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3/15 8 a.m. SF: Sunny, Blue Skies, Northwest Wind
In downtown San Francisco, the sun is bursting through; we have blue skies and the dry and cool northwest wind, perfect for our peace march!...
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2003 8:04am PST
US and Israel's 'common cause'
"I am sure that Bush looks at Sharon and says to himself: listen, this is a tough guy, look what he is doing there, he is succeeding, the Israelis like it, the international community is not really too upset about this," says Akiva Eldar.
"So perhaps this is the message to the Americans, that it works."...
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2003 7:43am PST
Washington Post Article on Friday CD
Well written story on yesterday's cd and direct action around the country. Strange to see this coming out of pro-war WP, but apparently the newspapers are still capable of some diversity....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2003 6:46am PST
3/15 Weather: Dry and Cool in SF
The peace march needs you. It is dry and cool in San Francisco this morning, March 15, 2003. It has been dry for a few hours. It is 54 degrees, 88% humidity, 29.6 inch pressure and officially, just mostly cloudy....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2003 6:43am PST
Doubts grow over legality of war
Tony Blair will fly to the Portuguese islands of the Azores tomorrow for a meeting with George Bush to discuss plans for war as the British diplomatic push continues to flounder at the United Nations....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2003 5:50am PST
BTL:Vietnam-era Peace Activist Reflects on Today's Antiwar Movement
Interview with William Sloan Coffin Jr., former Yale University chaplain and Vietnam War-era peace activist, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2003 3:46am PST
British Youth Snub Blair
"This lack of responsiveness by Blair to the public voice itself generates participation," he added. The Stop the War coalition is calling on Britons to walk out of their work places, colleges and schools on the day war breaks out and to converge in city centers.
It is also calling for a national demonstration in London on the first Saturday following the start of war.
Opposition is not just confined to the streets.
The build-up to war has also been dominated by public figures...
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2003 3:05am PST
3/15 DC Demo via Live Satellite & C-SPAN
The March 15 Emergency Convergence on the White House March and Rally will be covered via live satellite uplink from 11:45 am to 3 pm (EST). The demonstration will also be covered live on C-SPAN from 12 pm to 2 pm (EST)....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2003 2:17am PST
Colin Powell and the Marketing of Uncle Sam
Charlotte Beers, the advertising executive hired to improve the US image resigned last Monday, citing the frightening “gap between who we are and how we wish to be seen — and how we are in fact seen.” That is the kind of professionalism that the world expects from America. That is American ethics at its best....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2003 1:30am PST
Oregon: Forest defense community mourns the loss of our friend Sparrow
During the early hours of Tuesday, March 11, 2003, our friend Sparrow, aka Carson McCann, took his own life while out in the forests that he loved and worked to defend. It happened at the beginning of a group skill-sharing campout in the Willamette National Forest....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2003 1:28am PST
DON'T SUPPORT OUR TROOPS
Why American should not support their troops...
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2003 11:42pm PST
M14 Protest: Boobies for Ashcroft!
Forty or so "Boobies for Ashcroft" marched from Van Ness Ave. to the Federal Building as employees left the building for the day around 5:00pm. The crowd bared their breasts as they chanted "Boobs Not Bombs" or "More Boobs in Public, Less Boobs in Office" and carried signs condemning U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's policies including the war against drugs and against sexuality, noting particularly his decision to cover a barebreasted Lady Justice statue wit...
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2003 11:21pm PST
GAME SHOW ASK STUPID AMERICAN WILL DEBUT
Unlike talk radio pervert Howard Stern who tried to claim monetary damages for an old idea because he talked about it on his show, this idea is free for the public to use. I have sent it to the United Nations....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2003 10:50pm PST
If We Care About Elizabeth Smart...
Why Not The Children Of Iraq?...
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2003 10:44pm PST
Flashpoints Mar 14: interview w former head of Pacific Stock Exchange arrested today
KPFA Flashpoints March 14, 2003:
-Ali Abunimah: Bush's speech on Palestine unbelievably stupid
-interview with ISM member in Jenin where Israeli death squads kill 6, including 4 asleep in bed including a popular 17 year old ambulance worker
-Barbara Lubin, on Saturday's SF rally
-former head of Pacific Stock Exchange arrested in antiwar protest today
-Michael Franti and Spearhead
-Peter Philips of Project Censored, about the US media...
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2003 10:09pm PST
LIVE WEBCAMS MARCH15
brightpathvideo.com is once again hosting live webcam images
of the San Francisco Peace Demonstration of March 15 on
it's home page and on sf.indymedia.org. Please log onto
http://www.brightpathvideo.com for cams and more....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2003 9:59pm PST
Anti-war CD Action Today in Sacramento Part 2
Here's Part 2 of my Journal for the CD action in Sacramento today. 11 photos too! Read Part 1 to get caught up on the story....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2003 8:54pm PST
Walter Langley
Former President of the Pacific Stock Exchange, Lt. Col. Walter Langley (Ret), marched with hundreds of demonstrators and made the decision to commit civil disobedience by helping to barricade an entrance of the Exchange and then sit in the middle of an intersection until he was finally arrested. During what might be the final days before an invasion of Iraq, he does not want 'business as usual'....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2003 8:36pm PST
Crackdown on Independent Media: CHP Rescinds SF-IMC Press Credentials
Perhaps in connection to SF-IMC's coverage of the forest defense movement in Humboldt County, CHP Commander Tom Marshall wrote to 8 SF-IMC reporters that their press credentials have been rescinded and will no longer be recognized by CHP personnel. Cc'ed was the Humboldt County Sheriff....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2003 8:31pm PST
Michel Chossudovsky: Anglo-American Military Axis (audio/mpeg 5.2MB)
mp3 interview; runtime: 18:08; WBAI...
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2003 8:26pm PST