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Neoliberal Globalization and Social Movements
"A new reality is involved, a response of the social movements to globalization that could become a political union... a qualitative leap of ideas and a convergence is occurring." Eric Toussaint is an activist in the Committee to End the Third World Debt...
Posted: Wed, Mar 13, 2002 2:45pm PST
A Life Revealed
Her eyes have captivated the world since she appeared on our cover in 1985. Now we can tell her story....
Posted: Wed, Mar 13, 2002 12:20pm PST
Wilson Riles' Challenge of Jerry Brown Raised the People's Issues
The proposals Riles championed included: requiring that 25 percent of new housing construction be affordable, a Just Cause Eviction ordinance to protect tenants, comprehensive living wage ordinances and support for union organizing, city funding in support of all public schools, real community policing and police accountability, support for community organizing, and economic development that would benefit everyone....
Posted: Wed, Mar 13, 2002 6:57am PST
Help Save Independent Web-Radio!
Copyright law proposal will eliminate small, independent & non-commercial webcasters from the internet....
Posted: Wed, Mar 13, 2002 6:40am PST
Uniting Communities Against War & Racism kick-off event - 3/14
UCaWAR (formerly the Solidarity Committee)
Kick-Off on Thursday, March 14th
6:30p - 8:30p
@ Fremont High School in Oakland
47th Ave & Foothill...
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 8:56pm PST
USA(tm)
Brand USA
America's attempt to market itself abroad using advertising principles is destined to fail.
by Naomi Klein...
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 8:43pm PST
9-11 Activist Kit
Information for consideration on what went down and what you can do. Justice demands honesty and inquiry, not media rhetoric, sensationalism and lies. Please consider this kit and think of all who have died since that day....
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 8:28pm PST
TEA or Titanic?
Enron, terrorism, world wars, poverty, pollution, ignorance, monopolization and other symptoms of "our" dysfunctional political-economics are just the tip of the iceberg. The global financial casino is the iceberg. TEA is a sturdy life raft for everyone's benefit.......
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 6:50pm PST
The Revolution Will Be JAMMED - Independent Radio To Be Destroyed By Design
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is pressuring the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to force acceptance of new version of Digital Audio Broadcasting, a kind of "Fax For Audio" on to the existing AM and FM broadcast bands. To accomplish this, the NAB plans to double the amount of space on the dial that a station uses, thus jamming the signals of weaker stations next to them on the dial....
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 5:32pm PST
Greg Palast re Greedy Creatures
they actually caught Governor Gray Davis buying it for $137 per megawatt and selling it back to Enron for $1 per megawatt and doing it over and over and over again....
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 4:14pm PST
SF Green Party County Council Candidates Ticketed For Observing Arrest
Two GCC candidates were given citations because of their decision to observe an abusive arrest....
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 2:27pm PST
David Pasquarelli: AIDS Activist and Political Prisoner Speaks
San Francisco alternative AIDS activists David Pasquarelli and Michael Petrelis were arrested on November 28, 2002 and charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism. They were held on a combined $1.1 million bail for nothing more than an alleged series of phone calls to the homes and offices of local government officials and reporters. In this exclusive interview, Pasquarelli offers his view of life in jail and the danger people with AIDS and HIV face from quarantine programs like the U.S. Cent...
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 12:43pm PST
WWW.INFOWARS.COM
For real news, check out Alex Jones (WWW.INFOWARS.COM)...
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 10:54am PST
SFPD Murders Another Black Man, Moves to Protect Killer Cop
Even if when off-duty and really bad at hand-to-hand combat, SFPD will protect their own if they murder a black man. Will the death toll keep rising of the San Francisco black community?...
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 10:14am PST
Chilean Lawyer Describes Threats to His Native Forests
In an interview conducted at the Cascadia Forest Alliance office in Portland, Oregon, Miguel Fredes of the Southern Environmental Law Center, describes the threats to his native forests in Chile. 9 minutes...
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 10:11am PST
Who rules a democracy?
This item explores the dynamics of popular rule versus elite rule in a democracy, and the vital role of A Technique of Democracy, which is designed to help emancipate popular engagement in the process of democracy. The story is linked to a colorful slide show just released by CC, describing that "technique of democracy."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 9:25am PST
Time to burn! Time to DEMAND DEMOCRACY!!!!!!!!
Democracy is dead. It is time to raise Democracy from the Ashes by creating huge fires of America's elitist propaganda machine....
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2002 3:03am PST