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Outing The Pigs
Some local PIGS are still in action despite
bad publicity for abusing the homeless and evicting the poor....
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 2:27pm PDT
Audio montage from Oakland federal building direct action, 5.8.02 (audio/mpeg 1.8MB)
A montage of audio clips from the May 8th occupation in the atrium of the Oakland federal building where 20-30 activists locked down and demanded an end to US aid for Israel's occupation of Palestine. Earth First! activist Darryl Cherney, who along with the estate of the late Judi Bari is suing the FBI and Oakland police for civil rights violations, spoke to the locked-down affinity group after emerging from the courthouse, which is also in the federal building. MP3, 7:43 minutes....
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 2:16pm PDT
More Broken Promises to Americans Detained in Israel
Americans went off hunger strike because they were promised they'd be reunited, but they are still held separately....
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 2:04pm PDT
5/25SF Picket To Protest Presido Privatization/Union Busting
Union Busters at the Presidio have layed off over 60 workers in their efforts to privatize the park. Workers & the community will rally to protest this on 5/25...
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 1:53pm PDT
Interview with David Solnit during banner hang at Oakland federal building, 5.8.02 (audio/mpeg 1.1MB)
2 activists participated in a large direct action at the Oakland federal building by climbing two poles and hanging a large banner across the walkway in front of the building. Art and Revolution activist / organizer David Solnit was one of the climbers. Inside the atrium of the federal building, 20 more people were locked down around two enormous pillars, accompanied by an even larger support group. They demanded an end to US Aid for Israel's occupation of Palestine just as Sharon was meeting...
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 12:30pm PDT
911 Warnings Put Bush Under Fire, Issues More Fake Terror Alerts
Analysis. As the corrupt Bush administration reels over reports of 911 terror warnings over a month before, the Bush team defelcts criticism by issuing more fake terror alerts....
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 12:15pm PDT
Bin Laden threatens UK
Times states: "Bin Laden makes it clear that any country siding with Israel and America is a target for Islamic terrorists. "The war is between us and the Jews," he says. "Any country that steps into the same trench as the Jews has only herself to blame.""...
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 11:54am PDT
Supporting Israel is supporting Apartheid
"It is shameful and disgraceful that the so-called civilized world is now embracing a new apartheid which is even more sinister than the defunct apartheid of South Africa," said PA minister of Labor Rafiq Natshe....
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 11:51am PDT
KKK Mayor Evolves from Grand Dragon to Drag Queen (video/x-pn-realvideo 5.2MB)
REALAUDIO satire of corruption run amuck...
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 11:04am PDT
9-11 : a war declaration against the population !
BLIND TERRORISM AIMS AT THE PEOPLE, IT IS THUS ORDERED BY THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE : THE STATE, THE COLDEST OF THE COLD MONSTERS : IT IS THE US STATE WHICH HAS ORDERED THE RECENT ISLAMIST TERRORISM IN THE USA !
(I give you this text with a very recent P.S. at the end)...
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 9:27am PDT
West Oakland community meeting about Red Star Yeast factory - 5/20
a meeting where you get to try and influence a little-known public agency that wields tremendous power over issues that directly afffect you....
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 1:30am PDT
SF-IMC COLLECTIVE will stop at nothing to prevent alternative ideas.
[This was a comment from someone illegally spamming the site after we blocked their ip for the 2nd time]...
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 1:25am PDT
Sun-Tue: Memorial service for homeless who die on SF's streets
3-Day Memorial Service for the homeless that have died on the streets of San Francisco....
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 1:22am PDT
PAM AFRICA live interview on Philadelphia IMC radio with photojournalist Hans Bennett
On Monday nite (May 20), 8:00 pm Eastern, live on the Philadelphia Independent Media Center’s Radio Volta webcast, Pam Africa (of MOVE and the International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal) will be interviewed by photojournalist Hans Bennett! CHECK OUT : radiovolta.org
FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL AND ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS!...
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2002 12:55am PDT
Data Center Anniversary
The Data Center celebrated its 25th anniversary Thursday May 16th at the Oakland Asian Cultural Center....
Posted: Sat, May 18, 2002 11:29pm PDT
Bari Case In Jury's Hands - 5/17/02
On Friday, May 17, after closing arguments by FBI attorney Joe Sher and Oakland Police attorney Maria Bee, and then rebuttal by Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney lead counsel Dennis Cunningham, the landmark Earth First! civil rights case went to the jury at 12:55 pm...
Posted: Sat, May 18, 2002 9:47pm PDT
Tell the U.S. Government: ''Stop Funding Colombia's Death Squad Democracy!''
May 26th, election day in Colombia, is an opportunity for solidarity activists in the U.S. to highlight the lack of a political solution and the corruption of democracy in Colombia, and to stand against the U.S. military and political support for the corrupt Colombian government and against the people of Colombia....
Posted: Sat, May 18, 2002 9:28pm PDT
Tree-Sit.Org Now Open Publishing
Tree-Sit.Org Now Open Publishing!!
Got it up and running!! Come by and Post Away....
Posted: Sat, May 18, 2002 9:18pm PDT
20,000 workers come to strike authorization vote in Las Vegas
The two major contract issues that have not been settled are preserving family health benefits and the abusive treatment of housekeepers....
Posted: Sat, May 18, 2002 7:21pm PDT