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American Gestapo Herd Iraqi Old and Young in Barbed Wire
HAMREEN, Iraq - Iraqi sheep farmer Thani Mushlah was asleep on his roof when the American soldiers arrived before dawn....
Posted: Mon, Sep 1, 2003 12:33am PDT
Indymedia prepares to cover FTAA/ALCA in Miami
In good self-organizing tradition, folks are
preparing to cover FTAA/ALCA meeting in Miami this coming November....
Posted: Sun, Aug 31, 2003 8:35pm PDT
Photos from the demos against the summit of EU in Thessaloniki / 19-22 June 2003
Thumbnails lead to the main photos...
Posted: Sun, Aug 31, 2003 6:04pm PDT
Police After Oregon AR Activists
Police trying to find two Oregonians for investigation of ALF bombing of Chiron....
Posted: Sun, Aug 31, 2003 11:38am PDT
Tides Foundation and Alternet
Does foundation money grow on gumdrop trees? Most progressives seem to think so....
Posted: Sun, Aug 31, 2003 11:35am PDT
The Age of Murdoch
Many see him as a power-mad, rapacious right-wing vulgarian. Rupert Murdoch has indeed been relentless in building a one-of-a kind media network that spans the world. What really drives him, though, is not ideology but a cool concern for the bottom line—and the belief that the media should be treated like any other business, not as a semi-sacred public trust. The Bush Administration agrees. Rupert Murdoch has seen the future, and it is him....
Posted: Sun, Aug 31, 2003 10:37am PDT
Did the CIA Count on 300,000 in the Streets After their Latest Car Bombing?
And funny that the AP reports this as 300k while Reuters says it was "at least in the tens of thousands" and tries to downplay the anger at the US. Even these lockstep corporate news agencies aren't sure which direction to go. Is there chaos in US intelligence, as well as in Iraq now? They didn't predict exactly what would happen with the Iran coup, and it's not likely they could have really known what might happen after this high profile bombing, whether they really were behind ...
Posted: Sun, Aug 31, 2003 10:13am PDT
STOP THE WAR PROFITEERS CAMPAIGN
Merchants of misery like Bechtel, Halliburton, MCI and others — many with scandal-ridden records — are raking in massive profits through insider “reconstruction” contracts. Other multinationals are leading a “second invasion” of corporate interests seeking to seize control of Iraq’s oil, water and other resources — resources that belong to the Iraqi people. It’s time to stop the war profiteers and corporate looters of Iraq. Join Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, United for Peace and Justice, Vetera...
Posted: Sun, Aug 31, 2003 9:47am PDT
Indy webcasters sue RIAA over high royalty rates
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has made the headlines again, but this time at the receiving end of a lawsuit, filed by a group of small internet radio stations known as the Webcaster Alliance. The suit alleges that the big record companies and the RIAA conspired with each other and the Voice of Webcasters, another small group of webcasters, to eliminate small net radio stations that play independent music....
Posted: Sat, Aug 30, 2003 1:33pm PDT
Microradio Stations Fight Back!
As the FCC pushes forward to enforce its deregulation decision to vastly expand media congolmerates" ownership limitations, the public should be aware of its vast use of resources devoted to repressing and silencing microradio stations, including "secret police" type investigative activity......
Posted: Sat, Aug 30, 2003 11:48am PDT
Police attack Denver activist house
Denver cops burst into activists' home on alleged noise complaints, and brutalized visitors. Eight out-of-town guests were arrested, and others beaten. This is an open call out for solidarity and support....
Posted: Sat, Aug 30, 2003 10:47am PDT
Bushville Tent City in DC
Photos and stories from weeklong tent city in DC to call for an end to poverty....
Posted: Sat, Aug 30, 2003 8:13am PDT
BTL:Consumer Groups Link Power Outage and Failing Grid to Utility Deregulation
Interview with Wenonah Hauter, of Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris....
Posted: Sat, Aug 30, 2003 5:09am PDT
AUDIO LINK: THE WAR AGAINST THE PALESTINIANS -- by Baruch Kimmerling
ISRAELI SCHOLAR Baruch Kimmerling's EXCELLENT and BREATHTAKING delineation of Israel's political genocide--"politicide"--against the Palestinian people. As Martin Luther King, Jr., once said, "Truth crushed to earth will rise once again!"...
Posted: Fri, Aug 29, 2003 11:00am PDT
1-800-BE-READY
1-800-BE-READY, or www.ready.gov, Homeland Security's website on citizen preparedness, is a treasure trove of frightening information......
Posted: Fri, Aug 29, 2003 9:53am PDT
The Sage of Imperialism: Harry Magdoff
This conference report was published in: Monthly Review Newsletter, Summer 2003.
"Neoconservative hawks should be seen as frustrated outsiders involved in a desperate gamble to shore up declining US power by throwing legitimacy to the winds."...
Posted: Fri, Aug 29, 2003 9:40am PDT
Blix Felt U.S. Intimidating Him Before Iraq War
VIENNA (Reuters) - Former chief U.N. arms inspector Hans Blix felt Washington was intimidating him to produce reports that would justify military action in the run-up to the Iraq war, the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday....
Posted: Fri, Aug 29, 2003 9:31am PDT
Blair: I Exposed Kelly
Where are the Neo-Conservatives now??
The ones who challenged my initial post on this website two months ago, and defended Blair? They seemed to have taken flight....
Posted: Fri, Aug 29, 2003 9:26am PDT
Ahmad Chalabi kills dozens in an effort to consolidate power
Which leader has the most to gain by consolidating Shiites behind a secular leader? The Crook who stole millions from Jordan and gave much of the false WMD reports to the US and Britian is almost certainly the culprit in these latest attacks....
Posted: Fri, Aug 29, 2003 9:09am PDT
BTL:Cuban-American Community Pressures White House into Confrontation with...
...Castro. Interview with William Turner, former FBI agent, conducted by Between the Lines' Denise Manzari....
Posted: Fri, Aug 29, 2003 5:23am PDT