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Current GMO News & Other Food News
Liberty, Maine Goes GMO Free, India’s Supreme Court Slammed With Largest GMO Lawsuit on Record, FDA Moves to Drop “Irradiated” Labeling Requirements, USDA Misleads Consumers With “Raw” Almond “Pasteurization...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:34am PDT
October 2007 Gathering of Indigenous Peoples of the Américas
The Gathering of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas will take place during October 11-14, 2007 in the town of Vicam, land of the Yaqui Tribe, in the municipality of Guaymas, in the State of Sonora, Mexico....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 9:46am PDT
Immigrant's Deserve the Same Rights as American Citizens
It is not fair that human beings be subjected to these injustices by the American government. Bringing these hard working people down and ruining their lives because they are not native to this country. Whatever happened to "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be free." We must rise up against these injustices and have our voices be heard....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 3:27am PDT
education for a better nation
media outlets should be providing students with information pertinent to non-resident students and their struggle to establish a better education for a better nation....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 2:31am PDT
Loves Got Everything to Do With It
My letter addresses how we treat each other and how the world would be as a result of that....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 12:49am PDT
Truely organic beer?
Organic beer may not be organic anymore, with the introduction of inorganic hops....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 12:05am PDT
The crisis of Global Warming and the uninformed attitude from Karl Rove
This is an article from yesterdays news covering Sheryl Crow and Laurie David's approach to talk to the Presidentail top adviser Karl Rove on Global Warming and his response was that he didn't want to talk about it. Sheryl said "you work for us" he replied, "i work for the American people." Then he dicided to walk away from the issue leaving these women with the thought that this is not a deserving administration....
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2007 10:38pm PDT
Letter to the Editor of San Francisco Chronicle
I believe that race relations should be discussed more freely and more realistically among Bay Area residents....
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2007 4:58pm PDT
Presidential Candidate Wants to Re-Tool Detroit
In March 2006 Stewart A. Alexander introduced an ambitious $75 billion plan to revive the struggling U.S. automobile industry, the plan was introduced as a proposed California- Automobile Industry Partnership. Now Alexander, running as a Peace and Freedom Party candidate for president, wants to create a U.S. – Automobile Industry Partnership to save American jobs and to jump start the U.S. economy....
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2007 10:48am PDT
Entre Los Olvidados - Among the Forgotten (Oaxaca, 2007)
“That’s the women that kidnapped me last time.” Says the 16 year old young women I am conducting a video documentation workshop with in San Isidro Vista Hermosa, as a green Nissan pickup truck passes us by. The women in the truck looks me straight in the face and laughs. She has several small children in the car with her, presumably her own. This is my second time in Vista Hermosa, and it won’t be my last. I am not supposed to be here as a journalist, or human rights activist as in the past, ...
Posted: Sun, Apr 22, 2007 1:28pm PDT
Czech Republic Outlaws Advocacy of Socialism
On October 12, 2006, the Home Office of the Czech Republic decided to dissolve a Czech communist youth organisation called the 'KSM'. And what crime had it committed? Its statutes are in favour of "collective ownership of the means of production"....
Posted: Sun, Apr 22, 2007 10:33am PDT
Corporate abuse exposing unfair labor practices in violation of Civil Rights Act of 1964
This Website: corporate-misconduct.com is designed to inform the viewer and listener the time has come to see the world as it is regarding matters of grave importance concerning corporate misconduct and unfair labor practices. The Company’s union did not represent this employee as they should have. This union accepts and tolerates inappropriate behavior in the mistreatment of individuals or employees whose rights have no place in one corporate industry. duration of audio 0:31:11...
Posted: Sun, Apr 22, 2007 2:18am PDT
June 9, 2007 Day of Solidarity with Jeffrey "Free" Luers
Dear Friends,
The 7th anniversary of Jeff's imprisonment is fast arriving, and to mark this date we are encouraging everyone once again to participate in a Day of Solidarity. This year we are asking people to hold demonstrations to demand change, not just for Jeff's case but for the world. Please plan an event in your community and inform us of the details so we can help you publicize it. For information from previous years events, see http://freefreenow.org/solidarity.html
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Posted: Sat, Apr 21, 2007 10:31am PDT
The Shortwave Report 4/20/07 ¡Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, Apr 19, 2007 5:07pm PDT
Network Neutrality Interview with Jenny Toomey on Rock The Net (audio/mpeg 27.5MB)
Radio Interview with Jenny Toomey about the Rock The Net campaign in support of Network Neutrality and how it concerns independant music kicked off On March 27, 2007...
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 4:22pm PDT
PeaceTalks: Nasser Abufarha on Fair Trade/Organic in Palestine (audio/mpeg 40.5MB)
George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Nasser Abufarha about Fair Trade/Organic in Palestine.
Nasser Abufarha is the the Chair of the Palestine Fair Trade Association and the Director of Canaan Fair Trade based in Jenin, Palestine....
Posted: Mon, Apr 16, 2007 3:40pm PDT
The Shortwave Report 4/13/07 ¡Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, Apr 12, 2007 6:18pm PDT
Peace Talks: Dr. Bill Dienst speaks about working with Palestinian Medical Relief Society (audio/mpeg 53.5MB)
George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Dr. Bill Dienst about his work with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society.
Dr. Bill Dienst is a family and emergency physician from Washington State who volunteered for a month this past Fall, 2006 with emergency medical personnel of the Palestine Medical Relief Society Mobile Health Clinics in villages all over the Northern West Bank and Gaza Strip. Dr. Dienst visited Beit Hanoun in Gaza three times in the aftermath of this past November'...
Posted: Wed, Apr 11, 2007 2:14pm PDT
Manufactured Division and Gang Conflict
In the influential and time-honored book The Art of War, Sun Tzu instructs that one of the most effective methods used to defeat an enemy is to “cause division among them.” The book further instructs, “Seduce them with the prospects of gain, send interlopers in among them, have rhetoricians use fast talk to ingratiate themselves with their leaders and followers, and divide up their organization and power.” It is when the enemy is divided that it is at its weakest and susceptible to attack and...
Posted: Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:19am PDT
Immigrants: 50,000 March for Immigration Reform
More than 50,000 immigrants and immigrant rights advocates filled the streets of Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, April 7, 2007, to rally support for fair legislation for immigrants; and to protest against the recent White House plan that will further restrict the rights of immigrants across America. The March and rally was one of the largest in recent months and it further demonstrated the growing momentum of the immigration rights movement....
Posted: Tue, Apr 10, 2007 9:00am PDT