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bring to the awareness of SF-IMC readers ... Moussaoui: FBI Planted Tracking Device. ...
would it be fair for sfindy to spread it to its readers by placing this news on the front page of SF indy home page?????? First Amendment...
Posted: Fri, Jan 10, 2003 9:15pm PST
Crowds Gather at SF INS To Demand End To Racist Roundups
Hundreds Of San Franciscans showed up for a noon rally at the INS to protest its racist policy of requiring men from certain Islamic countries to register with immigration authorities. Hundreds of immigrants are in California jails after coming forward to comply with this new rule....
Posted: Fri, Jan 10, 2003 5:28pm PST
San Francisco Shows Its Opposition To the INS's Racist Policies
Hundreds Of San Franciscans showed up for a noon rally at the INS to protest its racist policy of requiring men from certain Islamic countries to register with immigration authorities. Among the speakers were Reverend Cecil Williams, Tom Ammiano, Survivors of the Roundup of Japanese Americans during WWII, and members of many other activist groups....
Posted: Fri, Jan 10, 2003 5:15pm PST
Pictures From Protest At The INS
Hundreds Of San Franciscans showed up for a noon rally at the INS to protest its racist policy of requiring men from certain Islamic countries to register with immigration authorities. Hundreds of immigrants are in California jails after coming forward to comply with this new rule....
Posted: Fri, Jan 10, 2003 5:06pm PST
Immigrants fear new US policy
BBC Coverage of INS Detentions and SF Protests...
Posted: Fri, Jan 10, 2003 9:45am PST
Genoa police 'admit fabrication'
At least 77 police officers have been under investigation for alleged brutality, and three police chiefs have been moved to other jobs....
Posted: Wed, Jan 8, 2003 9:32am PST
Telegraph Ave: No Smoking, Yes Shopping
... you know the government doesnt give a shit about smoking. What they want is to impose Giuliani-style quality of life laws which drive out the poor and replace them with Starbucks-ready shoppers. Below is a report seen on Copwatch mailing list....
Posted: Wed, Jan 8, 2003 12:12am PST
'Bad Pork' Government
Long, disjointed rant about the US Police State, vile Bush Regime., and the evils of Bad Pork burritos....
Posted: Tue, Jan 7, 2003 4:51pm PST
'Felony stop' leaves family traumatized
"The officer shot him, just blew his head off"...
Posted: Sun, Jan 5, 2003 2:13am PST
Brazil: Two Thousand Families to be Evicted
Two thousand landless families in Guarulhos, Brazil are facing the risk of
eviction on Monday morning. Your international solidarity may be decisive....
Posted: Sat, Jan 4, 2003 4:44pm PST
Cal Budget: Shut Down Prisons
California has a $21 billion deficit and the good Democrat, Gov Gray Davis, wants to make the workingclass pay with budget cuts and hire fees. We need the loudest fightback possible against these attacks on the workingclass and to demand that most of the 33 prisons in California be closed, transferring the prison budget to the grossly underfunded education budget. Top priority must also be given to abolishing the death penalty....
Posted: Wed, Jan 1, 2003 9:07am PST
Reuters: US Violating International Law By Torturing Prisoners To Get Confessions
Thu December 26, 2002 07:38 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA interrogators have been using "stress and duress" techniques on captured enemies in Afghanistan that blur the line between legal and inhumane, the Washington Post reported Thursday....
Posted: Thu, Dec 26, 2002 2:17pm PST
Video From INS Protest In CA
"[H]ere are some photos and footage of yesterday's small (200 people) but effective demonstration in front of the San Francisco INS office."...
Posted: Wed, Dec 25, 2002 11:16am PST
US Muslims sue over mass arrests
US Muslim groups have launched a class action lawsuit against Attorney General John Ashcroft and federal immigration officials over the detention of hundreds of Muslim men....
Posted: Tue, Dec 24, 2002 5:37pm PST
What's next, Concentration Camps?
What's next?
Photo essay: L.A. protests against detention of Iranians
Photos by Ramin Tabib and Dorna Khazeni
December 19, 2002
The Iranian...
Posted: Mon, Dec 23, 2002 10:35pm PST
There are innocent people in jail. What are you going to do about it?
Get involved, or perish...
Posted: Mon, Dec 23, 2002 10:31pm PST
Pictures from San Francisco INS Protest
First they came for the Islamic Fundamentalists
and I did not speak out
because I was not an Islamic Fundamentalist.
Then they came for those from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Sudan
and I did not speak out
because I was not from those countries
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me....
Posted: Mon, Dec 23, 2002 2:23pm PST
INS Detainees From Northern California Experiencing Severe Human Rights Violations in SD
SF based Iranian lawyer, Banafsheh Akhlaghi met with several of the Iranian detainees, whom she is representing, at the San Diego INS offices today (Sunday Dec. 22.) The interviews came after days of the detainees being held in isolation with no opportunities to speak with either their Akhlaghi or their families. The detainees reported severe human rights abuses, which were confirmed upon Akhlaghi's visit....
Posted: Mon, Dec 23, 2002 12:17am PST
Call to Action: NorCal INS Demonstration Monday 12/23 in SF
Demonstrate FOR civil liberties to all and AGAINST police state detentions and roundups tomorrow (12/23) at the INS office in San Francisco....
Posted: Sun, Dec 22, 2002 9:40pm PST