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Those Twisted Terrorists (cartoon)
A little late, but the taste lingers on......
Posted: Sun, Jan 20, 2002 4:49pm PST
Believe these sources? Then put the pieces together.
Here is a collection of stories from what most people would consider reliable sources. You might want to print them off to give to a friend....
Posted: Sun, Jan 20, 2002 12:36pm PST
Victory for Free Expression
Judge: School violated rights of student who wore 'Straight Pride' shirt...
Posted: Sun, Jan 20, 2002 10:50am PST
PROTEST “BLACK HAWK DOWN” Call a picket line at your local theater today!
Speak out against the pro-war propaganda machine orchestrated by recent agreements made between Hollywood and Bush. NEW YORK CITY Wednesday, January 23 @ 6 pm Union Square Theater AROUND THE COUNTRY Call a picket line at your local theater today!...
Posted: Sun, Jan 20, 2002 10:36am PST
Bechtel suing Bolivia for "lost profits" in water hike scheme.
Bechtel suing Bolivia for "lost profits" in water hike scheme. Email action! Write to Riley Bechtel....
Posted: Sun, Jan 20, 2002 6:14am PST
2002 Pacific NorthWest (Independent) Media Convergence
Notice of a Vancouver, BC, conference to forward independent media in the Pacific Northwest occuring Jan. 24-27....
Posted: Sun, Jan 20, 2002 3:17am PST
Media Activists Begin Organizing Global Day of Action
Meeting in the basement of a West Philadelphia church, 16 activists decided January 12 to put out a call for a week of media activism later this fall culminating in a global day of action. Their hope is to catalyze a grassroots movement for far-reaching media reform....
Posted: Sun, Jan 20, 2002 3:10am PST
Why the AntiWar movement is not being hijacked.
Discussing the current state of the AntiWar coalition mainly....
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 11:24pm PST
Talk Radio Cheerleaders for the Status Quo
Poking fun at some of the reactionary personalities on the radio. And just who are "the liberal media" when there's no one but conservatives and corporate suck-ups on the major radio and tv stations?...
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 8:19pm PST
Globalization, Labor and Local Impact
Resources on globalization it's impact on labor and local communities. Present relevant news articles and full length interviews from the soon to be released audio documentary on globalization and neighborhoods by IWW Media....
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 8:18pm PST
BUSH IN THE OPEN
With thorough documentation (verging on the obssessive) the authors prove George Walker Bush knew a 'terrorist attack' was underway before he even left his hotel the morning of September 11th....
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 4:56pm PST
Stanford President Commits to Living Wage
After months of organizing, a broad-based coalition of Stanford students, workers, faculty and alumni obtains a commitment on the part of University administration to enact a living wage for all Stanford workers by the end of the academic year....
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 2:12pm PST
THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND THE VERY DANGEROUS LUNATIC SUBVERSIVES
This morning Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Bloc, had the doubtful honor of being chosen as the target of a verbal broadside by Justice Minister Meir Sheetrit. The minister was apparently ired by the Jan.9 forum discussion on war crimes held under Gush Shalom auspices at the Tzavta Hall in Tel-Aviv, and particularly at the suggestion made by several speakers that peace-seeking Israeli groups start preparing war crime dossiers against military officers known to have ordered or carried out spec...
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 1:36pm PST
2002 Cal Gov Race: Energy Crisis Hoax
The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) issued a 58-page repot, entitled "Hoax: How Deregulation Let the Power Industry Steal $71 Billion From California," showing that the contrived California "energy crisis" of one year ago was a coordinated plan with the Legislative votes for taxpayer bailouts of the energy companies, as FTCR pointed out at the time. The report is in PDF format at:
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/utilities/rp/rp002169.pdf...
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 12:34pm PST
Hemp Companies Sue DEA and US
News Reports Hemp Companies Sue DEA in 9th Circuit; Canadian company files NAFTA against US...
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 11:41am PST
Bill602P-US to charge for email
US trying to charge for email use...
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 10:49am PST
Labor for MLK & other MLK Events
The 16th Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival honoring Martin Luther King is taking place this weekend, all day Saturday and Sunday and in the evening, at San Francisco City College, the Diego Rivera Theater, 50 Phelan, San Francisco. For more information on the festival, call 831/426-4940....
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 10:14am PST
Canadian Farmers Sue Monsanto and Aventis
Canadian organic farmers have filed a class action suit against Monsanto and Aventis seeking compensation for damages caused by their genetically engineered canola, and to obtain an injunction to prevent Monsanto from introducing genetically engineered wheat in Saskatchewan, Canada....
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 8:56am PST
United States Refuses to Abide by Geneva Convention
On January 11, 2002, the United States announced that it was refusing to abide by the 1949 Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war in its treatment and internment of those taken prisoner in Afghanistan or Pakistan by the United States. The Third Geneva Convention, which provides specific guidelines for treatment of prisoner combatants, is a part of the "law of nations" and is a mainstay of international humanitarian law. The United States explained that the prisoners were not a...
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 6:31am PST