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imageMove Heaven and Earth to Defend the Life of Chairman Gonzalo
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by Al-Masakin
Move Heaven and Earth to Defend the Life of Chairman Gonzalo By Cde. Majdur Travail...
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 10:56am PDT
textMilk Money: How Corporate Interests Shaped Government Health Policy for Women by Democracy Now (reposted)
Last summer, the Department of Health and Human Services unveiled an ad campaign to promote breast-feeding in the United States. We look at how baby formula corporations put intense pressure on the government to change its approach and eventually reshaped the campaign....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 7:47am PDT
imageBay Area's Own Tom Lantos Votes To Ammend The Bill Of Rights
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by reposts
Three Bay Area members of Congress voted Wednesday for a perennial proposed constitutional amendment to outlaw the burning of the Stars and Stripes. Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo; Rep. Richard Pombo, R-Tracy; and Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater, were among the 286 yea votes, which was eight more than the amendment needed to pass the House....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 6:12am PDT
textUS: mass layoffs continue by wsws (reposted)
The bankrupt supermarket chain Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it would sell or close 326 stores and cut 22,000 jobs. The company currently operates 901 stores in nine Southern states and 12 in the Bahamas....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 5:15am PDT
textThe New York Times’ Joseph Lelyveld: another “liberal” defense of torture by wsws (reposted)
In the lead article in the New York Times Magazine of June 12 (“Interrogating Ourselves”), Joseph Lelyveld weighed in on issue of torture and abuse of prisoners held by the United States government. Lelyveld, a former managing editor of the New York Times and frequent political commentator, set out an argument for the legalization of some forms of abuse, and in doing so joined the growing list of American “liberal” apologists of torture....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 5:13am PDT
textBill Moyers On The Radical Right Undermining Of The Independence Of Public Broadcasting by Democracy Now (reposted)
With the increasing politicization of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the threat of funding cuts in Congress, public media in this country is facing a serious crisis. We spend the hour with legendary journalist Bill Moyers - the subject of much of the pressure brought by CPB chair Kenneth Tomlinson....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 5:10am PDT
textPhilly Bio Arrestees need your help! by SF BIO Jane DOE
bail funds needed1...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 9:44pm PDT
textprotesters charged with killing cop at biotech/skateboard demo by philly.imc
Look at the updated newswire at Philadelphia IMC. A biotech Industry conference which was held in San Francisco last year was held in Philadelphia this week, and received a similar protest due to ethical/economic concerns. Yesterday, skateboarders were holding a convergence, and decided to have a parade/protest by skating in Love Park where it had been banned. A police officer who hadn't been in the center of a small conflict suffered a heart attack and died in the stressful situation, and fo...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 8:22pm PDT
textCHEAR Campaign Update by Campaign 2 repeal Higher Education Act Drug..
The Campaign to repeal the Higher Education Act (HEA) Drug Provision has continued to pick up steam this Congress. I'm forwarding along this campaign update in case you want the details. Please review the issue abstracts for a quick run down, but if you want the full coverage, just read on...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 9:42am PDT
textNat'l Council of Churches calls for Withdrawal from Iraq by Nat'l Council of Churches
The National Council of Churches in the US calls for withdrawal from Iraq....
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 7:35am PDT
textBush, Congress snatch funds from injured 9/11 workers by wsws (reposted)
Ever since September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has invoked the mass killings of that day and, in particular, the heroism of firefighters and other workers who responded to the catastrophe to promote a policy of global militarism and attacks on democratic rights....
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 5:16am PDT
textThe Washington Post and the Downing Street memo by wsws (reposted)
"the Washington Post, the capital’s leading “liberal” newspaper, not only relegated Conyers’s hearing to its inside pages, it published a sneering and derogatory account that did not seek to conceal the newspaper’s fury over the congressman’s attempt to break through the wall of silence on the memo."...
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 5:15am PDT
textHe's trying to block birth control - help us block him! by Pro Choice America
To make matters worse, Bush has nominated Lester Crawford, who has helped block attempts to improve women's access to birth control, for the top job at the FDA. During his tenure as acting commissioner, the FDA has ignored the recommendation from its own scientific and medical experts and blocked an application to make the morning-after pill available without a prescription....
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 12:36am PDT
textSHAC7 mistrial -- case now delayed until September at least by foa
Ill lawyer prompts mistrial in animal extremist case...
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 4:58pm PDT
textStudy Says "To Cut Fat, Eat Less Meat" by karen dawn
DawnWatch: Washington Post health column, "To Cut Fat, Eat Less Meat" 6/21/05...
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 4:40pm PDT
textChicago: PETA sues to block transfer of 4 elephants from farm by karen dawn
DawnWatch: Chicago Tribune front page "PETA sues to block transfer of 4 elephants from farm." 6/17/05...
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 1:25pm PDT
text Starbucks workers fight anti-union campaign by IWW
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Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 12:04pm PDT
text Nevada medical marijuana activist arrested on drug charge by Las Vegas Sun
A medical marijuana activist was in custody Thursday after his second arrest in 17 months on felony drug charges....
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 11:58am PDT
textCrystal meth's comeback a lethal dose for gay men by Houston Chronicle (repost)
In the embrace of this easily and cheaply available drug known on the street as "mambo jambo," "crystal," "Tina," "crank" or "crissy," inhibitions vanish. The shy grow bold; the ugly, handsome; the flabby and middle-aged, svelte and virile....
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 11:20am PDT
textNew Bipartisan Bill Would Give Bi-National Couples Equal Treatmen by Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign today lauded the introduction of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) in the House of Representatives and Senate - a bill that would treat same-sex couples the same as opposite sex-couples for the purposes of immigration....
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 11:14am PDT
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