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BTL Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Noam Chomsky, Massachuesetts Institute of Technology professor of linguistics, author and political analyst, who examines the continuing violence in the Middle East and the reasons why the U.S. is planning to launch a new war against Iraq....
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2002 2:37am PDT
FBI on Trial: Opening Arguments (from April 9)
A ragtag yet highly-experienced veteran legal team has come together to represent the Earth First! side of the Bari v. FBI trial, including DENNIS CUNNINGHAM (lead counsel), a San Francisco civil rights and criminal defense attorney on the case since January 1992, TONY SERRA, a San Francisco criminal defense attorney who has conducted thousands of jury trials in Bay Area courts, and ROBERT BLOOM, a Berkeley criminal defense attorney who joined the case in 1993. Peruse Dennis Cunningham's ope...
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2002 1:56am PDT
They cover each other ASSSSSSS
Powell: No Evidence of Jenin Massacre...
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2002 1:37am PDT
Palestine, Iraq, Cuba and Venezuela--What's Oil Got to Do With It?
The politics of the covert oil war, 2002 AD
By: Lee Siu Hin
April 23, 2002...
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2002 1:06am PDT
"Al- Qaida and Middle East terrorists are operating near Ecuador's borders with Peru (video/x-msvideo 4.0MB)
"Al- Qaida and Middle East terrorists are operating near Ecuador's borders with Peru and Colombia"
A bIt of HisToRy on mR.Armitage...
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2002 12:54am PDT
Nurse shot through heart and man in wheelchair among Jenin dead
Israel's efforts to defend its conduct in the Jenin refugee camp are fast unravelling with revelations, published in The Independent today, that nearly half of the Palestinian dead identified so far were civilians.
After five days of interviews with survivors of the assault – conducted alongside a Human Rights Watch investigator – detailed accounts have emerged of widespread atrocities committed by Israeli troops inside the camp....
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2002 12:51am PDT
Once upon a time in Jenin
The thought was as unshakable as the stench wafting from the ruins. Was this really about counterterrorism? Was it revenge? Or was it an episode – the nastiest so far – in a long war by Ariel Sharon, the staunch opponent of the Oslo accords, to establish Israel's presence in the West Bank as permanent, and force the Palestinians into final submission...
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2002 12:41am PDT
Solidarity with Palestine in SF
Marchers April 20 as they passed through neighborhoods between Dolores Park and the Civic Center....
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2002 12:04am PDT
The Case of Zacarias Moussaoui
The government indictment against Moussaoui presents no evidence that directly ties him to the 19 people identified as the men who hijacked three planes on September 11. And it presents no evidence that Moussaoui even knew about the events of September 11 in advance. In fact, Moussaoui was in a federal prison in Minnesota on September 11for a visa violation. All the evidence cited against him is circumstantial . He is not charged with murder but six counts of conspiracy--four of which could r...
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2002 11:09pm PDT
Is Big Brother Watching Your Reading List?
A seldom reported on part of the Patriot Act gives the govenment the power to supoena bookstores and libraries and makes it illegal for the stores to even let anyone know that this is happening....
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2002 11:05pm PDT
100,000 Take to the Streets in D.C. and S.F.
April 20 in Washington, D.C., was a great day for the people who dream of another world. Powerful marches against the U.S. "war on terrorism," the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, and for the Palestinian people took center stage. According to press reports, 75,000 people joined together in protest. There were many expressions of international solidarity with the people in Palestine and Afghanistan. People stood up for a world free of predatory wars, suppression, and...
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2002 11:01pm PDT
Sacramento Demos for Palestine
Sacramento demonstrations for Palestine are scheduled the rest of this week. See:
http://www.jerusalem.indymedia.org/news/2002/04/19493.php...
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2002 8:21pm PDT
Groups Demand End to 'Hate Radio'
Home grown radio host under attack in Portland....
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2002 7:23pm PDT
A20 Solidarity Demo in Orlando FL (video/x-pn-realvideo 1.6MB)
So heres a quick video, about 8 minutes in length consisting of footage of a protest staged in downtown Orlando in solidarity with the actions in DC against the IMF/WB and Interviews with the demonstrators and passersby....
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2002 6:40pm PDT
Why its OK to burn an Israeli and Amerikkkan flag.
Regarding the burning of the Israeli flag on saturday....
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2002 6:23pm PDT
HANS BENNETT PHOTOESSAY: PART 2 OF DC 4/20 PROTEST PHOTOS
This is the second of a five-part photoessay documenting the protests in Washington, DC on Saturday, April 20. The second photoessay focuses on the morning protest outside of the Washington Hilton (where Israeli war criminal Ariel Sharon was scheduled to appear on April 22) where Palestinians and many others gathered to protest Israel's racist and murderous oppression of the Palestinians. The photoessay essay finishes off after the march begins towards the IMF and World Bank....
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2002 6:13pm PDT
"WOMEN & WAR" Event Sponsored by GABRIELA NETWORK
Gabriela Network to hosts "WOMEN & WAR: Voices from the Philippines and the Middle East" to expose negative impacts of the War, on women in the Philippines and Middle East.
Guest Speaker: Ninotchka Rosca...
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2002 6:10pm PDT