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AN UPDATE FOR THE BUSH II REGIME Nov 29 2001
Waging War Against Dissent 2001
The Seattle National Lawyers' Guild WTO Legal Group has updated and
re-released their substantive report on post-WTO militarization of law
enforcement, and the increasing linkage between corporate hegemony and state
violence. Read the full report....
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2001 2:00pm PST
Soccer player nibbles his way into celebration
Associated Press Wednesday, November 28, 2001
MADRID -- Francisco Gallardo has taken celebrating a big goal to a new level.
The Sevilla midfielder has been charged by the Spanish soccer federation's disciplinary committee after he celebrated a teammate's goal by biting the player's penis....
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2001 12:35pm PST
Simple reasoning from a simple guy in support of US military action....
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2001 11:51am PST
E-mail letter concerning Camp Paridise, a homeless encampment, done by the homeless, for the homeless, as an attempt to "have a life". and being worked against by the political structure...
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2001 9:44am PST
Reforms of the 1960s promised a new life to people with mental illness; for too many, those promises turned into neglect and death....
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2001 8:52am PST
Wendell Berry is a farmer, writer, conservationist and teacher
who lives in Henry County, Kentucky....
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 10:34pm PST
A Canadian journalist visited a hospital today, near the border with Afghanistan in Pakistan where a steady stream of civilian wounded are showing up as a result of bombing directly on the city of Kandahar....
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 7:50pm PST
Even though you would think Boeing doesn't need to do much consumer advertising, what they do is brand for their own ideological control of society. This "branding" is actually called propaganda in other societies were people aren't as brainwashed....
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 6:04pm PST
As awareness of GE foods reaches levels seen in Europe, the wholesale rejection of what the British have dubbed "Frankenfood" is likely to be duplicated in the US....
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 3:48pm PST
Well-known charities make millions in salaries!...
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 2:06pm PST
For many, home is a blanket and the food is weeds...
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 2:03pm PST
A leaflet developed by people involved in Sonoma Valley Friday night public vigils against the military intervention in Afghanistan....
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 1:58pm PST
With details of the shocking massacre of pro-Taliban prisoners of war in Mazar-i-Sharif still coming in, there are now unconfirmed reports that about 67 Pakistani Taliban captured in Kunduz were jailed in a school by Northern Alliance troops and then bombed to death by US warplanes....
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 11:57am PST
Information on a panel discussion with LAURA FLANDERS, SCOTT SAGAN, DOUG HENWOOD--presented by Caipirinha productions and Mother Jones magazine....
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 10:56am PST
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Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 9:58am PST
In response to the suspicious detainment of 1,000+ arab Americans, a new coalition has formed in NJ to organize for the nationwide day of action on December 10th. We will keep IMC updated on specifics of the action that the coalition plans, although we encourage organizations to organize autonomously as well. Please endorse this. This is the initial release, so very few, even some in the coalition, have not had the chance to fully confirm their endorsement. However, I can tell you members of ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 4:44am PST
Richmond, CA - At around 7:40pm yesterday, a plume of sulfur trioxide was released from the main stack of the General Chemical plant on Castro Street. Although the plant was eventually shut down, the toxic gas continued to drift over Richmond neighborhoods. The Fire Dept. was not notified until about an hour after the initial release, and the first community alert sirens were not sounded until 9:06pm. "If you're downwind from it, it could harm you" said an unidentified General Chemical plant...
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 1:36am PST
What drove a rich Saudi boy to become a terrorist mastermind? After months of interviews, and gathering startling new testimony from al-Qaeda associates and enemies around the world, Afghanistan specialist Jason Burke sifts fact from rumour to provide the fullest account yet of the life of Osama bin Laden....
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2001 12:34am PST
At Stanford University today, over a hundred people marched to demand that Stanford University Hospital stop subtracting jobs to cut expenses. A delegation of five students peacefully tried to meet with Stanford Hospital Vice President Lou Saksen. The delegation of five were arrested and one woman was injured when a door brutally was closed on her arm....
Posted: Thu, Nov 29, 2001 11:03pm PST