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Federal Judge Orders Government to Explain Continued Detention of Palestinian Immigrant
On January 21, 2004, US District Judge Yvette Kane ordered the government to explain, within 10 days, its rationale behind the continued detention of
New York-based Palestinian activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 6:29pm PST
2/20: National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants
We call on people everywhere to come together on the 3rd National Day of Solidarity
to resist the scapegoating and criminalization of Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants! Take action and speak out on February 20th, 2004!...
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2004 5:35pm PST
Anniversary Statement from Leonard Peltier
Below is Leonard Peltier's annual message delivered in conjunction with the
anniversary of his incarceration on February 6th. Please broadcast as widely
as possible to as many groups as possible. This is a message to all people
regardless of color:
Leonard Peltier
PO Box 583
Lawrence, KS 66044
www.leonardpeltier.org
Leonard Peltier Defense Committee...
Posted: Sat, Jan 24, 2004 2:24pm PST
Juan Segarra Palmer Freed!!
PUERTO RICAN POLITICAL PRISONER JUAN SEGARRA PALMER WAS FREED FROM JAIL ON
FRIDAY JANUARY 23, 2004 AND IS GOING HOME TO PUERTO RICO ON SATURDAY JANAURY
24TH!!...
Posted: Sat, Jan 24, 2004 8:49am PST
A special report on Migrant Rights at the World Social Forum
A special report for the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights direct from Mumbai, India...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 10:43am PST
La Resistencia Denounces Bush's New Plan
Clearly, it amounts to nothing more than a plan for more extreme
suffering and exploitation of immigrants trying to work in the U.S. It
is a plan to intensify repression, a plan to track and control....
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2004 11:47pm PST
Police corruption abusing children
A night club owner uncovers a ring of corruption involved in prostitution, extortion, narcotic trafficking, and protection for sexual predetors working for the police....
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2004 2:11pm PST
French Bigotry Getting Worse: Sikh forced to take off turban to enter government building
LONDON: A Sikh man has been forced to take off his turban in order to enter a Paris government building, appalled British Sikhs have reported, as France prepares to introduce a controversial law banning the Sikh turban, Muslim hijab and Jewish yarmulke....
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2004 10:32am PST
End Police Discrimination Against Poor Filipino Children
Each day, 36 to 54 Filipino kids languish and get mixed up with adult prisoners in cramped police jails where a number of them get raped, tortured, and tattooed and deprived of access to legal, medical, social, and psychological assistance and services in an institutionalized act of unlawful discrimination by the Philippine government against the children of the poorest of the poor...
Posted: Wed, Jan 21, 2004 11:47pm PST
The REAL State of the Union...
Last night the President gave his "State of the Union" address on over 40 channels nationwide. Here is the "REAL" State of the Union as Outlined by the UK Independent....
Posted: Wed, Jan 21, 2004 3:08pm PST
The Courage of Mitchell Crooks (amatuer videographer)
The Courage of Mitchell Crooks
Jailed and Threatened for Videotaping Police Beating
Revolutionary Worker #1226, January 25, 2004, posted at rwor.org
Also, Check Mitchell's site out www.freecrooks.com...
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2004 12:24pm PST
CONFESSION IN MIAMI
FBI Special Agent in Charge Hector Pesquera confess he had to “persuade” Janet Reno to arrest five Cubans fighting anti-Cuba terrorism...
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2004 9:43am PST
Are Cops Like Bulls?
This article explores a comment made to one of my articles, by "Officer Friendly," that said about police violence at protests, "If you mess with the bull, you get the horns, you know what I mean?" I began to compare the bull and the police......
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2004 10:53am PST
AZ: Undocumented prisoners forced to register for draft
UNDOCUMENTED, JAILED MIGRANT WORKERS
TOLD THEY MUST REGISTER FOR MILITARY DRAFT...
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2004 10:03am PST
The Case of Leonard Peltier
Below you will find a new detailed article on the case of Leonard Peltier. This article explains why Leonard’s case is so important to all of us and why support events like the Feb. 7th Tacoma Peltier March are needed to be supported by all who believe in social justice and peace....
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 3:21pm PST
Bush administration expands police spying powers
The Bush administration has signed into law an act that grants new powers to US intelligence agencies to spy on the public, and expands the controversial Patriot Act. In a highly unusual move, Bush signed the legislation into law on a Saturday—December 13—the same day US forces captured Saddam Hussein....
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 1:59pm PST
Preemptive Crowd Control: Why Are Some Protesters Treated So Differently By Police?
Why do police spray anti-war protesters with pepper spray and rubber bullets if they stray off the sidewalks into streets, but they accommodate rowdy sports fans blocking streets, with smiles? Is this difference politically driven?...
Posted: Wed, Jan 7, 2004 10:27am PST
Patriot Act II: With a Whisper, Not a Bang
Bush signs parts of Patriot Act II into law — stealthily...
Posted: Mon, Jan 5, 2004 2:23pm PST
US to fingerprint, photograph non-European Visitors
US to fingerprint, photograph foreign visitors from Monday...
Posted: Mon, Jan 5, 2004 12:08am PST
Watch Lists or Witch Hunts? American "Intelligence" Agencies
In 1962, a national security “watch list,” issued by the FBI, red-flagged all materials coming from Puerto Rico of an anti-American or pro-Soviet nature, peace groups going from the U.S. to the Soviet Union, and any American interacting on a regular basis with students in Moscow,......
Posted: Sun, Jan 4, 2004 12:16pm PST