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ALERT: Renters Demonstrating at Oakland City Hall
Oakland Renters Fighting Back Against Further Gentrification.
Oakland is in the midst of a housing crisis. City officials are planning to make matters worse with task force proposals they are about to vote on.
Join Oakland renters on December 18th at Oakland City hall at 10.00 am to oppose the Dick Spees Task Force deal. City Hall is at 14th & Broadway, near the 12th Street BART....
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2001 5:14pm PST
Lulu’s Public Secrets
January 1998. The text consists of passages from The Joy of Revolution....
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2001 5:08pm PST
WHEN THE WRONG KIND OF PEOPLE EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO VOTE
(editors note: In the rush of holiday deadline, this essay surfaced in the burgeoning heap of papers I regularly battle for dominance of my desk. We honestly have no idea who (or what) may have written it, but we're planning to have our office exorcised Monday morning as a precaution. -- chance martin/STREET SHEET)...
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2001 4:53pm PST
DOJ Targets Berkeley Foreign Students? – Threat of “Disappearance” (Photos)
photos, text, links......
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2001 4:46pm PST
the AMERICAN LIE MACHINE IS EXPOSED ONCE AGAIN
More American Lies about American's New Jihad are being exposed. This time, a Western NGO is reporting on American casualties not reported by their "Free Press."...
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2001 2:27pm PST
Alternet and the AFL-CIO
Some ideas that I don't think should be "unspoken" ... honest feelings about working for real, permanent change....
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2001 1:47pm PST
City council Puts New Meaning In Dumb
It is amazing I was born in berkeley and now am to embarassed to admit it. The city has now put a new meaning in dumb blond....
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2001 12:57pm PST
U.S. Butchers: No Witnesses in Palestine
The genocidal butchers in the U.S. Government vetoed a move to send observers to Palestine. In other words, they refuse to allow witnesses to the massacre. That way, ignorant Americans can remain stupid and everyone will cheer on a genocidal regime. We have to stop this out-of-control murder machine NOW....
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2001 3:55am PST
Bush pulls out of missile treaty
The Bush Administration announced Thursday that the United States
will withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, a move many Democrats fear may spur an arms race between the world’s nuclear powers....
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2001 2:30am PST
Another One Bites the Dust
It seems the U.S. naively believed that a decorated U.S. General could speak sense into a desecrated Israeli General....
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2001 1:56am PST
Flashpoints Radio Dec 14: Nor Odeh in Ramallah; AMY GOODMAN in SF!!
KPFA Flashpoints Radio Friday, December 14, 2001
- Flashpoints correspondent Nor Odeh from target Ramallah (17 min)
- Robert Knight on todays' suspension of WBAI programmer Bob Fass (11 min)
- Noelle Hanrahan report on Mumia Abu Jamal, and about this weekend's benefit for Mumia, Media Alliance, and KPFA with Amy Goodman and Danny Glover in SF (10 min)
- Flashpoints in Espanol (18 min)...
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2001 10:36pm PST
Holy Smoke and Mirrors
This article is for the astute reader, that has done at least some research on the shadow governments that have been solidifying power for decades....
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2001 10:25pm PST
"End of Work" discussion
Discussion at Bound Together on Haight, Monday night DEC 17th....
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2001 10:10pm PST
Video Fakery: Half the People Can Be Digital
Half the people are digital in some video promotionals, says a supervisor at Pixel Envy, a special effects video and movie specialist company. The latest CIA-Hollywood venture in videomaking that has produced a tape purporting to be CIA agent Osama bin Laden admitting something or other, or just ranting, was really a Mickey Mouse job, but Mickey Mouse's creator, Walt Disney Co., is not sure. All this and more can be found at:
http://www.pioneerpress.com/news/nat_docs/207127.htm....
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2001 9:20pm PST
12/8 arrests in philly update
Report on Arraignment of those arrested on 12/8/01 Mumia demonstration
in Philadelphia, by Debra Sweet Refuse & Resist! (corrections encouraged)...
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2001 8:59pm PST
DRUG DOGS ON BART?? YOU BET!!!
Armed state/Bart cops are now pushing prowling poochies to snare
pot pushers/users....
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2001 8:51pm PST
Richmond City Council Criminalizes Homelessness
It will now be illegal to have camping equipment in public in Richmond. This includes even a piece of cardboard for shelter, or a sleeping bag....
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2001 7:58pm PST
Ex-Unocal Consultant Khalilzad's War Role
Ex-Unocal Consultant Khalilzad drew up anti-Taliban campaign plan in 1999....
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2001 7:20pm PST
Outrageous anti-American video released on 3-month anniversary of WTC attacks
The Church of Euthanasia has just released a four-minute music video titled "I Like to Watch," which explores connections between the voyeuristic news coverage of the September 11 attacks, professional sports, and pornography. The themes are woven together, and shown to be interchangeable forms of mass entertainment....
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2001 3:17pm PST
Bombing Kills 3,500 Afghani Civilians
Not done with their war in Afghanistan U.S. Imperialists scope out their next victims in Iraq....
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2001 3:13pm PST