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chimpanzees in captivity
DawnWatch: Chimps shot dead in attack -- superb coverage from Anderson Cooper on CNN with Jeff Corwin 3/3/05...
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 4:54pm PST
J Lo & PETA Do Lunch!
Animal activists made diners at Jennifer Lopez's Pasadena, Calif., restaurant Madre's a little uneasy Thursday as they showed them images of animals skinned alive over lunch.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals followers took their fur protests against Lopez to a new level by protesting outside Madre's....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 4:18pm PST
Take a Stand on Internet Hunting Now
Live animals can now be hunted on the Web, and state lawmaker wants practice stopped. Even the NRA is appalled....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 10:41am PST
Schwarzenegger Selling Access to Policy Meeting After Washington D.C. Fundraiser Today
Schwarzenegger Selling Access to Policy Meeting After Washington D.C. Fundraiser Today...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 12:58pm PST
Damage Control from Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition
Chimps' Attack in California: Wild Animal Escape Rate Reaches All Time High...
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2005 12:24am PST
Bush Administration Declares War on Fish By Renewing Water Contracts
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced its decision to perpetuate
California’s fish and water problems for decades by beginning to sign
contracts with about 200 water districts and water contractors in the
Central Valley Project last week....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 9:36pm PST
UPRISING! Aerial Activism
Uprising! is a community kite-building project that encourages aerial democracy. Join us at the Huntington Beach Art Center on Sunday, March 6 for an afternoon of kite-making and aeromancy (divining messages in the sky)....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 11:59am PST
Bush Hydrogen Vision 'Fueled' By California Station Opening
- In a major step toward achieving President George W. Bush's vision for a hydrogen economy, assistant secretary of Energy David Garman today joined representatives of ChevronTexaco, Hyundai-Kia and UTC Fuel Cells at the opening of a hydrogen fueling station in Chino, CA....
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 11:41pm PST
Hollywood Vandals Brand Bush a Nazi
We previously reported the conservative group, Citizens United, planned to erect two pro-Bush billboards in Hollywood "thanking" Hollywood for Bush's reelection...
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 8:48pm PST
Letter from GLAAD's Eddie Gutierrez (moving on)
As many of you know through our media trainings, I am one to get to the
point and stay on message. So without burying the lead, a wonderful
opportunity has crossed my path: I have been offered the Director of
Communications position for Equality California - California's
statewide lesbian, gay. bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights
organization - and I have decided to pursue this opportunity....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 12:56am PST
Devin Brown Shooting - Debate and Outrage Continue
LOS ANGELES - Residents in South Los Angeles react to the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old suspected car thief with shock and anger and question whether it was justified....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 11:23am PST
URGENT: Your Help Needed to Protect Free Speech in San Diego! Please forward widely!
On January 20th at the Reclaim the Streets demonstration in downtown San Diego, journalist Carly Delso-Saavedra and activist Janice Jordan were both arrested on charges that, according to witnesses, were fabricated. If you have photos or videotape of any arrests made that night...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 8:35pm PST
Linking the American Left to Terror-The Stewart Conviction
The true meaning of the radical persecution of civil-rights attorney Lynne Stewart is simply to link the American left wing with terrorism....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 11:03am PST
NCPA: Opponents Lose on Clear Skies Amendment; Committee Votes for Version That Does Not I
DALLAS, Feb. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have offered a new version of the Clear Skies Act to committee members. The new version of the Act is a clear defeat for critics of the original bill, and scholars at the National Center for Policy Analysis said it would be better for the bill to die in committee rather than move forward with the caps on CO2....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 1:30am PST
Nov. 9-12, 2005: LONG BEACH, CA - The Drug Policy Reform Conference
the Drug Policy Alliance
will be hosting the next international drug policy reform conference -
in Long Beach, California (close to L.A.). It will start on Wednesday
eve, November 9 and end Saturday evening, November 12....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 6:05pm PST
Urge Congress to Oppose the REAL ID Act
ongress is expected to vote later this week on the REAL ID Act,
introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman James
Sensenbrenner (R-WI) on January 26, 2005....
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 9:21pm PST
Same-Sex Couples Must Be Allowed To Marry In New York, Court Rules
Same-Sex Couples Must Be Allowed To Marry In New York, Court Rules; Lambda Legal Says Decision Is ‘Historic, Well Reasoned and Fair’
Lambda Legal brought the case under the state Constitution, saying gay New Yorkers weren’t being treated equally under the law because they couldn’t marry...
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 10:52am PST
Respected comrade targeted by racist police.
Respected comrade targeted by racist police.
An injury to one is an injury to all. Alton has been threatened in his car by police before. He called the police and made it clear that he would not let them murder him. Being commited to defending yourself is distinctly different from "threatening to attack a police officer." That the officers in question knew of his statement, made at a previous profiling incident, is further evidence of a criminal conspiracy among racist police....
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 8:08pm PST
Ward Churchill Comes Under Fire as He Prepares to Speak at College in New York
Prof. Churchill is scheduled to speak at Hamilton College in New York this Thursday, and family members of people who died in the 911 incidents have been protesting his right to speak....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 11:27am PST