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ILWU Remains Strong despite Bush Administration Threats
10/5 A strong rally of ILWU members and there supporters reflected the determination of the dockworkers as talks with the PMA broke down on Sunday....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 4:26pm PDT
Confronting the Warmongers
Challenging the justifications for war....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 4:11pm PDT
pbnberkeley notice - 10/7/02 [Part 1]
Publishing, re-publishing and compiling community news and event information promoting world peace and solidarity....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 4:08pm PDT
Cops with guns above San Francisco NION
This is an aerial shot of the cops stationed on top of the Tiffany and CO building across from Union Square. On the left side by the edge of the building they had rifles out....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 3:39pm PDT
PROPOSITION N STANDS FOR NIGHTMARE, A PRE-HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL OF RESISTENCE
October 25th 5:30 pm at Webster and Chestnut Streets, San Francisco Gay Shame plans to take on Gavin Newsom's Proposition N, misnamed "Care Not Cash", in his home turf with a pre-Halloween Festival of Resistence in the Marina District. Events include an Exploitation Runway, a Gavin Newsom Look-Alike Contest, and food and music will be provided. Dress to ragged, stultifying, terrifying excess and join us in the Marina to defeat Prop N!...
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 2:51pm PDT
Israel Shoots Missle Into Crowd, Machineguns Hospital, 14 Dead, 100
Another Day In The Mideast. Israel ("The Brave Little Democracy") shoots
missles into crowd and machineguns crowd waiting in front of hospital. 14 dead
(so far), over 100 wounded, many of whom are expected to die....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 2:24pm PDT
Yahoo! Censors LMNOP, an Oakland peace group
Although they swear it's not for political reasons, Yahoo! has pulled the plug on an Oakland peace group's email account....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 2:00pm PDT
NYT Poll - Public Says Bush Needs to Pay Heed to Weak Economy
The number of Americans who approved of the way Mr. Bush has handled the economy -- 41 percent -- was the lowest it has been in his presidency....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 1:47pm PDT
Voices of Anarchist Union Organizers
I asked a few folks to tell me a little about themselves and their views
on organizing for unions. These six people identify as either an anarchist (with or without adjectives) or as an anti-authoritarian (an anarchist that doesn't know it yet!). They all work as union organizers or have worked as union organizers....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 1:43pm PDT
Portland "Terrorism" Arrests May For Show
The indictment against the six alleged terrorists unveiled here Friday is more suggestive of a group of bumbling, would-be holy warriors than the case's chilling implication: the nurturing of terrorist soldiers on U.S. soil....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 1:40pm PDT
Support Senate Filibuster of Iraq War
This is a call for support of Senator Byrd's proposal to filibuster the resolution to approve US invasion of Iraq without UN support. This post includes e-mail addresses not present in previous posts....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 1:27pm PDT
npr has the senate debate live online
national pentagon radio is playing the senate debate live - if you can hold down your latest meal to listen to it....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 12:32pm PDT
Bush Preparing to Invoke Taft-Hartley to End Lockout at Pacific Ports (audio/mpeg 2.4MB)
More than two hundred cargo ships are anchored in harbors off the Pacific coast today as a lockout of west coast dockworkers enters its second week. Talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association – representing shipping and terminal companies – broke down again late last night, prompting the Bush administration to weigh in on the labor dispute....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 12:10pm PDT
Bush Preparing to Invoke Taft-Hartley to End Lockout at Pacific Ports (audio/mpeg 2.4MB)
More than two hundred cargo ships are anchored in harbors off the Pacific coast today as a lockout of west coast dockworkers enters its second week. Talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association – representing shipping and terminal companies – broke down again late last night, prompting the Bush administration to weigh in on the labor dispute....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 12:05pm PDT
Woman's Greatest Fear
The latest in a series of essays about male domination...
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 11:49am PDT
Seattle Congressman Accuses Bush of Plotting to be Emperor
"People that I trust say if we don't derail this coup that is going on, we are going to wind up with a government run by the president of the United States and all the rest of us will be standing around just watching it happen."...
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 11:20am PDT
Old Growth Sales in Oregon & Forest Fire Fuels Scam Info
1. Learn to ground-truth logged areas: Bark-about to Borg & Barstool II this Sunday, October 13.
2. Help stop yet another bad legislative plan in Congress - your calls needed today!
3. Old growth Hipo (Hilynx) timber sale scheduled for auction November 8.
4. Old growth Guard timber sale scheduled for auction November 8.
5. Poverty rates & Logging volume: is there a connection?
6. Fuels reduction misinformation: the Forest Service's credibility takes another beating.
7. Bark's bum...
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 10:25am PDT
Simon invites Green rival to LATimes debate; Davis threatens to skip - EXCELLENT!
Simon is exposing the idiocy of Davis - not hard to do. Here in CA it's becoming all against the democrats....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 9:28am PDT
Fresno Not in My Name protest
150+ of us war not in our name, 10-6-02. 1 page of stills, 2 pages of video....
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2002 8:47am PDT