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Neo-Maoist Part and Army Forces 100,000 Nepalese to be Refugees
While not killing 10's of Millions of Chinese citizens or shipping arms abroad Mao made many long 6 hour speeches. He said political power grows out the barrel of a gun....
Posted: Fri, Jun 15, 2001 1:05am PDT
Pacifica Board Loses 2 - Flashpoints Radio, June 14, 2001 (audio link)
KPFA Flashpoints Radio June 6, 2001 (link to audio in text below)
- Two more victories as TWO MORE PACIFICA BOARD MEMBERS RESIGN! W/ Dan Coughlin of the Pacifica Campaign and Carol Spooner (18 min)
- Interview w/ Amy Dean of the South Bay labor council (12 min)
- Palestinian Film Festival starts Friday in San Francisco (14 min)...
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2001 11:59pm PDT
Pacifica Update: Angry Listeners Tune Out WBAI Fund Drive
WBAI’s efforts to fire its audience and bring in replacement listeners appears to have foundered during its recent spring fundraising drive.
The station’s 20-day spring fund drive netted $350,000-$400,000, or less than half of the $850,000 it normally takes in during its spring drive, according to organizers of the Pacifica Campaign....
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2001 11:49pm PDT
A Little DC-in-the-Fall IMF Protest Information
Hello, my name is Horst Kohler. I am the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. Today, I would like to take full advantage of this website to extend a very warm invitation to all social activists worldwide....
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2001 7:29pm PDT
6/24 SF Gay Celebration
Join the Labor Contingent in the 31st Annual Gay Pride March in San Francisco on June 24, 2001....
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2001 7:02pm PDT
The Shortwave Report 6/15/01 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
A 30 minute weekly review of news and opinions recorded from a shortwave radio. In English. Free to rebroadcast upon notification. 13.6MB Radio Netherlands, Germany, China, Russia, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2001 6:37pm PDT
BioTech Devestation at UC Berkeley
At the upcoming BioDevestation protests in San Diego people will be focused on the Monsanto' and Novartis' of the world, mass producers of bioengineered hazards to nature. What about what is happening in our back yards at UC Berkeley?...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2001 10:26pm PDT
Active-fest 2001: Odyssey Beyond Babylon
Announcement of a gathering/training session in Boonville, CA July 13-15, 2001....
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2001 4:01pm PDT
an evening in south berkeley
an encounter with your friendly, local berkeley police....
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2001 3:19pm PDT
PALESTINIAN CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER SIEGE (#4): Gaza's Mental Health Crisis
Demolitions are often carried out without any advance notice, often at
night, and the effect can be absolutely terrifying. This emerges
clearly
from this issue of 'On the Record,' which profiles a family from Gaza
that was asleep when their house was torn down. Months later the entire
family is still deeply traumatized....
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2001 2:38pm PDT
Action & Workshops vs Ecuadorian oil pipeline
An international oil consortium has won acceptance to build a new pipeline through four National Parks in Ecuador. Other routes are available; however, the Ecuadorian President has backed this route to prove that he is potent. Non-violence workshops are being organized, direct actions are planned. You all need to help!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2001 2:34pm PDT
Urgent! Law may turn public lands into "Fee" areas!
Existing outrage and action must be expanded against attempts to turn all national parks & monuments into privatized Fee-For-Entry areas for the benefit of tourism & recreation industries....
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2001 12:41pm PDT
Eco-Anarchist Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison
22 years for defending the Earth...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2001 11:00am PDT
Campaign Continues to Push for Closure of U.S. Army's School of the Americas
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Father Roy Bourgeois, who founded the School of the America's Watch more than a decade ago, to bring attention to the human rights violations of its graduates....
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2001 2:29am PDT
Flashpoints Radio June 11, 2001
Timmy McVeigh culture, Oakland School Board, Kids First, and Youth Against Community Injustice, Purple Berets and Maria Sanchez of the Sonoma Women's Justice Center 50 minutes...
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2001 11:58pm PDT
The Campaign to Take Back Pacifica
Mokhiber and Weissman are co-authors of Corporate Predators: The Hunt for MegaProfits and the Attack on Democracy...
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2001 8:56pm PDT
MUD, Willie and Burton: Progressive Left party
PROGRESSIVE LEFT CALLS FOR WORKERS AND CONSUMERS TO RUN MUD...
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2001 8:45pm PDT
Virtual Sit-In for Vieques, Wed. June 13th!
On Wednesday, June 13th, 2001, beginning at 9am EST and continuing for 24 hours, join the
Virtual Sit-In for Vieques at
http://www.freespeech.org/provieques...
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2001 7:50pm PDT
Anti-Mexican extremists threaten to 'contaminate' water used by migrant workers.
"Place decoy jugs of saltwater and urine in the desert. And make them look just like the jugs of water that others are leaving to assist foreign lawbreakers in our national invasion." - Ronald J. Brown, a participant on the rabidly anti-Mexican bulletin board at
http://www.ccir.net/webcgibin/index.cgi...
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2001 4:44pm PDT
New Plastic Bullets Deployed
a more lethal plastic bullet has been deployed in N. Ireland....
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2001 4:21pm PDT