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Free Fax: Julie Lee Must Go
Go to www.local-impact.org/ today and send a free fax to demand that Julie Lee resign as president of the San Francisco Housing Authority Commission....
Posted: Tue, Sep 14, 2004 2:33pm PDT
David Rovics and Dave Lippman at AK Press TONIGHT!
Folk music and radical politics together again! Radical folk legend David Rovics will be performing, celebrating the release of his new CD Songs for Mahmud, along with the world famous, Cultural Director of the Department of Homeland Security - George Shrub, the singing CIA agent (otherwise known as Dave Lippman). Don't miss this stellar lineup!...
Posted: Tue, Sep 14, 2004 1:35pm PDT
N. Calif. PWW banquet to celebrate labor, peace and solidarity
OAKLAND, Calif. — Labor, peace and solidarity organizations and their leaders from around the Greater Bay Area will headline this year’s “all new” Beat-Back-Bush People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo Banquet on Friday evening, Oct 8....
Posted: Tue, Sep 14, 2004 8:12am PDT
Bush: family friends helped pull strings to get him into the National Guard
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A business school professor who taught George W. Bush at Harvard University in the early 1970s says the future president told him that family friends had pulled strings to get him into the Texas Air National Guard....
Posted: Mon, Sep 13, 2004 8:27pm PDT
Democrats v. Democracy
In August, sixty Nader petition circulators received a letter in the mail from the union's law firm stating that they were "under investigation" for fraudulently filling out the petition form and could "face a felony conviction and a prison term." One person "under investigation" was a lawyer who had just herself and her family sign. One elderly woman had two people show up at her house past 9 PM telling her that she was under investigation and that she might do ...
Posted: Mon, Sep 13, 2004 4:50pm PDT
The Camel's Nose of Truth
George W. Bush's character? The greatest myth of our time? Or is it? The only thing I know for sure is that the competition for #1 is fierce....
Posted: Sun, Sep 12, 2004 12:02pm PDT
Sat., Sept. 18-Free Art in the Park for Kids
On Sunday, Sept. 18, there will be free art activities for kids ages 5-10 at Precita Park, Treat & Cesar Chavez from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.....
Posted: Sun, Sep 12, 2004 11:23am PDT
BTL:U.S. Poverty on the Rise, According to Census Bureau
Interview with Scott Klinger, co-director of United for a Fair Economy's Responsible Wealth Project, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sun, Sep 12, 2004 5:33am PDT
US goverment tries to cover up covert funds to Opposition in Venezuela
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Posted: Sat, Sep 11, 2004 11:16pm PDT
BTL:Mass Arrests of Protesters at GOP Convention in NYC Condemned by...
...Civil Liberties Groups~Interview with Bruce Bentley, lawyer with the New York City chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sat, Sep 11, 2004 9:23pm PDT
Bush misses ballot filing deadline in Florida
This isn't that significant, because he will get on the ballot anyway. Nader, however, is being kept off the ballot for not getting all his signatures in by the deadline.
Is the rumor about Jenna Bush having an abortion true?...
Posted: Sat, Sep 11, 2004 8:16pm PDT
The American Way: Short Poem
This short poem, "The American Way," was written in response to a comment made by Brit Hume on Fox News Sunday, September 16, 2001. Hume said that people who questioned the possible underlying motives of the 911 attacks were "un-American."...
Posted: Sat, Sep 11, 2004 10:23am PDT
T. Boone Pickens behind Swiftboat advertising
The multimillionaire, or possibly billionaire stock speculator T. Boone Pickens was the largest contributor to the Swiftboat Veterans against Kerry advertising campaign that most of us have been overexposed to. Providing half a million dollars to this campaign, Pickens is a great illustration of how undemocratic the U.S. election system has become, where the principle of "one dollar, one vote" applies best....
Posted: Sat, Sep 11, 2004 9:01am PDT
East Bay Anarchist Cafe!
EAST BAY ANARCHIST CAFE!
Saturday, September 18th in Berkeley!
Benefit for RNC Protest legal support...
Workshops, Music, Reportback from RNC, Free Food, and more!...
Posted: Sat, Sep 11, 2004 2:43am PDT
Urge Sacramento City Council to Repeal "Son of Patriot Act" Ordinance
I urge everybody to attend the Sacramento City Council meeting this Tuesday - we are asking the council to repeal the "Son of Patriot Act" parade ordinance in its entirety....
Posted: Fri, Sep 10, 2004 7:48pm PDT
NYC Demonstrator Prison Bought and Paid For by RNC
It now has come to light the Republican National Committee - NOT the City of New York - leased the Pier 57 facility and arranged for its use as a prison for peaceful demonstrators unlawfully rounded up by police. The parents of one illegally detained demonstrator made the discovery after checking with the NYPD to find out who was managing Pier 57, and was told the Certificate of Occupancy and Fire Safety Inspection Certificate were issued to the Republican National Committee....
Posted: Fri, Sep 10, 2004 1:52pm PDT
Support for Jamal Holiday
Here's a preliminary website for people interested in supporting Jamal Holiday, locked up and accused with assault after the police attacked the Poor People's March at the RNC, August 30...
Posted: Fri, Sep 10, 2004 9:54am PDT
Protest At City Hall Over Racist Attacks
The Zeltzer For Supervisor will have a press conference outside city hall to protest the cover-up of racist "hanging noose" incidents and the refusal of Ammiano and the city to enforce laws that require training and scholarships for working class black youth...
Posted: Thu, Sep 9, 2004 6:38am PDT
White House Blocks Pentagon Spy Investigation
An FBI investigation into suspected security breaches involving Pentagon officials and Israel is unlikely to result in prosecution of senior figures following pressure from the White House, according to people familiar with the case....
Posted: Thu, Sep 9, 2004 12:02am PDT