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CHICAGO TRANSIT FARE STRIKE: So Far, So Good... One day after fare strike begins, Chicago Transit Authority delays decision on service cuts and layoffs for 6 months. Decision to double paratransit fares in January also reversed, to be looked at again in the spring....
Posted: Sat, Dec 18, 2004 5:13pm PST
In America’s Industrial Heartland Can’t Pay Won’t Pay Campaign takes Off Anger at corporations and their politicians finds concrete expression in North West Indiana...
Posted: Sat, Dec 18, 2004 11:05am PST
44% of Americans Back Limits on Muslims' Rights: Poll CAIRO, December 18 (IslamOnline.net) – A new nation-wide poll showed that a major section of the American society believes fellow Muslim citizens pose a national threat and supports curbing Muslims’ civil rights and monitoring their places of worship....
Posted: Sat, Dec 18, 2004 9:23am PST
Fallujah: LIberated or Obliterated? The best way to make a terrorist is to violate basic human rights and US actions in Fallujah are doing just that....
Posted: Sat, Dec 18, 2004 7:08am PST
We Will Reclaim Our Armed Forces! Speech by Stan Goff at the December 11 Public Meeting and Speak Out in New York City...
Posted: Fri, Dec 17, 2004 9:55pm PST
OREGON civil unions? Trash or treasure? Oregon gay-rights lawyers, beaten in the Nov. election, are now asking for Vermont-style "civil unions".
[ © 2004 The Oregonian. ] Their current attitude contrasts vividly with that expressed by most California marriage advocates, who publicly scorn civil unions....
Posted: Fri, Dec 17, 2004 8:23pm PST
Justice Dept. Concludes 2nd Amendment 'Secures Individual Right' The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today hailed a report from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel that concludes the Second Amendment "secures an individual right to keep and bear arms."...
Posted: Fri, Dec 17, 2004 5:55pm PST
Open Letter To Nancy Pelosi Ms. Pelosi needs to support Congresswoman McKinney in regaining her seniority. We need someone to rock the boat in government. The issue of Congress' role in embezzling Social Security trust funds is also raised in the context of the need for constructive change....
Posted: Fri, Dec 17, 2004 12:16pm PST
Fri: Demand a Hearing to Review Abstinence-Only The following post from The Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States is in regards to an organizational sign-on letter asking for a hearing to fully investigate abstinence-only programs. Your organization needs to sign on by close of business Friday the 17th...
Posted: Fri, Dec 17, 2004 12:05am PST
Peltier seeks to correct illegal sentence Today, in the United States District Court (North
Dakota), attorneys for American Indian activist Leonard Peltier
filed a Motion to Correct an Illegal Sentence.
"Peltier has been illegally imprisoned for nearly 30 years," said
Barry Bachrach, Peltier's attorney....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 11:24pm PST
Border Clean Energy Advocates Grab for Power In the sister cities all along the U.S.-Mexico border, smog is causing mercury
poisoning, asthma symptoms, cardiac problems and premature death. The cities
cannot comply with air quality standards. Meanwhile, visibility in treasured
rural landscapes has declined dramatically....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 11:19pm PST
Hungry and homeless ranks swell in US cities The demand for emergency shelter and food in US cities has risen significantly over the past year, straining a tattered social safety net beyond the breaking point, according to a report released Tuesday by the US Conference of Mayors. The “Hunger and Homeless Survey” covering America’s 27 largest cities showed that requests for food aid increased by 14 percent in 2004, while the demand for shelter rose by 6 percent....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 11:07pm PST
Keep Those Cards and Letters Comin’, Folks Is there any chance of preventing the hammering of the last nail into America’s coffin on Coronation (formerly Inauguration) Day? Yes, but all care must be administered to our critically ill nation ere January 6, or she’s a goner for good. For more details, read on....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 9:54pm PST
Cuba - small country BIG HEALTHCARE Come to a presentation and discussion on Cuban Healh Care and enjoy a holiday potluck with health care activists this Saturday, (Dec 18), at 3:00 PM at the at 626 Pacheo SF, (at the corner of 10th Ave)....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 8:56pm PST
NOW Joins Aggressive Campaign to Stop Destruction of Social Security The National Organization for Women will join a coalition representing millions of people to expose the privatization of Social Security - an overt attempt by the right-wing to fill corporate coffers by looting our national trust fund....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 8:42pm PST
It's Time to Fight Back We will not change our values because the Republicans tell us they're unpopular. Our values are not unpopular; they just haven't been heard lately....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 9:06am PST
First Day of Fare Strike Decends on chicago 
first day of fare strike in chicago against service cuts, job layoffs and fare hikes...
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 12:36am PST
Update on Raich v Ashcroft decision in Ashcroft v. Raich most
likely will come down around February 2005 or March 2005 about three to
four months after the oral argument...If you would like to read the Raich Supreme Court Transcript click on
the link below....
Posted: Wed, Dec 15, 2004 11:50pm PST
Jon W. Davidson, Long-time Senior Counsel for Lambda Legal in Western Region, Takes Helm Lambda Legal today announced that Jon W. Davidson is the organization’s new Legal Director, following a nationwide search over the last few months. Davidson is currently serving as Senior Counsel for Lambda Legal in its Western Regional Office and has worked for Lambda Legal for nine years. Davidson will relocate to New York to work from Lambda Legal’s national headquarters starting in January....
Posted: Wed, Dec 15, 2004 10:18pm PST
Election Deception Dollar Version #8 of the Deception Dollar off the press- includes an "Election Deception Dollar...
Posted: Wed, Dec 15, 2004 4:02pm PST
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