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Steven Hawking to lead London anti-war protest on US election day
Stephen Hawking, Britain's most eminent scientist, has become the latest prominent opponent of the Iraq war by agreeing to take the lead role in a ceremonial protest to coincide with the United States presidential election....
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 10:23pm PDT
Voters claim abuse of electoral rolls
An Observer investigation in the United States has uncovered widespread allegations of electoral abuse, many of them going uninvestigated despite complaints of what would appear to be criminal attempts to manipulate voter lists.
The allegations, which come just two days before Americans go to the polls in one of the most tightly contested elections in a generation, threaten to plunge Tuesday's count into a legal minefield and overshadow even the elections of 2000....
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 10:21pm PDT
Bush Now 6 pts ahead thanks to a little help from Bin Laden
George W Bush moved yesterday to seize the political advantage after Osama bin Laden's extraordinary intervention in the US presidential election on Friday night....A Newsweek tracker poll published yesterday suggested the momentum may be moving in the incumbent's way. The poll predicted Bush to win by 50 per cent to Kerry's 44, compared with a 48-46 gap last week.
As the candidates spent their last Saturday before Tuesday's election attacking one another over terrorism, political analysts...
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 10:11pm PDT
What Makes Nader Tick?
A Question of Character
What Makes Ralph Nader Tick?
By GREG BATES...
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 5:13pm PDT
Eminem: Incitement to Vote?!
The new video for Eminem's song "Mosh" was released online and on MTV this week. The video was produced by the Guerrilla News Network.
The lyrics of the song "Mosh" advocate for political pressure as a means to enact change, but change in name only......
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 3:36pm PDT
Bush Attempts To Overturn Decades of Legal Precedence & Block Voting Rights Lawsuits
Bush administration lawyers are now attempting to overturn decades of legal precedence by claiming that under the Help America Vote Act only Attorney General John Ashcroft -- and not individual voters - have a right to ask federal courts to enforce voting rights....
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 12:45pm PDT
This American Life Special Report: Vote Fraud
Stories of election year chicanery appear in the paper every day. TAL contributor Jack Hitt compiles a list of the most egregious accounts, double checks the facts, and gives his election eve rundown of the dirtiest tricks to look out for this November 2....
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 12:38pm PDT
Green Party Ballot Recommendations
Lots of races on the ballot -- how should you vote? Here's what the Greens say......
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 9:40am PDT
BTL:Election Protection Coalition Charges GOP-Connected Groups with...
...Voter Suppression and Intimidation Campaign ~ Interview with Elliot Minceberg, People for the American Way Foundation, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 4:59am PDT
an anarchist analyssi of RNC 2004
I don't agree with everything in this piece (i don't agree that united for peace and Justice [the organziers of 500,000 person mass march on Sunday] should be dismissed as just a group of liberals), however this piece has some real insight as to where our movement stands as we enter a new period....
RNC REDUX: Anarchist Analysis of the 2004 RNC Protests
by Alexander Trocchi, CrimethInc. International News Agent Provocateur...
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 2:16am PDT
Election Eve Candlelight Vigil
Election Eve Candlelight Vigil
For Peace, Justice and Democracy...
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 12:38am PDT
Desperate Bush Seeks to Suppress Hispanic Turnout with Harsh Negative Attack on Choice
Desperate to suppress turnout among minority voters, President Bush has recycled with a Spanish translation an attack ad rated as the worst of the campaign by a USA Today focus group, NARAL Pro-Choice America said today....
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 12:27am PDT
911 statement
Below is a powerful statement released yesterday which is already helping
to bring the 9/11 issue more into public awareness. It is a petition
signed by 100 prominent Americans demanding a full, independent
investigation....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 11:08pm PDT
Found Video purportedly shows young George W. Bush snorting Cocaine
Found Video purportedly shows young George W. Bush snorting Cocaine
during his Failed Congressional Run of 1978....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 9:46pm PDT
Sunday: Prop Making for 11/3 Actions
SUNDAY, October 31, 11am-5pm
In the courtyard of St. Bonaface Church at 133 Golden Gate St. in SF...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 9:41pm PDT
Election Day Terror Drills - Please Bombard Office of Domestic Preparedness
At least three states have WMD/Terrorism Incident drills scheduled for Tuesday, November 2, 2004 – Election Day. As of May 8, 2001, Dick Cheney was placed in charge of managing all domestic preparedness related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). It is likely that Cheney will be managing all of the Election Day WMD/Terrorism Incident drills across the country. The presidential statement, which gave Cheney this power, also created the Office of National Preparedness....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 7:10pm PDT
Let's Boil it Down "Mr. Republican"
Are you "really" a republican?...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 6:13pm PDT
Frontlines Progressive Slate & Voting Guide + latest articles
* SF Election last minute intelligence
* Latest articles
* Progressive Slate and Voting Guide...
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 5:46pm PDT
Voting in a Culture of Occupation: An Interview with Derrick Jensen
One of the things that I want to say about this that I haven't yet said is that a two party dictatorship is much smarter than a one party dictatorship. If you really want to control someone, what you do is you give them the illusion of choice. Then they perceive themselves as being free, and there's nobody more enslaved than the slave who doesn't even know that he or she is enslaved. One of the things the Nazis did......
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 5:40pm PDT
CHRISTIANS ARE RISING UP AGAINST GREED, FEAR & BUSH
Good-hearted Christians are rising up against Bush's compassionless regime of fear, greed, and arrogant imperialism. They're reclaiming "the radical message of Christ‘s love--the perfect love that casts out fear." They're putting faith into action and urging others to join them in voting for change on November 2....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 4:58pm PDT