Philippine Congressman Walden Bello visits Filipino communities in US cities (tags)
IN several forums this month, Congressman Walden Bello is visiting Filipino-American communities in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Portland to talk about the upcoming May 13 mid-term congressional elections in the Philippines, and the role his political party, Akbayan Citizens’ Action Party, has played in the passing of progressive legislation during the just-concluded 15th Congress. Akbayan’s Risa Hontiveros is running for a Senate seat in May, and is in the circle of candidates deemed to have a chance of winning a seat – a first in the Senate for Akbayan. Akbayan is also running as a party-list organization to again have their House seats.
Independent media accounts of police attack on Occupy Oakland (tags)
Yesterday police raided the Occupy Oakland encampment. One protester, an Iraq War veteran was hit in the face with a tear gas canister. Legal observers and media were kept away from the raid.
Haiti's Earthquake: Natural or Engineered (tags)
technology can cause earthquakes
UE,Mexico,CIA,Avion De Rendicion,Estados Unidos Departamento de'Homeland Security' (tags)
Ciudad de México.- Un avión con matrícula de Estados Unidos, en el que fueron encontrados en México casi cuatro toneladas de cocaína, fue vinculado por la prensa con la CIA y con el traslado ilegal de presos de Al Qaeda a distintos campos de detención en el mundo. - DPA
Blackwater Faces New Death and Injury Claims and Drug Allegations (tags)
The estates of two more Iraqis killed when Blackwater USA personnel allegedly opened fire on civilians in Nisoor Square in Baghdad on Sept. 16 and an injured survivor of the incident joined the pending civil litigation against the private military contractor late Monday.
Elvira Arellano Arrested! (tags)
American Family Values: Arrest and Deport Elvira Arellano. Elvira Arellano was arrested today around 3 p.m.
Bratton's history in Boston, NY and LA (tags)
The attacks on May Day at MacArthur Park are consistent both with ICE/vigilante attacks on immigrants and Bratton's long history of attacks on poor and oppressed people in the interests of global capital, colonialism and gentrification.
Bill Clinton's "Killer Prison Blood" Scandal - (tags)
BAD BLOOD Canadian media, including the Calgary Sun and Ottawa Citizen, are reporting that tainted blood from Arkansas prisons made its way to a Montreal blood broker in the 1980s when Bill Clinton was governor. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating. At the time, American sources were not accepting prisoners' blood because of possible HIV contamination. OTTAWA CITIZEN
Ningún enemigo podrá derrotarnos (tags)
Afirmó Raúl en declaraciones a Granma. Informó que Fidel sigue mejor y agradeció los miles de mensajes de solidaridad y apoyo procedentes de nuestro país y de todo el mundo. Se han tomado las medidas para prevenir cualquier intento de agresión. El pueblo está dando una contundente demostración de confianza en sí mismo.
Omigod! Senate Dems May Have to Take a Stand! (tags)
Sen. Feingold, with the help of Sen. Arlen Specter, is about to put the Democrats in the House in an uncomfortable spot. Enjoy the show.
ISRAEL ASKS: HAS AHMED TIBI BECOME A RACIST? (tags)
This article defends Israel against charges of racism, looks at the perfidy of Arab MKs and the upcoming elections in Israel.
Indymedia: para todos, no para una pequeña secta (tags)
Por qué publiqué las reflexiones de Rubén . Lo explicaré públicamente, no a una pequeña camarilla de tipos y tipas que con sus nombres avalaron la CENSURA y REPRESIÓN, borrando inmediatamente las publicaciones que hice con argumentos basados ÚNICAMENTE en el "consenso" ...entre ellos…
The Extremely Lame Agenda of the Left (tags)
Doesn't matter whether you're talking about Kucinich, Sharpton, Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Nader, or Dean. They're all the same.
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Shi'a Will To Power - Downfall of Bush, And The Neocons? (tags)
ronically, the Bushites will eventually regret getting rid of Saddam Hussein. In short order, Iraq will turn from a Ba'athist dictatorship into a Muslim theocracy.