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Scholars attacked for comparing Zionism to Nazism
"... [Prof.] Armitage also reportedly accused the benignly named American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC, Israel’s official but unregistered lobby) of funding opponents of the lobby’s critics, adding, “and believe me, they have money to spare...He also accused AIPAC of “buying our elections, which pisses me off … Israel has a hammerlock on America...."...
Posted: Thu, Jul 8, 2004 2:24pm PDT
Fourth of July Speech by Fredrick Douglass
What to the American slave is your Fourth of July? I answer, a day that reveals to him more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim....
Posted: Tue, Jul 6, 2004 3:14pm PDT
Anti-Islam hatred reaches new heights in US
The recent beheading of two Americans have added fuel to the angry backlash against Arab-Americans and Muslims that began after the 2001 terrorist attacks....
Posted: Sat, Jun 26, 2004 6:13pm PDT
76-mile desert walk protests border rules
Over 200 people protested U.S. immigration policies at the Tucson Sector Headquarters of the Border Patrol on June 6 at the end of the 76-mile Migrant Trail Walk.
According to Kat Rodríguez, coordinating organizer for the Derechos Humanos Coalition, 26 activists walked the whole length of the march, which started at the U.S.-Mexico border on May 31. Another seven walked part of the length through the Sonoran Desert, where a few hundred people perish each year trying to enter the United St...
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 9:56am PDT
Reagan and Race: "He Maintained A System Of Rich And Poor, A System Of Black And White"
We take a look at Reagan's policies on race and civil rights with the Rev. Graylan Hagler, discussing the former president's assault on affirmative actions and social welfare programs and the rise of the crack epidemic in African American communities....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 9:48am PDT
80 year anniversary of American Indian citizenship act
American Indians were given U.S. citizenship on 80 years ago, 5 years after women were given the right to vote....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 2:31pm PDT
Motion to enforce filed in Peltier's lawsuit against editor Paul DeMain
In a lawsuit filed over one year ago, a motion to enforce a settlement agreement was filed today with the Eighth U.S. District Court of Claims in Minneapolis, Minnesota, between Native American activist and political prisoner Leonard Peltier and Paul DeMain, editor of News From Indian Country....
Posted: Wed, May 26, 2004 8:02pm PDT
Gloria Anzaldua's Obituary
it is with great sorrow y dolor en el corazon que hoy les doy la mala
noticia de la muerte de gloria anzaldua. todavia no se saben todos los
detalles de su muerte, pero por favor, si saben algo, please pass along
the
information...
ahorita no tengo las palabras que surgen dentro de mi... all i can say
for
now is that my heart goes out to the family and all those who know and
can
understand the detrimental magnitude of loosing one of the most
admirable,
inspiring, and ove...
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 4:56pm PDT
Stan Goff: Another Open Letter to the US Troops in Iraq
Special thanks to the folks at Z magazine and Counterpunch.org....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 9:47am PDT
Lt. Gen. William Boykin Who Made Anti-Islam Remark Tied to POW Case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army general under investigation for anti-Islamic remarks has been linked by U.S. officials to the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal, which experts warned could touch off new outrage overseas....
Posted: Tue, May 11, 2004 5:29pm PDT
Rally against anti-Semitism planned in Paris
France’s main anti-racist organization called for a demonstration against anti-Semitism in Paris on Sunday....
Posted: Mon, May 10, 2004 10:40pm PDT
Call to Action! - Immigrant-Worker Solidarity Day at RNC
Call to Action! - Immigrant-Worker Solidarity Day Of Action and Conference During Anti-RNC Mobolization, New York!...
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 7:16pm PDT
John Kerry Tells Audience He Doesnt Give Shit About Palestinians
"...he of course also emphasized that he would never pressure Israel, would not force it to negotiate with an unreliable partner..."...
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 4:31pm PDT
1992 LA REBELLION REVISITED AFTER 12 YEARS
Today marks 12 years after LA--and lots of other cities--exploded in the aftermath of the aquital of the all-white cops who beat Rodney King. Things aren't much better for those in South Central LA, nor are they for the rest of the US working class. And they're getting worse, so we might see more of these rebellions--hopefully this time they can take on a more consciously anti-capitalist perspective....
Posted: Thu, Apr 29, 2004 4:14pm PDT
Man Lynched in Wilkinson County
WOODVILLE, Miss. - Family members say a man found Friday hanging from a tree in rural Mississippi had returned home to fight for his family's land....
Posted: Thu, Apr 29, 2004 11:43am PDT
Is Paintball Terrorism? Second Class Status for Muslims in America
Is Playing Paintball and Firing Legal Guns Terrorism?
Three Disturbing Convictions Strongly Suggest Discrimination Against Muslim Americans...
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 10:56am PDT
Critical Reflections on the Black Panther Movement with Ashanti Alston (audio/mpeg 10.5MB)
Ashanti Alston talks about life as a young Panther organizer and political prisoner to his current involvement with Critical Resistance, Estacion Libre and the Institute for Anarchist Studies. part (1) 1h14min part (2) 59min...
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 9:13am PDT
Cinco de Mayo Fiesta
Date: May 2,2004
Event: The Hispanic Empowerment Association of Roseville (H.E.A.R) presents
4th Annual Cinco de Mayo Safety Day Fiesta - Health, Education, Job Fair, and Chicano Art Explosion
Time: 10:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Location: Roseville's Placer County Fairgrounds
800 All America City Blvd, Roseville, CA
For more information please contact 916.782.2040 or www.hear2000.org
Free!...
Posted: Tue, Apr 6, 2004 8:17pm PDT
Interview with lawyer Brian Concannon on orgins of most recent Haitian coup
Interview with lawyer Brian Concannon on orgins of most recent Haitian coup...
Posted: Mon, Apr 5, 2004 2:32pm PDT
Thugs and the Interim Government of Haiti
Waters Intercedes to Keep President Aristide in the Caribbean
Condemns the Alliance between Haitian
Thugs and the Interim Government of Haiti...
Posted: Sat, Apr 3, 2004 6:06pm PST