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Torture against Lesbians,Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender Today
The international Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Community United Against Violence are holding a forum at the Torture Exhibit in San Francisco, at the Presidio, to discuss the forms of torture that are being practised against the LGBT community in the U.S. and internationally, as well as ways to prevent it and fight it....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 6:42pm PDT
Portland, OR funeral for Carlo
PDX holds mass funeral for Carlo......
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 6:35pm PDT
Renee Boje. Fleeing to Canada from the U.S. Drug War. Political asylum status.
"At a time when, by some estimates, it costs the federal government over $150,000 a year to lock up a prisoner, why are we putting so many drug offenders behind bars? In a nation in which 15,289 murders were reported in 1997; where there is an average of 2,147 bombings or attempted bombings a year; where over 60 percent of the population can expect to be raped or physically assaulted in their lifetime, does our country's war on drugs make sense? Renee Boje certainly doesn't think so. Hopefull...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 5:49pm PDT
USA Threatens to Boycott World Conference on Racism
US tries to blackmail UN conference organizer over zionism and Black reparations. World leaders condemn attempts to "dictate" the agenda and impose undemocratic pressure....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 5:44pm PDT
Bay Area Protestors Demonstrate for "Peace on Earth and in Space"
Protestors from the Bay Area demonstrated in front of LLNL in memory of the bombing of Hiroshima today. Thirty were briefly arrested and detained....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 5:39pm PDT
VIVA CARLO
Sometimes words are not enough...
This song is dedicated to Carlo Giuliani and to those protesters still missing.
Please feel free to pass it on and make copies.
(Click on the link below to hear the song, 5.29 minutes, 1.3MB)...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 4:05pm PDT
Shipment of Used Military Tanks
...is in Oakland rail yard right now.
Anyone know where they are going?...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 3:40pm PDT
NO MORE HIROSHIMAS!
Thousands protest Nuclear Weapons in Japan...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 1:31pm PDT
Dmitry Sklyarov to be released on $50,000 bond
Dmitry Sklyarov granted bail motion. To be released into custody of Russian man on $50,000 bond today....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 12:53pm PDT
Escaped Slave to Speak at San Fran Music Festival
Escaped slave Francis Bok will speak at CyberFest 2001.
Volunteers are needed....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 12:41pm PDT
Statement Against the War
Statement regarding the War on the Poor to be distributed Monday night at the Vigil and March at 8:30pm at UN Plaza in San Francisco...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 12:28pm PDT
Vigil, Tenderloin March, Demands to City Hall
Protest, March and Demands tomorrow at 8:30pm at UN Plaza: Vigil, March and Demands to end the War Against the Poor from Iraq to San Francisco...
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 8:48pm PDT
"Weekly Update from the Deaf Messenger "Bobby" "Israel" "
Pertinent info and blocked access to this elsewhere brings this article to you. They have been printing my texts in staggered form; thus hitting the "print article" button usually makes it easier to read....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 7:10pm PDT
White Progressives, Black Reparations
A commentary on white "progressives" and activism for reparations....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 2:02pm PDT
Lifeboat building in Bonn, 21 July 2001 (video/x-pn-realvideo 610.2KB)
Thousands of people from all over the World, including the US and especially Europe, built a symbolic lifeboat at the World Climate Talks in Bonn, Germany.
As people nailed planks of wood decorated with messages to the side of the boat, radical cheer leaders sang.
A Samba band guided the boat as it was pulled 2 km to the site of the Talks.
Duration: 5:15 minutes...
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 12:35pm PDT
Homophobia Protest
protest of homophobia and injustice at Egyption consulate regarding the imprisonment of 52 alleged Queers in Egypt....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 11:33am PDT
Abstinence Until Marriage - The Most Dangerous HIV Myth
George W. Bush has claimed that abstinence until marriage will prevent the spread of HIV and unwanted pregnancies. This is a reckless lie and it is the strongest attack yet against women and their reproductive rights....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 11:04am PDT
Death Of Rent Control In Oakland
Newly Released Documents From Oaklands
Councilman (tricky) Dick
Spees Task Force Have Some Startling Revelations!
Intent Was To End Rent Control In Oakland....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 7:46am PDT
Physician's Group Calls for a Halt to Depleted Uranium Ammunition Use
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Martin Butcher, director of security programs with Physicians for Social Responsibility, a group founded more than 20 years ago to oppose the nuclear arms race. Butcher explains why his group is concerned with the use of depleted uranium weapons, and what he believes should be done about it....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2001 6:21am PDT