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Robert Fisk: One year on - war without end There was a fearful battle along Highway 1 on the western bank of the Tigris where Saddam's guerrillas fought off an American tank column for 36 hours, the US tanks spraying shellfire down a motorway until every vehicle - military and civilian - was a smouldering wreck. I walked the highway as the last shots were still being fired by snipers, peering into cars packed with the blackened corpses of men, women, children. Carpets and blankets had been thrown over several piles of the dead. In the...
Posted: Sun, Mar 14, 2004 2:38am PST
Camejo takes the lead 
In every case of significant social, political and economic change in human history, the protagonists of change have had to reject the argument that they should be careful and not rock the boat. While challenging the two party system has significant short-term costs, the longer we wait to break free of corporate rule, the more costly (and hence unlikely) it becomes....
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 10:10pm PST
4/15: Tax Day Protest WE WILL NOT FUND WAR AND OCCUPATION
TAX DAY PROTEST
Thursday, April 15th, 11:30
Oakland Federal Building...
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 9:54pm PST
Revealed: the full story of the Guantanamo Britons The Observer's David Rose hears the Tipton Three give a harrowing account of their captivity in Cuba...
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 9:44pm PST
Sacramento Marxist School book discussion Public book discussion of a new book by Subcomandante Marcos...
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 6:31pm PST
Media Democracy - Fresno Style 
A diverse task force, working on a new cable franchise agreement in Fresno, recently visited community media centers in Santa Rosa, Giroy, and Monterrey. The task force included representatives from education, government, and community groups. This article is about what the new franchise agreement will do to democratize the media in Fresno....
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 4:35pm PST
International Inquiry into 9-11, Phase One 
On March 26, the 9/11 International Inquiry opens in San Francisco, a three-day gathering that will feature the work of top independent researchers, activists and 9/11 widows. They are fiercely discontent with the "official" rationales of the White House and 9/11 Commission and will question the official narrative of the events that preceded, occurred on and followed the 9-11 attacks....
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 2:56pm PST
Celebrate Marriage San Francisco Style "Wedding Singer Blues" starring Carla Zilbersmith
Reception to follow for a Show of Support for Gay Marriage...
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 2:04pm PST
Tribes and Enviros March on local Power Agency 
Hoopa Tribe and Friends of the River mark the International Day of Action Against Dams by protesting Nothern CA Power Agency (NCPA). NCPA has filed suit blocking Trinity River Restoration plan. The Trinity flows through Hoopa Reservation....
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 11:00am PST
Haiti’s Democracy in Flames Powell’s dirty-dealing demolishes the tattered remnants of his credibility...
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 9:42am PST
Return Aristide to Haiti: Try Bush as a Global Pirate March 11, 2004-The Bush men have the Madness Touch. Their very presence warps conventional notions of reality...
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 9:39am PST
Noam Chomsky: The Tragedy of Haiti "Haiti was more than the New World's second oldest republic," anthropologist Ira Lowenthal observed, "more than even the first black republic of the modern world. Haiti was the first free nation of free men to arise within, and in resistance to, the emerging constellation of Western European empire." The interaction of the New World's two oldest republics for 200 years again illustrates the persistence of basic themes of policy, their institutional roots and cultural conco...
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 9:30am PST
US revealed to be secretly funding opponents of Chavez Washington has been channelling hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund the political opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez - including those who briefly overthrew the democratically elected leader in a coup two years ago....
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 9:27am PST
Public Rally for the Bay Area Grocery Workers: 3/14 2:30-4pm Official campaign Kick Off for 2004 Contract campaign...
Posted: Sat, Mar 13, 2004 12:06am PST
12Mar - Reportback from "An Evening of Solidarity and Culture with Workers and Students" 
This unique gathering challenges the “pale, male, and stale” image of the labor movement in welcoming and valuing the diverse and critical contributions of all our communities and struggles....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 11:25pm PST
FTAA Minesterial postponement Negotiations to complete the Free Trade Area of the Americas are crumbling under the weight of injustice....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 8:49pm PST
Sign Up Here To Stop Oakland's Eviction Scheme! Only You Can Stop Oakland's Proposed Nuisance Eviction Ordinance (NEO)! Please Fill Out Speaker Card To Oppose The NEO!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 8:00pm PST
3/15 Kevin Cooper Live From Death Row LIVE FROM DEATH ROW: KEVIN COOPER
7pm Monday, March 15th
Senate Lounge
2nd floor Eschelman Hall
near Bancroft and Telegraph)
UC Berkeley...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 6:36pm PST
Learn how Haiti is like Viet Nam 
Learn how U.S. Government (military industrial complex-MIC) imposes "leaders" on countries. 1- minute video...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 5:20pm PST
March 16th Urgent Protest for the Schools On March 16, Oakland must tell our elected leaders:
The State Will Not Close Our Schools!
City Council Hearing on School Closures
Tuesday, March 16 at Rally at 5PM, Hearing begins at 6:00 p.m., Oakland
City Hall, 14th and Broadway (at the 12th Street BART Station)...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 5:15pm PST
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