May to December 2021 Honduras coup update: The impending exit of JOH dictatorship (tags)
This second half of 2021 in Honduras saw continued attacks against peasants, indigenous communities, human rights defenders, unionists, students, political prisioners, community journalist, and also, many killings against politicians – in the context of the November election in which the Nationalist JOH regime saw that at the presidential level, it couldn’t pull off another fraud, although it can at the parliamentary and municipal levels. In addition, inroads were made into beginning several model cities (ZEDES), to add to the long list of dictatorship footprints so that it leaves a nightmare to be unravelled, as FUERA JOH – get out JOH’ becomes a reality, twelve and a half years after the military coup against the Honduran people.
San Francisco - Still keeping Truth Out (tags)
Fauci a No Show at Hearing on COVID-19 Origins. Dr. Anthony Fauci — who has faced a wave of scrutiny in recent weeks over criticism that he flip-flopped on his messaging on coronavirus rules and mandates, including mask wearing — declined to appear.
Extrdition Now and Then (tags)
The looming extradition of Julian Assange reminds us of a similar case in San Francisco 25 years ago.
House Hearing Reviews Financial Transparency Legislation (tags)
The House of Representatives is holding hearings on legislative initiatives to deter corruption and secrecy in the global financial system. The Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy convenes a March 13th hearing on "Promoting Corporate Transparency: Examining Legislative Proposals to Detect and Deter Financial Crime."
Justin Amash is the loneliest Republican in Congress (tags)
Justin Amash is the loneliest Republican in Congress
Oppose Environmentally-Harmful Development (tags)
L.A. County Board of Supervisors takes up this development on December 11, 2018. If you can't make the meeting, you can still write to the Supervisor of your district.
Oppose Environmentally-Harmful Development (tags)
L.A. County Board of Supervisors takes up this development on December 11, 2018. If you can't make the meeting, you can still write to the Supervisor of your district.
RELATIONS STILL STRAINED BETWEEN SOUTH LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS AND THE POLICE (tags)
NYC Councilwoman sponsors ground-breaking bill prohibiting wild and exotic animal displays (tags)
Animal Defenders International calls for support from New York animal lovers. ADI General Counsel Christina Scaringe is available for interview in New York about the evidence supporting a ban on wild animals in circuses.
Black Lives Matter Activist Jasmine Abdullah Sentenced Three Months in Jail on Attempted Lynching Charge (tags)
Wednesday, June 8, 2006
PASADENA - Despite overwhelming community support for the embattled activist Jasmine "Abdullah" Richards, who rose to prominence as a youth organizer in the resource-deprived African-American community residing in otherwise-affluent Pasadena, a jury unanimously convicted her of the charge of "attempt to taking a person from police custody by means of a riot," a charge up until very recently known as felony lynching. At yesterday's court hearing, presiding Judge Elaine Lu sentenced the activist to 90 days in LA County jail, three years' probation, and a year of anger management classes. The the feared stayaway order from La Pintoresca Park, the hub of Black Lives Matter organizing in Pasadena, was averted.
The destruction of the American Judiciary by fbi at will (tags)
Here are the verifiable Facts of the fbi's corruption of federal courts at will.
Congressional Hearing Examines Puerto Rico Debt Crisis (tags)
The US House of Representatives held its second hearing on Puerto Rico's debt crisis this year. The hearing focused on potential legislative solutions including bankruptcy protection and an economic oversight board
Here's a 400-word summary about the situation with Keiro nursing home and retirement home.
Puerto Rico Avoids Default Governor Announces Revenue "Claw-Back" to Fund Government Ser (tags)
Puerto Rico doesn't default under outrageous debt structuring.
July 2015 Honduras Coup update (tags)
https://sydneywithhonduras.wordpress.com/ The July Honduras coup summary is up... this time a lot of the repression was against hunger strikers, students linked to occupations, journalists and human rights defenders. Things are getting to an impossible point for many and there is some hope about how this rage be channelled.
Khader Adnan Rearrested, Then Released (tags)
Israel
UCLA passes resolution condemning anti-Semitism (tags)
On Tuesday evening, UCLA’s student government’s legislative body unanimously passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism on campus.
Argentina Faces US Contempt Hearing (tags)
US Federal Judge Thomas Griesa scheduled Argentina to appear for a contempt hearing on Monday, September 29. At issue is Argentina's failure to follow a court order to only continue to pay the 92% of bondholders who restructured after the country's 2001 default if Argentina pays a group of hold-out hedge funds. Argentina organized payment to restructured bondholders via an Argentine bank to avoid paying the hedge funds. The hedge funds, popularly known as "vulture funds," are asking the judge to hold Argentina in contempt and fine the South American country $50,000 per day.
The latest
US Trade Representative Dodges Senate Fast Track Hearing (tags)
The US Trade Representative (USTR) declined an invitation to testify at the Senate Finance Committee opening hearing on the controversial “Fast Track” legislation – leaving an Ohio Republican, Sen. Rob Portman, in the position of representing the White House...
Rezoning of the Ridge in Huntington Beach (tags)
I got this, probably because I commented on an issue regarding the preservation of indigenous historic places down in the area.
LAPD’s Secret Reporting Getting Public Airing (tags)
LAPD’s Secret Reporting Getting Public Airing
Opposition Grows Fierce to Austerity Cuts in Portland (tags)
On April 11 over 400 people packed the third public Portland Budget Hearing, which was organized by the City of Portland and which left many spilling out beyond the room where the hearing took place. More importantly, for the City Council there was an unexpected critical outpouring from the vast majority who attended. For the first time, the City Council and Mayor Charlie Hales began to lose control over their attempts to sell austerity.
To Feb 25 CA Hearing -Amnesty Intl: Proposed reforms will not alleviate the inhumanity... (tags)
Amnesty International has released a statement a few days before the California State Assembly Public Safety Committee hearing scheduled for 25 February. The hearing will review the reforms proposed by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for the Security Housing Units (SHUs) and hear testimony from prison advocates, lawyers and family members.
Reforming Prison’s Harshest Tactic –The Angola 3 case may help change the... (tags)
The Angola 3 case may help change the arbitrary and sometimes abusive use of solitary confinement.
Goshute Tribes Fight SNWA Pipeline to Vegas (tags)
The clock is ticking on the 60-day review period for the environmental assessment report on a controversial water pipeline along the Nevada-Utah border that the Goshute Confederated Tribes say would draw down their own water supplies and impede economic development as well as compromise sacred sites. The eight-foot-diameter pipeline would carry water 300 miles from eastern Nevada to Las Vegas, pumping about 84,000 acre-feet of water annually from Goshute and other tribal lands.
June 18th - Important NRC Meeting on San Onofre Nuclear Plant Safety (tags)
June 18th, 2012 5 PM – 9 PM San Juan Capistrano Your voice is needed! WE WILL HAVE A IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.
Protest in front of San Bernardino Courthouse (tags)
Notice of protest
Indybay Journalists Charged with Felony: Conspiracy to Make Media (tags)
SANTA CRUZ, CA — District Attorney Bob Lee has embarked on a full frontal assault against independent media in Santa Cruz by including four regular contributors to the independent news website Indybay.org amongst the eleven people charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors after the occupation of a vacant bank building on November 30th, 2011. District Attorney Lee apparently believes it is his duty to dictate how events such as the occupation of the vacant bank at 75 River Street should be reported on by the media, and if he does not approve of the coverage, then journalists risk the DA bringing charges against them.
BTL:Defense Lawyers Counter Claim of Harm to U.S. in Army Whistleblower Bradley Manning's (tags)
Interview with Rainey Reitman, steering committee member of Bradley Manning Support Network, conducted by Scott Harris
Marriage Equality Protesters Have Day in Court Oct. 17 (tags)
The "Equality Nine," marriage equality protesters who were arrested in August 2010 for staging a sit-in at the San Diego County Clerk's office to protest the continuing denial of marriage licenses to same-sex couples, were back in court October 17. The city attorney, who has refused to drop the charges, has offered them a plea deal, but so far all but two have refused to take it.
NV; Oct. 7 - Public Comment on SNWA Pipeline (tags)
Please help the Great Basin Water Network, indigenous tribes and many others in voicing their opposition to the SNWA's proposed pipeline from the Snake and Spring Valler aquifer system to Las Vegas that is being planned mostly for the benefit of suburban sprawl developers like Harvey Whittemore. The public hearing will be held in Carson City, though this planned extraction of 41 billion gallons per year will destroy an ecosystem that connects to Great Basin National Park and is a national resource that is for all to share in it's natural state, NOT to water Mr. Whittemore's 16 planned golf courses and 100,000 more homes for sprawl development nearly 50 miles north of the urban core of Las Vegas!
Andrew Thomas going down in flames (tags)
Will former Maricopa Count Attorney Andrew Thomas get his law license revoked for his crimes against the citizens of Maricopa County? Hope so!!!!!
In Orange domestic violence victims have found they are safer being beaten than fighting for freedom in the corrupt Lamoreaux Justice System
Senator Padilla Announces Committee Hearing Exploring Safety at California’s Nuke Plants (tags)
California State Senator Alex Padilla, a Democrat representing the San Fernando Valley, has called an April 14th hearing on the seismic safety of Pacific Gas'n Electric and Southern California Edison's nuclear power plants on the California Coast. This is the press release from his office:
Clean Air, Healthy Communities Citizens Hearing (tags)
Health, science and academic experts and private citizens defend clean air
EPPC CONDEMNS ANTI-MUSLIM WITCH-HUNT IN THE US CONGRESS (tags)
The Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC) stands with our fellow US Muslims who say they are being unfairly singled out in the US Congressional hearings. The EPCC condemns the fact that the hearing conducted by the GOP in the House has become like a witch-hunt,. The EPCC asks: " Why is there no hearing on racist and white supremacist rightist groups? Why are they so quick to brand Muslim terrorist and soft on terrorism and quiet on the White guy who shot Rep. Giiffords and the conservatives quick to call him just "crazy"?
Election 2012: Stewart Alexander Backing Efforts Demanding Impeachment of Clarence Thomas (tags)
U.S. Socialist Stewart Alexander is calling on the U.S. Senate to begin impeachment hearing to determine the worthiness of Clarence Thomas to continue as a member of the high court. As a U.S. Presidential Candidate, Alexander says he remains an advocate of term limits for the U.S. Supreme Court (a one 12 year term).”
Dylcia and Cisco on Panthers and Independista --SF8 Hearing on March 2 (tags)
This new episode of Freedom is a Constant Struggle (filmed by Angola 3 News) features Dylcia Pagan and Cisco Torres. Dylcia is a Puerto Rican freedom fighter, Independista, and former political prisoner. Cisco is the last member of the SF8 facing charges. He has an evidentiary hearing on March 2, 2011, and there is an 8 AM rally prior to the hearing, where supporters are urged to attend.
Three-Judge Appeals Court Panel Hears Prop. 8 Challenge (tags)
A quick overview of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on the constitutionality of Proposition 8, based exclusively on what I saw and heard during the C-SPAN telecast of the hearing and written without reference to any legal “experts” or political pundits.
New Hearing Set for Sami Al-Arian (tags)
prosecutorial lawlessness
EPA Hydro-Fracking Hearing Begins In Binghamton, NY (tags)
9/13/10 - Binghamton, NY - EPA hearings discuss safety issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" when related to pollution of groundwater. Fracking is the newest source for some natural gas pipelines like the one in San Bruno that recently exploded. Many older pipelines have serious safety concerns yet many more new pipelines are built each year due to expanded fracking of shale deposits without any clear oversight from federal regulators at PHMSA.
Police Abuse: Will a ‘torture’ verdict be the beginning of the end? (tags)
Similar to the crime of rape, that of police abuse is substantively underreported. But while news reports have rightly hailed the torture related conviction of former Chicago police lieutenant Jon Burge, all too many issues remain.
Attorney Richard Fine's Self-Inflicted Wounds (tags)
A great deal of local fanfare has been made of the 15 month-and-running incarceration of Richard Fine by Los Angeles Superior Judge David Yaffe, especially by Leslie Dutton of "Full Disclosure Network." A close examination of the facts and the law suggest that Mr. Fine challenged the Court on the weakest grounds imaginable, and has been wrong on both the law and the facts from the start.
Alleged Co-Conspirator Presides Over Case (tags)
Privilege now trumps any semblance of law.
Mehserle Trial (Oscar Grant) Update (tags)
Posted on May 7, 2010 A preliminary hearing Friday in the second-degree murder trial of former BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle provided few fireworks, but yielded several key rulings that could influence the outcome of what is expected to be a highly complex trial.
Killer Cop Update from Third Los Angeles Status Hearing (tags)
report from inside court room
Oscar Grant Report
LA Coalition for Oscar Grant Updates (tags)
30 people, individuals and representatives from various organizations, met to discuss the next steps in building the Justice for Oscar Grant movement at Chuco's Justice Center in Inglewood on Sunday night, February 28th.
The People vs. Johannes Mehserle Second Los Angeles Hearing (tags)
A story from the LA Coaltion for Justice for Oscar Grant
WHEN WILL OUR U.S. SUPREME COURT START PROTECTING ALL OF US little people in America ??? (tags)
THIS LA TIMES NEWSPAPER STORY IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS AMERICA, SO WHY IS OUR U.S.SUPREME COURT ACTING SO HELPLESS ???
Killer Cop Update from First Los Angeles Status Hearing (tags)
report from inside (and outside) court room
Oscar Grant Report
LA Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant Press Conference, 1/8/09: photos and full audio (tags)
The newly formed Los Angeles Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant held a press conference in front of the LA court house just before the first Southern California hearing in the murder trial of Johannes Mehserle was set to begin. The LA Coalition, along with several Oakland community activists who traveled south for the hearing, spoke about their determination to end the wanton killing and abuse of people of color by police. Full audio of the press conference is below.
1ST HEARING FOR OSCAR GRANT/MEHSERLE MURDER TRIAL (tags)
The first hearing of the Mehserle murder trial in Southern California took place on Friday January 8, 2010. The 7am gathering and press conference in front of the L.A. Superior Court Building was in many ways a meet-and-greet between the newly formed LA Coalition For Justice for Oscar Grant and representatives from Oakland.
ALEX SÁNCHEZ'S 2nd BAIL HEARING: REAL GETS REAL (tags)
THE JUDGE GETS REAL, BUT WHY? By Tom Hayden rEPOSTED: The Nation Jan. 6
PRESS RELEASE RE: OSCAR GRANT HEARING (tags)
Support Steve Murphy - Bail Hearing on Wednesday (tags)
Bail hearing on Wednesday, important food update
CDFA WILL AERIAL SPRAY YOUR HOME W/ TOXINS (tags)
CDFA will be tring to make you think their aerial and ground spray program will not hurt you, but they are dead wrong!
Save Prop 36! Treatment Not Jail! (tags)
The Select Committee invites you to attend this crucial rally and hearing to provide your ideas and solutions to save these important treatment programs in the face of a devastating $24 billion state deficit Please contact interested groups or individuals about this special meeting.
Cop will face murder trial in Oscar Grant case (tags)
As of the printing of this article there have been five days of testimony, stretching out over two weeks, at the preliminary hearing of Johannes Mehserle, the cop caught on video shooting Oscar Grant in the back as Grant lay on a train platform.
The Save Aaron Project, Preliminary Hearing (tags)
Friday, April 17, 2009 9:00am - 1:00pm Mendocino County Courthouse 100 N. State Street Ukiah, CA
HUNDREDS ATTENDS IMMIGRATION REFORM HEARINGS IN LOS ANGELES, MARCH 13 (tags)
Familias Unidas, Jamas Cerra Vencidos! (Familes United Can never be defeated) Hundreds of immigrants and advocates packed the old La Placita Olvera Church to hear testimonies from people who are affected by the broken immigration laws of the US and attend a congressional hearing on immigration reform law. Present at the hearings were Assistant Speaker Congressman Xavier Becerra, Congresswomen Grace Napolitan0, Lucille Royal-Allard and Diane Watson. They were members of the Latino and Black Caucus. They also presented people from their district who spoke on their concerns on immigration reform.
Filipino writer Alex Pinpin together with four pesants,-Aristedes Sarmiento, Riel Custodio, Michael Masayes and Enrico Ybanez,were arrested by armed security personnel of the Arroyo regime last April 28, 2006, on their way to a May Day Labor rally in Manila. They were later known as the “Tagaytay Five” After two years, last July 4, the Tagaytay City Regional Court Branch 18 started hearing their petition for bail. After a stalled investigation since June 2006, the State Commission on Human Rights (CHR) finally ruled that the state violated the activists’ rights when they were abducted and jailed.
Free The Tagaytay Five. Now-Pesante-USA (tags)
Filipino writer Alex Pinpin together with four pesants,-Aristedes Sarmiento, Riel Custodio, Michael Masayes and Enrico Ybanez,were arrested by armed security personnel of the Arroyo regime last April 28, 2006, on their way to a May Day Labor rally in Manila. They were later known as the “Tagaytay Five” After two years, last July 4, the Tagaytay City Regional Court Branch 18 started hearing their petition for bail. After a stalled investigation since June 2006, the State Commission on Human Rights (CHR) finally ruled that the state violated the activists’ rights when they were abducted and jailed.
Horowitz moves to put Polluting Warehouse on the Farm (tags)
Two years after the destruction of the farm Horowitz moves to put a polluting warehouse on the farm. CEQA hearing to be held on July 2, 2008.
Ruling Against Mumia Shows: No Justice in the Capitalist Courts (tags)
On March 27, the U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia reaffirmed the frame-up conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther Party spokesman and world-renowned radical journalist who has been locked up on Pennsylvania’s death row for more than a quarter century. After previously rejecting Mumia’s request to present evidence of his innocence, as well as a host of issues showing that he was railroaded by a racist court, the Court turned down Mumia’s request for a new trial. It upheld the 2001 ruling by a federal district judge that ordered a new hearing on the sentence, but limited the “choice” to the living hell of life imprisonment without parole ... or execution. Mumia is innocent. He was declared guilty and sentenced to die because of his revolutionary politics and because for years he had been a thorn in the side of the racist rulers of the misnamed “city of brotherly love.” Around the world, millions have come out in defense of Jamal. This latest ruling, like all those that preceded it, shows that the exploited and oppressed must have no faith in the racist injustice system. We call on the workers movement to mobilize its power to free Mumia now!
Samar court summons top CPP leaders and party-list rep (tags)
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) here has ordered the clerk of court to issue anew summonses to 37 respondents to a petition of writ of amparo filed by the family of a missing barangay official. During the hearing on March 24, RTC Branch 30 Judge Jovito Abarquez also issued an order of protection for Dennis Gutierrez, son of Elizabeth Gutierrez who was allegedly abducted by New People’s Army (NPA) members on Oct. 24 last year.
Hold the Bush administration accountable - no more nukes! (tags)
We need to Implement the directives of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and to end the Bush Doctrine of refurbishing our nuclear arsenal to support plans for wars of aggression around the world.
Condloezza Rice Picketed in Australia (tags)
Chanting “war criminal,” anti-war protesters waved blood-colored hands at U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday, but police held them back as she left a Capitol Hill hearing room.
Condloezza Rice Picketed in Australia (tags)
Chanting “war criminal,” anti-war protesters waved blood-colored hands at U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday, but police held them back as she left a Capitol Hill hearing room.
Eric McDavid Update - 3/7/08 (tags)
Hearing, sentencing and more
Eric McDavid's Hearing Moved (tags)
Hearing moved to Feb. 21st...
Torture Victim Identifies Military Officer as Captor During CA Hearing (tags)
Torture victim Raymond Manalo identified one of his captors during the continuation of the Cadapan-Empeño hearings at the Court of Appeals in Manila, Jan 18. Manalo took the witness stand for the second time to testify that he had been in detention together with the two missing University of the Philippines (UP) students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño and farmer Manuel Marino who were abducted June 26, 2007 in the province of Bulacan. The writ of amparo filed by the parents of Cadapan and Empeño has made headway as Manalo identified one of their captors in open court. In his first testimony in December, Manalo said he, together with his brother Reynaldo, was abducted on Feb. 14 and was secretly detained in several military camps in Central Luzon. He also said he had talked to Cadapan several times during detention and the UP student had told him she had been raped by soldiers.
John Graham Graffiti Vancouver, Canada (tags)
"Jails are not a solution to problems" Anna Mae Aquash
Public Hearings on Sacto/San Joaquin Delta Crisis (tags)
This includes a reportback of the recent public hearing (10/4) and info on the next public hearing (10/8) in Sacto Capitol to save the Sacramento and San Joaquin delta smelt from extinction, ideas for water conservation, etc..
Eric McDavid Hearing Update (tags)
Hearing update, vegan food, trial schedule..
The Empire Tastes an Unprecedented Moral Defeat (tags)
GERARDO, Ramón, René, Fernando and Antonio are still behind bars in the United States, three of them in maximum security prisons, and all of them subjected to the hateful revenge of those in Washington who have made them the target of reprisals against the Cuban Revolution.
Urgent - Eric McDavid's Trial Quickly Approaching! (tags)
Fundraising, hearings, and September in Sacto...
There are powers at work in this country (tags)
about which we have no knowledge
Call for Submissions: Zine on Property Destruction (tags)
Entering the radical community, many quickly find themselves constantly hearing about debate over property destruction. Is it violence? Does it matter if it's violence? Is it effective? Is it alienating? And on and on. I've been hearing this argument pretty much since I regularly started attending protests. At this point, I almost don't want to deal with the subject. Naturally, you're asking, "Then why the hell do you want to make a zine about it?"
Eric McDavid - Update on April 23 Hearing (tags)
On Monday, April 23, Eric finally had his hearing on the remaining defense motions.
Eric McDavid Hearing and Health Update (tags)
On Sunday, April 15, Eric ended his visit with his family early because of medical problems.
Your Govt Working Hard to Keep You Uninformed - Evidence (tags)
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has received a few of the documents it has requested from the White House after months of filing requests in their "investigation into suspicions that the Bush White House has edited scientific reports to downplay the effects of global warming."
Send a Message to Congress Today: STOP THE FCC! (tags)
Send a Message to Congress Today: STOP THE FCC!
After months of silence, the Federal Communications Commission announced that its first official public hearing on media ownership will be held in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 3.
London cops say no mistakes made in murder of Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menez (tags)
London cops say when they tackled Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes to the floor of a subway car and pumped 8 or so bullets into his head killing him it wasn't really a murder or even a safety violation, after all they though he was a terrorist.
Report Back: FCC Public Hearing on Media Ownership (tags)
LOS ANGELES, August 31, 2006 - A public hearing with two of the five commissioners of the FCC was held Thursday this past week on the USC campus.
Los Angeles urgently needs your help! (tags)
STU - Soon to be murdered by Los Angeles Animal Services
Get your New Cameros Now! (tags)
Forget Uncle Sam sweetening the pot! For $40.000 an enlister is willing to trade his place onb the front for yours even if you are 42 Years Old! and if it becomes a hardship you get a WHOLE $750.00 a month can you say sustainability?
U.S.Marines are "Valiant & Courageous"! (except answering for their dirty deeds! (tags)
TIKRIT, Iraq - Four U.S. soldiers accused of murdering Iraqi detainees refused to testify Thursday at a military hearing, where witnesses described how one of the victims spat blood as he lay dying and another was covered in brain matter.
Enlightening GW Congressional Hearing on C-span Last Night (tags)
At midnight last night, C-span aired a hearing that took place yesterday in DC about global warming. They had four experts and scientists and one guy, Mr. Wegman (a government hack), who has been refuting the scientist's work for years.
Court Hearing Tomorrow 7/26 (tags)
Hearing on USA Patriot Act and Humanitarian Aid Projects
SALVADORAN GOVERNMENT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF VIOLENCE TO REPRESS THE UNION MOVEMENT. (tags)
After yesterday’s violent acts outside the National University that took the lives of two anti-riot police during a protest of increased bus fares, the Salvadoran government is utilizing this situation to once again express its anti-union position
Media Non-event of 6/26/2006 (tags)
An important story was buried by the mainstream media last week: the 6/26 Senate Democrats hearing on Pre-Iraq War Intelligence. I offer this analysis of the media non-coverage of that damning (ergo, ignored) event. I hope you find it both enjoyable and informative -- and lament that no one else has done this bit of writing yet! Your servant, CPTMAY
Legislative recess stalls final vote on outpatient commitment bill AB 2357 until August (tags)
The California Senate adjourned Friday without having voted on involuntary outpatient commitment extension bill AB 2357, affording the bill's opponents an additional month to defeat the legislation.
Final vote expected today on involuntary outpatient commitment bill AB 2357 (tags)
Invoking an obscure senate rule Monday, California Senate Appropriations Chair Kevin Murray bumped involuntary psychiatric treatment bill AB 2357 to the Senate Floor, scuttling public input and fast-tracking the bill to its final vote today. Ardently opposed by a coalition of consumers, survivors, ex-patients and allies, the bill seeks to extend "Laura's Law", the state's soon-to-sunset outpatient commitment law.
Stop Biotech Bullies and Big AgriBusiness! Hearing on Wednesday! Call Your Rep! (tags)
It is important that we voice our opposition to this bully bill, SB1056. Please see messages and sites linked below for more; please contact your representatives!
Cyber-protests grow over soccer sex slaves (tags)
Chimpy W. Bushitler does it again - refuses to stop his slick oil buddies from getting illegal prostitutes.
Senate Health Committee narrowly passes forced treatment extension bill AB 2357 (tags)
In a contentious hearing Wednesday, a bill that would extend the sunset date of involuntary psychiatric outpatient commitment law AB 1421 ("Laura's Law"), was passed by the State Senate Health Committee with a vote of 5-3. Strongly opposed by mental health clients, survivors and allies, the bill, AB 2357, will be heard next in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
We are a republic; we don't want a king. Laws govern our nation, not men.. America doesn't want a president who believes "I am the law." A coalition of the unwilling is underway who see a breach of the constitu-tion in the monitoring practices.
Curt Weldon Gets Hearing on Able Danger (tags)
Curt Weldon just announced on Lou Dobbs' show that the Pentagon has agreed to let the Able Danger officers testify at a Congressional Hearing.
An Open Letter to Randy “Duke” Cunningham (tags)
The corrupt ex-Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham, an eight-term member of the Congress, will be sentenced on 02/27/06, for taking $2.4 million in bribes. An ultra hawk, he pushed for the Iraqi War which has cost untold misery for the Iraqi people and death and pain to the lives of so many American families. Cunningham said he wants to “atone” for his wrong doings. If so, let him come clean at his hearing about all of the pervasive corruption on Capitol Hill.
Greens plead with governor to spare life of 'Tookie' (tags)
Green Party of California, the only major political party opposed to the death penalty, asks the governor to spare life of Stanley ‘Tookie' Williams at upcoming clemency hearing date.
Garden Grove 5 face Preliminary Hearing (tags)
The Garden Grove 5 (victims of police and political repression arrested for speaking out against the Minuteman Project) face their Preliminary Hearing on October 3. Please attend and support this court date in anti-racist solidarity.
Max Mayfield-Natl Hurricane Center-Lies About Global Warming (tags)
During a Congressional Hearing on Predicting Hurricanes, Max Mayfield (hurricane guru) was asked if he believes the increase in number and intensity of hurricanes are due to global warming.
“Iraq is a No-Win, No-End War!” - Max Cleland (tags)
On Sept. 15, 2005, a Congressional “Forum” was held on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. It was chaired by anti-Iraqi War advocate, Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). She accused the Bush-Cheney Gang of creating a “bloody and ruinous debacle,” in Iraq, and that it was long past the time to discuss exit strategies. Max Cleland, a witness at the Forum and a Vietnam War veteran, and ex-U.S. Senator, said, “Iraq is a No-Win, No-End War!”
Sept 7 Public Hearing Expands Ad Seg Torture, the power of a crowd is needed (tags)
California Dept of Corrections (& rehab - what a joke) has called a public hearing to expand the minimum time in the hole without a review hearing from 30 days to 90 days for some infractions, as long as six months MINIMUM for others. This punishes the mentally ill and children as there are no phone calls and getting visits is very hard while in cruel isolation, no canteen, no personal property in the 4' x 4' box,
Cynthia McKinney Reopens 911 Cover-Up (tags)
Help Rep. McKinney in revealing the truth about 911. This issue needs to be brought to the forefront immediately.
Downing Street Memo Hearing Audio (tags)
two audio clips from Conyer's Downing Street Memo Hearing- Statements from Rep Maurice Hinchey and an Amabassador (didn't catch her name) but she's good.
Theresa Dang's arraignment hearing continued until Wednesday, July 27th (tags)
What will happen next? Only history can tell. But if the rumors I've been hearing about Dang's case prove to be true, public exposure of them will be of considerable embarassment to the entire system of "criminal justice" here in Orange County. Is it no wonder why so many men in powerful positions are incredibly nervous about what the Garden Grove Police have done?
BP Arrests/Hearings Update (tags)
Hearing date changed. The hearing has been moved to July 27, 2005. That is one month from yesterday.
From Congress to union halls: Demand widens: Exit Iraq! (tags)
Lawmakers respond to public outcry WASHINGTON — "Let Conyers in!" the crowd chanted at the White House gate the evening of June 16. Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and a dozen other lawmakers had come to deliver petitions signed by 566,000 people demanding that President George W. Bush answer for the so-called Downing Street Memo proving that he "fixed" intelligence to justify war on Iraq.
URGENT: Downing Street Memo hearing with Ray McGovern and company repeats today at 11:10 A (tags)
URGENT: Downing Street Memo hearing with Ray McGovern and company repeats today at 11:10 AM PT & 2:10 PM ET (6:10 PM GMT) on C-SPAN
Rep. Conyers’ Spotlights Bush’s Pack of Lies (tags)
The Downing St. Memo was center stage on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2005. Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) called a hearing to focus on that leaked document, which shows that President George W. Bush, Jr., and his cohorts, were looking to “cook the intelligence” on the Iraqi War. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) said Bush is “a liar” and it’s time to bring the troops home!
PHOTOS: At Philly City Hall for Mumia (tags)
On Thursday, June 16, supporters of journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered outside Philadelphia City Hall in response to a recent decision by Judge Pamela Dembe which prohibits him from entering in 2 new pieces of evidence. That day, members of the Ossining, NY chapter of the NAACP and others visited both Mayor Street’s and Pamela Dembe’s office in downtown Philadelphia. Others conducted a “Honk for Mumia” outside of City Hall as the day’s traffic passed.
Downing Street Minutes Hearing on C-span Thur. (tags)
Thursday, June 16 Democratic Members of House Judiciary Cmte. Hearing on Downing St. Memo and Iraq War On C-SPAN3 at 2:30pm ET homepage: homepage: http://www.cspan.org/
Pasadna's Historic Raymond Theatre - Notice of Public Hearing on June 6, 2005 (tags)
Please Help Support Preservation of Pasadena's Hisotoric Raymond Theatre!
Congress on Steroids! Watch No-Nonsence Representatives Get Tough on Witnesses! (tags)
In the baseball steroid hearings, we saw aggressive questioning by representatives, but when it involves anything important, like war funding or CIA torture, members of this Congress are nothing but yes-men and neutered pussycats.
Chertoff Buried Early Evidence of Bush Torture Campaign in Afghanistan (tags)
The nominee for new Homeland Security secretary, back in 2002, worked hard to keep the public from hearing courtroom testimony that would have revealed the Bush government’s new campaign of torture, allowing it to spread from Afghanistan to Guantanamo to Iraq.
On the Fight Against Hubert Vo in Texas: Call off the Dogs (tags)
Republican lawyers need better things to do than chase down Houston voters and put their names on the internet.
Federal Officers and Whistle Blowers under attack by Bush Administration (tags)
Bush Administration targest whistle blowers and Federal Officers as "Terrorists"..... Whistle Blower laws voided and civil and human rights under attack...... individuals even "prosecuted" for "being depressed"..... and for excercising civil rights...........
Los Angeles struggles to save trauma center
Media emergenC, San Diego, Oct 6-9th (tags)
Media EmergenC - A four day Independent Media Convergence in San Diego, October 6-9, 2004. The National Association of Broadcasters' "Radio Road Show" is in San Diego this year and Media Activists will be there to tell the NAB, "We Want Our Airwaves Back!" Join this convergence in person or virtually on the internet.
Media EmergenC, Independent Media Convergence, San Diego, Oct. 6-9, 2004 (tags)
Media EmergenC - From October 6th to the 9th, Artists, filmmakers, activists, Students, Citizen, etc. will converge in San Diego to celebrate the growing media revolution and rise-up to counter the NAB's "Radio Road Show."
Help Save the Belmont Graffiti Art Hall of Fame from Developers! (tags)
Currently there is a battle being waged between developers and local grass-roots organizations to preserve the Toluca Subway Tunnel and Belmont Graffiti Art Hall of Fame from becoming a large scale apartment complex. This site has been used in countless films and music videos over the decades.
3 Pro-Queer/Queer Anarchists Arrested at Chicago Gay Pride, facing felonies, need support! (tags)
Millions Lost in Cyberspace (tags)
Yet another example of where your hard-earned tax dollars in the clutches of Big Government end up: in the shitter. Liberals, remind us again why taxes should be even higher. It would be easier just to set the money on fire in the backyard.
Tre Arrow's next two hearings are both set for Monday, May 31st in Vancouver B.C. The first , an Admissibility for Refugee Status, is scheduled for 10am, followed by a Realease (bail) hearing. If he is found admissible for refugee status, then he could potentially be released. Contributions are urgently needed for bail and legal expenses.
Oingo Boingo to Attend Raymond Theatre Hearing Monday! (tags)
Members of the band Oingo Boingo will be attending May 17 City Council hearing to show their support. A growing number of celebrities are lending their support to save the venerable rock venue from conversation to a condo, retail, office complex. David Lee Roth, Slash (ex- Guns N' Roses/Velvet Revolver), Jackson Browne, Billy Idol, Carrie Hamilton, W.A.S.P. and many others have lent their help and support.
Get into the barrel, Condi, it's your turn. (tags)
We keep hearing at the hearing of botched opportunities to go after al Queada. And the missed briefings. And the restraints we were under. And all those damn WALLS.
SSharon's Wall of SShame (by Latuff) (tags)
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of brave Palestinian people and their struggle against U.S. backed IsraHell's state terrorism.
The IsraHell's Separation Wall (by Latuff) (tags)
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff. Support The Stop The Wall Campaign: http://www.stopthewall.org/
Itamar Marcus: A Man with a critical message, just left Southern California.
ANOTHER VICTIM OF TORTURE!!!!!!!!!!!! (tags)
SENT AFTER SHOWING FEAR, TORTURED AND BACK TO TELL ALL!!!!!!!!!
Republicans subpoena 527s - but not the Club for Growth (tags)
Republican Bob Ney is threatening to subpoena six top Democratic 527s (political action committees named for a section of the federal tax code). But the 8th largest 527, "The Club for Growth," is ignored because it is a GOP financing juggernaut.
Republicans Strip 'No War Profiteering' Section (tags)
The White House and the House Republicans took out a section of a bill that would have imposed stiff penalties for war profiteering. With one-party rule in Washington, there will be no oversight (and no penalties) if anyone steals any (or all) of the $87 billion dollars President George Bush wants to spend on the US - Iraq War
URGENT! Gov't attacks on Amer Jubran, Thursday 11/6 (tags)
After a year of refusing to present evidence or witnesses in its endlessly delayed prosecution of Amer Jubran, the federal government handed Amer's lawyer a fifty-two page document presenting its case--scarcely more than a week before Amer's final trial.
Kathy Boudin Granted Parole After 20 years (tags)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Kathy Boudin, the '60s radical who has served 22 years in prison for a 1981 armored car heist in which three men were killed, was granted parole Wednesday. Boudin, 60, a one-time member of the Weather Underground described as a model inmate in prison, had been denied parole just three months ago, as well as two years ago.
Ashcroft's Memo and Sherman Austin: Coincidence? (tags)
Attorney General John Ashcroft wants prosecutors to closely monitor which judges impose more lenient sentences than federal guidelines recommend, a step some critics say could limit judicial independence.
FCC Hearing Audio + FCC Commissioner Adelstein Interviewed (tags)
KPOO and KPFA coverage mp3 files for download or streaming
Written for the event in February, the spirit of the info still is valid.
About the "Kill a cop for the cause!" Redding Murder Case (tags)
Since those despotic rulers over at sf imc won't allow anything on this issue to stay up on the forum for more than 15 minutes, I thought we might like to keep track of this murder case over here in LA.
Statement of Susan Barclay, US Political Prisoner of Israel (tags)
At 9 am on Monday, March 10th the Jerusalem District Court will conduct a hearing concerning the re-arrest of the American peace activist Susan Barclay. This is her statement in response.
Activist Backgrounder to Tuesday's FCC event (tags)
Taken from answers to a several questions asked by IA-IMC to this San Francisco Media Activist. A backgrounder to the event and what activist are doing and can do.
Momentum Gained to Break Up Media Concentration! (tags)
Federal Communications Commission Chief Commissioner Michael Powell calls for new hearings after an unprecedented number of submissions from media makers and consumers to the FCC public record.
Defeat Corporate Communism (tags)
New book excerpt explaining how everything we thought was bad about communism is what's wrong with corporatism
Update on David Barbarash ALFPO (tags)
David is the North American ALF Press Officer. He runs the Black Cat Distro and is a commited animal/eco-warrior who has taken part in ALF liberations. Recently his house was raided and things confiscated by state forces. This has been a common recurrance since David has become an outspoken supporter of underground direct action. This message is an update on his situation with the legal proceedings.
SUPRESSION OF ARAB STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA (tags)
The policy of the University of Haifa seeks to end Palestinian student political activism on campus. This policy will continue unless massive protest persuades the University that it is unacceptable for an institution of Higher Learning. We therefore call on members of the academic community - students and professors - as well as others, to protest the suppression of political activities of Arab students at the University of Haifa and demand that the University revoke the suspensions imposed on the student activists and respect students' basic democratic right to express their political views.
UNION ACCUSES COCA-COLA OF MURDER (tags)
Colombian food industry workers are holding an International Public Hearing into the assassination of 14 of its activists. The union alleges that the Colombian state and the Coca-Cola Corporation are jointly responsible.
The Jenin Massacre Gallery (tags)
We keep hearing the comforting stories on the nightly news, assuring us that no massacre occurred in Jenin. The U.N. murmurs in soft, loving tones in an effort to convince us that no massacre ever happened and it was all Palestinian propaganda. Sadly, the photos tell a different story.
Update on hearing by Subcommitee on Ecoterrorism (tags)
Question: Ben & Jerry's, Ford Foundation, PETA, Ruckus Society, RAN, and ELF ... what do they all have in common? Answer: They were all denounced today on Capitol Hill as either "terrorists" or "terrorist supporting".
Bush, a self-proclaimed "Christian" conspiracy theorist, was ordered held in federal custody pending a detention hearing on Friday. He is under constant watch at a jail in Plymouth, Mass., and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation by Native Americans before the hearing.
Federal Judge Throws Out Death Sentence of Mumia Abu-Jamal (tags)
Published on Tuesday, December 18, 2001 by the Associated Press at 1:09 PM
Enron Officials Snub Congress (tags)
Enron Corp., whose stunning collapse is being investigated by federal regulators and Congress, is declining to send any officials to a hearing Wednesday by two House panels.
Building Bridges presents Labor and Public Housing Tenants UNITE (tags)
a 58 minute radio program on the community and labor protest to fight federal forced work requirements in public housing
Dmitry Sklyarov Bail Hearing Aug. 6 - Attend Protest Rally, Show Supprt (tags)
Dmitry Sklyarov bail hearing on Aug. 6 at San Jose Federal Building. Attend protest rally, pack the court room, and show your support.
Shut the LA City Council Down (tags)
Thge corruption of the LA City Council will be on flagrant display Tuesday. Come on down and see how they are throeing your money away in corporate welfare while destroying coastal wetlands.
NAVY'S MISTREATMENT OF PROTESTORS ON VIEQUES (tags)
GUTIERREZ TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL PANEL ON NAVY'S MISTREATMENT OF PEACEFUL PROTESTORS ON VIEQUES Congressional Hispanic Caucus conducts hearings on abuse of demonstrators Navy representative admits that video tapes show Congressman cooperating with police, not resisting arrest
Brief update from Long Beach Courthouse (tags)
No felony charges, but an array of misdemeanors brought against the 15 protesters in the afternoon courtroom session.
Minneapolis Council takes action on ISAG protest (tags)
Public Hearing held on police tactics at ISAG conference held July 24-26. Resolution to follow.