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FCC Decision on Media Ownership Nears Supporters of media ownership restrictions are making a final push to warn of the dangers of more media mergers ahead of an FCC vote that stacks 3-2 against them....
Posted: Wed, May 28, 2003 7:10pm PDT
American Life: A tax cut for you and but not for me The lunatics are now in charge of the asylum." So wrote the normally staid Financial Times, traditionally the voice of solid British business opinion, when surveying last week's tax bill. Indeed, the legislation is doubly absurd: the gimmicks used to make an $800-billion-plus tax cut carry an official price tag of only $320 billion are a joke, yet the cost without the gimmicks is so large that the nation can't possibly afford it while keeping its other promises....
Posted: Tue, May 27, 2003 12:43am PDT
latest CD VIDEO GAME release 
this is the latest craze to hit the streets here in the US,...
Posted: Sun, May 25, 2003 3:08am PDT
Half-baked Marxism, Full-blown Solutions A solutions-based economic analysis of wage, housing, and other socio-economic issues will be presented at New College (777 Valencia) in San Francisco on Thursday, May 29 at 7 pm....
Posted: Thu, May 22, 2003 5:43pm PDT
The New York Times in Black and White "Anyone who tells you that my race didn't play a role in my career at the New York Times is lying to you. Both racial preferences and racism played a role. And I would argue that they didn't balance each other out."...
Posted: Wed, May 21, 2003 6:36am PDT
CROPCIRCLE NEWS LATEST 
the cropcircle have a new twist to the phenomenon...
Posted: Wed, May 21, 2003 1:52am PDT
Protest Media Consolidation The Federal Communications Commission's likely action to relax major media ownership rules is forging some unexpected political alliances. For instance, for the first time a group known as "CodePink, Women for Peace" finds itself on the same side of a fight as the National Rifle Association....
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2003 12:47am PDT
Foundations Roiled by U.S. House Measure to Spur Increase in Charity The House bill has created a furor in the philanthropic world, with foundations warning that they could be forced to squander their assets and spend themselves out of existence. Its supporters, however, say it will actually rein in wasteful spending — on salaries and overhead — as it gives charities needed help in a time of withering government budgets and growing economic pain....
Posted: Sun, May 18, 2003 7:37pm PDT
[gangbox] SWEATING IN FRONT OF THE STOVE [gangbox] SWEATING IN FRONT OF THE STOVE...12 hour days, subminimum wages and low wage unionism in the NYC restaurant industry...
Posted: Sat, May 17, 2003 2:33pm PDT
GOVERNOR GRAY DAVIS' DAILY DIGEST Does this replace small business Smog Check with state contractors paid from taxes?...
Posted: Fri, May 16, 2003 9:53pm PDT
Two FCC commissioners seek to postpone vote on media ownership rules Two commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission asked for a "public airing" before the FCC votes on controversial rule changes on media ownership....
Posted: Tue, May 13, 2003 7:35pm PDT
5/6 General Strike in Austria-1st in 50 yrs For the first time in 50 years, Austrian workers went on general strike, with 1 million of the 1.4 million trade union members participating. The issue was pensions in a country where the retirement age is 59 for men and 57 for women....
Posted: Mon, May 12, 2003 8:19pm PDT
Borders Books Union Worker Speaks (audio/mpeg 13.9MB) Borders Union worker speaks at the "Meeting the Challenge" labor conference...
Posted: Sun, May 11, 2003 12:07pm PDT
Starfucks® sues tiny First Nations coffeeshop for "trademark infringement"! Three years ago, Darin Swanson and his partners christened their HaidaBucks cafe. Now the coffee shop in the Queen Charlotte Islands (British Columbia, Canada) is being sued by the Starbucks company, which says the name is too familiar to their own. "I guess they have a problem with the word 'bucks' in our name. They're letting us use the word Haida -- nice of them," Swanson said. Swanson and his partners -- all members of the Haida Nation -- insist they have aboriginal rights to t...
Posted: Sat, May 10, 2003 2:05pm PDT
Texas Young Communist League launches new website The Young Communist League of Texas (TX-YCL) has recently launched a new website. The website boasts several interactive features; users may vote in online polls, place events on the TX-YCL web calendar, and even submit articles for publishing....
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2003 9:12pm PDT
CROPCIRCLE SEASON STARTS 
the cropcircle season kicks of with a cropcircle treasure hunt....
Posted: Wed, May 7, 2003 9:35am PDT
Cuba y la izquierda 
Analisis de los acontecimientos en Cuba, del debate y las reacciones en la izquierda y posicionamiento...
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2003 10:20am PDT
Save Our Port...Again...and Again 
Willie Brown eliminates maritime representation from San Francisco Port Commission....
Posted: Mon, May 5, 2003 5:50pm PDT
Piquetera, MTD Lugano. 
Photograph taken at a piquete of the MTD Lugano
and Asamblea Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires.
High resolution versions available on CD.
Requests accepted at the email above....
Posted: Mon, May 5, 2003 7:53am PDT
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