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Transnational Corporations Cut, Kill, and Export in Olancho, Honduras (audio/mpeg 5.1MB)
Honduran community activist Gilberto Flores and Jenni Petullo of Rights Action spoke about the history and current political situation in Honduras on April 13 in Santa Cruz, California.
Privatization of public services, the building of mega-dams, deforestation, and harmful mining practices, as well as human rights abuses are among the challenges facing Honduran communities. Flores and Petullo discussed how these problems fit within the context of corporate globalization, international financ...
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 2:19am PDT
Iraqi Resistance Report for 14 April
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Wednesday, 14 April 2004. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu Nasr, member, editorial board, the Free Arab Voice. http://www.freearabvoice.org...
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 1:34am PDT
4/17: Marriage Media Training 101
Back by popular demand, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
(GLAAD) and the San Francisco Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community
Center would like to invite you to an encore marriage media training on
Saturday, April 17 from 1:30-5:30 P.M....
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 12:19am PDT
Figures about national debt and military budget
Do These Figures Make Sense to You?...
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 12:05am PDT
Queers Nationwide to Protest on Tax Day
On April 15, activists for gay rights will be standing in front of post offices across the country to protest the discrimination in the tax code against same gender couples who cannot get married....
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 12:02am PDT
miami n20 afternoon preview (video/quicktime 46.1MB)
n20 afternoon preview for miami FTAA model...
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 10:52pm PDT
The first anniversary of April 7th in the Port of Oakland
Revisiting a scene of shock and awe to reaffirm our First Amendment rights. Our banner read, “Remember the shots! -- Return to the docks!”...
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 9:42pm PDT
River: Arabs aren't anti-American. US foreign policy towards the region is what's hated
...we don't need news networks to make us angry or frustrated. All you need to do is talk to one of the Falloojeh refugees making their way tentatively into Baghdad; look at the tear-stained faces, the eyes glazed over with something like shock. In our neighborhood alone there are at least 4 families from Falloojeh who have come to stay with family and friends in Baghdad. The stories they tell are terrible and grim...I wish every person who emails me supporting the war, safe behind their comp...
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 8:54pm PDT
No Aid 4 Israel; Davis/Sac actions
No more Tax money to fund nuclear weapons in apartheid Israel. Leaflet/Rally at Davis and West Sac post office 4 tax day.....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 8:33pm PDT
Organize From Below
A Message to Young People Who Are Considering Taking a Job as a Union Staffer...
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 8:23pm PDT
Analysis: US 'emulates' Israeli tactics
Go to any US military exercise and Israeli observers are much in evidence. US commanders have drawn extensively on Israel's experiences in the West Bank and Gaza Strip for lessons that might be applicable to Iraq....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 8:08pm PDT
Some People Push Back
In April 2003, the United States was celebrating a “cakewalk” and on May 1, 2003, George Bush declared “the end of major combat operations” in front of a banner proclaiming “Mission Accomplished”. In April 2004, “cakewalk” has been replaced with “quagmire” and “Mission Accomplished” has been taken over by a “Nightmare Scenario.”...
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 7:13pm PDT
FBI Whistle-Blowers Go Unheard
The Justice Department inspector general has been looking into the case over the last two years, and still has not produced a report. [So why bother with one now? Just spread more lavish praise around for all the white men in the Old Boys Club]....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 6:17pm PDT
SF APOC Conference
1st Ever SF BAY Anarchist People of Color Convergence...
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 5:35pm PDT
How Israel persuaded leader of the free world to see West Bank entirely their way
Ariel Sharon was smiling during much of his joint White House conference with President George Bush last night.
He secured most of what he came to Washington DC for, perhaps more than even he had dared to expect....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 5:06pm PDT
Bitter Palestinians lose hope at Bush's words
GAZA (Reuters) - Joyless Palestinians took bitter consolation from the prospect of ruling Gaza on Wednesday as the United States backed Israel's hold on chunks of West Bank land....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 5:05pm PDT
Critical Resistance; Breaking it Down (audio/mpeg 6.5MB)
Critical Resistance's 'National Field Organizer' spoke with people in Santa Cruz that are working to start a local chapter....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 4:09pm PDT
Student Hunger Strikes Against Taco Hell
19 students at U of Florida have gone on hunger strike in protest of UF's contract with Taco Bell....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 3:43pm PDT