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G8: Island Residents May Suffer from G-8 Presence, but Sea Island Company Will Not
Sea Island, Georgia -- Sea Island is the actual physical site of the G-8 summit this year though adjacent St. Simons Island will take at least some of the overflow. The leaders from the wealthiest nations, predominantly white, will come together in June at this southern Georgia resort to further their economic domination of the rest of world....
Posted: Tue, May 18, 2004 10:25am PDT
STOP THE REPRESSION OF THE PROTESTS AGAINST THE G-8 IN GEORGIA
From June 8-10, 2004, George Bush will host the G-8
Summit in Sea Island, Georgia. This has been
declared a National Special Security Event (NSSE),
and puts the U.S. Secret Service as the lead law
enforcement agency. There is up to $67 million in
security funding, over 20,000 police are being
brought into the community of Brunswick (pop.
15,000), and the Miami Model of excessive violations
of civil liberties and civil rights is alive and well!...
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 9:54pm PDT
DON'T BUY GAS ON MAY 19 2004
DON'T BUY GAS ON MAY 19 2004
LETS TRY THIS AND SEE IF IT WORKS
STIFF THEM A BIT.
STIFF THEM A LITTLE BIT....
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 3:14pm PDT
Reuters on World Bank corruption
World Bank and other multilaterals charged with wasting hundreds of billions....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 1:00pm PDT
The Destructive Agrarian Reform Policies of the World Bank
Examines the effects of World Bank land reform policies on farmers in several developing countries including India, Thailand, Mexico, Columbia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Also provides an overview of various social movements responding to World Bank programs....
Posted: Wed, May 12, 2004 3:07pm PDT
no-DNC Flyers From Boston
Help us get the word out by distributing these around your city.
http://blackteasociety.org/propaganda/...
Posted: Tue, May 11, 2004 4:45pm PDT
Georgia G-8 Protests Look to Be Big
Many activists around the world are aware that the G-8 Summit is to be held on Sea Island, just off the rural coastline of Georgia, June 8th through 10th. However, there has been relatively little talk of the large numbers of activists coming together to oppose it as Europeans did when the G-8 met in Genoa, Italy in 2001....
Posted: Tue, May 11, 2004 10:20am PDT
Monsanto Pulls Plan To Commercialize Gene-Altered Wheat
Monsanto Pulls Plan To Commercialize Gene-Altered Wheat...
Posted: Tue, May 11, 2004 1:50am PDT
Development of Roundup Ready Wheat Deferred
Monsanto to Realign Research Portfolio, Development of Roundup Ready Wheat Deferred
Decision Follows Portfolio Review, Consultation with Growers...
Posted: Tue, May 11, 2004 12:13am PDT
Native Oaks and Rice over GMO
Alternatives to GMO/GE agribusiness monoculture is found in nature's bounty of wild edible foods that can be included into permaculture farming.....
Posted: Mon, May 10, 2004 11:40pm PDT
m5: Yes Men Ambush Heritage Foundation
PROTESTERS AMBUSH CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK
Speaker applauded for lambasting Bush...
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 7:10pm PDT
Who Will Stop CAFTA Contest
Quest for Peace of the Quixote Center will run a full-page, New York Times signature ad in opposition to CAFTA- the Central American Free Trade Agreement. The 44,000 dollars and 2,500 signatures it takes is being raised from engaged citizens like you, who wish to proudly and publicly say "No" to CAFTA. The state with the highest number of signers (as a percentage of the state's total population) will be specifically acknowledged in the New York Times Ad. Show the country and Mr. B...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 7:46am PDT
SUPPORT THE GUADALAJARA INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER
Summary:
Guadalajara will be the site of the 3rd ALCUE summit of European Union
and Latin American heads of state in late May. Uninvited NGOs and
activists will attend to present alternative proposals and mobilizations
against these neoliberal economic policies. A Independent Media Center
is an indispensable part of these programs of alternatives and
resistance to cover the summit and break the barriers of mass media. We
request your help in making this Guadalajara IMC possible....
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2004 2:34pm PDT
Roy -- How Deep Shall We Dig?
"...wherever you go... you have TV monitors in which election promises have already come true.... You only have to close your ears to the sickening crunch of the police man’s boot on someone’s ribs, you only have to raise your eyes from the squalor, the slums, the ragged broken people on the streets and seek a friendly TV monitor and you will be in that other beautiful world....
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2004 1:57pm PDT
IMPORTANT Message for WTO arrestees (at 1st & Broad)
For arrestees at the 1999 WTO protests:
The judge agreed to the settlement so now people must TURN IN THEIR PAPERWORK BY JUNE 22nd to be included in the class and receive the $$ they are due. It's no longer just a possibility, this is happening and the time frame is short so please help now....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 11:22am PDT
The False Promises of Finance Capitalism: Interview with Walden Bello
"Capitalism in the North had a clear Keynesian orientation up to the 1980s. In the time after the great world economic crisis and after the Second World War, state interventions played a dominant role for stabilizing the economy.." Walden Bello was awarded the 2003 Alternative Nobel Prize....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 9:48am PDT
May Day and the Haymarket Martyrs
In memory of Albert Parsons, August Spies, George Engel, Adolph Fischer, Louis Lingg, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden and Oscar Neebe. Your courage and sacrifice for the emancipation of labor will never be forgotten. - The Chicago Independent Media Center, 2004...
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2004 2:49pm PDT
Cinco horas de protesta en Quito/1o de Mayo en Am Latina
Ayer, en las marchas por el Día de Trabajo participaron alrededor de 40 mil personas. Representantes de los movimientos sociales se ubicaron detrás de una gran bandera roja donde se leía: "Trabajadores y fuerzas populares, fuera Gutiérrez, Gobierno popular"....
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2004 8:58am PDT