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Grand Jury Resister Jailed
Animal Advocate Jailed for Standing Up to Abuse by the Federal Grand Jury Process...
Posted: Sat, Aug 28, 2004 10:41am PDT
For those about to rock...
forke sez: Exactly what is now happening in NYC. It’s amazing. While they try to provoke people into going negative against people who have no intention or interest in being violent, the media and the Rove gang continue to feed the pessimists planted throughout the Kerry grassroots and probably even campaign staff. The idea is to make everyone feel that Kerry has lost his luster and whining and sniping him is what every angry Democrat really wants to do anyway. And if they do, then the Repub...
Posted: Sat, Aug 28, 2004 1:46am PDT
No Justice! No Peace! Help the Police
The Republican National Convention that will begin Monday in New York City has stirred up the expected buzz in the various parties gearing up for the event. From the hundreds of thousands who will flow into New York to protest one hears a variety of intentions "We're going to Central Park whether we get a permit or not!". From of the corporate press, "Hard-core anarchists plan to release live
mice on Broadway". Thanks to them the discussion has once again been reduced fro...
Posted: Sat, Aug 28, 2004 1:32am PDT
FBI Investigates: Name the Israeli Spy in the Pentagon
This should be front page news but will it be?...
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 11:31pm PDT
ISRAELI SPY CAUGHT IN TOP POSITION OF PENTAGON
Let's see how the "fair and balanced" US media handles this one... Wonder if there will even be a public follow-up on this story... Or will the US simply let the SPY flee to Israel after being charged with "visa violations"? Thanks to Zionist American-Israelis in high places in the US government....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 11:19pm PDT
Poll: Majority of Women Do Not Feel Understood by Bush or Kerry
A survey conducted by Lifetime Television in July found that fewer than 10 percent of women feel that either President Bush or Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry understands them well. Broken down by candidate, 51 percent of the women polled said that Bush understands them not well or not at all, and 39 percent said the same about Kerry, reports KRON4.com...
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 10:48pm PDT
New Overtime Laws Devastating to Middle- and Lower-Income Americans
"Today, over 6 million working Americans will begin to feel the effects of the Bush administration's latest American holiday—'Wal-Mart Appreciation Day,'" said NOW President Kim Gandy, who joined Senators Tom Harkin and Arlen Specter, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, and hundreds of union employees in a joint press conference this afternoon outside of the Department of Labor....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 10:45pm PDT
New York Judge Strikes Down Unconstitutional Federal Abortion Ban
Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) applauded the ruling issued today in National Abortion Federation (NAF) v. Ashcroft, a lawsuit challenging the federal abortion ban passed by Congress last October and signed by President Bush....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 10:43pm PDT
Ballot Access: Unsafe in Any State
Bush has moved past Kerry in the battleground states of Ohio, Missouri, and Wisconsin, in part because Kerry is "attracting only about four-fifths or fewer of the voters in the three states who said they want a new course." And what do the Democrats do? Crank up the Anybody But Nader campaign! In Butler, Board of Elections Deputy Director Betty McGary, a Democrat, and Board of Elections Director Robert Mosketti, a Republican, collaborated with each other to disqualify 95% [!] of ...
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 8:01pm PDT
Whispered Media Reporting From The RNC
Check out the daily reports from members of Whispered Media reporting from the RNC in NYC....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 7:09pm PDT
Logistical Info for Sunday's UFPJ Demo in NYC
To help the day go smoothly, please read through all of the logistical information
below. Forward this email to any and all appropriate email lists, and to anyone you
know who might be attending our protest....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 5:52pm PDT
Pirate Radio to Moor at Republican National Convention
Susan's article on Critical Mass Radio ran today in the LA Times, as well as the Chicago Tribune....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 2:03pm PDT
Average republicans' responses to Michael Moore at RNC
Michael Moore will have press credentials at the RNC to write columns for USA Today, and was selected along with Ann Coulter who wrote columns from the DNC. Various republican delegates suggest they will pummel him and kick his ass....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 12:48pm PDT
"The Young Must Have a Chance"
"The whole financial regime between the country, territories and communities is out of order. The communes were sacrificed on the altar of tax reform. Enough money is there.. Lengthening working hours in a time of weak growth and high unemployment is absurd.."...
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 9:39am PDT
A.N.S.W.E.R Coalition's Position on Central Park Rally
he A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is announcing today plans to distribute tens of thousands
of leaflets at New York City subway stops today and tomorrow morning informing
people of their basic rights regarding the use of the Great Lawn and Central Park....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 1:02am PDT
RNC Update 6 A Great Beginning!!
Today the DNC to RNC march arrived in New York, after walking 258 miles from
the Democratic National Convention in Boston to here. They had planned for
people to meet them at Columbus Circle, and I arrived after a pleasant
afternoon in the Bronx at the community garden the Green Bloc is supporting....
Posted: Thu, Aug 26, 2004 11:54pm PDT
Exxon/Mobil, the RNC & Widespread Nonviolent Militancy
Decentralized direct actions worldwide...
Posted: Thu, Aug 26, 2004 6:28pm PDT
Critical Mass Radio Broadcast Friday!!
That's right - the dawn of Critical Mass Radio Network is finally here! You can tune in for your local slice of the action at 6pm PST... but tune in all day for segments from radio stations across the US - we stand in opposition to Bush's imperialist regime AND we know how to rock out. Call into Enemy Combatant Radio, your local CMRN affiliate, at 415-864-1006!!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 26, 2004 4:43pm PDT
The Mayor's Grass
Thomas Good, Organizer
Socialist Party of New York City
339 Lafayette Street, Suite 303
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 347 524-5631...
Posted: Thu, Aug 26, 2004 4:39pm PDT
Report from ACT UP demo in NYC today
ACT UP/NY and ACT UP/Philadelphia held a great action today that led to the
first arrests of the Republican National Convention in NYC....
Posted: Thu, Aug 26, 2004 3:37pm PDT