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Vigil, Tenderloin March, Demands to City Hall
Protest, March and Demands tomorrow at 8:30pm at UN Plaza: Vigil, March and Demands to end the War Against the Poor from Iraq to San Francisco...
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 8:48pm PDT
"Weekly Update from the Deaf Messenger "Bobby" "Israel" "
Pertinent info and blocked access to this elsewhere brings this article to you. They have been printing my texts in staggered form; thus hitting the "print article" button usually makes it easier to read....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 7:10pm PDT
White Progressives, Black Reparations
A commentary on white "progressives" and activism for reparations....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 2:02pm PDT
Lifeboat building in Bonn, 21 July 2001 (video/x-pn-realvideo 610.2KB)
Thousands of people from all over the World, including the US and especially Europe, built a symbolic lifeboat at the World Climate Talks in Bonn, Germany.
As people nailed planks of wood decorated with messages to the side of the boat, radical cheer leaders sang.
A Samba band guided the boat as it was pulled 2 km to the site of the Talks.
Duration: 5:15 minutes...
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 12:35pm PDT
Homophobia Protest
protest of homophobia and injustice at Egyption consulate regarding the imprisonment of 52 alleged Queers in Egypt....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 11:33am PDT
Abstinence Until Marriage - The Most Dangerous HIV Myth
George W. Bush has claimed that abstinence until marriage will prevent the spread of HIV and unwanted pregnancies. This is a reckless lie and it is the strongest attack yet against women and their reproductive rights....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 11:04am PDT
Death Of Rent Control In Oakland
Newly Released Documents From Oaklands
Councilman (tricky) Dick
Spees Task Force Have Some Startling Revelations!
Intent Was To End Rent Control In Oakland....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 7:46am PDT
Physician's Group Calls for a Halt to Depleted Uranium Ammunition Use
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Martin Butcher, director of security programs with Physicians for Social Responsibility, a group founded more than 20 years ago to oppose the nuclear arms race. Butcher explains why his group is concerned with the use of depleted uranium weapons, and what he believes should be done about it....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 6:21am PDT
National Lawyers Guild Considers Campaign to Impeach Supreme Court Justices...
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Nathan Newman, vice president of the National Lawyers Guild, who explains why he is advocating the launch of a campaign to impeach Justices William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O'Connor, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 5:42am PDT
Bush Administration Charged with Arrogance as it Withdraws from...
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Matthew Rothschild, editor of the Progressive Magazine, who examines world reaction to the Bush administration's rejection of numerous international treaties....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 4:45am PDT
Authoritarian Leftists: Kill the Cop in Your Head
A classic by Lorenzo Komboa Ervin, original link preserved below....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 1:21am PDT
Dmitry Sklyarov Gets Bail Hearing Aug. 6 - Attend Protest Rally
Dmitry Sklyarov to get bail hearing Aug. 6 at San Jose Federal Building -- Attend the protest rally and pack the court rooms. Show your support!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 4, 2001 9:09pm PDT
something's happening here...
there is a song from the '60's-Somethings happening here-what it is ain't exactly clear--stop now, what's that sound-every body look what's going round...
Posted: Sat, Aug 4, 2001 9:03pm PDT
Fair Use For Mumia: PSA For August 17 Protest in Philly (audio/mpeg 1.3MB)
On Friday August 17, political prisoner, and death row inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal, will be in Philadelphia for a rare court appearance. Join us in Protest of this frame-up....
Posted: Sat, Aug 4, 2001 8:40pm PDT
SF-IMC General Meeting Sunday 8/5
San Francisco Bay Area IMC General Meeting
Sunday, August 5th at 5pm...
Posted: Sat, Aug 4, 2001 5:02pm PDT
"11 years of Mass Destruction" Highlights from Berklely 8/3/01. (video/x-pn-realvideo 3.4MB)
Here are highlights from the end the Iraqi sanctions teachin in Berkeley, 8/3. Includes introductory remarks by local pols Maudelle Shirek and Audie Bock, A short clip from the video "Why?", and excerpts from speakers Gloria Escalona, Registerd Nurse; Emanuel Ashoo, Iraqi-American; Keith Boylan, Gulf War Veteran; and Rani Masri, Coordinator, Iraq Action Coalition. 28 min video. The entire two and one half hour event is available on VHS. Contact Dan....
Posted: Sat, Aug 4, 2001 11:28am PDT
Globetrotters, Come Home
It is time for all the globetrotters chasing after these conferences to come home. You made your point and now the hard work of organizing the unorganized needs to be done. We need a labor movement in this country, and for that, we need millions of union cards handed out. There can be no revolutionary change without organization, and that organization must be of, by and for the workingclass....
Posted: Sat, Aug 4, 2001 9:37am PDT
San Francisco Plans Monument to Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Anti-Fascist Veterans Honored by San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzalez...
Posted: Sat, Aug 4, 2001 9:11am PDT