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Coming to NYC for the RNC next summer?
Dont let this happen to you!!!!...
Posted: Sun, Dec 28, 2003 12:50am PST
The Four Mad Cow States - Washington, Oregon, California and Nevada
Great, just f**king great. Now in ten years you'll find that your brain is turning to oatmeal because you had something that had meat or a meat by-product in it, or it was near the equipment that's permanently contaminated by prions (which can only be killed with efforts such as those used for surgical instruments - but the machinery isn't ever sterilized, nor will it be now). Even jello can be compromised....
Posted: Sat, Dec 27, 2003 10:02pm PST
Revolutionary Music Review
Young political songwriter Evan Greer has made a name for himself in Boston performing with the likes of Howard Zinn and Tim Robbins. Erin Osgood of Flamejolt Magazine reviews his music, his politics, and his message....
Posted: Sat, Dec 27, 2003 3:57pm PST
News Under Seige: Poster on Apartheid Wall Action
Printable 11x17 poster on the action at the Mas'ha camp against the apartheid wall. Text from Anarchists Against the Wall, who participated in the action. Perfect size for Chronicle boxes (the Chron gave the story two paragraphs today after yesterday's headline that called 117 dead Palestinians in two months a "lull")...
Posted: Sat, Dec 27, 2003 3:33pm PST
Live ammo against pacifists in IsraHell (by Latuff)
It was the first time since the start of the intifada more than three years ago that an Israeli had been wounded by live fire during the course of a protest....
Posted: Sat, Dec 27, 2003 2:10pm PST
Hundreds protest IDF's use of live ammo at anti-fence demo
Some 300 people protested late Saturday opposite the Defense Ministry building in Tel Aviv, to protest the Israel Defense Forces' use of live ammunition to disperse a demonstration against the separation fence near the West Bank village of Meskhah. An Israeli demonstrator was seriously injured and an American was lightly wounded Friday when IDF troops opened fire on protestors....
Posted: Sat, Dec 27, 2003 12:52pm PST
20000 dead: Misery mounts in earthquake city
The toll from the powerful earthquake that has devastated south-eastern Iran continued to rise as the international community mobilised a major relief operation on Saturday....
Posted: Sat, Dec 27, 2003 9:37am PST
Troops dead in Iraq city blasts
Six coalition soldiers have been killed and many others injured after several blasts in the Iraqi city of Karbala, military officials say....
Posted: Sat, Dec 27, 2003 9:35am PST
'Mad cow' prions may permanently contaminate processing plants. A modest proposal
All surfaces which have been in contact with BSE contaminated animal flesh must be regarded as potential permanent reservoirs of infectious prions. This fact suggests sequestration of such surfaces may be required to protect public health. This article consists of a proposal for the creation of a national repository for the permanent storage of slaughterhouses, meatpacking plants, and other food processing facilities which have been (or may contain equipment) contmainated by BSE prions. Sugge...
Posted: Fri, Dec 26, 2003 4:46pm PST
El Campamento de Deir Ballut Contra El Muro del Apartheid
Un grupo de activistas Palestinos, internacionalistas e Israelies ha escogido el pueblo de Deir Ballut en la región de Salfit, como el lugar para la próxima ronda de actividades en oposición a la continuación de la construcción de la Fase II del Muro del Apartheid....
Posted: Fri, Dec 26, 2003 4:35pm PST
Five more US soldiers die in Iraq
Five US soldiers have been killed in Iraq in a series of incidents since Thursday night, the US military says....
Posted: Fri, Dec 26, 2003 4:22pm PST
At Least 15,000 Die In Iranian Earthquake
A huge earthquake has killed at least 15,000 people in south-eastern Iran, government sources say....
Posted: Fri, Dec 26, 2003 12:03pm PST
Anti-Apartheid Wall Activists SHOT by Israeli Military
Anti-apartheid wall activists attempting to cut the gate near the Mas'ha village were fired on with live ammunition this afternoon. An Israeli activist, Gil Na'aman was shot three times and an American was also wounded, although with rubber bullets. A nearby camp in Deir Ballut village opened December 18 to defend a school from destruction for the building of the 25-foot high wall through the Palestinian West Bank....
Posted: Fri, Dec 26, 2003 11:28am PST
More Kashmiri youth take up arms
Kashmiris on the India-adminstered side are increasingly joining the fight for independence from New Delhi, according to police in the troubled Himalayan region....
Posted: Fri, Dec 26, 2003 10:41am PST
Remembering Brandon Teena, Ten Years After His Death
On 26 December 1993 a young transsexual was shot and stabbed to death in the United States in a crime which later became the subject of the Oscar-winning movie Boys Don't Cry. Ten years on, his family is still seeking justice and dozens of transsexuals continue to be murdered every year...
Posted: Fri, Dec 26, 2003 10:05am PST
Fla. Gets Nation's 1st Faith-Based Prison
"We've developed a cocoon, a place where they can practice their faith and not have the severe negative pressures and interactions that naturally take place in some of our institutions," said Correction Secretary James Crosby Jr....
Posted: Thu, Dec 25, 2003 10:51pm PST
extractos de la prensa burguesa sobre la detencion de la kompañera anarquista amanda
extractos un diario burgues español sobre el caso de amanda...
Posted: Thu, Dec 25, 2003 5:46pm PST
Building Bridges Radio - Rev. Billy & Stop Shopping & Military Families Speak Out (audio/mpeg 4.8MB)
Building Bridges Radio presents this 28 min radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON INDYMEDIA LINK....
Posted: Thu, Dec 25, 2003 5:29pm PST
Mad cow disease hits U.S. (by Latuff)
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff....
Posted: Thu, Dec 25, 2003 5:22pm PST