy to Northern Ireland George Mitchell, had stressed in the report that, while there had been a “great deal of speculation” over which pla...
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2007 2:29pm PST
Baseball's Hall of Shame: MLB Report Finds Widespread Steroid Use, Warns About Influence Pros Have on Young Athletes Friday, December 14, 2007 :Thursday is being described by some as "one of the darkest days in baseball history" following the publication of an official Major League Baseball report on the widespread use of steroids and performance enhancing drugs in the sport. Former Senator George Mitchell, who headed the 20-month investigation, estimated hundreds of thousands of high school students currently use steroids. We speak with sportswriter Dave Zirin about "Absolving the Owners" and a mother whos...
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2007 8:29am PST
Civil rights leaders demand foreclosure halt Friday, December 14, 2007 : NEW YORK — Outside the New York Stock Exchange Dec. 10, holiday music competed with the chants of “Save our homes!” A few yards away from the Wall Street Christmas tree display, hundreds of protesters gathered to demand a swift and decisive response by government and big business to the growing subprime loan crisis sweeping the nation....
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2007 8:17am PST
March on Wall Street Save Our Homes: Photos and Commentary Syndicated Content From NYC...
Posted: Thu, Dec 13, 2007 7:23am PST
ATTN:Privacy Concerns & Tools of Protection Frustrate the efforts of the fascist national state with these helpful tools......
Posted: Wed, Dec 12, 2007 4:24pm PST
HUD Poised to Tear Down New Orleans Public Housing Developments Wednesday, December 12, 2007 :The Department of Housing and Urban Development is poised to demolish some of the largest public housing developments in New Orleans on Saturday. The demolition plans have met with strong resistance from local communities. We speak with Bill Quigley, an attorney leading the legal fight for public housing in New Orleans as well as Alvin Franklin, a former public housing resident in New Orleans who has been homeless since Hurricane Katrina....
Posted: Wed, Dec 12, 2007 9:01am PST
"Doomsday Seed Vault" in the Arctic On this God-forsaken island Bill Gates is investing tens of his millions along with the Rockefeller Foundation, Monsanto Corporation, Syngenta Foundation and the Government of Norway, among others, in what is called the ‘doomsday seed bank.’ Officially the project is named the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard island group....
Posted: Tue, Dec 11, 2007 8:28pm PST
Urgent Action Needed on HUD Spending Bill Tuesday, December 11, 2007 : Calls Needed to Support Omnibus Spending Package and HUD Programs: The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) FY08 conference agreement on November 14 by a 270-147 vote. A form of the conference agreement, which was the compromise between the individual House and Senate THUD appropriations bills, will be part of an omnibus spending bill that will go the House floor sometime today....
Posted: Tue, Dec 11, 2007 7:45am PST
Jesse Jackson Says President's Plan to Prevent Foreclosures Doesn't Go Far Enough Monday, December 10, 2007 :President Bush announced a plan last week to freeze interest rates for some homeowners facing foreclosure. But critics say the plan?s strict guidelines will leave out the most vulnerable. We speak with the Rev. Jesse Jackson who is helping to organize a march on Wall Street today dubbed ?Save Our Homes -- Fight Home Foreclosures, Defend Our Economic Rights.?...
Posted: Mon, Dec 10, 2007 8:47am PST
America Doesn't Welcome Everyone Home For the Holidays This is a press release from the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty released on December 10 (International Human Rights Day)...
Posted: Mon, Dec 10, 2007 7:47am PST
US employment report shows recessionary impact of housing and credit crisis Saturday, December 8, 2007 :The employment report for November, released Friday by the US Labor Department, showed a decline in job-creation over the previous month. Overall, non-farm payrolls rose by 94,000, sharply down from the 170,000 rise in October. The official unemployment rate remained at 4.7 percent, but the Labor Department slashed its job-creation estimate for September from 96,000 to 44,000....
Posted: Sat, Dec 8, 2007 8:45am PST
Yet Another Report Shows Bush’s FAA Endangering Air Passenger Safety Saturday, December 8, 2007 : For the second time this year, a major government study finds the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is putting airline passenger safety at risk because of its refusal to negotiate a contract with air traffic controllers. Record numbers of controllers are leaving the towers and retiring, rather than endure the FAA's unilaterally imposed work rules....
Posted: Sat, Dec 8, 2007 8:34am PST
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