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Lockdown New York
great first hand account of getting swept up by NYPD at RNC by one of the best radical journalists in the U.S.(and a heck of an editor)...
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 4:19pm PDT
Mark equality plea "on the money"
Turn paper currency into leaflets, by marking the equality sign ( = ) on each bill....
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 2:10pm PDT
Ivan the Terrible and his Siblings
Three words: wrath of God....
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 11:44am PDT
AFRO-PUNK OFFICE A VICTIM OF ARSON!
On Monday Sept. 13th at around 2pm the building that houses the afro-punk offices
was set on fire. Apparently, the first floor failing clothing store owner, in an
act of desperation, set a phone book on fire and took a little walk....
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 10:05am PDT
Nader 2000 Supporters Unite to Support Fascism
"Look, I'm prepared to take any action necessary to protect the
country, and I'm prepared to act unilaterally if we have to," Kerry insists,
noting that he backed the use of force in Grenada, Panama, Kosovo and
Afghanistan. "But there is a way to do it that strengthens the hand of
the United States. George Bush has weakened the hand of the United
States."...
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 8:40am PDT
Call for 10/8 National Boycott by GLBTQ Community
When President George W. Bush announced his support of the gay marriage ban on February 24, 2004, something snapped in Dale Duncan and Joe Henderson, a gay couple together for ten years living in Atlanta, Georgia. Both men decided it was time to do something....
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 12:42am PDT
Our worst fears: Vote Tampering
By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes is created in the Diebold central tabulator, a program installed in 1,000 locations, which controls both paper ballots and touch-screens, each system handling up to a million votes at a time. Full story After invoking the 2-digit trigger, this second set of votes can be changed so that it no longer matches the correct set of votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds t...
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 6:45pm PDT
Call for Anarchist Contingent at Million Worker March
Washington DC, October 17th, 11:00 AM...
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 6:06pm PDT
Another Snitch in the AR Movement
In exchange for a lighter sentence, a man accused of setting fire at Brigham Young University promises to testify against other activists....
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 11:56am PDT
Economics and Ethics: The Stakeholder Model
"Businesses cannot be reduced only to the principle of profit maximization.. Businesses are bound in a relational structure of different claimant groups including a critical public alongside the tradi-tional economic actors..Brent Spar is an example."...
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 10:23am PDT
Rabbi Says ADL Leader Foxman is the Jews' "Worst Enemy"
True enough....
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 9:10am PDT
Amnesty International Report: Racial Profiling Undermines National Security
9/13: Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) today released a report demonstrating that racial profiling practices by law enforcement have expanded in the government's war on terror and have affected an estimated one of nine Americans....
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 11:54pm PDT
An anti-RNC Report Back from the Bay Area Radical Health Collective
this is the text of an editorial i wrote right after the anti-RNC actions...it reflects my views as a medic in those actions. i belong to the affinity group Bay Area Radical Health collective...
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 11:05pm PDT
National Student Campaign for Starbucks Workers
Join the Campaign for Starbucks Workers: An independent, student-led initiative supporting the Starbucks Workers Union IWW IU/660......
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 8:14pm PDT
Notes on What to Be Done
Some thoughts on the tasks of revolutionary social movements...
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 7:36pm PDT
Petition against the firing of union organizer Tom Kappas
Take 30 seconds to sign the petition against the firing of union organizer Tom Kappas by Wild Oats. Link below....
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 5:25pm PDT
US Expert Sees Danger of World Recession
"The new administration elected in November 2004 must systematically reduce the deficits. Otherwise an inflation threatens. America within the next two years could lead into a recession.."...
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 10:41am PDT
leftish ex-Nader supporters for Kerry
Long list of liberal, progressive and leftist americans who supporter Nader last time but now support Kerry in swing states....
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 10:25am PDT
US Poverty Increases Despite Economic Upturn
"It is remarkable when the increase of poverty and the growing holes of the social net are admitted by the official agencies. Altogether the US study shows that no limits are set to increased poverty in the land of unlimited possibiliities."...
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 10:22am PDT
Feed Your Alternative Media Week
A call for the people to organize public fundraisers in October to support alternative media....
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 10:01am PDT