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ACORN, WARN Oppose 'Wal-Mart Bank' ACORN, and WARN (the Wal-Mart Alliance for Reform Now) today submitted official comments to the FDIC opposing Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. request for a charter and deposit insurance protection for a proposed Wal-Mart Bank....
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2005 10:21am PDT
US Radio Host Fired for Anti-Islam Rant WASHINGTON, August23 , 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - A US radio talk-show host said Monday, August22 , he had been fired after branding Islam a "terrorist organization" in remarks slated by Muslim groups as "hate radio."...
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2005 8:27am PDT
Northwest Airlines gloats over union-busting against striking mechanics Three days into a strike by mechanics at Northwest Airlines, executives have begun to gloat over the ability of the company to continue operations....
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2005 8:22am PDT
Air Force colonel accused of defacing cars bearing pro-Bush bumper stickers Denver, Colorado - An Air Force Reserve Lt. Colonel may face criminal charges in a vandalism case. The officer is accused of defacing cars at the Denver International Airport.
He allegedly blacked out pro-Bush bumper stickers on ten vehicles, then spray painted an expletive and the president’s name on the vehicle.
He is director of operations for reserve forces at the National Security Space Institute in Colorado Springs....
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 6:21pm PDT
Photos from Camp Casey, Joan Baez, Sunset Vigil 
Crawford, Texas: Hundreds gather outside of the Bush vacation ranch for a performance by Joan Baez. Camp Casey settles down to prepare for the next wave of activity leading up to next weekend. Bush leaves town for Salt Lake City, a core of approximately two hundred hunker down in Crawford to await his, and Cindy’s return....
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 1:24pm PDT
Cindy Sheehan's Blog Entries from Today and This Weekend her updates from this weekend...
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 1:03pm PDT
Alternatives: Another World is Possible! "The neoliberal policy of the last years is entangled in a deep legitimation crisis. Unemployment is not lowered through social cuts.. Dismantling democracy and increased repression go along with militarization.. Another world is possible when we reorganize cooperative global life.."...
Posted: Mon, Aug 22, 2005 5:59am PDT
Write letters in support of Muhammed Yousry, Lynne Stewart's Arabic translator ou can help Muhammad by writing letters to the
judge in the case. Sentencing, as many of you know, is scheduled for
September....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 10:19pm PDT
Photos from Camp Casey, Steve Earl, and Pro-War Protesters 
Crawford, Texas: There are now about 300 “Meet with Cindy!” supporters spread across three separate vigil locations: the Crawford Peace House in the center of Crawford, the original Camp Casey, and now Camp Casey II. Media yesterday focused on local Crawford businessmen who organized a small “pro-Bush” rally downtown, while dozens of bikers rode out to Camp Casey with a mixed message. Steve Earle closed out the day....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 1:32pm PDT
Republican senator says Iraq looking like Vietnam Washington: A leading Republican senator said Sunday the war in Iraq is looking more like the Vietnam conflict from a generation ago....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 9:44am PDT
US TV station rejects anti-war ad A Utah television station is refusing to air an anti-war ad featuring Cindy Sheehan, whose son's death in Iraq prompted a vigil outside President George Bush's Texas ranch....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 9:22am PDT
In two shootings by Iraq vets, war stress blamed One was a skinny 20-year-old discharged from the Army who couldn't shake the piercing rat-a-tat-tat reminders of combat. The other, a decorated Marine family man whose job preparing bodies of U.S. soldiers for burial had caused clammy, restless nights.
Both home from duty in Iraq, they were on opposite ends of the country, but their stories have much in common....
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 11:29am PDT
Action Alert: Attend Camp Ken in SJ This Weekend - 8/20-21/2005 Camp Ken in San Jose
August 20-21
Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Encampment for Peace (Camp Ken) at
Cesar Chavez Plaza...
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 11:26am PDT
Photos from Camp Casey, Interfaith Service 
Crawford, Texas: At high noon yesterday, a dozen interfaith clergy walked the line of nearly 2,000 wooden crosses before holding a service decrying a "silent war" in Iraq that keeps on killing, "for what noble cause?" Later in the evening, under a newly errected massive tent, award winning artist Marcia Ball preformed....
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 8:29am PDT
Press Release: Cindy Sheehan Leaves Crawford Temporarily Cindy Sheehan Returning To Bay Area......
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 2:56pm PDT
A World for the Taking: Squatting In the USA 
My name is Julio and I'm 28. I grew up in the Bay Area but moved to Southern California in my late teens. Since I came back to the Bay Area seven years ago, I've been homeless off and on. Originally it was due to the cost of living not being very easy to keep up with. For a while I lived in hostels and crack hotels, but soon gave that up and started squatting, which was an easy way for me to live rent-free. A few years later I began hopping trains and have since traveled across the country, s...
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 1:55pm PDT
Who You Calling 'Wetback'? A Chicano Becomes The Immigrant 
Growing up as a Chicano, three generations deep in the United States, I have always felt the segregation between Chicanos and Mexican immigrants -- what we call "border brothers" and some call "wetbacks." It is a clash of identity and misunderstanding on both sides. Even something as lethal as the gang warfare between Nortenos and Surenos here in the Bay Area has this conflict at its base....
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 1:36pm PDT
Texas Postal Workers Applaud Delivery of Peace House Mail [There have been problems with mail delivery to Crawford Peace House, including demands that if full 9-digit zip code wasn't used, mail wouldn't be delivered.] This incident has been reported today by jaysunb at Democratic Underground. Don't know how accurate the report is, but I thought people would like to hear about it (and possibly use email contacts to let the media know about it.)...
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 1:15pm PDT
Cindy Sheehad and lovoluion 
Lovolution is a world-wide non-violent spiritual transformation; the evolution of revolution; Cindy Sheedhan's protest is lovolution!...
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 8:55am PDT
Texas AFL-CIO takes stand against ‘Minutemen’ HOUSTON — The Texas AFL-CIO held its 45th convention at the new, all-union Hilton Americas Hotel here Aug. 11-13.
Among its decisions, the convention took a strong stand in support of immigrant rights and against racism — particularly against the “Minutemen” vigilantes who are threatening to carry out their anti-immigrant program in Houston this October....
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 6:45am PDT
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