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Worldwide Alert: Call for an International Solidarity Camp at the Hill of Tara, Ireland
AN INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY CAMP AT TARA IS NEEDED URGENTLY. People from all over the world are asked to come to Tara and help to established a permanent mass presence there to monitor destruction of heritage by the Irish State, and prevent the construction of a motorway through the Tara-Skryne Valley....
Posted: Tue, Aug 1, 2006 3:25pm PDT
Declaration Against the Israeli War on Lebanon (by Arabs and Jews in Northern Israel)
We, residents of the Galilee and the Valleys, along with all the peoples of the region, are victims of the plans for the reshaping of the Middle East, victims of a desire to establish a new order in the Middle East that does not serve the interests of its peoples. The American army did not bring peace to Iraq. The Israeli army will not bring peace to Lebanon. The American army will not establish a democracy in Iraq, the Israeli army will not bring democracy in Lebanon. The American policies h...
Posted: Tue, Aug 1, 2006 10:06am PDT
IMMIGRATION'S ECHOES, By Mumia Abu-Jamal
Blacks and Browns have a shared history of resistance against oppression. Driven as much by presumed political necessity as by xenophobic fears, the immigration issue has grabbed headlines and the talking heads of the media over the past few months....
Posted: Tue, Aug 1, 2006 9:52am PDT
Weapons bound for Israel said to pass through California
This piece by Majorie Choen states that U.S. weapons bound for Israel and its attack upon Lebanon passed through southern California...
Posted: Sat, Jul 29, 2006 4:29pm PDT
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 7/28/06 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Spain, Cuba, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, Jul 27, 2006 4:59pm PDT
¡Palestina, el Líbano: sionismo asesino, imperialismos y Estados árabes cómplices!
Los ataques de Israel en el Líbano se inscriben en la continuidad de sus ataques contra los palestinos en Gaza y Cisjordania. El pretexto de estas sangrientas operaciones de policía imperialista ha sido la captura de tres de sus soldados –entretanto miles de prisioneros palestinos y también libaneses, se pudren desde hace años en las cárceles israelíes....
Posted: Tue, Jul 25, 2006 5:23pm PDT
Counter the G8 + 5 Climate Summit! October 3-4 in Mexico City: CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW!
On Tuesday, October 3 in Mexico City, the Energy and Environment Ministers from the "Group of Eight" (G8) industrialized countries are scheduled to begin negotiating a climate change deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. They will be joined by Energy and Environment Ministers from the five "emerging" countries of Brazil, India, China, South Africa and Mexico. All together, these "G8 + 5" countries represent 58% of the world's human population, 61% of oil consumption, 80% ...
Posted: Sun, Jul 23, 2006 8:39pm PDT
Facts about Irish Political Prison Protest (and how you can help)
How can you help? Get involved and take part in the Cabhair monthly sustainer! Cabhair, is an Irish charitable organisation that provides financial assistance to the dependants and family members of Irish Republican political prisoners. I would urge everyone who reads this to help them in this most noble of work by making a contribution. Cumann Na Saoirse Náisiúnta (National Irish Freedom Committee) sends all collected donations straight to Cabhair through its Monthly Sustainer program. The p...
Posted: Sat, Jul 22, 2006 10:15pm PDT
FRSC: Peacetalks Interviews on the current crisis in Palestine, Lebanon & Israel
Six Interviews on the current crisis in the Middle East focusing on the Palestine Occupation and Lebanon Israel conflict....
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 8:52am PDT
PoP dEFECT RADIO: Green Scare Mix (audio/mpeg 34.2MB)
A musical collage mix from an edited speech of Lauren Regan
(A Private practice attorney in Eugene Oregon) on the Greenscare FBI roundups of enviromental activists through Inditments, Grand Juries and Incarcerations from a forum held on june 26 in New York City by the Natioanl Lawyers Guild, which is assisting in the defense of the green scare prisoners...
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 8:59am PDT
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 7/14/06 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Spain, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, Jul 13, 2006 6:04pm PDT
PeaceTalks: Laura Carlsen, director of the IRC Americas Program, on the Mexican election (audio/mpeg 30.5MB)
George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 fm interviews Laura Carlsen about the irregularities and fraud that occurred in the Mexican election.
Laura Carlsen is the director of the International Relations Center Americas Program in Mexico City, where she has worked as a writer and political analyst for the past two decades.
Carlsen just wrote the article "Mexico's Dramatic Vote Count Lacks
Credibility," ....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 12:17pm PDT
PeaceTalks: Tanya Reinhart, Israeli professor and author, on Israel's attack on Gaza (audio/mpeg 26.9MB)
George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Tanya Reinhart about the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
Tanya Reinhart is an Israeli professor and author. She wrote the book, "Israel/Palestine: How To End the War of 1948" and is the author of the forthcoming book, "The Roadmap to Nowhere: Israel/Palestine Since 2003" which will come out in September.
She is also a columnist for one of the largest daily papers in Israel, Yediot Aharonot....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 12:06pm PDT
PeaceTalks: Professor of Middle East History at NYU, Zachary Lockman on Gaza offensive (audio/mpeg 16.1MB)
George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 fm interviews Zachary Lockman about the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
Zachary Lockman is the Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University, where he teaches Middle East History. He is also a contributing editor of the Middle East Report. His most recent book is Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism (2004)....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 11:32am PDT
On Jonathan Kozol's Education Manifesto
The struggle for social justice can begin in schools, with a mass movement to take direct action in order to overcome racist high-stakes tests, and imperialist wars....
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 11:16pm PDT
FRSC: Wall Street Traitiors, Birmingham FNB Interview/Listening party with Price Maivery (audio/mpeg 28.2MB)
Skidmark Bob Interview & Listening Party with bassist/vocalist Price Mavery
of The Wall Street Traitors about their latest album "Dirty Little Busy People" airing tracks and talking about songs and volunteering with Food Not Bombs in Birmingham Alabama....
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 1:21pm PDT
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 7/7/06 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Spain, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 4:22pm PDT
Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravan Media Alert
This post includes a couple things. A link (again) to a blog maintained by a fellow caravanista, a link to the SC cuba caravan groups myspace and a media alert from the Intereligious Foundation for Community Organizing, the parent organization of Pastors for Peace....
Posted: Wed, Jul 5, 2006 8:20pm PDT