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Out From the Shadows - Day One
Day one of the Out From the Shadows conference in Mérida, Mexico....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 11:48pm PST
The People's Sound System - NYC Speeches Will Broadcast Citywide on Radios
I guess all the rallies get covered by KPF- but they've never put out this call before, to bring your boombox and broadcast wherever you are. That has huge potential . . . . Still, I like all the little transitory bands at our marches too . . . but too bad our cities weren't idiotic enough to crack down and ignite the movement 10 fold over here....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 11:38pm PST
Flashpoints Feb 13: ISMs Kristen Schurr witness in Bethlehem; Greg Palast speaks
KPFA Flashpoints Radio February 13, 2003
-International Solidarity Movement's Kristen Shurr eyewitness report from Bethlehem, where Israel colonizers have been conducting nightly raids, destroying homes, kidnapping activists, and terrorizing children and their parents.
-Dennis Bernstein interview with award winning journalist Gregory Palast, on the Bush family connections with Al-Qeada and the stolen Florida election....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 10:11pm PST
WHY THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT SHOULD SUPPORT THE PALESTINIAN STRUGGLE
Today, the anti-war movement here and around the world must stand with the Palestinians and their just cause....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 4:50pm PST
U.S. spy plane missing in Colombia
This is the second fatal accident to a U.S. aircraft since the United States began providing military and financial aid to the Colombian government under the terms of the Plan Colombia.
The first crash occurred in 1999 in Putamayo near the Ecuadorian frontier, killing five U.S. citizens and two Colombians....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 4:08pm PST
Now we have to thank AUSTRIA also!
they're blocking the Bush war machine!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 4:02pm PST
FLOOD THE UN WITH LETTERS!
I just spoke with France's UN office. They are BEGGING us to flood their offices and the other UN offices with emails to STOP the WAR. France needs to know that Americans are with them on this. PLEASE forward this to everyone you can. The UN email addresses are below for the Security Council....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 2:38pm PST
F15 NYC (audio/mpeg 20.7MB)
New York City prepares for February 15 worldwide protest. Collage of news clips, anarchist organizers from NYC, music. Commentary about the political/analytical direction of the anti-war movement. 40min 6sec...
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 2:33pm PST
Lawsuit filed today questions Bush's war powers
A coalition including six House members, several U.S. soldiers and parents of servicemen claims only Congress has that power under the Constitution.
"We have a message for President Bush today. Read the Constitution," John Bonifaz, the plaintiffs' lead attorney, said at a news conference announcing the suit....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 2:04pm PST
1 million in London Feb 15 for peace. 10 million globally. 600 cities.
The numbers are real. There were 400,000 in London Sept 28 2002, and 200,000 in San Francisco Jan 18 2003 (see Jan 2003 MMM-CannabisAction archives for helicopter photo links), and 3-500,000 in the larger Washington D.C rally Jan 18 2003. The Guardian (UK), Feb 13 2003: "Up to 10 million people on five continents are expected to demonstrate against the probable war in Iraq on Saturday, in some of the largest peace marches ever known."...
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 1:15pm PST
Judge Rules for Chaos at Saturday's Anti-War Protest in New York
With Monday's ruling against an orderly, nonviolent protest march anywhere on the streets of Manhattan this Saturday, U.S. District Judge Barbara S. Jones has steered the City of New York towards chaos....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 12:33pm PST
so much for free speech on o'reilly factor
Jeremy Glick, whose father, Barry, was a Port Authority worker at the Trade Center, makes o'reilly look like a hot headed fool!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 10:46am PST
Hate-talk host Michael Savage hired by MSNBC , Email boycott
The latest hire by the cable news network MSNBC-- co-owned by General
Electric/NBC and Microsoft-- is Michael Savage, a radio talkshow host noted for his unabashed bigotry. Savage is scheduled to have his own weekly one-hour show on MSNBC beginning in March....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 10:00am PST
Enron 'bribed tax officials'
A crucial report into the collapse of disgraced energy giant Enron has discovered the firm's executives bribed tax officials....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 9:11am PST
Activists take to the trees to say, "END WAR!"
In solidarity with actions planned across the globe this weekend, two climbers unfurled a 25’x7’ banner reading, ‘NO DEATH FOR $! END WAR', and continue to occupy platforms high in the treetops above Lithia Park in Ashland, Oregon....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 7:49am PST
Anthrax jabs mutiny widens amid fears of cancer, sterility
The anthrax rebellion in the armed forces has widened, with another eight sailors en route to or already in the Persian Gulf refusing inoculations - bringing the total to 11....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 3:39am PST
BTL: Key U.S.-European Allies Continue to Resist Bush War Plan
Interview with Susan Wright,University of Michigan research scientist, conducted by Between The Lines'Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 2:35am PST
IRAQ: 10 million join world protest rallies
The Guardian: Up to 10 million people on five continents are expected to demonstrate against the probable war in Iraq on Saturday, in some of the largest peace marches ever known.....Mostly organised on the web by activists working below the radar of the mainstream media, they have taken the establishment by surprise in many countries and only been reported by independent media...
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 2:02am PST
From protest to resistance: An interview with OCAP organizer
From Protest to Resistance
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty organizer interviewed by John Clarke and Daniel Maloy; Agitate!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 1:25am PST
U.S. bombs Afghanistan, unaware of civilian deaths
A spokesman of the government of Helmand province said on Wednesday at least 17 civilians, mainly women and children, had died in coalition bombing since Sunday....
Posted: Thu, Feb 13, 2003 1:21am PST