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textTrouble in the Ranks by duko
p>Private Jeremiah Adler wrote home on his sixth day in Army boot camp: "’I am so fucked up right now... I feel that if I stay here much longer I am not going to be the same person anymore. I have to GO. Please help... Every minute you sit at home I am stuck in a shithole, stripped of self-respect, pride, will, hope, love, faith, worth, everything. Everything I have ever held dear has been taken away. This fucks with your head... This makes you ...
Posted: Sat, Mar 19, 2005 6:03pm PST
textOxfam Decries U.S. Pressure on Guatemala to Repeal Medicines Law by Oxfam
Oxfam Decries U.S. Pressure on Guatemala to Repeal Medicines Law; U.S. Pushes for Unpopular Change as Part of CAFTA Campaign...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 11:36pm PST
textWolfowitz at the World Bank: An Empire without a Global Economic Policy? by Yoshie Furuhashi
A momentum to break open debtors' prisons that the Washington Consensus built in the global south has been building up, demonstrated by Argentina's ability to compel 75% of its creditors to accept 35 cents on the dollar. The nomination of Paul Wolfowitz for WB presidency can only invigorate the global justice movement, which will have an inviting target at the IMF and the WB's 2005 Spring Meetings on April 16-17 and their 2005 Annual Meetings on September 26-27 -- both in Washington D.C. At...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 4:27pm PST
textMILTARY KILLS TWO CAMPESINOS AND WOUNDS 10; POLICE KIDNAP THREE by Yakira Teitel (translated from Spanish)
After another day of protests against the ratification of CAFTA today, March 15, in Colotenango, Huehuetenango a group of campesinos and teachers were violently repressed by the military, so far leaving two dead and ten wounded....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 11:27am PST
textTWO DIE in Guatemala free trade protests by Christian Aid - UK
Two people were killed and many injured as violence broke out during protests in Guatemala on Tuesday 15 March when President Oscar Berge ratified the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 10:55am PST
textW names Wolf as Chief Robber Baron by DLi
3 months after the Pretzel W unilaterally claimed a mandate from the voters, the Neo-Cons' Team Evil is now complete. The latest addition to this "woeful-wits" Cabal is the naming of Wolf Paul--chief architect of the Iraquagmire--to the post of World Bank chieftain(aka Chief Global Robber Baron)......
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 12:03pm PST
imageFilm: Why I Love Shoplifting From Big Corporations
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by subMedia
subMedia completes second short film inspired by crimethinc's manifesto....
Posted: Sat, Mar 12, 2005 3:34am PST
textBTL:Bush Administration May Reject Ratification of International Tobacco Control Treaty by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
...International Tobacco Control Treaty ~ Interview with Derek Yach, one of the principle drafters of the International Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 3:39am PST
textConfessions of a "Little Eichmann" by Dee Ouellette
Dee Ouellette lays out her argument in defense of Ward Churchill and presents first hand experience of being a "Little Eichmann", someone who did not create the institutions of injustice but works day in day out making sure it functions efficiently....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 10:31am PST
textManifesto of Porto Alegre (unofficial translation) by World Social Forum
Another development model should be realized based on an energy-saving way of life and democratic controls on natural mineral resources, particularly drinking water. Another world is possible promoting democracy....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 7:04am PST
textInternat'l Food Not Bombs Convergence, June in Philly by under the pavement collective
gather for the 25th anniversary of food not bombs at the biotech protests/green and black urban gathering this june in philly!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2005 1:19pm PST
textWhen the Left is "Right" in Lebanon by angry arab repost
THE LEFT is ALIVE in Uruguay, but dead in...LEBANON. It is worse in Lebanon; there is a small group of former leftists who claim that they constitute the "new left." I have written in an article in As-Safir that they are more the like "old right." They share the same slogans of the fascistic Phalanges Party from the 1970s, and they see no fault in Hariri's aggressive and cruel capitalism which impoverished large segments of the Lebanese population....
Posted: Fri, Mar 4, 2005 7:05pm PST
textBTL:White House and Media Escalate War of Words Against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
...Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ~ Interview with Eva Gollinger, attorney reporting from Caracas, Venezuela, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 5:41am PST
textGreen and Black Urban Gathering this June in Philly by Under the Pavement Collective
We are calling for anti-authoritarian, eco-positive radicals and allies to gather during the anti-biotech mobilization and share our vision of struggle for liberation and harmony among all living communities....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 10:16am PST
textFDA Chooses Drug Industry Health Over Public Health by Ritt Goldstein
The US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) associate safety director, Dr. David J. Graham, highlights FDA priorities, with the safety of your medicines being low among them. And adverse reactions to 'properly prescribed and administered drugs' is the US's 4th leading cause of death....
Posted: Tue, Mar 1, 2005 12:12pm PST
textCall for Direct Actions A16 by A16 DC Planning Collective
Come to DC for a week of Direct Action and prevention of "Business as Usual" and the Spring World Bank and IMF meetings....
Posted: Mon, Feb 28, 2005 9:58pm PST
textBTL:Opponents of US Ratification of Central American Free Trade Agreement Say.. by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
...Victory is Within Reach~ Interview with Shane Stevens, of CISPES, the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Sun, Feb 27, 2005 6:33am PST
textFBI groups Anarchist Black Cross with al Qaeda by testimony
In Testimony to Congress a week ago, Robert Mueller, the FBI head, listed anarchist groups, specifically the Anarchist Black Cross Federation, with ELF and animal rights groups, to be among groups presenting a threat on the level of the al Qaeda network...
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2005 10:20am PST
audioPeru and the FTA (audio/mpeg 35.1MB) by Tierra Insurgente / Intifada Al Ard
This program is about the devastating impact of the FTA on the people of Peru and Latin America. 60mins (spanish/english)...
Posted: Tue, Feb 22, 2005 10:06pm PST
imageAll Out for April 16th, 2005! Washington DC: No to the World Bank and IMF!
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by Mobilization for Global Justice
Call for a Mass Mobilization April 15-17th, 2005 During the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund...
Posted: Tue, Feb 22, 2005 2:28pm PST
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