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CA Appeals Court rules citizens cannot sue to protect public property Appeal court ruling states citizens have no right to bring suit when land gifted by individuals to government for public purposes is given to developers in exchange for campaing contributions. Open season on public land is confirmed in San Diego County....
Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2002 11:32am PST
Thurs Nov 21: Legendary Journalist John Ross Speaks at New College / Live Video Webcast AN EVENING WITH REBEL AUTHOR, ACTIVIST, INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST, AND POET JOHN ROSS - Thursday, November 21st, 7-9pm - New College Theatre - 777 Valencia St., San Francisco -
Live Video Webcast: click here for video...
Posted: Wed, Nov 20, 2002 2:24am PST
Even FrankenFoods Are Afraid of These New Crops Only other industrial agrobusinesses are capable of stopping a new nightmare: pharmfoods. They seem to be succeeding....
Posted: Mon, Nov 18, 2002 8:06am PST
Can You Hear the Who? Oakland Mayor represents the heart of America...
Posted: Sat, Nov 16, 2002 10:01am PST
The Clash Between Generations Boomers move over for the Millennials -- the next generation of changemakers...
Posted: Sat, Nov 16, 2002 9:56am PST
Welcome to Rio de Janeiro (by Latuff) 
Urban violence is reaching unbearable levels. Inhabitants are caught in a crossfire between drug gangs and police, both armed with full-auto rifles....
Posted: Fri, Nov 15, 2002 1:23am PST
Their Still a Bunch of Crooks "I would love to personally escort (Ken) Lay to an 8-by-10 cell that he could share with a tattooed dude who says, 'Hi, my name is Spike, honey,'"
- California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, June 2001...
Posted: Wed, Nov 13, 2002 6:52pm PST
Why El Salvador? To many it may seem that the people who pursue international struggles operate in a piecemeal fashion. One minute they rush to the aid of the Kurds, another it is Indonesian sweatshop workers, and yet another the people of Burma. There is, however, order to the chaos....
Posted: Mon, Nov 11, 2002 8:29pm PST
McPoverty in downtown Rio de Janeiro (by Latuff) 
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff....
Posted: Mon, Nov 11, 2002 8:23pm PST
Canadian Public Hydro defeders get SLAPPED for Accenture. This is when globalization hits home here in Canada: The Vancouver, British Colubia branch office of a Canadian law firm, based in the U.K., is threatening "Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation" (SLAPP) on behalf of Accenture which is based in the tax haven of Bermuda, to stop alleged “defamation” by critics of the company's secret dealing leading up to the probable privatization of the successful Hydro generating and distribution company which has turned considerable pro...
Posted: Fri, Nov 8, 2002 6:16pm PST
Ecuador FTAA protest caravan 
Photos from the caravan from the South...
Posted: Fri, Nov 8, 2002 2:19pm PST
video: Bechtel action in SF against FTAA (video/quicktime 28.1MB) A 9 minute video of the direct action against Bechtel Corporation Headquarters in San Francisco on 10/28/02. (Downloading to your computer before viewing recommended)...
Posted: Wed, Nov 6, 2002 11:29pm PST
Let's call a PG&E ratepayer strike! Since both attempts at public power through elections were stopped by PG&E - the first time by literally throwing votes in the bay - let's shift to direct action: organize a citywide ratepayer strike, together with a reconnection committee to keep the power on....
Posted: Wed, Nov 6, 2002 2:21pm PST
YES ON O! Ethical coffee initiative: Video of Protests at Starbuck's and Peet's,Berkeley (video/x-pn-realvideo 40.7MB) A small but spirited group of demonstrators dressed as coffee farmers and accompanied by two Donkeys carrying large burlap sacks of coffee walked the streets of Berkeley protesting Starbuck's and Peet's large contributions to a dishonest campaign against Measure O, the ethical and responsible coffee initiative in Berkeley on the Monday before election day, November 4, 2002....
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2002 11:48pm PST
YES ON O! Ethical coffee initiative: Protests at Starbuck's and Peet's in Berkeley Monday 
A small but spirited group of demonstrators accompanied dressed as coffee farmers and leading two Donkeys walked the streets of Berkeley protesting Starbuck's and Peet's large contributions to a dishonest campaign against Measure O, the ethical and responsible coffee initiative in Berkeley....
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2002 12:40pm PST
Traansscam This is the first part of a seveen-part series that will expose the larges case of insider trading ever exposed....
Posted: Mon, Nov 4, 2002 9:14am PST
More World Less Bank (video/x-pn-realvideo 10.5MB) Annually, the World Bank and the IMF meet on behalf of a corporate elite to induce or force summonsed representatives of governments to surrender the public commons in the name of capital's "freedom" to market access. The con game (also called the cancer stage of capitalism), is criminal and deadly, and goes by the names of privatization, de-regulation, and militarization. The collateral damage in this highly profitable US government-sanctioned corporate rape, pillage and murder i...
Posted: Mon, Nov 4, 2002 8:36am PST
Police Join Protestors, Demonstrators Confront FTAA Ministers At the FTAA trade ministerial taking place in Quito, Ecuador, police joined protestors in demanding a meeting with trade ministers negotiating the FTAA. In an unprecedented turn of events, 65 demonstrators were able to confront the trade ministers....
Posted: Sun, Nov 3, 2002 8:01pm PST
THE BRAINS AND MONEY BEHIND ENRON I was livid about my heating cost doubling when the state I live in deregulated. when enron crashed I found my culprit. TOP DOG and you never hear his name....
Posted: Sun, Nov 3, 2002 7:22pm PST
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