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Take Health Carre Out of the Private Sector, and Return It To The People
My piece explores the root causes for the U.S. health care crisis, and how each presidential candidate has failed to introduce meaningful health care reform....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 9:36pm PDT
Queer History Establishment dumps Randy Wicker
Queer historians delete gay man who organized first known U.S. picket on a queer issue....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 9:28pm PDT
FBI interviewing Arab and Muslim Americans as "October Plan" swings into effect
Stepped-up FBI efforts to "prevent terrorist attacks" during the November elections -- including reports of pointed political questioning -- may intimidate Arab and Muslim Americans on the eve of a close presidential race....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 7:17pm PDT
Prison for 89-year-old peace activist in Philadelphia
Eighty-nine-year-old Lillian Willoughby chose a week in jail over a $250 fine. She was among 107 arrested March 20, 2003, for blocking the entrance to the federal courthouse across the street from the Liberty Bell the day after the start of U.S. bombing in Iraq....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 7:10pm PDT
Is Bush Turning Communist?
Confusion among capitalists and Union leaders mounts as Bush calls for ownership of health plans and appears to support big government involving itself in matters of the market....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 1:45pm PDT
The Social State is a Civilization Achievement
"The social state is a civilization achievement.. Since free enterprise mechanisms alone cannot guarantee social security, the state has the task of guaranteeing social security for all and pursuing a policy of social equalization. Democracy needs a social foundation.."...
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 9:03am PDT
The Danger Of Media Consolidation: Sinclair Forces Stations To Pre-Empt Programs For Bush
NEW YORK The 62 television stations owned or managed by the Sinclair Broadcasting Group - many of them in swing states - will show within the next two weeks a documentary highly critical of Senator John Kerry's antiwar activities 30 years ago, Sinclair executives said.
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Those executives said the documentary would pre-empt regular night programming, including prime time, on its stations, which include affiliates for all six of the major broadcast networks in the swing states of Florida, Oh...
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 8:12am PDT
A Radically Different World View is Possible: The Gift Economy
Forget the Smoke and Mirrors as Shadow Boxers, Bush and Kerry Slug it Out to Glorify Violence and War which Benefits a few Select White Males at the Expense of People, Women and Planet Worldwide.
Join Women from Around the World Nurturing an Emerging Paradigm which Honors and Nurtures Peace and Life....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 7:36pm PDT
No Palestinian State, No Peacee for America
A peaceful, stable Middle East is an utter impossibility without justice for the Palestinians....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 7:32pm PDT
situationist classic translated
just in time for its 30th anniversary, a situationist classic has been translated into English....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 6:55pm PDT
Possible Next Steps for the Million Worker March
Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard to make the MWM a reality. I look forward to seeing everyone in DC. As hard as we have worked, we must work harder still to guarantee the continuation of this great movement for the independent organization of workers and the working class....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 4:23pm PDT
San Francisco Hotel Workers: Stop Bosses’ Business or Watch Another of our Unions Smashed!
A fight to win strategy has to replace the Union leaders passive approach if the SF hotel strike is to win...
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 2:31pm PDT
Wendy Campbell: MarWen Media...Full Disclosure!
There is an emerging alliance of the left and right because of the need to reach critical mass to pressure our government to cut all ties with apartheid Israel until it transforms into a true democracy with equal rights for all regardless of religion, race or gender....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 11:05am PDT
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program Budget-Based Renewal Leaves Agencies with Shortfa
NAHRO analysis of FY 2004 changes in federal funding for the renewal of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program indicates that nearly 500 housing agencies nationwide will be left with a shortfall of as much as $93 million for this year. The shortfall is estimated to affect housing assistance for 52,000 families....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 10:06am PDT
The Demon and its Conjuring Trick: Money
"The light in which the glboal financial markets operate is very dim.. Unveiling the money fetish is a task of economic literacy. The monetary sphere seems uncoupled from the real economy, the world of work.."...
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 5:51am PDT
Sikh Council disappointed over rejection of Hate Crime Bill
The Sikh Council on Religion and Education (SCORE) has expressed
disappointment over the rejection of the Hate Crime Bill in the
US Congress....
Posted: Sun, Oct 10, 2004 11:46pm PDT
Actor, Director and Activist Christopher Reeve Dies (10/10) at Age 52
Christopher Reeve died suddenly at 5:30 p.m. yesterday of heart failure. He was 52 years old....
Posted: Sun, Oct 10, 2004 11:24pm PDT
200+ arrested at Kolumbus Konquest Konvoy blockade
Today, in the streets of downtown Denver, scores of American Indian Movement members, and our TCD allies were arrested in a principled act of civil resistance to the “Convoy of Conquest” (aka: Columbus Day Parade)....
Posted: Sun, Oct 10, 2004 9:11pm PDT
Does Cal caravan embarrass queers in "fly-over" states?
Coastal cultural imperialism? Heartland cultural cringe?
Fear in the time of Midwest amendments?...
Posted: Sun, Oct 10, 2004 8:39pm PDT