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World famous activist Ramona Africa will give the closing address at the Grassroots Animal Rights Conference (GARC) this coming Sunday, April 3 from 5-6pm. The title of her talk will be, “Animal Rights and Total Revolution."...
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 1:53pm PST
DawnWatch: Outstanding anti-foie gras commentary from Ron Reagan on MSNBC 3/30/05...
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 1:31pm PST
DawnWatch: Chicago Tribune front page on foie gras - mentions other factory farming issues 3/29/05...
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 1:29pm PST
DawnWatch: International Herald Tribune on Dutch dairy factory farms in US 3/28/05...
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 1:27pm PST
This is a link to an article Ralph Nader published on March 26, 2005 regarding Terri Shiavo....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 11:50am PST
A message from the administrator of Flag.blackened.net concerning two FBI subpoenas directed at sites hosted by the Flag server. One of these sites is Infoshop News....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 11:09am PST
In the midwest, one bad deed (surprise! surprise!) leads to another....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 7:38am PST
Ward Churchill criticizes the nonviolent left (Pacifism as Pathology) and pink collar clerical workers as little nazi technocrats, but he himself worked for Robert K. Brown's Soldier of Fortune and was one of the point men in taking down Sandinista legitimacy in somewhat of an over-reaction to errors by the FSLN. He should simply admit he was wrong, but he is basking in notoriety as the Right determines Our Agenda - defending his errors. Any voice on the left that wants to distance itself fro...
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 7:28pm PST
A Proposal To Working Assets To Integrate Animal, Human & Environmental Interests,
From Kate Danaher, Animal Rights Committee of the Marin Peace & Justice Coalition...
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 11:01am PST
Ask not what the resistance can do for you, but what you can do for the resistance....
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 7:45am PST
The social- or welfare state was not a socialist project. It was the culmination of a long process in which capitalism was civilized and partly recon-cioled with democracy.. Now after a long rollback, we drift toward an historical depression in which economic power is transformed into a political lever...
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 7:21am PST
Mr. Gonzales was
diagnosed with coronary and renal distress, but doctors have agreed to
discontinue any further medical treatment of those conditions. On
Thursday, March 24, 2005, Mr. Gonzales was released to the loving care of
his family, and he is resting comfortably at home....
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 1:03am PST
Your presence couldn't be more crucial. Over the next couple of years, policymakers will make decisions that will determine the future of our media. Industry lobbyists are dedicating millions of dollars to lobby, litigate and lie their way toward rules that will bring Big Media more power and profits. We need your help to educate and mobilize millions of citizens to take on powerful corporations and defend the public interest.
Join us in St. Louis on May 13-15 to gather momentum for this f...
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 5:23pm PST
On Friday, police arrested 37 riders and confiscated dozens of bicylcles. Last week, the city filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the group TIME'S UP! from promoting or advertising events that the city alleges to be illegal. The lawsuit also states that TIME'S UP! and the general public cannot participate in riding or gathering at the Critical Mass bike ride....
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 8:16am PST
Mejia was the first US soldier court-martialed for desertion and was ultimately sentenced to a year in jail. He was released in mid-February. Mejia spent six months in combat in Iraq where he witnessed the killing of civilians and the abuse of detainees. After He returned to the United States he decided never to return to fight in Iraq. He went into hiding to avoid redeployment and was classified as AWOL by the military. He spent five months underground....
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 8:15am PST
On Friday, the Navy announced that Paredes will face a special court-martial, the military equivalent of a civilian misdemeanor trial. The charges against him include absence without leave and missing movement....
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 8:14am PST
God will be all in all! This article encourages the Jewish-Christian dialogue by criticizing the chruch's anti-Jewish disinheriting. Dogmatism and intolerance threaten to turn living water into a frozen waterfall. Without the origin, the present and future dry up....
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 7:54am PST
The Army's 7,500 military recruiters, saddled with "a quota of two new recruits a month" and pressured by the Army brass, are on the verge of a nervous breakdown....
Posted: Sun, Mar 27, 2005 9:02pm PST
Goldwater's stand on Social Security became a turning point in my life....
Posted: Sun, Mar 27, 2005 6:59pm PST
If anybody is looking for a summer job and has the flexibility to take off for a month, see the posting below and/or pass on to friends around the country (or world, for that matter) who might be interested!...
Posted: Sun, Mar 27, 2005 11:55am PST