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Christian Congregation Attacked
16 Gunned Down in Pakistani Church
Christian Congregation Attacked With 'No Mercy'; Bus Bomb Kills 3 as Unrest Grows...
Posted: Tue, Oct 30, 2001 3:02am PST
The Saudi Contradiction
Today the dominant fact of the U.S.-Saudi relationship is that this "friend" is a principal source of funding for al Qaeda....
Posted: Tue, Oct 30, 2001 2:55am PST
NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE
Monday, the Times of London cited unnamed Western intelligence sources as saying bin Laden had obtained nuclear materials from Pakistan....
Posted: Tue, Oct 30, 2001 2:46am PST
NEWSPAPER SALES FLAT
Average weekday circulation of the nation's 20 biggest newspapers for the six months ended Sept. 30 were largely flat -- with top gains going to Rupert Murdoch's NEW YORK POST...
Posted: Tue, Oct 30, 2001 2:32am PST
Activist speaks re War and Globalization. (video/x-pn-realvideo 1.8MB)
Jen and I arrived at Temescal Cafe in North Oakland just as they the closed and had the place to ourselves for this interview. Jen is passing thru the bay area on her way home after fifteen months in Japan, Okinawa, and Taiwan. She was in Taiwan on S11 and O7. In 11 minutes, this is her acount of 15 months experience....
Posted: Tue, Oct 30, 2001 1:23am PST
The Valor of the Columnists
The war appears to enjoy wide support, which gives the warmongers an opportunity to appear populist in their writing. National Review, for example, seems to have suddenly discovered that wisdom of the common man in contrast to the "cultural elites" who are said to have the most doubts about the war. Completely out of character, Ramesh Ponnuru, Rich Lowry, and the gang have risen to the defense of the workers and peasants....
Posted: Tue, Oct 30, 2001 12:51am PST
CNN Bans Talk About Indymedia
CNN has banned the use of 'indymedia' on CNN chat groups. CNN knows that participatory, independent media is a threat to their information monopoly. Here we come!...
Posted: Tue, Oct 30, 2001 12:35am PST
Flashpoints Oct 29; Norman Solomon; more
Flashpoints Radio Oct 29, 2001
-Norman Solomon of Media Beat (14 min)
-Beat The WTO, w Carlos James: teach-ins (15 min)
-National Lawyers Guild KNOW YOUR RIGHTS (14 min)
-Pacifica Watch with Noelle Hanrahan, Carol Spooner and Dave Adelson (4 min)...
Posted: Tue, Oct 30, 2001 12:15am PST
911 Videos Online & Available
Watch short videos online, set up a screening, show them to your students. Videos are available and they can help penetrate the lies and the atmoshpere of fear with some much needed truth and alternative visions of a better world....
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2001 11:08pm PST
Fresno Anti-War Protests
Anti-war protest activities continue in Fresno. There are also several upcoming events and forums.
Photo: Protest at Blackstone and Shaw...
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2001 10:25pm PST
Former Soviet Officers On Afghan Involvement
Three former Soviet officers from the Ukraine speak to the growing demand for US
Military involvement in Afghanistan. Brightpathvideo recently returned from the Ukraine with these interviews....
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2001 9:45pm PST
Monthly WHIRL-MART Consumption.Awareness.Ritu
YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN WHIRL-MART!!
ON SUNDAY NOV. 4, 2001
Rituals are taking place in Albany, NY and Pittsburgh, PA.
or create your own!!...
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2001 9:03pm PST
Reichstag Redux? Anthrax from US Govt recipe
(As reported by the UK\'s New Scientist - see below for URL)
As anthrax continues to turn up in US postal facilities, and postal workers, evidence is emerging that it is an American product. Not only are the bacteria genetically close to the strain the US used in its own anthrax weapons in the 1960s, but New Scientist can reveal that the spores also seem to have been prepared according to the secret US \"weaponisation\" recipe....
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2001 8:13pm PST
Who’s Being Naïve? by Tim Wise
War-Time Realism
Through the Looking Glass, and excellent essay by Tim Wise...
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2001 8:05pm PST
What to Do About the Intellectuals
What to Do About the Intellectuals...
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2001 7:36pm PST
One Week to SF Election Day for Public Power
ONE WEEK TO ELECTION DAY NOVEMBER 6, 2001 IN SAN FRANCISCO
MOBILIZATION FOR PUBLIC AND SOLAR POWER:
YES ON PROPS F,H,I AND B, GOOD RIDDANCE TO PG&E
Phone Banks, Precinct Walks and Daytime Office Work from Labor Council, 1188 Franklin, Suite 203, San Francisco. (corner Geary)
Tel: 415/440-8502, Fax: 415/440-4452, E-mail: publicsolar2001@yahoo.com...
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2001 7:31pm PST
Class War. Divided we stand.
Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power....
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2001 7:19pm PST
Propaganda not Journalism
John MacArthur is an editor of "Harper's Magazine". In an interview in Der Spiegel translated from the German by Marc Batko, MacArthur declares: "We are now experiencing a completely overheated patriotism. Well-known journalists have publically declared they will not criticize the government and the president in this situation. Even serious papers describe divergent voices and criticism as `immoral'... The military wants to do journalism... Questioning the choice of words `war against terrori...
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2001 7:17pm PST
No Right of War
Article 51 of the UN Charter limits the right of self-defense to an armed attack of a state. The US attack on Afghanistan violates international law, declares Gerd Winter. This article is translated from the German by Marc Batko....
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2001 6:56pm PST