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Senators Grill Bolton on Past UN Comments, Politicizing Intelligence During the confirmation hearing of John Bolton as UN ambassador nominee, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee grilled Bolton on his highly critical comments on the UN and his treatment of intelligence officials in the state department. We play extended excerpts of the hearing....
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 2:59pm PDT
Soldier refuses Army’s order to go to Iraq PHILADELPHIA — Carl Webb, a U.S. soldier who had re-enlisted in 2001, found out two weeks before his contract was up in 2004 that the Army was extending his enlistment — without his consent — under what it calls its “stop loss” program. The Army told Webb to report for training with the Texas National Guard at Fort Hood in preparation for going to Iraq....
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 2:51pm PDT
‘Don’t pick our pockets to line your own’: Nationwide Social Security actions hit Schwab i CHICAGO — “Privatizing Social Security may be good business for Charles Schwab, but it’s a bad deal for working Americans,” Chicago Federation of Labor President Dennis Gannon told the multiracial and multigenerational crowd of 300 that overflowed the sidewalk in front of the giant investment firm’s office here. “The stock market is a gamble,” Gannon continued, “I’ve got a mother who is 83, a daughter who is 22 and I’m 52. Privatization puts us all in jeopardy.”...
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 2:50pm PDT
Rhizome Collective Interview on In "The Meantime' (audio/mpeg 16.6MB) Interview on February 1, 2005 with Scott Kellog from Rhizome Collective in Austin, Texas an educational collective that promotes permaculture and sustainable living, projects include Center for Community Organizing, Center for Urban Sustainability, an after school program and a brownfield restoration project. (Part 1 of the special 2 hour show; AK Press interview follows in second hour)...
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 5:51pm PDT
8 Days of Sitting In at WashU for a Living Wage 
The following is from a student participating in the ongoing sit-in/occupation in the main administrative building of Washington University in St. Louis. The sit-in is in support of campus workers who do not currently receive a living wage. Currently the sit-in has been going on for 8 days(since April 4). Below this message is a list of ways you can take action and a summary of what we've been doing over the past 10 days....
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 5:27pm PDT
Republican Group Calls on Administration and Congress to Stop Pandering to Religious Right Leading Republican Group Calls on Administration and Congress to Stop Pandering to the Religious Right and Stand Up for Victims' Rights...
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 4:41pm PDT
Human Cost of Iraq War - vid and pic gallery of Eyes Wide Open exhibit 
Human Cost of Iraq War - video and picture gallery of the Eyes Wide Open exhibit.
empty boots and shoes of the dead from the war:
death in your face in the least bloody way possible, hard not to be re-invigorrated in anti-war efforts.
link to gallery. vids are 2 min - 8 min...
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 3:55pm PDT
From World Bank to America Bank President Bush had a hard time explaining to the unenlightened rest of the world why he proposes a man completely lacking in development experience, international credibility in combating poverty and ability to forge international consensus....
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 6:43am PDT
Peltier attorneys argue Freedom of Information case in Minneapolis In an ongoing legal battle with the Minneapolis Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), lawyers for political prisoner Leonard Peltier will argue in court on Friday, April 15, 2005 , for the release of some 90,000 pages of information contained in an investigation file opened by the Bureau nearly 30 years ago....
Posted: Sun, Apr 10, 2005 10:57pm PDT
Vivisectionist V the Animal Activist in UK DawnWatch: Independent (UK): "The Vivisectionist V the Animal Activist" Sunday, April 10...
Posted: Sun, Apr 10, 2005 9:42pm PDT
"For The Moment" - new studio studio release - now online 
Updated: new david rovics studio release, "For The Moment" now streamed and downloadable online....
Posted: Sun, Apr 10, 2005 3:33pm PDT
Antioch New England study trip sparks political harassment in Louisiana Respected environmental advocate forced out of job by Attorney General...
Posted: Sun, Apr 10, 2005 12:29pm PDT
Love and Justice Haggadah for Passover ANNOUNCEMENT:
Love and Justice in times of War Haggadah
2005/5765 RE-RELEASE!...
Posted: Sat, Apr 9, 2005 10:24pm PDT
Alaskan gizzlies to be killed to boost moose hunting DawnWatch: Alaskan gizzlies to be killed to boost moose hunting...
Posted: Sat, Apr 9, 2005 9:38am PDT
April 13: International Day of Action Against Caterpillar 
Human Rights Groups to Demand Investigation of Israeli war crimes at Caterpillar Corporation's Annual Meeting in Chicago on April 13 - Simultaneous protests scheduled for dozens of cities around the world....
Posted: Sat, Apr 9, 2005 7:42am PDT
Joan Meyers Interview on 'In The Meantime' (audio/mpeg 22.4MB) Interview on March 15, 2005; Joan Meyers, PHD student in Sociology at UC Davis; comparing differences in organization between two large cooperatives that have changed since their formation 30 years ago....
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 8:54pm PDT
more on foie gras in Chicago and Illinois DawnWatch: International Herald Tribune, Chicago Tribune front page and Chicago Sun Times 4/6 -4/7/05...
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 4:45pm PDT
RESISTANCE CONSCIOUSNESS with John Trudell, Lakota traditionalist indian, PART 2 of 2 (audio/x-wav 1.3MB) John was a mainline leader/activist in the American Indian Movement in the 1970s. In 1979,his family, including 3 young daughters, were murdered. He was given access to the world of famous musicians and allowed to go *in and out of craziness* while he greived and began to write. His deep inner-seeking brings out gems by the dozen. The State works overtime to suppress his insights so that you never even hear of him, much less his depths. He's a traditional-oriented American Indian who is part ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 4:06pm PDT
Eric Rudolph to Plead Guilty to Bombing Two Abortion Clinics Eric Rudolph to Plead Guilty to Bombing Two Abortion Clinics; National Abortion Federation Calls on Law Enforcement to Continue Investigation of Network of Extremists Who Assist Violent Criminals...
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 3:22pm PDT
Arnove, Gustafson and Ryabov Debate Occupation of Iraq
- Brooklyn, April 6, 2005 Anthony Arnove, Erik Gustafson (EPIC), and Alex Ryabov (IVAW.net), with audience participation, debated the continued US occupation of Iraq on April 6, 2005 at St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights, NY. Carolyn Eisenberg of sponsor Brooklyn Parents for Peace moderated....
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 3:06pm PDT
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