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Taliban Senate Republicans Want Control Over Women So the Taliban control women's clothing, the Republican US Senate wants to control a woman's private parts and private decisions.
The amendment below was a sense of the Senate amendment to S.3 the Partial Birth Abortion Ban which passed yesterday, seeking to give an indication of where the Senators stand on Roe v Wade.
Those Senators voting YES believe a woman has a right to a legal abortion, those who voted NO believe the procedure should be illegal and relagated to unregulated 'back alle...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 4:53pm PST
Who Asked for Freedom? I wanted to find out how many constiuant contacts Congresman Ney received to change the name of French fries to Freedom fries(i.e. Just who was he representing?)
So I called him...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 2:16pm PST
World says No to war Growing opposition to a U.S. war against Iraq was clearly in evidence on March 10 when MoveOn.org, Win Without War, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Artists United to Win Without War delivered petitions bearing more than a million names from 200 countries to the United Nations Security Council....
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 2:14pm PST
Families of military personnel and veterans speak out against war The world has been galvanized into action against the Bush administration’s drive to war with Iraq. This is no less true in the United States. In all sectors of the U.S. population you will find anti-war sentiment – including in the armed forces and their families....
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 2:12pm PST
Now is Not the Time to Stay Home With the George Bush ceding defeat of his gangster politick in the Security Council for another week, with Tony Blair backing away from the last resolution submitted by Britain and the U.S. now is not the time to stay home...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 1:48pm PST
Pentagon seeks freedom to pollute land, air and sea The Pentagon is quietly seeking exemptions from some of America's main environmental laws, which would give the military free rein to dump spent munitions, pollute the air and poison endangered species at its bases without risk of liability for any damage....
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 10:25am PST
Acting US ambasssador admits direct action at Shannon works good news . . ....
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 9:57am PST
AntiWar Activist In Scotland Takes Tornado Jet 'Out Of Action' Today Trident Ploughshares activist Ulla Roder confirmed that the Tornado jet which she damaged yesterday at Leuchars airbase is unlikely to fly again....
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 9:33am PST
Act your age, not your security council coalition size If George Jr, Tony and the other boys in the UN playgroup don't start to behave themselves over Iraq, Simon Tisdall will have to get very, very angry indeed ......
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 9:19am PST
For Our Common Future - No to War! Cancel the Debts! "War has changed into a structural and permanent part of the global hegemony.. In the name of the liberalization of the market, the population sees itself robbed of its elementary rights. Every area of life and nature is for sale..Proto Alegre, Jan 2003...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 6:28am PST
BTL:Resignations and Leaks in U.S. State Department Signal... ...Growing Dissent Against Iraq War. Interview with Daniel Ellsberg, former U.S. government military analyst who released the "Pentagon Papers," conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 2:39am PST
Black Bloc Breakaway Los Angeles 
Perhaps inspired by the consistent series of black blocs and breakaways in San Francisco demos since October, Los Angeles has begun (with the last demo) to hold similar "Anti-War Action" breakaway marches. Another breakaway march has been announced for the Saturday demo....
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 1:51am PST
Ohio Black Bloc: The Return of Militancy in the USA Black bloc calls are happening throughout the US at anti-war demos now. This call is to rally black bloc participants throughout Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky....
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2003 1:43am PST
National boycott called for 
Citizen calls for television boycott to stop the war and focus our nation on issues of peace and social justice that will create a safer world for generations to follow....
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2003 5:45pm PST
Recovering the Power of the Global Grass Roots in the Antiwar Movement 
The global day of antiwar protests on February 15 was remarkable for several reasons....
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2003 5:29pm PST
NYC Council approves anti-war resolution!!! We did it! Our emails, letters, and phone calls to our city council members helped make NYC the 140th city in the US to pass the anti-war resolution. Who says grass roots lobbying doesn't work!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2003 5:19pm PST
BEASTIE BOYS RELEASE ANTI-OIL WAR TRACK (audio/mpeg 4.4MB) Back in the studio after 5 years, The Beasties have released a radical PRO-PEACE statement!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2003 12:45pm PST
'People's assembly' challenges Blair Rail union boss Bob Crow urged delegates drawn from trade unions, religious groups, schools, political parties and peace groups to embark on a campaign of civil disobedience, blocking roads and putting up anti-war candidates in May's elections against any councillor backing the government's stance....
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2003 11:05am PST
Turkish Police Open Fire At AntiWar Demo!! Turkish police have fired warning shots during a protest by anti-American demonstrators who were trying to enter the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun....
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2003 10:14am PST
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