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Author Chris Simpson critiques inaugural media coverage (audio/mpeg 3.8MB)
Didi Halleck of Deep Dish TV interviews author Chris Halleck about the mainstream media's inaugural coverage. (8:22)...
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2001 10:43am PST
Ex-DOE Sec'y Bill Richardson on California energy and Burma (audio/mpeg 3.8MB)
Former Energy Sec'y Bill Richardson stopped by the DC Independent Media Center and talked to Jason Vest of "In These Times" about the California energy crisis, Burma and what we might expect from Bush on energy. (8:19)...
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2001 9:54am PST
J18 -- Greenpeace Banner Hang (audio/mpeg 3.0MB)
DC IMC reporter Dave Da Rosa observes Greenpeace hanging a banner on the Interior Dept. building in DC on J18, the start of hearings on the confirmation of Gale Norton to be Secretary of the Interior. (6:30)...
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2001 8:44am PST
J20 -- From the Streets of D.C. (audio/mpeg 6.8MB)
As reporters called in to the D.C. IMC studio during the protest, one thing became clear, the Commander-in-Thief's minions would not honor even a legally permitted rally. (14:56)...
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2001 8:34am PST
"Never Again!" J20 Tallahassee (audio/mpeg 1.2MB)
In a stirring speech at a counter-inaugural protest in Tallahassee, FL, Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) exhorts the crowd to never again let the President be selected rather than elected. (2:37)...
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2001 8:06am PST
the latest News on Low Power FM radio (audio/mpeg 1.3MB)
Congress with the help of the NAB & NPR
has gutted the opportunity for hundreds of diverse community stations to go on the air
( a 12 minute mp3 newscast )...
Posted: Thu, Jan 18, 2001 9:52pm PST
Audio: Voices of the Mattole Forest Defenders (audio/mpeg 19.1MB)
Total time 20:45. Hear the voices of the Mattole Forest Defenders, as they introduce themselves and describe the struggle to defend some of the last of the ancient Douglas Fir forests from plunder by Maxxam/ Pacific Lumber Company. The activists describe the area, confrontations with police and logging crews, pepper spray and arrests, and the complex blockades they have built twelve miles into PL company land to keep the trees standing, with contact information at the end. Community and Mi...
Posted: Mon, Jan 15, 2001 9:35pm PST
Anti-tobacco stategists meet in S.F. (audio/mpeg 476.3KB)
Health advocates from Asia, Africa, Central America and the U.S. opened a weeklong meeting sponsored by the SF Tobacco-Free Coalition and the Chinese Progressive Association to exchange strategies on how to fight Big Tobacco in the developing world, and to promote a global treaty on tobacco control. (5:34)...
Posted: Wed, Jan 10, 2001 7:01pm PST
US Military profits from overseas sweatshops (audio/mpeg 11.7MB)
Interview with Charles Kernigan Director of the National Labor Committee about how the US military (and other big retailers) exploit workers in Nicaragua and Burma. Aired on KPFA's Flashpoints 12/19/00 (25:37)...
Posted: Sun, Dec 31, 2000 11:20pm PST
AIM Song - Leonard Peltier Rally (realaudio) (video/x-pn-realvideo 5.1MB)
Members of AIM (American Indian Movement) and other supporters of Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier opened the prayer circle and rally for Leonard on December 10 in San Francisco with prayers and the AIM song.
(realaudio, 6:52 mins.)...
Posted: Mon, Dec 25, 2000 11:34am PST
Pesticide Poisons Sonoma Birds (audio/mpeg 3.0MB)
A closer look at Nemacur, the pesticide implicated in the deaths of approximately 400 birds in Sonoma County in late November, 2000....
Posted: Tue, Dec 19, 2000 1:07am PST
Anti-fur Protest at Neiman Marcus 12/16/00 (audio/mpeg 4.9MB)
On Saturday, Dec. 16, 42 people were arrested after a lockdown at 2 entrances to the Neiman Marcus store on Union Square, San Francisco's posh shopping district. 7 minutes 10 seconds...
Posted: Sun, Dec 17, 2000 3:51pm PST
"Song for Leonard Peltier" - Jim Page. D10, SF (Realaudio) (video/x-pn-realvideo 4.5MB)
Seattle activist / singer-songwriter plays "Song for Leonard Peltier" at a rally for the Native American political prisoner. (Realaudio, 5:45 min)
PLEASE CALL Pres. CLINTON and demand CLEMENCY FOR LEONARD PELTIER!
(202) 456-1414...
Posted: Sat, Dec 16, 2000 1:28am PST
"Song for Leonard Peltier" by Jim Page, D10, SF. (audio/mpeg 4.7MB)
Seattle activist / singer-songwriter Jim Page sings "Song for Leonard Peltier"at a rally for the Native American political prisoner. (mp3 audio - 5:45 min)
PLEASE CALL THE WHITEHOUSE and ask for CLEMENCY FOR LEONARD PELTIER.
(202) 456-1414...
Posted: Sat, Dec 16, 2000 12:32am PST
Interview with Jim Page at prayer circle for Leonard Peltier, 12/10 (realaudio) (video/x-pn-realvideo 3.0MB)
Singer-songwriter-activist Jim Page talks in San Francisco about Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier's hopes for Executive Clemency and more. (4 mins, realaudio) Please
CALL THE WHITEHOUSE TODAY to demand clemency for Leonard Peltier! (202) 456-1414...
Posted: Fri, Dec 15, 2000 9:23pm PST
the latest news on Low Power F.M. Radio (audio/mpeg 429.8KB)
As it stands now LPFM is in limbo just like the next presidential administration.
Meanwhile the FCC is still sorting through the estimated 1200 current LPFM applications that have already been received. The FCC has also been ordered to delay any new announcement for
upcoming filing windows...
Posted: Mon, Dec 11, 2000 12:26am PST
Walden Bello, Filipino anti-WTO activist speaks in SF 11/3 audio (video/x-pn-realvideo 9.4MB)
Walden Bello, outspoken critic of global free trade, speaks at Modern Times in SF about the current crisis in the Phillipines and how the scandal obscures the major issues. For a complete see comments. For more info see the web site below. Many thanks to PUSOD in Berkeley for the audio....
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2000 9:24pm PST
Grassroots Globalization vs. Elite Globalization, Kevin Danaher audio (video/x-pn-realvideo 9.9MB)
Kevin Danaher speaks on Oct 28 at Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library on the grassroots global revolution challenging corporate power. 43 minutes...
Posted: Sun, Oct 29, 2000 11:34pm PST
Audio - UCSC Panel Discussion about the Israel/Palestinian Conflict (5 of 5) (audio/mpeg 4.7MB)
On Tuesday night 10/24/00 there was a discussion at UCSC about the recent outbreak of violence in Israel and Palestinian territories. This clip is of Scott Kennedy, National Council/Director, Middle East Program at the Resource Center for Non-Violence...
Posted: Wed, Oct 25, 2000 5:26pm PDT
Audio - UCSC Panel Discussion about the Israel/Palestinian Conflict (4 of 5) (audio/mpeg 4.6MB)
On Tuesday night 10/24/00 there was a discussion at UCSC about the recent outbreak of violence in Israel and Palestinian territories. This clip is of Donny Inbar from the Pacific Northwest Israeli Consulate....
Posted: Wed, Oct 25, 2000 4:30pm PDT