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Madonna urges Bush, Blair to embrace Kabbalah
London: George W. Bush and Tony Blair might beg to differ, but pop queen Madonna thinks that if the two study Kabbalah, they would make better leaders and also improve their outlook on the world, especially in light of their handling of the Iraq war....
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2004 9:14pm PST
Eminem releases mosh2 video with new ending
"It is time for all people of conscience to call upon America, come back home, come home America. I call on Washington today, I call on every man and woman of good will all over America today, I call on the young men of America who must make a choice today. Take a stand on this issue, tomorrow may be too late. Come home America." -MLK (1)...
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2004 6:02am PST
Help bring RBG hip-hop to mainstream radio!
DJ Scene, who spins at Clear Channel-owned KUBE 93, has provided us an opportunity to bring revolutionary hip-hop to the masses....
Posted: Thu, Nov 18, 2004 2:57pm PST
KPFA Missing Ballot Scandal
As if the national election fraud scandal were not enough, we have a case of many missing ballots in the election of KPFA's Local Station Board that makes one wonder if it is a computer failure or a political program....
Posted: Thu, Nov 18, 2004 2:46am PST
David Rovics: Four New Songs
Four "new" (from April) David Rovics Songs, one about Falluja...
Posted: Thu, Nov 18, 2004 1:41am PST
We the Planet Festival
The We Are the Planet Festival took place the night of November 13 at the Henry J. Kaiser Center. It was a beautiful night of music and politics. Faultlines and Indybay had a table, below, where people in the audience watched "We interrupt this Empire" and "The Miami Model"—projected onto the wall—with great interest....
Posted: Wed, Nov 17, 2004 8:40pm PST
We Are The Planet Festival
Several thousand people attended the second annual We Are The Planet Festival Of Music, Consciousness and Activism, Saturday evening at Oakland's Henry J. Kaiser Center. The event was sponsored by The Circle of Life Foundation. The organization's founder, Julia Butterfly Hill, was the master of ceremonies. www.circleoflife.org...
Posted: Tue, Nov 16, 2004 10:21pm PST
Secret Service investigates Boulder, CO students playing Bob Dylan song
BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 12, 2004 — Parents and students say they are outraged and offended by a proposed band name and song scheduled for a high school talent show in Boulder this evening, but members of the band, named Coalition of the Willing, said the whole thing is being blown out of proportion....
Posted: Tue, Nov 16, 2004 5:52pm PST
We the Planet Festival
Below is Julia Butterfly Hill, organizer of the We the Planet Festival. There will be more photos on Wednesday....
Posted: Sun, Nov 14, 2004 10:51pm PST
Editorial Cartoon: for the "Minutemen" of Falluja
"God damn, well, I declare! Have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannonballs;
their motto is 'Don't Tread On Me'!"
--grateful dead....
Posted: Sun, Nov 14, 2004 9:02pm PST
Video Riot 3 "Last Gasp of Freedom"
Video artist and San Francisco dedicate this years video riot to the Presidential election....
Posted: Sun, Nov 14, 2004 5:55pm PST
FREEDOM TO SPEAK BENSKY'S LANGUAGE!
Many people in the KPFA listener community in the San Francisco Bay Area have asked me, Joseph Anderson, for a copy of my UC Berkeley "Daily Californian" newspaper guest column on Pacifica Radio's KPFA character Larry Bensky. At the time of its original publication, I knew nothing about Bensky other than how he came across on the air. I guess it is time for a confirming retrospective. Bensky hasn't changed a bit. This was written during the Pacifica Radio crisis of 1999, when Bensky...
Posted: Sat, Nov 13, 2004 6:23pm PST
Seeds of the Streets Tonight
Come out tonight to support your local YMCA! Check out artwork, performances and projects by local youth....
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 10:45am PST
Berkeley Critical Mass today 5:30pm
Gather at 5:30pm at Downtown Berkeley BART. Ride begins around 6:15pm...
Posted: Fri, Nov 12, 2004 3:53am PST
We The Planet 2004: A Festival of Music Consciousness and Activism
Join Fault Lines newspaper and Indybay for a day of powerful music, inspiration and activism at the second annual We the Planet festival at Oakland's Henry J. Kaiser Center on Saturday, November 13th!...
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 1:33pm PST
Republicans Celebrate in SF Nov. 14th
Join Richard Riordan, Caspar Weinberger and Friends as they celebrate 4 more years of international war and class war....
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 1:23pm PST
11/11 Community Night Funky Puppet Supper
Sick of Bush Art? Sick of expensive cabaret shows? Need a break from reality so you can contemplate themes of evil, greed, revenge? Want to watch rich braggards get their just desserts? Then you need to hit up The Devil Take Them!...
Posted: Thu, Nov 11, 2004 12:36pm PST
Cat Stevens wins peace prize
ROME, Italy (AP) -- The singer once known as Cat Stevens -- branded by the United States as a potential terrorist risk -- has been awarded a peace prize in Rome for his humanitarian work.
Mikhail Gorbachev presented Yusuf Islam with the "Man for Peace" award at the opening of a meeting of Nobel Peace Prize laureates....
Posted: Wed, Nov 10, 2004 6:17pm PST