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AUDIO: Robert Fisk discusses the extraordinary death toll Iraqi civilians are incurring I went to one hospital where the mortuary attendant told me that almost 40% of the total dead that come in to their mortuary are killed at U.S. checkpoints by soldiers, either because the cars approached too quickly to the checkpoints or because American troops come under fire and fire back at the civilians in the area without making direct contact with whoever is their aggressor. One occasion recently for example, four days ago a woman and her child were brought dead to the hospital after th...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2003 1:40pm PDT
In Defense of the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions The boycott against Israel, and in particular that aspect of it directed against academic institutions, has drawn wide spread criticism. Much of this has come from people who are, to one extent or another, partisans of Israel. But some of it has its origins among those who have genuine concerns that innocent Israelis are being unnecessarily hurt, or that the boycott is undermining valued principles such as academic freedom and the free flow of ideas. It is to this latter group that we would l...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2003 1:18pm PDT
Al Giordano: Cancún Trade Battle also Turns the Tables on the Drug War Poor Countries Set a Precedent for How to Beat Impositions by the Wealthy Countries - With Cancún Photo Essay by Gonzálo Subirats and Victor Ruíz...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2003 12:26pm PDT
From Palestine, the Next Revolution in File Sharing 
From the legacy of Napster comes ES5 - the product of an international team dedicated to the success of Peer-to-Peer file sharing. Built with great attention to privacy and stealth, the group cleverly positioned themselves in a place of few intellectual property laws - Palestine....
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2003 12:25pm PDT
8 US troops killed in Iraq ambush 
The U.S. occupation of Iraq grinds on. On Thursday Sept 18th... an ambush of U.S. troops resulted in the death of 8 American soldiers. What did they die for George? Hey... where are those weapons of mass destruction you launched this war over?...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2003 10:08am PDT
Focus On Jerusalem ~ (Michael Tarazi's Bad Fences Part IV) International And Humanitarian Law IS Non-Negotiable.
US tax dollars should NOT be funding this!...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2003 10:04am PDT
Mexico CANCUN WTO: La Bella y La Fea The beauty of Mexico springs from the indian, the farmer and the pace of life that flows strong, yet oozes slowly from the humid flesh of markets and creeping traffic. With the WTO)or continuation of neoliberalism there won’t be any real indians or traditional farmers...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2003 9:51am PDT
Important Action: in Behalf of Amina Lawal!!!!!!!!! AMINA LAWAL SET TO BE STONED...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2003 8:28am PDT
Bush's Short Trip iinto Purgatory "The government did miserable work in planning for the time after Saddam Hussein. The government treated Congress like a nuisance, Senator Chuck Hagel from arch-conservative Nebraska declared.. The $166 billion for the anti-terror crusade is a record."...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2003 5:08am PDT
"Report From Baghdad" Part Four--Women in Iraq 
This is a part four of the six-part series "Report form Baghdad" by Pacifica Radio KPFK Los Angeles Reporter Lee Siu Hin's July 2003 trip to U.S. occupied Iraq, to commemorate 6-months commemoration of U.S. invasion of Iraq (Sep 20), and to understand the future of Iraq.
To view the entire series, please visit:
http://www.actionla.org/Iraq/IraqReport/index.html...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2003 2:43am PDT
BTL:As Middle East Road Map Peace Plan Unravels, Israel Threatens to... ...Expel or Assassinate Yasser Arafat. Interview with Hussein Ibish, communications director of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2003 2:34am PDT
Jeff Halper: One State. Preparing for a Post Road-Map Struggle Against Apartheid Now that Ariel Sharon and his Likudist ilk have destroyed the last chance for the two-state solution, the choice now comes down to one of either Israeli Apartheid towards the Palestinian people for perpetuity or one state for all its people in which everyone is equal under the law....
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2003 10:57pm PDT
Beware Monsanto GMO hemp Why is hemp still illegal in the USA? Other countries like Canada are growing hemp for fiber, clothing, paper, biodiesel and biodegradable plastic. When the Lakota people in South Dakota grow hemp, they are harrassed by federal agents and their crops raided. Preventing people from growing hemp is most likely because Monsanto is planning a patented genetically engineered version of hemp "terminator seeds"....
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2003 10:40pm PDT
Wesley Clark: A Clinton by Another Name? Clinton loyalist Wesley Clark is a trigger-happy hot-head who may have been involved in Waco; and he's ready to serve....
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2003 7:52pm PDT
Patti Smith isses an indictment of George W. Bush in London Patti Smith, who headlined a Berkeley anti-war concert earlier this year, ended her politcally charged summer tour in London with a spirited recitation of the Declaration of Independence, followed by this indictment of the policies of President George W. Bush....
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2003 7:29pm PDT
Kathy Boudin set free After 22 years in prison, 1960s radical Kathy Boudin set free...
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2003 6:58pm PDT
Thailand To Send Tens Of Thousands Of Homeless to Concentration Camps Before Bush Visit The Thai authorities have said they want to clear Bangkok's streets of thousands of homeless people ahead of a meeting of world leaders next month....
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2003 4:27pm PDT
Cancun Confrontation: Thousands Protest the WTO and Capitalist Globalization ,...
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2003 4:20pm PDT
Radio Libre Antagonista :: TRANSMITIENDO AHORA Radio Libre Antagonista :: TRANSMITIENDO AHORA...
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2003 4:11pm PDT
Cancun Fair Trade Action Reportback Reportback from Bureaucrash's Fair Trade action at Cancun!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 17, 2003 1:18pm PDT
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