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Enron: not the only bad apple
The deregulation of the energy industry is rotten to the core, writes Greg Palast...
Posted: Mon, Feb 4, 2002 6:45pm PST
Michael's Letter
. . . Michael Moore and his always inimitable
manner of saying that the fuehrer has no clothes....
Posted: Mon, Feb 4, 2002 4:06pm PST
Bye Gov Davis: Failed Education & Energy Programs
The California State University provides remedial courses in English and math to almost half its freshmen since our school system is grossly inadequate in paying teachers, providing supplies and providing an education. This is the bitter legacy of the anti-education program of the Friend-of-Ken-Lay (as in Enron), Gov Gray Davis, and is an excellent reason for not voting for him on November 5, 2002....
Posted: Thu, Jan 31, 2002 8:44pm PST
Tune In to Indymedia Radio This Weekend
Indymedia's Radio Group - DROP (Distributed Radio Open Project) will Produce a Live Internet Broadcast: Thursday January 31st - Monday February 4th....
Posted: Tue, Jan 29, 2002 3:26pm PST
Protests Are Important
As a member of the Day Laborer Program, I just wrote this statement to encourage my co-workers to take a step in the fight against the WEF....
Posted: Mon, Jan 28, 2002 1:45pm PST
Revolutionary Anarchist Mobilization Against the WEF
Saturday, February 2nd, NYC
Assemble at Anti-Capitalist Convergence March
Look for NEFAC Banners/Red & Black Flags...
Posted: Sat, Jan 26, 2002 4:26pm PST
"Life & Debt"- Film about Jamaica & Globalization
Interview with producer/director, Stephanie Black...
Posted: Fri, Jan 25, 2002 9:24pm PST
Clinton Speaking at UC Berkeley Jan 29
Former President Bill Clinton speaks on the effects of globalization on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Auditorium. Doors will open at 2 p.m. Tickets have been issued and there are no more available....
Posted: Thu, Jan 24, 2002 7:04pm PST
the truth about bush energy speech in west vrginia
press release from the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition...
Posted: Wed, Jan 23, 2002 1:10pm PST
Diesel to Veg.Oil Conversion workshop 1/26
>FROM DIESAL TO VEGETABLE OIL
>VEHICLE CONVERSION WORKSHOP/PARTY
>SATURDAY, JAN 26 10 AM all day
>PORTER CREEK VINEYARDS, FORESTVILLE CA...
Posted: Wed, Jan 23, 2002 12:32pm PST
enron/bush collusion in sticking it to californian energy consumers
Enron execs met with govt. immediately before Bush admin said NO to California's request for assistance (picture dubya's smirky grin, the one he gets when he says the word "evil")...
Posted: Mon, Jan 21, 2002 8:13pm PST
2002 Cal Gov Race: Energy Crisis Hoax
The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) issued a 58-page repot, entitled "Hoax: How Deregulation Let the Power Industry Steal $71 Billion From California," showing that the contrived California "energy crisis" of one year ago was a coordinated plan with the Legislative votes for taxpayer bailouts of the energy companies, as FTCR pointed out at the time. The report is in PDF format at:
http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/utilities/rp/rp002169.pdf...
Posted: Sat, Jan 19, 2002 12:34pm PST
British View of Enrongate.
(Wasn't Enron one of the agents of California's Power Woes last Spring?)
As he approaches the first anniversary of his inauguration, George W Bush is under siege. He has won the war in Afghanistan, but finds himself engaged in a new battle against a scandal that is threatening to dog his administration and tarnish his reputation ....
Posted: Tue, Jan 15, 2002 7:56pm PST
Ground-Breaking Film Explores the Many Different Realities of Jamaica
LIFE AND DEBT - a groundbreaking new film on globalization by Stephanie Black - explores the real life impact of free trade and foreign debt on workers and farmers in Jamaica. LIFE AND DEBT opens for a limited one-week run at the Lumiere Theater in San Francisco (California at Polk) and the Shattuck IV Cinema in Berkeley (2230 Shattuck Ave) January 18th-24th....
Posted: Mon, Jan 14, 2002 1:09pm PST
Umbrella Drinks, Bankrupt Farmers, and Sweatshop Abuses
LIFE AND DEBT - a groundbreaking new film on globalization by Stephanie Black - explores the real life impacts of free trade and foreign debt for workers and farmers in Jamaic . LIFE AND DEBT opens for a limited one-week run at the Lumiere in SF and the Shattuck IV in Berkeley, January 18....
Posted: Mon, Jan 14, 2002 12:57pm PST
Behind the Media's Coverage of the Energy Crisis
... And does the public understand all of this? "Absolutely not. ... Although no particular spin seems to dominate the media coverage, it's clear that each of the players in the energy crisis has their own spin:...
Posted: Sat, Jan 12, 2002 8:46pm PST
Express solidarity &/or vent relief in lawsuit against PG&E
Contact info, to express views, re: lawsuit against PG&E...
Posted: Sat, Jan 12, 2002 2:57am PST
NAFTAorg: ops! Enviro Disaster
Free trade across North America is not only affecting the air, water and forests of the continent, but is creating a "looming threat" to the survival of certain plant and animal species, says a report from a NAFTA agency....
Posted: Wed, Jan 9, 2002 4:49pm PST
CNN: Bush/Taliban oil deals
Two Developments This Morning Raise Questions About What Bush Administration Was Willing to Do in Pursuit of Oil
Aired January 9, 2002 - 07:10 ET...
Posted: Wed, Jan 9, 2002 12:37pm PST