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Call for Direct Actions A16
Come to DC for a week of Direct Action and prevention of "Business as Usual" and the Spring World Bank and IMF meetings....
Posted: Mon, Feb 28, 2005 9:58pm PST
Padilla Decision Sends Clear Message that Bush Administration is Not Beyond the Law
Amnesty International USA: Padilla Decision Sends Clear Message that Bush Administration is Not Beyond the Law...
Posted: Mon, Feb 28, 2005 9:53pm PST
GenderPAC Decries School Board’s Ban of Girl in Tux
~Florida high school student excluded from yearbook for refusing to wear a gown and pearls, but parents support their daughter~...
Posted: Mon, Feb 28, 2005 5:24pm PST
1,500th U.S. Troop Death in Iraq, Military Families Mourn and Speak Out:
On the Occasion of the 1,500th U.S. Troop Death in Iraq, Military Families Mourn and Speak Out: How Many More Will Die in a War Based on Lies? Honor the Fallen, and Bring the Troops Home NOW...
Posted: Mon, Feb 28, 2005 4:48pm PST
Study of Asian Pacific American LGBT People Reveals High Rates of Discrimination
"Asian Pacific American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people are often at the margins, experiencing discrimination in both the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities and the Asian Pacific American communities..."...
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 11:43pm PST
Scientists Explore Meth's Role in Immune System
Reports that a New York man may be carrying a rare and possibly virulent
strain of H.I.V. have focused new attention on the biological relationship
between the virus and methamphetamine, a drug that has become increasingly
entwined in the spread of sexually transmitted diseases in cities from San
Francisco to Miami to New York....
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 11:22pm PST
Save Tennessee’s Mountains: Come to the Public Hearing March 1
7:00 p.m. at Cove Lake State Park...
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 1:18pm PST
Petition: Defend Ward Churchill and Protect Academic Freedom
Colorado American Indian Movement (AIM) supports Ward Churchill with a public petition to the Colorado University Regents. Sign on at http://www.coloradoaim.org/wardpetition.htm ....
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 12:54pm PST
"Abstinence and sexual fidelity have played virtually no role"
Abstinence and sexual fidelity have played virtually no role in the much-heralded decline of AIDS rates in the most closely studied region of Uganda, two researchers told a gathering of AIDS scientists here....
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 12:58am PST
U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada given opportunity to stand up...
U.S. and Canadian churches issued moratorium and asked to explain their thinking on same-sex holy unions and consecrating bishops based on their sexual orientation...
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 10:54pm PST
May 1 in Philly: 40th Anniversary of LGBT Movement
Cyndi Lauper Headlines Free Concert in Philadelphia on May 1st at 40th Anniversary of GLBT Civil Rights Movement...
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 10:50pm PST
Town hall meeting on Social Security: Michigan Democrat seeks to contain popular anger
Throughout the country, Congressmen from both the Republican and Democratic parties are holding “town hall” meetings on the Bush administration’s plans for the introduction of individual private accounts to replace government-guaranteed Social Security pensions. The meetings—even those held by Republican politicians—have generally been an occasion for the venting of popular opposition to the reform of Social Security, the linchpin of the limited welfare system in the United States....
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 10:25am PST
It's official--USA is not a democracy
At a conference with Russia's President Putin, USA Chieftain George Bush in effect declared that his own current regime is no democracy. Mr. Bush claims that all democracies have 1) a rule of law; 2) protection of minorities; 3) free press, and 4) a viable opposition. Since his own regime fails on all 4 points, he unwittingly admitted that the current USA is a "failed state."...
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 2:07am PST
S.F. broadcaster forced to drop Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV
Terrorist TV? S.F. broadcaster forced to drop Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV network after State Department labels it "terrorist"...
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 12:23am PST
Kansas Attorney General Negotiates Secret Attack on Women's Rights
"The National Organization for Women condemns the latest action by anti-abortion zealots bent on invading the privacy of women and girls," said NOW President Kim Gandy. "This is outrageous harassment of women and their doctors for base political motives."...
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 12:18am PST
Tom Ridge now sits on Board of Home Depot.
Tom Ridge, the former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and former governor of Pennsylvania, was named to The Home Depot's board of directors,...
Posted: Sat, Feb 26, 2005 12:01am PST
Luis Eduardo Guerra, Human Rights Activist, Assassinated with Six Others in Colombia
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Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 7:13pm PST
Connecticut and Arizona legislation needs your help
Just a couple of minutes of your time can help animals tremendously. These important pieces of legislation need your help!...
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 6:58pm PST
Leaders to Bush Admin.: U.S. Must Reaffirm Historic Women's Human Rights Agreement
Another U.S. Withdrawal at the United Nations? Leaders to Bush Admin.: U.S. Must Reaffirm Historic Women's Human Rights Agreement...
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 6:09pm PST
Juanita Young Continues to Face "Criminal Trespass" Charges; Upcoming Court Date
After one charge was dropped, two bogus
trespass charges still stand and continue to be part of an escalating pattern of
harassment Juanita and her family have suffered at the hands of the NYPD since
Juanita began to expose the cover-up surrounding the point-blank execution of her
son in March 2000 by a NYPD Street Crimes Unit officer, and especially because
Juanita Young emerged as a powerful voice against police brutality and social
injustice....
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 6:02pm PST