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Battle Over Judicial Nominees, Filibuster Heats Up in Senate The battle over the filibuster continues to heat up in the U.S senate as the nomination of Texas Supreme Court justice Priscilla Owen comes under debate. Racial politics also entered the debate over the nomination of Janice Brown. We speak with Christy Harvey of the Center for American Progress and Jeffrey Johnson of People For The American Way....
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2005 9:05am PDT
If the watchdog is leashed, forget the Constitution. It will be out of order Taking advantage of magazine error
By The Sentinel, May 19, 2005...
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2005 8:54am PDT
Vigilantes patrol US border: the politics of the Minuteman Project Last month, the Minuteman Project (MMP) was launched on the US-Mexico border in Arizona. Participants in the project came from across the country to monitor a 23-mile-long stretch of the border. Organizers claimed that the US Border Patrol is spread too thin and is unable to adequately fulfill its duties. Underlying this pretense of merely assisting law enforcement, however, is an ideology of paranoia, xenophobia and racism....
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2005 8:36am PDT
KPFA Community Statement on Violence A lobby will be held on Saturday 5/21/2005 at Freight & Salvage where the Local Station Board will be meeting to protest a systemic problem of violence and mismanagement at KPFA radio and at other Pacifica affiliates and the failure of the management to deal with the escalating crisis at KPFA and the network....
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2005 6:51am PDT
Wal-Mart Marketing Military Madness! 2,600 Wal-Marts nationwide are in the middle of a Marine Corps recruiting campaign. Hear the Peninsula Raging Grannies on AirAmerica Radio this Sunday describe the recruiting videos they've seen in Bay area Wal-Mart stores. Then join our US-wide action on Memorial Day Weekend!...
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2005 1:56am PDT
Update to court case re: firing women for not wearing makeup last Friday, the Ninth Circuit withdrew its December opinion,
and granted a "rehearing en banc."...
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2005 12:24am PDT
NYC on 5/24: PACK THE COURTROOM IN SUPPORT OF JUANITA YOUNG! ** Before the court date, meet at 8:30 AM in front of the Bronx District Attorney's
Office, 198 East 161st Street, Bronx, for a protest vigil. (4/D to 161st Street)...
Posted: Thu, May 19, 2005 10:49pm PDT
Take Action with the APA! The American Psychiatric Association's (APA) assembly will consider a proposal at
its annual meeting in Atlanta this Sunday to amend the group's official position
statement on marriage equality....
Posted: Thu, May 19, 2005 12:19pm PDT
Rightwing hacker nailed: Black Hat Down Clorox the g00n thought he was a badass hacker. He wasn't badass enough. He's now been outed as Brett Chance from Plano, TX, suspended from his college, and faces potential criminal prosecution....
Posted: Thu, May 19, 2005 11:35am PDT
FBI says animal and eco-extremists are now top domestic terror threat As we have seen here lately in the Bay Area, the FBI and other authorities are turning up the heat and shaking down anyone they think might have ties to or information on direct action groups. Now they are publicly declaring the ALF, the ELF, and SHAC public enemies #1 for property destruction, economic sabotage, and harrassment of corporations, institutions, and individuals responsible for despoiling our environment and abusing animals....
Posted: Thu, May 19, 2005 10:12am PDT
THE FIGHT FOR FREE SPEECH IN CENTRAL PARK *Lawsuit update* Faced with a federal lawsuit that originally exposed and is seeking to
prevent the City of New York's plans to privatize Central Park
and banish mass assembly protest from Manhattan, the City is speedily
moving to cover its tracks and push through "new regulations."...
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 6:43pm PDT
Halliburton: Protestors Arrested @ Shareholders Meeting *Civil Disobedience Blows the Whistle on War Profiteering inside
Halliburton Shareholders Meeting*...
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 3:24pm PDT
Documents Obtained by ACLU Expose FBI and Police Targeting of Political Groups The American Civil Liberties Union charged today that the FBI and local police are engaging in intimidation based on political association and are improperly investigating law-abiding human rights and advocacy groups, according to documents obtained through a series of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests....
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 3:09pm PDT
ACTION AGAINST PROCTER & GAMBLE, MAY 21ST THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST PROCTER & GAMBLE IS MAY 21ST,
2005...
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 12:57pm PDT
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HEAD START PROGRAM FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN NCLR REPORT HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE HEAD START PROGRAM FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN...
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 9:54am PDT
Los Angeles Elects First Latino Mayor in 130 Years Antonio Villaraigosa, a son of a Mexican immigrant, defeated incumbent Mayor Jim Hahn. Villaraigosa took about 59 percent of votes against 41 percent for Hahn, who beat Villaraigosa in a bitter 2001 election....
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 8:03am PDT
Victory -- marijuana will remain legal in Alaska! We did it! The Marijuana Policy Project and our allies in Alaska have successfully
beaten back efforts to re-criminalize marijuana in Alaska....
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 1:23am PDT
Prison Reform March On Washington D.C. - August 13th, 2005 Individuals and groups will begin meeting on Friday evening, August 12th. On Saturday morning, August 13th, people will assemble at Lafayette Park (north side of the White House). Programming will begin at 9am and conclude at noon....
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 12:26am PDT
ENVIRONMENTALISM ROCKS & ROLLS California Safe Schools ( Non-Profit)
"United for Safety 2005"...
Posted: Tue, May 17, 2005 8:07pm PDT
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