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A COOL Conference
The Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) held its 20th annual conference March 12-14, 2004, connecting college students and their communities....
Posted: Thu, Apr 22, 2004 2:37pm PDT
Woman, and husband, fired for U.S. soldiers' coffins photo (AP)
Woman fired by military contractor for published photograph of flag-draped U.S. coffins...
Posted: Thu, Apr 22, 2004 12:52pm PDT
Woman fired over For Taking Picture Of US Iraq War Coffins
Last weekend, a newspaper in Seattle, Washington, published a rare photograph of coffins containing the bodies of American soldiers killed in the war in Iraq....
Posted: Thu, Apr 22, 2004 9:07am PDT
Supreme Court Rejects Indian Activist Peltier's Appeal -
Peltier Attorney Respond to the US Supreme Court Denial of Appeal...
Posted: Wed, Apr 21, 2004 12:02am PDT
Soldiers’ kin tell Bush: Bring our kids home
WASHINGTON – Family members of troops deployed in Iraq walked to the gates of the White House, April 14, holding bouquets of carnations in memory of the 660 American soldiers and thousands of Iraqis who have died in the Iraq war. They carried, as well, hundreds of letters from military families demanding the safe return of their sons and daughters....
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 5:50pm PDT
Phone/Email blockade of pro-draft Senator!
Email and Phone blockade this pro-draft Senator! Www.hagel.senate.gov, 202-224-4224, 402-758-8981...
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 1:09pm PDT
Banned Terms: An Interview with Depleted Uranium Expert Dr. Asaf Durakovic
An exclusive interview with Dr. Asaf Durakovic, one of the world's leading experts on depleted uranium, how Japan now faces the DU danger in Iraq, the continuing threats on his life, and the "conspiracy of silence" the world over surrounding DU....
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 11:08am PDT
Dept of Homeland Sec to create spec taskforce for G-8, RNC & DNC
He cautioned that there was no specific, credible intelligence pointing to an attack....
Posted: Mon, Apr 19, 2004 6:52pm PDT
A leftist who is a retired soldier
A leftist who is a retired soldier. Stan Goff writes, “Many of my associates in the antiwar movement talk about ‘reaching out’ to the military. They want to convert them. They want to transform them from robotic killing machines into Gandhians. These are the liberals. … I think soldiers need to reach out to the left as well. Maybe we soldiers have a contribution to make to your clarity.”...
Posted: Mon, Apr 19, 2004 2:45pm PDT
Saudis Informed About Iraq War Decision Before Powell
A new book says Vice President Dick Cheney informed the Saudi ambassador to the United States of the president's decision to go to war in Iraq before Secretary of State Colin Powell was told of the decision....
Posted: Mon, Apr 19, 2004 10:49am PDT
Primers on Haiti (audio/mpeg 8.4MB)
Five audio segments about the goings-on in Haiti up to illegal Aristide ouster. Excellent starting point and a potent, satisfying analysis. One month old, but still relevant. Very well-received. Thought this might be right up your alley....
Posted: Sun, Apr 18, 2004 11:19pm PDT
Mobilization for Global Justice Update on this week's mobilization
In this update:
-April 24th Scenario Plans
-Welcome Center
-HTML: Housing, Transport, Medical & Logistics
-Volunteering & Donating
-Friday, Sunday, etc....
Posted: Sun, Apr 18, 2004 7:55pm PDT
Arnold Beverly Shot Officer Faulkner, Not Mumia Abu-Jamal
Arnold Beverly, a a confessed hit man for organized crime, swore under oath that on 12/9/81 he shot Officer Faulkner, a whistleblower who was telling federal investigators of corruption in the Philadelphia Police Department. Mumia Abu-Jamal, an award-winning president of a black journalists association, and a taxicab driver who was in the area at the time, was falsely accused and convicted of the murder, of which Beverly has since confessed. On April 24, 2004, Mumia celebrates his 50th birt...
Posted: Sun, Apr 18, 2004 3:59pm PDT
"Songs for Mahmud" - New David Rovics CD
"Songs for Mahmud" - new David Rovics CD, freely download or stream online....
Posted: Sun, Apr 18, 2004 12:58am PDT
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ATU International Sits idiely By As ATU local 1005
gets Privatized!...
Posted: Sun, Apr 18, 2004 12:50am PDT
IWFRC: New American Freedom Summer
Prior to working in Arizona or Florida, participants will receive training in Mississippi from leaders of the 1964 Freedom Summer. This training will take place June 28-June 30. Participants will begin work in Arizona or Florida July 1....
Posted: Sat, Apr 17, 2004 12:25pm PDT
AskQuestions.org Questions U.S. Tax Policies: Who Really Pays Taxes in America?
April 15, 2004 (Berkeley, CA) -- Recent news articles about skyrocketing tax fraud and corporate tax dodging have prompted a high level of public concern about the overall fairness and effectiveness of our current tax system. AskQuestions.org – an online news site that addresses issues raised by public demand – released a report today on
“Who Really Pays Taxes in America?”...
Posted: Sat, Apr 17, 2004 11:06am PDT
The Palestine Right to Return Coalition's Convention in NYC
On April 16-18, 2004, activists and organizers will come together at the Brookdale Campus of Hunter College New York, NY for the Second International Convention of Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition. This convention will encompass workshops, keynote presentations and strategy sessions geared toward enhancing knowledge, organizing and developing the North American and international movement for the Right of Return of Palestinian refugees. The convention will be a groundbreaking a...
Posted: Fri, Apr 16, 2004 10:59am PDT