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China: International Olympic Committee Operating in Moral Void (Geneva, April 1, 2008) – The Ethics Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should articulate human rights standards for host countries to end the moral void in which it operates, Human Rights Watch said in a letter released today. The IOC, which is scheduled to hold meetings in Beijing from April 1 to April 12, has refused to publicly articulate concerns about the human rights situation in China....
Posted: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 10:51am PDT
Chinese profits will soon make the world forget Tibet Saturday, March 29, 2008 : On March 14, the otherworldly calm of Lhasa, Tibet's holy city, was shattered by riots and gunfire. The spark that triggered unrest in the Tibetan part of what is now a largely ethnic Han Chinese city is unclear, but occurred somewhere near the Ramoche Temple when Chinese security forces attempted to stop a demonstration by monks....
Posted: Sun, Mar 30, 2008 9:55am PDT
William Blum: China, Tibet and the Propaganda Olympics Sunday, March 30, 2008 :The latest protests in Tibet and crackdown by Chinese authorities have brought up the usual sermonizing in the West about Chinese government oppression and illegitimate control of the Tibetans. Although I have little love for the Chinese leaders -- I think they run a cruel system -- some proper historical perspective is called for here....
Posted: Sun, Mar 30, 2008 9:53am PDT
Dear Anarchists: STOP THE BLACK BLOC! a call on anarchists to drop the black bloc tactic....
Posted: Fri, Mar 28, 2008 9:58am PDT
Film Nights at The Front March 27-28 Join us March 27th @ 6pm for One Dollar Film Nights at the Front - 147 W. San Ysidro Blvd and
MARCH 28th @ 6pm for the last film and Closing Artist Reception...
Posted: Thu, Mar 27, 2008 1:16pm PDT
CALL MR ROBESON The monodrama with songs by Tayo Aluko Opens In SF On April 10 "Call Mr. Robeson" a monodrama by Tayo Aluko will come to SF on April 10....
Posted: Wed, Mar 26, 2008 2:56pm PDT
Sounds of Resistance A New blog featuring music, Spoken Word and audio releases new and old leaning toward the left of center....
Posted: Tue, Mar 25, 2008 6:44pm PDT
Carlos Angulo Rivas, historia hecha poesía La historia del hombre hecha poesía en todos los tiempos es donde palpitan los tambores, en desiertos del camello, en la Babilonia de los bárbaros conquistados, tiempo de emperadores… y el poder y la riqueza en un solo puñado, y la injusticia, la gloria y la derrota.
Es un clamor, un grito infinito del dolor de las guerras sangrientas y terribles de la humanidad. Carlos Angulo supo manejar los contrastes marcados por el odio y el amor del ser humano....
Posted: Tue, Mar 25, 2008 12:29pm PDT
Battling Hollywood Bad Arabs It was a cartoon program Jack Shaheen's children watched on Saturdays during the 1970s that opened his eyes to the way Arabs and Muslims are vilified in Hollywood....
Posted: Mon, Mar 24, 2008 8:42am PDT
'Harold' Star Sets Bar 'High' for Asian Actors Originally From New America Media
Sunday, March 23, 2008 : Actor John Cho, 35, star of the upcoming, marijuana-laced comedy Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, took time during the 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival to chat with New America Media contributor Peter Micek and reporters Matthew Hui of the Univ. of California's Hardboiled and Erin Pangilian of the Philippine News. Cho also stars in the film West 32nd released last year...
Posted: Sun, Mar 23, 2008 9:23pm PDT
Army Recruitment Site Remixed NoArmy.com, an unauthorized remix of GoArmy.com that tells the truth recruiters don't want you to know....
Posted: Sun, Mar 23, 2008 1:17pm PDT
All Posters to SF IMC PLEASE LISTEN UP! Please know that this site is so active that material is drifted off the main page within a matter of a few hours. I check the site once a day and very seldom do I encounter the previous days articles....
Posted: Sat, Mar 22, 2008 7:49pm PDT
Sexually Ambivalent British Writer Denied Entry To US Friday, March 21, 2008 :(London) British writer and self-styled dandy Sebastian Horsley was denied entry to the United States after arriving to promote his memoir of sex, drugs and flamboyant fashion. Horsley said he was questioned for eight hours Tuesday by border officials at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey before being denied entry on grounds of "moral turpitude." The 45-year-old author was traveling to New York for the U.S....
Posted: Sat, Mar 22, 2008 11:11am PDT
FREE Mahaprasadam Feast at Berkeley Krishna Temple Gaura Purnima...celebrating the appearance of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (Krishna in the guise of his devotee). Procession begins at the temple at 1PM Friday March 21st, 2008...2334 Stuart Street (at Telegraph Ave.) in Berkeley. For more information, telephone (510)649-8619....
Posted: Fri, Mar 21, 2008 9:50am PDT
SF events 3.20 Thursday March 20: Food Not Bombs is Back!
Come help out with our new weekly Food Not Bombs cooking and serving! We
needs all the vegetable choppers and bread cutters and soup ladlers we can
get. Serve at the 16th Street BART Plaza. Cook at 5:30 pm
Station 40: 3030B 16th St @ Mission/ Valencia
Thursday March 20: Food Not Bombs Presentation with Co-Founder Keith McHenry
Come hear Food Not Bombs co-founder Keith McHenry's 45 minute presentation
about the history, principles, and curren...
Posted: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 2:44pm PDT
An Open Letter to Treesitters May we not waste precious time, energy, and valuable PR on messianic complexes......
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 3:12pm PDT
"Unruly Party" Ordinance coming up for amendment Tuesday evening at City Council Council member Rotkin's "Unruly Assemblies" ordinance, the "Party at Your Peril" law, comes up for modification on March 11th at the evening city council meeting. Coonerty and Rotkin are moving to liberalize the ordinance with four changes. The real question, of course, is whether there should be such an ordinance at all and what kind of suffering it has inflicted. Police stats, as usual, are not included in the police report and may not be forthcoming at all (as was the case in the Parkin...
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 12:20pm PDT
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