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7/13: Women to call white house
Religious, Environmental, HIV/AIDS and Women’s Health Groups Join in National Call-in Day to Demand Bush Administration Fund UN Population Fund (UNFPA)...
Posted: Mon, Jul 12, 2004 7:56pm PDT
Detainees in Israel statement of support for hunger strikers
Jamie Spector and 2 others currently detained by the Israeli authorities have made this statement in support of the hunger strike in A-Ram against the new wall....
Posted: Mon, Jul 12, 2004 4:38pm PDT
Comparative Anthropology
Anesthetized in deep denial, modern man loses connection to the deep questions. Driven by shadow issues (Thomas Frank), we can trivialize questions of quality of life. In a time of botched intelligence and ketsup varieties, we can gain new strength from liberation theology....
Posted: Mon, Jul 12, 2004 6:27am PDT
Harassment of DNC Protesters Escalates
Despite the Boston Police Department's stated
commitment to protect people's First Amendment rights
during the DNC, the BPD has... started a
campaign of preemptive action that could chill protest participants' lawful speech activities during the Democratic National Convention (DNC)....
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 11:59pm PDT
Transgender Inclusion in Party Platform Falls Short
With an unprecedented seven transgenders participating in the national level delegation process, hopes were high that one of the two major party platforms would add language affirming the need for supporting equality for the transgender community. The party platform holding the most promise for the transgender community was the Democratic National Committee (DNC) platform....
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 11:34pm PDT
Bush Prepares to postpone elections.
Bush has taken the first steps toward "postponing" or "cancelling" the November election which would allow him to continue on in office indefinitely should a "terrorist" attack take place from "al Qaeda"... Are we heading for another Reichstag fire?...
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 9:24pm PDT
MATT TAIBBI of NY Press responds to Christopher Hitchen's "Lies of Michael Moore"
Say what you want about Moore, but he picked himself up and did something, something approximating the role journalism is supposed to play. The rest of us—let's face it—are just souped-up shoe salesmen with lit degrees....
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 8:27pm PDT
Mutant Fest, autonomate or die
So maybe you thought that going to the rainbow gathering would be cool if there were less hippies or maybe you think burning man would be great if it were free and there were less stock brookers. This festival is for you, the DIY, free spirit who wants to create a world worth living in and never ask the state for permission....
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 6:51pm PDT
IndyMedia at the DNC '04
Boston Independent Media Center
Democratic National Convention Projects
Are you coming to Boston for the Democratic National Convention this July? Are you planning to work with the Independent Media Center?...
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 3:08pm PDT
Soldiers Return with Brain Injuries
A growing number of military personnel are suffering brain injuries in combat as insurgents in Iraq rely on small explosive devices and grenades to attack U.S. troops. Military doctors are working to diagnose and treat traumatic brain injuries earlier to blunt some of the adverse effects suffered by brain trauma patients....
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 2:48pm PDT
Why Nader?
This is an article in defense of the candidacy of Ralph Nader....
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 7:53am PDT
For Bush, Surplus Labor Hidden In Plain Sight
Under Bush, 'marginal' workers hidden...
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 6:52am PDT
Heated Debate As Senate Takes Up Gay Marriage Ban
A deeply divided Senate Friday afternoon began debate on the Federal Marriage Amendment to ban same-sex marriage....
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 12:20am PDT
Kerry To Return To DC For Anti-Gay Vote
John Kerry and running mate John Edwards have pledged to leave the campaign trail and return to Washington to vote against the Federal Marriage Amendment...
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 12:18am PDT
Senate Marriage Debate Started This Weekend
as expected, we only have a
few short
days left before the U. S. Senate votes on one of the most important
civil
rights issues in recent history.
We CAN win this one. But only if all of us - whether you are brand new
to
this battle or have been working with us for a long time - continue to
fight
right up until the vote....
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 12:18am PDT
Stealing From The Poor, The Section 8 Scandal
The Bush Administration Is Stealing Billions In Assets Used By The Poor To Cover Their Housing Needs!...
Posted: Sat, Jul 10, 2004 9:26pm PDT
An Open Letter to the Financial Times
Mr. O'Cat sharpens his claws on the editor of the Financial Times regarding the op-ed piece "Lay Off The Cuffs"....
Posted: Sat, Jul 10, 2004 6:03pm PDT
When is Political Violence Justified?
Today I am writing about a very sensitive subject. Indeed, at this point in time it is a very dangerous subject to write about. The subject is political violence: when is it justified and when is it not justified. There are many positions on this topic and like most topics there are extreme positions. One extreme position is that political violence is never justified. This is the belief held by pacifists and followers of Gandhi. At the other extreme we find believers in political violen...
Posted: Sat, Jul 10, 2004 6:41am PDT
7/4: Trial of People's Lawyer Lynne Stewart Begins
Opening statements in the government's trial of radical lawyer Lynne Stewart took place in a federal courtroom in New York City on June 22....
Posted: Fri, Jul 9, 2004 10:47pm PDT
Exit Neo-Conservatives, Enter Neo-Liberals (updated)
Israel’s Democratic Operatives in the U.S. are Preparing to Pick Up and Run with the Bush War and Occupation...
Posted: Fri, Jul 9, 2004 6:59pm PDT