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fwd: EU's secret network to spy on anti-capitalist
The new measures clear the way for protesters travelling between European Union countries to be subjected to an unprecedented degree of surveillance....
Posted: Mon, Aug 20, 2001 1:30am PDT
Interview w/Publix Theatre folks
Long interview with some of the folks from the Publix Theatre Caravan after their release from prison in Genoa....
Posted: Sun, Aug 19, 2001 9:55pm PDT
Dear SEATTLE TIMES (opinion@seattletimes.com)
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, let US strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle -- to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.....
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Abraham Lincoln..................................
Posted: Sun, Aug 19, 2001 1:24pm PDT
Why has noone contributed a sidebar on Mumia?
Why has nobodt posted sidebars re: Mumia Rally, yesterday?...
Posted: Sun, Aug 19, 2001 11:07am PDT
8/26 SF MUD Free Concert for Public Power
On August 26, 2001 from Noon to 7 p.m., the campaign for a San Francisco-Brisbane Municipal Utility District, SF MUD, will have a free concert with information tables at Crissy Field, San Francisco. This concert includes Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Peaches, Bonnie Prince Billy aka Will Oldham, Bardo Pondo, Gospel Legends The Holmes Brothers, Jello Biafra, Mamadou Diabate, Tejano Music Pioneer Santiago Jimenez, Jr., Nels Cline Singers, Faust & Shortee, Psychofunkodiscodelic and much more....
Posted: Sun, Aug 19, 2001 6:30am PDT
Palestinians View Israeli Occupation of East Jerusalem's Orient House...
Hussein Ibish, of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, discusses the significance of the Israeli takeover of Orient House and the consequences for those working to implement a cease-fire....
Posted: Sun, Aug 19, 2001 5:48am PDT
Amnesty International Adopts Jailed Mexican Environmentalists as...
Folabi Olagbaju, director of Amnesty International USA's Human Rights and Environmental Program. He discusses the circumstances surrounding the prosecution of Montiel and Cabrera and why Amnesty has adopted the men as prisoners of conscience....
Posted: Sun, Aug 19, 2001 5:21am PDT
Bush Administration Crackdown on Travel to Cuba Challenged by...
Art Heitzer is an attorney in Milwaukee and is the chairman of the Cuba subcommittee of the National Lawyers Guild. He spoke about what he feels the Bush administration's motive for its Cuba travel crackdown and what recipients should do if they receive a letter from the Office of Foreign Assets Control....
Posted: Sun, Aug 19, 2001 4:51am PDT
INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE + SEATTLE WASHINGTON.
With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, let US strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle -- to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.....
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Abraham Lincoln..................................
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2001 10:09pm PDT
Oakland Docks Solidarity Action
Update on the Oakland waterfront picket of the Cielo di San Francisco AND the Cielo di Espagna...
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2001 8:26pm PDT
IMF/WB Protests -- What you can do
IMF/World Bank Days of Action, September 28th - October 4th, Washington
info@abolishthebank.org | http://www.abolishthebank.org/
What you can do......
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2001 5:56pm PDT
no opposition to 2012 Olympics in san francisco?
The Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee wants to bring nationalism and Commercialism right into san francisco in 2012. In Atlanta 1996 and Los Angeles 1984, the homeless were relocated so that the host country wouldn't be embarrassed by this "social problem."...
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2001 4:20pm PDT
Starhawk - "After Genoa: Asking the Right Questions"
essay by Starhawk on post-Genoa tactics (republished here, found nologo.org)...
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2001 12:44pm PDT
Cielo di San Francisco and Who Is Affected By These Actions
One of the organizers of the Portland picket of the Cielo di San Francisco explains who was affected by that action. And why they did it....
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2001 11:39am PDT
Feature Mumia Abu-Jamal; ILWU & G8
When will San Francisco Independent Media feature Mumia Abu-Jamal?
Only Philadelphia and Chicago are featuring Mumia. This case has put on the international stage the fascist nature of the American judicial system and its clear genocidal course. A French delegation appeared at Mumia's hearing on August 17 and France has apparently given Mumia French citizenship....
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2001 7:00am PDT
Toilet Paper Vs. National Security
To be truthful, I've must admit I've never had reason to contemplate the possibility that toilet paper would come to be considered as a threat to our national security. Apparently the SS now finds itself so wrapped in paranoia, that in order to protect the most widely despised Moron in modern history, they need resort to making it up as they go. Making mockery of the Constitution as it suits them.......
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2001 6:12am PDT
Chants to Shut Down the IMF/World Bank
Add your own; I'll compile a list and re-post it....
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2001 4:26am PDT
Open Letter to Bay Area Anarchists
local anarchists, please read this and comment! let's start talking, and then let's start doing!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2001 2:26am PDT
Wrongfully Dismissed Rent Board Commissioner Sues Mayor Jerry Brown
The Rent Wars Of Oakland
Take On A New Front To
Stop The Landlord Lobby
From Advancing Their Agenda....
Posted: Fri, Aug 17, 2001 11:42pm PDT
Flashpoints Radio Aug 17: Balkans Dubya's powderkeg; Mumia not allowed in court
KPFA Flashpoints Radio August 17, 2001 (link to scrollable audio in 'full story' text below)
- Discussion of NATO/US shenanigans in the Balkans (21 min)
- Mumia had a hearing today, but wasn't allowed in court (6 min)
- Hear Arnold Beverly's affidavit confessing to the murder of Officer Faulkner (5 min)
- Lynn Washington: how the police engineered the verdict (11 min)
- Alice Walker reads from the foreword she wrote for All Things Considered (5 min)
- Mumia audio commentary on the upco...
Posted: Fri, Aug 17, 2001 10:45pm PDT