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THE DEATH OF RACISM To bring down a structure,to irrevocably destroy it,a clear understanding of its material base is required,and it is towards this foundation that the coupe de grace must be dealt.Any other strategy will merely be absorbed or deflected,the base remaining unaltered.This is how we must also approach racism....
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 11:03am PDT
15 nights of bombing Afghani civilians More civilians were murdered by the US military during the 15th night of bombing Afghanistan. Pertinent quote from linked BBC article: "This pilot was like he was blind," said neighbour Haziz Ullah. "There are no military bases here - only innocent people." See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1612000/1612212.stm...
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 7:32am PDT
Labor and Environmental Groups Fight GOP-Spon Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Thea Lee, chief international economist with the AFL-CIO, who discusses the campaign to defeat Fast Track trade legislation now being considered in the House of Representatives....
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 4:51am PDT
YOU CAN STOP THE WAR: A MILLION VOICES Preventionist Dupre' Wheeler of LIVE!, a Pacific Island Prevention of Violence Against Self and Others Programme and co-author of "Before Hitting Bottom" in which the 'War Against Drugs' myth is dispelled (available at djmckay@free2air.com.au) presents a petition urging IMMEDIATE UN Security Council Action to enact International Law, stop the violence and restore peace. Included are each UN representative contact details including FAX numbers PLUS Columbia Univ. and GSN EMAIL ADDRESSES to us...
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2001 1:29am PDT
Space Command Resisters Sentenced News of the sentence pronounced against prayer-activists--the first group to go to trial against the USA in several years for working against star wars & globalization @ Vandenberg Air Force Base....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 11:07pm PDT
CIA Told to Do 'Whatever Necessary' to Kill When specific facilities or locations are threatened, as they have been repeatedly in the last month, the FBI informs local law enforcement authorities or foreign intelligence services that are supposed to increase security and take protective measures....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 10:59pm PDT
Don't Go To Starbucks On November 26! 
Rumor has it that al-Queda operatives have something special planned for Starbucks locations across the country on the first business day after Thanksgiving! Something very, very bad could happen so tell everybody you know to stay away from their local Starbucks!...
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 10:36pm PDT
10/20 Beautiful SF Peace March On a beautiful fall day, October 20, 2001, thousands of people turned out for an energetic peace march from the foot of Market to the Civic Center, San Francisco's primary parade route. We were of all colors, sexual orientations and generations, from infant to over 80, with a wide variety of peace and anti-racist signs, including signs in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 9:31pm PDT
UC students demonstrate religious tolerance “An attack on anyone is an attack on all of us,” they chanted in unison. “Please join us in saying ‘no’ to hatred against all persons based on religion, nationality, or ethnic origin,” they said....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:39pm PDT
McVeigh’s last day: friendly, no remorse The 33-year-old Gulf War Army veteran spent more than six years in maximum security prisons. Throughout that time, according to 2,000 pages of documents obtained by the Times, he was almost always good-natured and rarely caused trouble, the newspaper reported on its Web site Wednesday....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:37pm PDT
Businesses within city boycotted Berkeley firms have already reported a loss in business, leaving the members of the council’s progressive faction, who supported the resolution, and the moderates, who opposed it, blaming each other for potentially huge economic losses....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:27pm PDT
Anti-war call may be costly for Berkeley "I'm extremely worried about this," Mayor Shirley Dean said after coming to work and finding 850 e-mails, the vast majority of which in effect labeled Berkeley a traitor because of the hotly contested council vote Tuesday calling for a halt to the bombing "as soon as possible."...
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:24pm PDT
Two white suspects in bin Laden probe Etim, who lived in Greenwich, south-east London, was born in Britain, converted to Islam after marriage and changed his name to Sulayman Zain-Ul-Abidin....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:17pm PDT
UN's smallpox terror alert Death can take from 48 hours to two weeks. There is no treatment....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:13pm PDT
Sting-ray weapon could be used Up to $500 billion has been spent in 20 years on such weapons as part of what are known as "black projects"....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:09pm PDT
Elite US Rangers storm mullah's mountain fort But among the bombs came leaflets, fluttering down to the battered and terrified people of the Taliban stronghold. They warned them to avoid potential military targets and stay in their homes. Then came four slow-moving EC-130CE planes, sweeping high over the city and broadcasting radio messages in Pashtu....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:06pm PDT
US special forces kill 20 'These soldiers will not have died in vain,' President George W. Bush said last night. 'This is a just cause. The American people now fully understand that we are in an important struggle, a struggle that will take time, and that there will be moments of sacrifice.'...
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 8:02pm PDT
UN set to appeal for halt in the bombing The World Food Programme has calculated that 52,000 tonnes of wheat must be distributed in Afghanistan each month to stave off mass starvation. Since the aid programme was restarted - on 25 September - only 20,000 tonnes have been supplied and 15,000 distributed. The concern is that the coming winter will make relief efforts more difficult. The first snows have already fallen on the Hindu Kush mountains and the isolated highlands of Hazarajat....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2001 7:59pm PDT
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