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textISOnuts: One Stop Activism and the Gentrification of the Left by Comrade Motopu
A student activist's take on meddling in student activism by the International Socialist Organization....
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2006 12:38pm PST
textReadings From Howard Zinn's "Voices of a People's History of the United States" by Democray Now (reposted)
Today we spend the hour with readings from a Voices of a People's History of the United States edited by historian Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. It is the companion volume to Zinn’s legendary People’s History of the United States – which has sold over a million copies....
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2006 11:18am PST
textNigeria: Militants threaten tankers as hostages seized on oil barge by UK Independent (reposted)
Nigeria is facing a serious escalation in the conflict that has hit the oil-rich but poverty-stricken Niger Delta region, as rebels threatened yesterday to blow up offshore tankers, a day after seizing nine foreign hostages, including a British man....
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2006 10:54am PST
textLife After Enslavement by New America Media
For Rotchana Sussman, Siwan Techadi and Waeo Saengtarat, February has special meaning. Ten years ago this month, eight people who held their lives in the balance pleaded guilty to smuggling, involuntary servitude and conspiracy. Their accusers: The three Thai woman who came to America, looking for work and a better life, only to be sold into slavery....
Posted: Sun, Feb 19, 2006 10:56am PST
textpresident bush to undergo major testing. by Jim Zender
Millions of american people are starting to notice a very un american president and vice president these days. Every day more and more americans are starting to wonder if these 2 guys are even fit to run our nation anymore. The things they do sometimes seem a little strange and often illegal. So some of the american people are hoping to find a couple good shrinks and maybe a few good lawyers to see if what they are doing in washington is really legal or illegal, maybe even a littl...
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 2:33pm PST
textNigeria Militants Take Hostages, Attack Oil Terminal by reposts
Nigerian militants took nine foreign hostages and attacked two pipelines and Royal Dutch Shell Plc's Forcados offshore oil export terminal today in retaliation for raids by government military forces....
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 9:07am PST
textURGENT- ACT NOW 4 BIG MOUNTAIN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES by Black Mesa Indigenous Support
STOP FORCED RELOCATION ON BIG MOUNTAIN, BLACK MESA, AZ. TARGETED NAVAJO FAMILIES SAY THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION! Something critical is about to happen concerning the traditional communities on Big Mountain & surrounding areas. Please take a moment to read and fax this letter today. It will automatically be sent to the Senate Committee On Indian Affairs, Senate & Congress. Link supplied below....
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 2:19pm PST
textCafé Night! - Benefit for Anarchy magazine by anarchy mcanarchist
Announcing a benefit for Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed. In the hopes of opening up a broader conversation about the architecture of our industrial propaganda industry we are proud to present a café night event and movie....
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 11:17am PST
textMexico hosts Fourth World Water Forum by tristan
From the 16th to the 22nd of March 2006 the Fourth World Water Forum will take place in Mexico City along with many forms of protest against privatization and corporate ownership of a basic human need....
Posted: Thu, Feb 16, 2006 4:49pm PST
textAppeal to Release Gopal Siwakoti “Chintan” and Other Political Detainees in Nepal by Justice in South Asia
Mr. Gopal Siwakoti “Chintan,” a prominent human rights activist in Nepal, along with a number of other activists, has been detained in very adverse conditions without charges by the increasingly dictatorial monarchy. This is a letter demanding his release – please endorse as well as send a copy to the Embassy of Nepal....
Posted: Thu, Feb 16, 2006 2:27pm PST
textLevis Demo today - info and press release by guess who
Will Levi's Practice What They Preach? Upstart Garment Union in Central Mexico Will Test Whether Levi's Public Commitment to Worker Rights Is Rhetoric or Reality....
Posted: Thu, Feb 16, 2006 11:41am PST
textIsraeli President Moshe Katzav aids massive penny stock fraud,possible money laundering by Tony Ryals
One can say of Saddam Hussein what they wish but to my knowledge Mr.Hussein never aided a penny stock fraud of a mafia connected con artist who may well be responsible for tens of millions of dollars if not well over $100,000,000 + in frauds against Americans caught up in his penny stock scams over the years. Israeli President Moshe Katzav gets credit for that.......
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 10:04pm PST
imageRioting in Algeria over Transit Fare Hike
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by anonymous individual
On February 15th, hundreds of men, women, workers, and school children responded to a rise in public transit fares by building barricades with burning tires and other objects at three points along a major roadway in the Annaba region of Algeria, at the towns of Berrahal, El Hadjar, and Sidi Salem....
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 5:59pm PST
audioCorpWatch Radio: A weekly review in Corporate News (better version) (audio/mpeg 25.5MB) by Sakura Saunders
CorpWatch radio is a weekly review and contextualization of the week in corporate news. This week, we interview CorpWatch's military researcher, David Phinney, about military subcontracting in Iraq, with special attention to 3rd world labor issues and human trafficking. 28 min....
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 5:51pm PST
text¡FUERA BUSH! ¿FUERA DE DÓNDE? by Disarmo - Rosario, Argentina
Noviembre del 2005 en Mar del Plata (Argentina): IV Cumbre de las Américas....
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 4:38pm PST
textBarcelona, anarchist prisoners transfered. by xxxxxxx
A short update on the situation of anarchist prisoners in Barcelona....
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 1:00pm PST
textEconomic Hit Man John Perkins: “We Have Created the World’s First Truly Global Empire” by Democracy Now (reposted)
John Perkins, author of "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," joins us in our firehouse studio to talk about his former work going into various countries to try to strongarm leaders into creating policy favorable to the U.S government and corporations. Perkins describes himself as an economic hit man....
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 7:33am PST
imageNeocon-Neoliberal Newspeak
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by al-masakin
By Hamid Golpira Tehran Times Staff Writer Most of the neoconservatives in the United States advocate globalization and the neoliberal economic model. What’s wrong with this picture?...
Posted: Tue, Feb 14, 2006 6:48pm PST
imageHugo Chavez and George W. Bush Contrasted
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by Mike Whitney (Counterpunch repost and link)
Whitney draws a sharp contrast between the popularly elected, humanistic president of Venezuela and Bush....
Posted: Mon, Feb 13, 2006 10:45pm PST
textAnnouncing: April 8th, Joint International GM Opposition Day by via lists
o 5 April : March for GMO-free regionsduring the GMO European Conference held in Vienna, Austria. o 6 April :National Call-In Day to the US Congress, in support of the "Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act,USA o 8 April : JIGMOD, Earth...
Posted: Mon, Feb 13, 2006 7:26pm PST
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