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1919 of 1962
National Official Crime Watch -- June 1-3.
Google News scan of official crimes reported in Google News. Remember: innocent until proven guilty! We scan goonews, we don't write the stories and have no way of knowing which of these stories reflect "reality". Odds favor radical under-reporting, but we do not know for sure......
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 3:15pm PDT
US army accused of 'return to the draft'
The US army has announced it will prevent soldiers in units set for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan from leaving the service at the end of their terms, in a move that critics have described as a return of the draft.
The announcement, an expansion of an army programme called "stop-loss", means that thousands of soldiers who had expected to retire or otherwise leave the military must now stay on for the duration of their deployment to those combat zones....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:32am PDT
Boston Protester Faces Felony Charges For Protesting Abu Ghraib Abuse
A 21-year-old college student could spend years in jail on bomb threat charges after he stood silently outside a military recruitment office dressed like an Iraqi prisoner: in a black cape, hooded, wearing stereo wires hanging from his fingers. The police charged Joseph Previtera with making a bomb threat since the stereo wires resembled wires to a bomb....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:07am PDT
The Bush Knife: Doomsday Atmosphere in Washington
"Even the Wall Street Journal loyal to the government speaks of `incompetence' in the war against terror..Bush wants to move the rudder with words more than deeds.. According to this week's poll, Bush will be voted out of office by a 2:1 margin...
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 9:50am PDT
The Disaster of the West
"A year ago Daniel Cohn-Bendit discovered almost `Bolshevist' characteristics in Bush's team of advisors, a sense of mission that is alien on principle to self-criticism.. This is the opposite of what constitutes America's fascination up to today, the opposite of liberality.."...
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 9:31am PDT
Allied Media Conference, June 18-20
Clamor Magazine is busily working with some amazing people to host the Allied Media Conference June 18-20 in Bowling Green, Ohio. In addition to the hundreds of brilliant independent media makers and supporters who will be attending, the AMC will also feature a few more notable highlights....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 8:35pm PDT
Police crack down on "Bushville" organizers in Jersey City.
KWRU's "Bushville" at the 2000 Philadelphia RNC...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 1:04pm PDT
MP's Lawyer: Translator Gave Orders
MP's Lawyer: Translator Gave Orders...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 11:47am PDT
Hook-ups
"Friends with benefits," etc. ( + SF events )...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 10:09am PDT
Tamera, a Peace Project in Southern Portuagal
Tamera is a peace project in Alentejo, southern Portugal..The project's research work deals with new ways of healing both humans and nature. The aim is to develop a cultural model for a non-violent lifestyle, a healing biotope, an intentional commu-nity....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 10:06am PDT
RESPONSIVE EDUCATION
Making education more responsive to the needs of the student...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 6:27am PDT
Bank Against the G8!
IT'S A STATE OF EMERGENCY!!!
We've got the bands, we've got the goods, we've got the speakers; but Fair World Fair needs your donations to secure a space for civil dialogue and Carnaval, to be a beacon of enlightenment and hope in the long shadow cast by the global elite, the G-8, meeting on Sea Island June 8-10th, 2004....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 2:58am PDT
Disability Victory Hinged on 5-4 Supreme Court Balance
In a 5-4 ruling enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against a government entity, Justice John Paul Stevens said on Monday that previous government efforts have failed to adequately remedy "a pattern of unequal treatment in the administration of a wide range of public services, programs, and activities, including the penal system, public education, and voting."...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 1:00am PDT
Federal Abortion Ban Struck Down in Court!
The federal abortion ban passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush last year is unconstitutional and cannot be enforced, Federal District Court Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton ruled today. The ban, challenged in Planned Parenthood v. Ashcroft, could have outlawed abortions as early as 12 to 15 weeks in pregnancy, including those that doctors say are safe and among the best to protect women's health....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:28am PDT
Judge rejects limits on abortion
A federal judge declared unconstitutional Tuesday the federal government's first-ever attempt to outlaw a specific abortion procedure, saying the law would endanger women's health and violate their right of access to abortion....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:15am PDT
Federal judge says partial-birth abortion ban unconstitutional
A federal judge Tuesday declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional, saying the measure infringes on a woman's right to choose.
The ruling applies to the nation's 900 or so Planned Parenthood clinics and their doctors, who perform roughly half of all abortions in the United States....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:03am PDT
Federal Judge Declares 'Partial-Birth' Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
Federal Judge Declares 'Partial-Birth' Abortion Ban Unconstitutional;
Exposes Right-Wing Policy as Infringement on a Woman's Right to Choose...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:01am PDT
"KEEPERS OF OUR MORALS" (self rightous motherfuckers)
Legalization of drugs in America...
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 10:13pm PDT
G8: First Amendment Cooperation Agreement
URGENT ACTION ALERT! PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY!! HELP PRESERVE FREE SPEECH
AND PROTECT CIVIL LIBERTIES!!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 6:19pm PDT
Support the Halliburton 5
Activists staged a great protest at the Halliburton shareholders meeting in Houston, Texas last May 19th. The activists who did civil disobedience now need our financial support....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 2:44pm PDT