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REAL ID Vote likely tonight or tommorow - ACT NOW!!!
Please contact your Senators today, and urge them to oppose the
REAL ID Act. Call your Senators by dialing the Capitol
Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and send the e-mail below!...
Posted: Tue, Apr 19, 2005 11:35am PDT
Videos expose false arrests at 2004 Republican Convention protests in New York
Seven months after the mass arrests of over 1,800 protesters at the Republican Convention in New York City last summer, 91 percent of the nearly 1,700 cases that have been concluded have resulted in acquittals or the dismissal of charges. Four hundred cases were dismissed after video recordings made by volunteer observers and others showed that there was no reason for the arrests, the New York Times reported last week. Some of the videos also exposed false testimony by the police....
Posted: Tue, Apr 19, 2005 6:37am PDT
Pepper Spray Q-Tip Swabbing Case interview (audio/mpeg 21.2MB)
Update on Pepperspray Trial in SF, CA...
Posted: Mon, Apr 18, 2005 6:03pm PDT
Supreme Court to Hear Appeal on Hallucinogenic Tea
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether the federal government must allow the U.S. branch of a Brazilian-based religion to import a hallucinogenic tea for use as a sacrament....
Posted: Mon, Apr 18, 2005 3:58pm PDT
US Top Court to Decide Police Search Case
The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether one occupant may give the police consent to search a residence, even though the other occupant already has objected....
Posted: Mon, Apr 18, 2005 3:56pm PDT
Back on the street blues
A weekly cartoon from Dirtworshiping Heathens Sketchbook...
http://home.comcast.net/~shajon/index.html...
Posted: Sun, Apr 17, 2005 12:57pm PDT
Disability Group Calls for Immediate Changes in Emergency Planning for People with Disabil
National Council on Disability Calls for Immediate Changes in Emergency Planning for People with Disabilities...
Posted: Sun, Apr 17, 2005 10:40am PDT
Victory for Choice
Last week, the United States Senate voted on an important issue for
women's health worldwide. It passed my amendment to repeal the Global
Gag Rule on international family planning assistance....
Posted: Sun, Apr 17, 2005 10:34am PDT
California Safe Schools May 14, 2005 Health & Safety Conference
"United for Safety"
Health & Environmental Conference...
Posted: Sat, Apr 16, 2005 10:33pm PDT
Congress Considers Increased Marijuana Penalties!
I am writing today to urge you to take action against a dangerous bill
that is currently making its way through Congress. H.R. 1528, "The Safe
Access to Drug Treatment & Child Protection Act of 2005" would
dramatically increase mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug
offenses....
Posted: Sat, Apr 16, 2005 8:52pm PDT
ALERT: Blind musher in brutal Iditarod is honored - WRITE
Rachael Scdoris, the legally blind woman who raced in the 2005 Iditarod, will be grand marshal of the Starlight Parade presented by Southwest Airlines, according to an announcement made by the Portland Rose Festival. People who participate in Iditarod brutalities don't deserve honors....
Posted: Sat, Apr 16, 2005 5:40pm PDT
'No to Appeasement, No to War, Yes to Democratic Change by the Iranian People, Resistance
'No to Appeasement, No to War, Yes to Democratic Change by the Iranian People and the Resistance,' Declares Convention...
Posted: Sat, Apr 16, 2005 10:39am PDT
Salmon Mystery in the Pacific Northwest!
Scientists are shocked by the low numbers of spring chinook salmon that have returned so far to the Columbia River this season - in a year when they were forecasting a huge run. This lack of fish is very scary - and may be the result of warm water conditions, potentially resulting from global warming, off the West Coast this year. However, nobody really knows exactly what is going on right now....
Posted: Fri, Apr 15, 2005 10:53am PDT
May 18, National Call to Action Against Halliburton in Houston, Texas
On May 18, 2005, Halliburton will hold their annual shareholders' meeting in the Belly of the Beast, Houston, Texas. As the petrochemical capital of the world, a walk through downtown Houston is a veritable who's who of corporate gluttons and war profiteers. From Enron to Halliburton, George Bush, Sr. to Ken Lay, Houston is home to the worst of the worst. In defiance, the Houston Global Awareness Collective and the Austin Spokescouncil have taken up the fight, but we need your help…...
Posted: Fri, Apr 15, 2005 6:31am PDT
Free Radio Santa Cruz: National War Tax Resistance coordinating committee
Mp3 Audio Interview with Ed Hedermann of NTRCC about War Tax Resistance and what you can do, often asked questions....
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 8:55pm PDT
Bolton On the UN (audio/mpeg 37.6KB)
12 second clip of how John Bolton really views the U.N.
excerpt from his panel speech to the Federalist Society, 1994...
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 11:49am PDT
KmB Pro-People Youth USA Website Operational
KmB connects local issues in the U.S. to broader international issues-mainly the National Democratic struggle in the Philippines. This can only be attained by addressing the 3 root problems - imperialism, bureaucrat capitalism, and feudalism. Kabataang maka-Bayan is National Democratic in character because it fights for national sovereignty and interests of the majority of the oppressed masses in the Philippines....
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 1:56am PDT
Smithfield Packing Guilty of Threatening, Physically Assaulting Workers
UFCW: Smithfield Packing Guilty of Threatening, Physically Assaulting Workers - Again; Company Police Force Instigate Plant Riot in Assault on Workers; NLRB Orders Reinstatement of Workers, Payment of Lost Wages...
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 12:38am PDT
May 1: End the War! Abolish Nukes!
Sunday, May 1, 2005
NO WAR, NO NUKES!
End the War in Iraq: Bring Our Troops Home Now
Fund Essential Programs at Home, Not War Abroad
Abolish All Nuclear Weapons Worldwide...
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 12:33am PDT
Enemy Combatant Radio Down But Not Out
Technical difficulties winged the indybay radio station...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 6:33pm PDT