In Ukraine, it's coming down to an endless war of position (tags)
Russia sees itself as existentially threatened - regardless of whether NATO and the West ever had and have in mind to attack Russia. What is relevant is what the Russian leadership and the majority of Russians are convinced of.
ATTACKED, ACCUSED, CONDUCTED - THE BAD TRICKS OF STATE POWER against Woman (tags)
On June 23, 2021, UP1 ("Ella"), who has been in custody since November 2020 for defending valuable trees against the construction of a highway that is hostile to humans and the climate, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison...
The recovery process will only be possible as a reinvention of institutions - as a redefinition of all that politics means to us, of what it means to be a democracy, if that is what we want to be.
The state must cushion the economic impact (tags)
Heiner Flassbeck expects a slump of the German GDP of 20-30%, Neither Trump nor Merkel said a word about stabilizing the economy. You can't just shut down the economy and then hope nothing happens. Companies, banks and people must be supported. Money must go to those now becoming unemployed..
Three Mile Island Nuke Plant Finally Shutting Down (tags)
The notorious Three Mile Island nuke plant is finally shutting down for good.
A3 Newsletter: Albert Woodfox's Birthday, Book Release & Tour (tags)
Today marks the third anniversary of Albert Woodfox's release (and his 72nd Birthday), and February 8 marked the eighteenth anniversary of Robert King's release. Albert Woodfox's new book "Solitary," will be released by Grove Atlantic Press on March 5, and Albert will begin a book tour around the country. Albert will be in Los Angeles on May 2, 6:00 PM, at Eso Won Books, 4327 Degnan Blvd. Read more below
More Scandals Rock Southern California Nuke Plant San Onofre (tags)
Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the decline and fall of the nuclear power industry in the US and abroad, and highlights the efforts of those working to create a nuclear free world. Here is our August 2018 report. More Scandals Rock San Onofre The eighth month of the year saw additional scandals erupt at Southern California's San Onofre nuclear plant, which has been shut down since 2013. Another potentially catastrophic accident occurred, a previously unknown whistleblower spoke out, and the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is sending a special inspection team to try to sort out this whole mess. San Onofre's majority owner Southern California Edison shut the plant down prematurely after a scandal involving corporate mismanagement that caused a radioactive leak, and environmentalists exposed the utility's rush to restart the plant at the expense of the public's health and safety. Since the permanent shutdown Edison has begun what's called decommissioning, meaning dismantlement and decontamination of the nuclear plant .A key task in this process is dealing with the nuclear waste left over . This is called spent nuclear fuel, stored in San Onofre's nuclear reactors as well as in pools where it must be constantly cooled or else there could be a serious accident, in the worst case leading to a meltdown. This highly radioactive waste remains lethal to all life for a very long time. The federal government was supposed to take responsibility for for the megatons of spent nuclear fuel (3.55 million tons in San Onofre's case) for the whole nation by 1980, but still hasn't . Edison chose to do the job by having the spent fuel removed from the plant and transferred to what is called dry storage, in canisters that are then buried on site for who knows how long. To carry out this task Edison hired Holtec International of Camden, New Jersey. Work began this past February, then stopped--but for only 10 days--after a cask lost a part while being lowered into the burial site in March. The burial site is only 100 feet from the Pacific Ocean, protected by just a 28 foot seawall. August Is the Cruellist Month--So Far On August 10th the San Diego Union Tribune reported on "an incident" during which another spent fuel cask had become stuck on August 4th while being maneuvered down to the bottom of the nuke dump. Specifically, the cask was wedged 18 feet above the bottom, and remained there for "45 minutes to an hour" according to the NRC. The next day, August 4th, a whistleblower revealed himself at a public meeting about San Onofre's decommissioning, the same U-T article reported. He identified himself as David Fritch, and said he was employed with the federal Occupational and Safety Administration (OSHA) and had been working at San Onofre for three months. Fritch said he attended the meeting "to see if any of Edison's reps would discuss the 8-3 incident," but when none did he decided to report that the canister in question "could have fallen 18 feet." In a followup Union Tribune report on August 24th Fritch alleged that only "about a quarter inch" wedge prevented the canister from falling before it was finally repositioned and safely lowered. In the earlier U-T report Fritch also said some workers with Holtec "are undertrained" and many experienced supervisors are often sent away and replaced by new supervisors "who don't understand it as well." The 8-24 Union Tribune report said an NRC inspection team "will send a team to evaluate the incident, will come on September 10 and spend a week." The incident "confirms every fear we've had about what's going on at San Onofre and what measurges they're taking to ensure the public's safety," Charles Langley of theSan Diego Public Watchdogs told the the Union Tribune on August 10. He also expressed concerns that the spent fuel casks are not thick enough and could crack. In light of all the above, Edison put the cask transfer operations "on pause." Source: San Diego Union Tribune, uniontribune.com Holtec's Master Plan Given Holtec's troublesome performance at San Onofre, you might think the company would be curtailing its activities in other places. Unfortunately this is not the case. Earlier this year Nuclear Shutdown News detailed its plan to build a nuke dump in Arizona for the nation's spent fuel still sitting around the increasing number of shutting down and already closed nuclear plants. An application to do so has been filed with the NRC. The most likely means of transporting the high level radioactive waste would likely be by rail. But Holtec has also been removing spent fuel from shutdown nukes and storing it on site, most recently at Vermont Yankee, which closed in 2014. Holtec appears to be privatizing the job of dealing with the nuke industry's high level radioactive waste and turning it into its own growth industry , after the job was abdicated by the federal government since 1980, as noted above. On August 1 Utility Drive reported a new Holtec scheme to turn a profit this way in its article "Holtec to buy three nuclear plants, greatly accelerate decommissioning." The three nuclear plants, all shutting down in the near future, are Oyster Creek in New Jersey, Pilgrim in Massachusetts, and Palisades in Michigan. Holtec and its partner Comprehensive Decommissioning International, said they would dismantle and decontaminate the three nuke plants in eight years, though they have up to 60 years to do so. The same plan applies to Vermont Yankee. In that state the Conservation Law Foundation warned, "In the rush to secure a possible--and by no means certain--quick cleanup of the site, the settlement excludes reasonable protection for Vermont communities. The Utility Drive report did not explain why Holtec is buying the three nukes, or for how much, But a report by WBUR radio in Boston on August 2 said that in the Pilgrim deal "Holtec will get $1 billion paid by Massachusetts ratepayers into a decommissioning trust fund." Sources: Utility Drive, utility drive.com; WBUR, wbur.org. During August more Scandals Rocked the Southern California nuclear plant San Onofre, resulting in an upcoming federal investigation.
These are three important videos to inform and to educate the people of the world. See also my work at Academia.edu
Three years after OC snitch scandal, no charges filed against sheriffs deputies (tags)
Three years after OC snitch scandal, no charges filed against sheriffs deputies
Jerusalem: Reality vs Impracticality – The Protection Racket of the Jewish State (tags)
In that tight piece of geography, two nations simply cannot be constructed justly; the one with the bigger guns will always dictate the terms. And it is truly no ordinary piece of geography. It is so steeped in the history and intermingling cultures of all three Abrahamic religions that try as the transplanted European Zionists may, to obliterate the vestiges of the other two, its history and its emotional affiliations cannot be divorced from that geography. Abolishing apartheid and eliminating the racist Zionist philosophy, and replacing it with a society with secular, civil and moral laws that are based on the common moral teachings of all three religions and which treat all three peoples as equals, permitting each to practice their own faith, to hold sacred their own heritage without encroaching upon the rights of each other, is the only just solution today. That is the actual ground reality when primacy is replaced with fairness. It is also the solution that the ordinary Palestinian peoples themselves demand. It is high time the Palestinian and Muslim leaders listened, and dared to lead as history's actors in their own right. Other nations' leaders will follow suit once the singular demand is tabled by the Palestinian and Muslim leaders, with no back-off whatever the pressure and consequence. In time, all wounds will heal naturally, as all three peoples have far more in common than they have the courage to recognize and accept. The status of Jerusalem is then naturally and organically resolved as the common sacred heritage of all three faiths. Surely some formula for administering the holy city in fairness to the peoples of all three faiths can then be devised by the citizens themselves and ratified as the fair law of the sacred land that is named in the Holy Scriptures of all three faiths as “The City of Peace”.
Nuclear Shutdown News June 2017 (tags)
Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the decline of the nuclear industry in the US and beyond, and highlights the efforts of those working for a nuclear free world. Here is our June 2017 report:
Duterte's Strike Against the US Empire (tags)
Commentary on western news media's demonizing of President Duterte and the rub-out of history of US imperialism.
Overthrown USA Government (tags)
Our police state is evidenced in this report and related links.
NYT Justifies US Afghan Hospital Bombing (tags)
NYT
Israel Desecrates Islam's Third Holiest Site for the Third Day (tags)
Israel
Cholita the real-life Paddington bear gets her storybook-ending! (tags)
Animal Defenders International returns abused ex-circus bear home to the rainforest & launches urgent appeal to save three more ‘Paddington’ bears
Palestinian Mother Dies from Israeli Settler Inflicted Immolation (tags)
Israel
Gaza: A Socioeconomic Dead Zone (tags)
Gaza
France, Germany and Russia Back Ceasefire in Donbass: Hold the Cheers (tags)
Ukraine
Egypt's War on Press Freedom (tags)
Egypt
Israel's War on Palestinian Children (tags)
Israel
Muhammad Allan's Suspended Detention Can Be Reversed (tags)
Israel
US Dark Forces Stoke Violence and Instability in Latin America (tags)
anti-war
KPFK Work Reductions ....signs of an ending now, so soon ? (tags)
- KPFK has been on air radio 'plugging' begging pleading irritating and repeating for a whole month, to not enough avail. Results are maybe 1/2 of their [pre-set] goal. And who wants to listen to same-old infomercials repeated endlessly....instead of any 'regular programming'. Why pay forr this onslaught? Then notice of staffs being reduced hours, as program-staff work-times are also being reduced when some New-fangled ' gen'l mgr' decides she liles extreme & factually unsubstantiated views better.... and... more to come
Murder, Inc: Official Israeli Policy (tags)
Israel
Propaganda Works: New Polls Show Most Americans Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal (tags)
Iran
Deepening Greek Depression (tags)
Greece
Israel Bombs Syria During Large-Scale War Games (tags)
Israel
Israel Murders Palestinians with Impunity (tags)
Israel
Minors Abused in Adult US Prisons (tags)
police state
One Year After Israel's 2014 Gaza Aggression (tags)
Israel
Israel Hijacks Humanitarian Ship to Gaza in International Waters (tags)
Israel
Yemen Peace Talks Deadlocked (tags)
Yemen
Poroshenko Hypes Nonexistent Russian Invasion Threat (tags)
Ukraine
US Senate Lets Three Patriot Act Provisions Expire (tags)
police state
Sham Riyadh Peace Conference on Yemen (tags)
Yemen
US Strategy: Bombing Yemen Back to the 19th Century (tags)
Yemen
Kiev Heads Closer to Resuming Full-Scale War on Donbass (tags)
Ukraine
A Description of Life Ending Nuclear War (tags)
anti-war
FEDS ALLOW LAWSUIT TO SHUT DOWN DIABLO CANYON TO PROCEED (tags)
On February 20 a Federal Court of Appeals in Washington DC rejected an attempt by Pacific Gas & Electric and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to quash a lawsuit filed by environmental group Friends Of the Earth (FOE).
Nazi Kiev Offiial Greeted in Ottawa and Washington (tags)
Ukraine
New petition for Albert Woodfox launched today by Amnesty International; Please sign! (tags)
Urging people to sign the new petition launched today, Jasmine Heiss of Amnesty International USA declares: "Allowing Albert his freedom is the only just and humane action the state can take after decades of holding him in cruel and inhuman conditions. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal must ensure that the state stops standing in the way of Albert's freedom. Tell the Governor: Stop wasting valuable taxpayer resources. Help ensure Albert's release without further delay. It is imperative that justice delayed does not become justice denied. Albert has endured the unthinkable. It is unconscionable to hold him for a single day longer.
Trigger-Happy: Profile of State-Sponsored Terrorism (tags)
Israel
HRW and AI Blast Israeli War Crimes (tags)
Israel
Sadistic Israeli Murder (tags)
Israel
Sierra Club endorses activists for Water Board (tags)
Sierra Club announces their endorsement of local environmentalist and activists Stephen Murray and Carl Southwell for West Basin Water District Seats.
Crowning the Dragon: World's Top Economy (tags)
China
Obama's Phony War on Islamic State Militants (tags)
anti-war
Ukraine's Independence Day (tags)
Ukraine
Down with the latest criminal abuses by the Israeli State! (tags)
On Thursday, June 12 evening three youths; Gilad Shaar, Yifal Efrad and Naftali Frankel were abducted by two militants suspected to have links to Hamas, the Islamic political organization, while they were hitchhiking at a crossroads near Gush Etzion, an Israeli colonial settlement in Palestinian territory. From that moment, it took 18 days before the bodies of three young settlers were found. During these 18 days at least six Palestinians were killed in the West Bank (including a child), along with no less than 600 arbitrary arrests, the closure of numerous centers and associations, including burglary and theft against the foreign media (1), the closure of roads and other forms of abuse by the Israeli army against the people under the pretext of search and capture of the abductors.
The Average Vegan Weighs 23 Lbs Less Than The Average Nonvegetarian (tags)
While a newspaper columnist promotes toxic food, numerous studies establish that vegans and fruitarians are more slender and healthful
Activist Professor Denis Rancourt's Judicial Lynching (tags)
police state
Navi Pillay: US Imperial Tool (tags)
imperialism
Israeli Crimes Go Unpunished (tags)
Israel
Cold-Blooded Israeli Murder (tags)
Israel
Israel Attacks Gaza - Again (tags)
Israel
Israel Targets Palestinian Children (tags)
Israel
Peace Activist Nun Imprisoned (tags)
police state
Affordable Housing for Families (tags)
A little idea for improving education.
Nostradamus Fukushima Prophecy (tags)
Nostradamus Fukushima Prophecy
Twitter Censoring www Political Speech is Not IPO Concern$.. (tags)
Until Twitter owners allow individuals the realistic opportunity of building their own larger followers base without using paid program APT$ to delete those who un>follow Twitter users,they will never retain long time users ..
Palos Verdes Teen Podcasters Awarded by Transom (Atlantic Public Media) (tags)
Transom, a non-profit group administered by Atlantic Public Media, has awarded $1,000, production guidance, and exposure to the teenage radio production staff of Open Orchard Productions.
Chicken Disease And Boycott Cause KFC Sales To Drop (tags)
Avian flu, salmonella, outlets not passing health inspections, declining sales are some reasons that KFC owner Yum Foods has seen a drop in profits of 70%.
Texan Hank Skinner Needs Anonymous As much As Troy Davis Needed Anonymous ! (tags)
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's biased misdirected anger is costing the State of Texas & Uncle Sam tens of million$ in various legal issues other than his hatred towards a likely innocent man named Hank Skinner..
NSA
On Philippine President Aquino's Midterm Year (tags)
Deeper reforms needed to curb inequality
Snowden and the three wise NSA whistleblowers (tags)
Whistleblowing is a risky business. I expect that, as they planned their course of action over the four months, Edward Snowden and his main media minder, Glenn Greenwald, paid very close attention to what happened to three past whistleblowers who crossed the NSA.
Andy P. Hart: Suicide or Murder? (tags)
police state
Israel's War on Fishing Rights (tags)
Israel
Another Dismal Jobs Report (tags)
jobs
Three Approaches to the Economic Crisis (tags)
Before 1980, wages, productivity, investments and production pushed one another and ensured general prosperity. After 1980 wages were dropped as a driving force of economic demand. Demand gaps were filled by consumer credits.
Imagine a 3 Day Weekend Every Week - Uranusday is the Solution (tags)
It is time we had a three day weekend, every week.
Differences Between Maoism & Marxism-Leninism (tags)
Communique of the 4th Congress of the Movement for National Democracy - Philippines (tags)
The Kilusan sa Pambansang Demokrasya (Movement for National Democracy) successfully held its Fourth National Congress in the City of Baguio on November 28-30, 2012 with the theme: Assiduously conduct political and organizational consolidation! Expose and Oppose Imperialism and Neocolonialism! Persevere in the Fight for National Democracy.
LADWP pulls leases under dry lake air monitors (tags)
They’re still doing it. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has, for decades, used its land ownership to manipulate life in the Owens Valley. The latest DWP maneuver cancels leases for land under three of the Air Pollution Control District’s Owens Dry Lake air monitors. LADWP doesn’t like what the air monitors are showing.
Cooked or Accurate US Employment Numbers? (tags)
class war
Religious extremism acts to defy logical thinking (tags)
The rhetoric from religious extremism found in Christian Zionism (CUFI) and Islamist groups (Sunni Wahhabists) acts to prevent logical thinking and encourages meaningless sacrifice of life and limb from impressionalbe and vulnerable youth turned soldiers.
Eric Garcetti Allows Destruction of 40 Protected Trees (tags)
Over the strong objection of constituents, Eric Garcetti (district 13) approved a rezoning of land, part of a wildlife corridor in Echo Park-Elysian Park, from three to 15 houses and gave developers special permission to cut down 40 protected trees. Garcetti's environmental legacy also includes siding with developer Ralph Horowitz and Councilwoman Jan Perry regarding the South Central Farm. Twenty years ago, another pro-development Councilmember, Michael Woo, ran for Mayor--as Garcetti is now doing--but was opposed by a formidable group called Citizens for Anyone but Woo. Hopefully 2012/2013 will see Anyone but Garcetti.
Bahrain Imprisons Human Rights Leader (tags)
Bahrain
Austerity Hastens Economic Decline (tags)
class war
GREAT FLOODS HITS METRO MANILA, SUBURBS (tags)
The whole of greater Manila region and its suburbs were hit by floods as high as one story building, caused by a 36 non – stop hours rain caused by southwest monsoon ( Hanging Habagat) from the south aggravated by three typhoons that brought torrential rains. Millions of people living in the National Capital Region (NCR) were affected. According to the EPCC NEWS, It has been raining non-stop in the Philippines for more than 11 days due to the arrival of three thypoons and the presence of the southwest monsoon. Millions of people were affected in 20 cities and 9 provinces in the main island of Luzon. Electricty and water were cut-off aggravating the situation. According to EPCC-LA Philippine sources, the floods were aggravated by 5 dams (like Angat, La Mesa, Ipo) around Metro Manila remained opened to avoid the dams from breaking. Add the high tide from Manila Bay, flood pronged areas like Malabon,Navotas, Quezon City and Manila became a lake and a part of the bay.
Israeli Police State Crimes (tags)
Israel
Choice Not on Ballot in French Election (tags)
France
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas Disbarred (tags)
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas Disbarred
"Mission accomplished": Le Figaro celebrates the extrajudicial execution of Mohamed Merah (tags)
23-year-old French Algerian Mohamed Merah was killed by a massive special forces police operation during which over 300 bullets were shot. The mainstream media paved the way for this extrajudicial execution by demonizing Merah, without presenting any evidence, as the perpetrator of two recent “terrorist attacks” in southern France.
City (Vancouver BC) announces rent bank for vulnerable residents (tags)
to read Barbara Ehrenreich's "The poor always with us, necessarily not us" published in: The Guardian, click on http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/mar/15/the-poor-always-with-us/print
BTL:US Soldier's Murder of 16 Afghan Civilians Provokes Growing Opposition Toward American (tags)
Interview with Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of the Voices for Creative Nonviolence, conducted by Scott Harris
Gaza: Isolated Under Siege (tags)
Gaza
VAWA creates false rape allegations (tags)
Under the Violence Against Women's Act (VAWA) the constitutional rights of men are destroyed. The presumption of innocence, a fundamental piece of American law, is disregarded. In the name of political correctness, thousands of innocent men are incarcerated indefinitely. A vengeful spouse, deranged lover, a jilted girlfriend, an attention seeking loser, or a mentally disturbed woman can have any person arrested on just her word. No evidence is needed, no questions are asked.
Israel Plans More Walls (tags)
Israel
Serial Killer Targets Homeless Men in Orange County (tags)
Three transient men have been stabbed to death in Orange County, Calif., in the last three weeks by a killer who may be on a vendetta against the homeless or is homeless himself.
Gaza: Remembering Cast Lead (tags)
Gaza
Obama Year Three: Continuing His Rogue Agenda (tags)
police state
More Police abuse of media covering OWS in three states (tags)
three links on stories regarding OWS related police interference with journalists
Gaza's Suffocating Siege (tags)
Palestine
BREAKING: Occupy Riverside reports three arrests outside of a Chase bank. (tags)
Text message received by LA-IMC news room 1:50 pm 11-5-11
Police: Security guard accused of preying on prostitutes (tags)
According to court documents, Pasadena police were investigating the murder of a prostitute. Wanda Trombley's skeletal remains were found last month in the 6100 block of Red Bluff. All three women that Hobbs is accused of assaulting knew Trombley, according to police.
Occupy LA Day 3 Evening Speeches (tags)
Day Three Evening Shots From Occupy LA
Hotel Security Guard Jailed for Sex with Minor (tags)
EJ, however, denied raping her, saying both sisters had been flirting with him since they arrived at the hotel three days previously.
Queer Democrats Host Incumbent City Councilmembers (tags)
Thanks to a member who asked that all so-called "friendly incumbent" endorsements be pulled for further discussion, the three incumbent San Diego City Councilmembers who attended the September 22 meeting of the predominantly Queer San Diego Democrats for Equality (formerly the San Diego Democratic Club) ? Todd Gloria, Marti Emerald and Sherri Lightner ? found themselves on the spot. Instead of just showing up to receive their endorsements and thank the club, they spoke to the group on such controversial issues like the city's budget and pension problems, historical preservation and the influence of wealthy people like Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs on plans for Balboa Park.
Queer-Oriented Obelisk Store Shut Down by Hellish Fire (tags)
Obelisk Bookstore, a major Queer-oriented business on University Avenue in Hillcrest, burned on Wednesday, July 6. Three other businesses in the building were burned out, as were 15 apartments on the second and third floors. Miraculously, none of the residents were injured because none of them were home at the time. Leo E. Laurence, J.D., associate editor of Zenger's Newsmagazine and a former volunteer firefighter in Tijuana, got photos of firefighters containing the blaze (they weren't able to save the Obelisk building but WERE miraculously able to keep the fire from spreading to the rest of the block), the true extent of the damage (visible only from the alley behind the building) and the condition of Obelisk's stock after the fire.
NATO and Rebel Atrocities in Libya (tags)
anti-war
Striking for Health Care (tags)
The supermarket workers in So Cal have gone over three months without agreeing on a new contract. The fight is mostly over health care benefits; if they lose, all workers in retail will see benefits decline.
Please Share the Chinga La Migra Filez (tags)
These three links are to the TPB pages for the three Chinga La Migra releases. Please spread and while you're at it, dig through the content to see what the AZ cops are up to.
Dismissively Ignoring Hard Times (tags)
depression
SlutWalk Los Angeles Storms West Hollywood California (tags)
March and Rally puts Sexual Assault on Notice.
May Day Sharpens Struggle for Union Democracy: UAW Leaders Flee Vote Count (tags)
The leadership of UAW Local 2865 - the UC graduate student union - has hijacked the election to retain incumbent power. Halfway through the ballot count, it appeared possible that a slate of reformers, Academic Workers for a Democratic Union, would win the election. At 8 pm April 30, the incumbent-controlled election committee abruptly decided to terminate the vote count and announced that the incumbent candidates themselves will decide on how the count should proceed.
U.S. Election 2012: Stewart Alexander Reach out to Prisoner’s Families (tags)
Alexander also notes “Three Strikes” Laws are a violation against the human rights of hundreds of thousands of 3 Strikers and their families. “Across America, thousands of 3 Strikers are serving life sentences after committing minor offences. The punishment should fit the crime to allow these inmates to resume their live with their families.”
Amazon Indians protest in London as judge blocks Brazil dam (tags)
These projects will force my people from their land and end our way of life.’ Ruth Buendia Mestoquiari, Ashaninka leader.
Amazon Indians protest in London as judge blocks Brazil dam (tags)
These projects will force my people from their land and end our way of life.’ Ruth Buendia Mestoquiari, Ashaninka leader.
Amazon Indians in London to stop dams that will destroy them (tags)
Three Amazon Indians have begun a journey through Europe to protest against dams which threaten to destroy the lands and lives of thousands of tribal people.
Gioffre & Rader: Real-Life Gay Couple Do Video Together (tags)
Though the passage of Proposition 8 in November 2008 put a damper on their original business plan to market themselves as specialist in wedding videos for Gay and Lesbian couples, videographers and real-life husband and husband Gary Rader and Anthony Gioffre are going ahead with their company, Golden Lodestar Productions, and even marketing themselves as specialists in commitment ceremonies. They also do other kinds of video production and are frequently seen with their gear at local pro-Queer demonstrations and other political events they’re documenting for historical purposes.
Important New Information on Aafia Siddiqui's Case (tags)
injustice
Redistricting, Open Primaries and the Challenges for Democrats (tags)
At the January 27 meeting of the predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club, Jess Durfee, chair of the San Diego County Democratic Party and former president of the club, explained the challenges the party faces as the citizens’ redistricting commission begins work on redrawing legislative lines for the 2012 election and beyond. He also talked about California’s new open primary law, which also goes into effect in 2012 and allows members of any political party, or of no party at all, to vote in primary races, with the two top finishers from the primary running against each other in the general election even if they’re from the same political party. California’s Democratic leadership opposed both these changes, but Durfee’s presentation focused on making them work and protecting the party’s interests in this new electoral environment.
vilifying Muslims
What to Do When Your Diet Stops Working (tags)
You've been on a diet for several months, and you're pleased with your weight loss. However, now you haven't lost weight in three weeks -- your diet has stopped working.
http://www.myspace.com/nomachinemusic
Irvine's Perpetual War Memorial Ready (tags)
City of Irvine's war memorial will be ready 14 Nov. It has names of the dead from Iraq and Afpak wars, and three extra blank panels for future dead soldiers.
Iran to Release US Hiker on $500,000 Bail (tags)
(Sept. 12) -- A senior Iranian prosecutor today announced that the country is preparing to release jailed U.S. hiker Sarah Shourd on bail, according to state-run media.
“House of Numbers” Exposes the Faillings of the“HIV/AIDS” Myth (tags)
Brent Leung’s 2009 AIDS documentary, “House of Numbers," shows both sides of the controversy over whether the so-called Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) actually causes AIDS. Leung got interviews with scientists, journalists and other experts on both sides, and showed that even within the HIV/AIDS mainstream the scientists are not anywhere as unified on key questions about AIDS as they pretend to be when they present themselves to the public. The film is available in two versions from Leung’s Web site, http://www.houseofnumbers.com: the basic theatrical version and a deluxe edition containing two discs' worth of additional material, some of which will be shown at the next meeting of H.E.A.L.-San Diego, Wednesday, October 6, 7 p.m. at the Activist Center, 4246 Wightman Street in City Heights. Please call (619) 688-1886 for more information.
A brand new film series is hitting the airwaves of public television stations nationwide; the Israeli Film Festival on Public Television’s premiere season features the films of filmmaker Duki Dror. KLCS-TV in Los Angeles will be the first to air the three films will air on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. beginning Tuesday, August 17, 2010.
Queer Democrats Back State Party on Redistricting (tags)
Choosing the interests of party over voters, the predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club overwhelmingly voted at their July 22 meeting to support the state Democratic Party's attempt to destroy the legislative redistricting commission before it even has a chance to meet, and return to the old, corrupt system under which legislators get to draw their own district lines, thereby preserving incumbents and eliminating any real competition for legislative seats.
La Opinion Article on RAC-LA (tags)
Article from La Opinion 7-18-10 PA-3 on the "serve the people" work that RAC-LA (Revolutionary Autonomous Communities-Los Angeles have been doing for 2 3/4 years in MacArthur Park following the police riot there on May Day 2007.
National Commissioner for Civil Rights, LULAC (tags)
3 Journalists attacked by police during Mayday 2007 Immigration march civil trial to begin 10 a.m. June 18, 2010 @ Dept 307 Los Angeles Superior Court.
Nepal Maoists continue the struggle (tags)
Updates on the situation in Nepal
Condemnation Follows Israeli Raid On Flotilla (tags)
" Hamas won an election for control of Gaza over the more conservative pro U.S. Fatah group favored by the U.S. and Israel. In the aftermath of a bloody struggle the more centrist faction was defeated militarily and by the ballot. Please remember this as most western press services have consigned important setails to Orwell’s “memory hole.” "Officials in Israel said the elite naval units were attacked as they attempted to board one of the ships, and that the commandos used live fire only when they felt their lives were threatened. Dozens of passengers and at least five Israeli soldiers were wounded in the confrontation in international waters."
Marcoses come close to full circle (tags)
With three of them now holding elective posts – including one senator – the Marcoses have come close to full circle.
HOW CAN IRAN & AMERICA HAVE PEACE WITHOUT DIRECT CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER ??? (tags)
~ THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD NEEDS TO ENCOURAGE IRAN & AMERICA TO MEET FACE 2 FACE FOR A PEACE POW~WOW ~
IRAN & AMERICA BOTH JUST MIGHT NEED 2 LOOK INTO EACH OTHERS EYES ??? (tags)
THIS NEW AND CHANGING WORLD REQUIRES ALL COUNTRIES TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER DIRECTLY FACE TO FACE !
"I HAVE TO BELIEVE IN MY OWN MESSAGE - NOTHING IS EVER IN VAIN (tags)
IT IS TRUE THAT I ONCE SAID THAT THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE MY TOUGHEST FIGHT EVER FOR THE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS IN ISABELA. FAUSTINO “BOJIE” DY IS NOT THE MOST FORMIDABLE OPPONENT AMONG THE DY BROTHERS, HE IS NOT THE MOST POPULAR , HE IS NOT THE MOST CAPABLE, BUT THEIR FAMILY IS AT THEIR MOST DESPERATE TO WIN THE ELECTIONS. SIX YEARS IS TOO LONG FOR THEM TO BE OUT OF THE CAPITOL AND THEY COULD NOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT POWER FOR THREE MORE YEARS. ON THE OTHER HAND, MY RUNNING MATE, 3-TERMER CONGRESSMAN EDWIN UY, AND I HOPED THAT IF WE DEFEAT THE DY AND ALBANO DYNASTIES IN THESE ELECTIONS, WE WOULD HAVE TOTALLY FREED OUR PROVINCE FROM THEIR TRANSACTIONAL, TRADITIONAL WAY OF POLITICS AND EVERYTHING IT REPRESENTS.
California Governor Candidate Wants Death Penalty on Spending Chopping Block (tags)
Stewart Alexander says “The Democrat front-runner Jerry Brown and Republicans Meg Whitman and Steve Poizner support the death penalty and the Three Strikes law. The truth is, these three candidates for governor are aware that capital punishment is robbing the public of billions of dollars to subsidize a broken down criminal justice system.”
Tenant in San Francisco: What's Wrong with Working in a Bookstore? (tags)
If you are a tenant, there is nothing wrong with working in a bookstore, as long as you are working in three of them.
Queer Democrats’ Surprising Lieutenant Governor Endorsement (tags)
The predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club made a surprising choice in the June 8 Democratic primary for lieutenant governor. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom became a nationwide hero to the Queer community in February 2004 when he unilaterally ordered city officials to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples, but the club rejected him in favor of Los Angeles City Councilmember Janice Hahn. Members’ concerns about Newsom included his less than progressive stands on economic issues, his notoriously messy personal life, his potentially rocky relationship with presumed Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jerry Brown, and the risks of going into a statewide election with two white men at the top of the ticket against likely Republican nominees Meg Whitman for governor and Abel Maldonado for lieutenant governor.
Brazil-Paraná-Curitiba: The creation of a new transport company in the big city. (tags)
A very specific historical-political phenomenon has happened here : the bus companies have become so important and powerful, in such a close symbiosis with politicians of the city, that simply was not possible to walk the steps that everyone has walked, in the direction of urban trains, the subways and other solutions universally enshrined.
Animal Holocaust Denier, Author Lierre Keith Pied at Conference (tags)
"We Didn't Do It, But We Dug it."- Animal Holocaust Denier, Author Lierre Keith Pied at Conference
Speech of anti-vegan antagonist shut down by masked pie throwers in San Francisco
Animal Liberationists Needed to Disrupt UCLA's Rally to Promote Vivisection (tags)
This is an alert regarding the co-founders of UCLA’s Propaganda for Science Network: Animal Mutilators J. David Jentsch, Dario Ringach, Lynn Fairbanks, Kathy Wadsworth, Megan Wyeth, Jennifer Perkins, and their Mascot, Tom Holder. Comprehensive information about this ongoing campaign is available at http://negotiationisover.com/united-against-pro-test/
BREAKING: Court Allows Torture Suit Against Former Defense Sec't Rumsfeld (tags)
1st time in US history that court allows torture suit against current or former Cabinet Secretary
Guantanamo Detainee Deaths: Responding to the Defense Department's Whitewash (tags)
detainees were murdered
This is a profoundly disturbing article series about elder care. As there is no specific category for Elder Care I think based on this one should be created. LA elder care issues need to be addressed.
Guantanamo Detainee Deaths (tags)
Detainee murders called suicides
Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim Denied Parole (tags)
the face of political persecution in America
Reign of Terror begins
Reign of Terror begins
Will the Great Depression Be Repeated? (tags)
Global trade fell 30 percent three years after the crash. The US gross domestic product shriveled 40 percent. In 1932, every fourth American was without a job. In Germany, industry only produced half of what was produced three years before.
Funding Sweatshops Globally (tags)
Brutal labor exploitation
See the evidence of police gone mad on line: http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127618
ALEX SÁNCHEZ'S BAIL HEARING DELAYED (tags)
On Wednesday, The Honorable Judge Manuel Real adjourned Alex's bail appeal hearing and ordered that the proceedings be continued Monday, August 17th, 2009
Senator Baucus has socialist, one payer, health insurance. (tags)
But it’s too good, he says, for the rest of Americans.
Hold the MSG: It’s Not Risk-Free (tags)
MSG is a secret saboteur of health; the food industry tricks consumers into buying products with free glutamic acid (or MSG) by listing it under any one of 43 innocent-sounding names, such as natural flavoring, seasonings, yeast extract, spices, pectin or citric acid.
Tucson police: UMC staff photographed patient's 'ambiguous genitalia' (tags)
Some doctors are perverts. Make sure your doctor is not secretly photographing you.
Discussion is an alternative to lone-nuts.
JFAV Commemorates 67th Anniversary of the Fall of Corregidor in the United States. (tags)
The Filipino American community in the United States and the Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) militantly salutes all Filipino and Americans veterans, living or departed for the 67th Anniversary of the fall of Corregidor, May 6, 1942. With the fall of the island bation of Corregidor it paved the way of the total surrender of the whole Philippines to the Japanese invaders in May 9, 1942. For their heroism in Bataan, Corregidor and other battlefields in the Philippines, the brave soldiers and guerillas held the line for more than three months and farther on for another three more years waging a fierce war of resistance against the Japanese fascist invaders.
ICRC's Damning Expose of US Torture (tags)
torture remains policy
Three Men Turned Over to Immigration Officials After Fatal Crash (tags)
Facing deportation without hearing, according to USICE
JFAV Commemorates 67th Bataan Day (tags)
The Filipino American community in the United States and the Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) militantly salutes all Filipino and Americans veterans, living or departed for the 67th Anniversary of the fall of Bataan, April 9, 1942. For their heroism in Bataan, Corregidor and other battlefields in the Philippines, the brave soldiers and guerillas held the line for more than three months and farther on for another three more years waging a fierce war of resistance against the Japanese fascist invaders. For their bravery the American people should honor the Filipinos and reward them with the recognition and benefits that they deserve. Because of their steadfast defense, the men in Bataan -- the Allied powers most specially the United States bought time and was able to prepare defenses and later on wage a counter attack to liberate the countries occupied by Japan and eventually defeat Japan during the war.
The Platt Brothers: An Act You MUST See (tags)
The Platt Brothers, playing at the Sunset Temple near Claire de Lune Coffeehouse in North Park through the end of April, offer an exciting, hilarious combination of the Smothers Brothers, Monty Python and the Three Stooges. Their act combines three-part vocal harmonies, comedy sketches and stunning acrobatics, all centered around their real-life family history. See them before they become major stars!
AJLPP Hopes Release of 3 PNP POWS will help resume peace talks (tags)
The Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP) expresses hope that the release of three policemen held by New People’s Army rebels for three months to Senator Jamby Madrigal will help in the resumption of the stalled peace talks between the GRP and NDFP. The AJLPP said the release was a “sign of goodwill on the part of the NDFP. They did not ask for ransom, for anything in return.” The AJLPP also said the NDFP was hoping that this gracious act would convince the government to resume the talks.
Music Scam Alleged By Couples (tags)
Viva Entertainment Network dance promoters criticized after band played only three songs at Eagle’s Club
Medical Marijuana Caregiver Convicted of Drug Dealing (tags)
Until May 28, 2008 John Ottombrino was just another yoga and massage teacher, giving lessons and alternative health information from his home in Kearny Mesa. Then police broke in his door and arrested him for cultivation of marijuana and possession with intent to sell. Though he was growing it for three medical marijuana patients and had letters from their doctors proving it, the cops ignored that evidence — and so did the judge at his trial, who wouldn't let him introduce evidence that he was providing caregiving services for his clients.
Anarchist Fun Faire (with an E) in Riverside (tags)
Saturday, February 21 2008 RIVERSIDE California -- A small crowd gathered at multiple sites in Downtown Riverside for a series of workshops, talks, and entertainment, all part of the Anarchist Fun Faire.
The Mexican people protesting and want the Army out! (tags)
It was the largest display of discontent against the army's role in an anti-drug crackdown since President Felipe Calderon began deploying soldiers across the country two years ago to fight Mexican drug cartels. About 45,000 soldiers are now spread out across Mexico.
Amnesty international: Israeli army used flechettes against Gaza civilians (tags)
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights of Global Research reported on Amnesty International finding in Gaza which did not hit the media.
Transatlantic Relations-three paradigms, three urgent changes (tags)
This week's Munich Security Conference offers a platform for transatlantic change. Ulrike Guerot discusses three necessary paradigm shifts.
"VALKYRIE”- A CASE STUDY OF A FAILED COUP (tags)
Valkyrie can pass as a suspense thriller even if the people know in the first what is the result. It is always nice to know how men of principles act and improvise in their greatest moment of decision or indecision.
Valkryie- A Lesson in Failed Coup (tags)
Tom Cruise did it again. Acting an off-beat role of a historical character, an aristocratic Catholic German officer-Colonel Claus Von Stauffenberg who tried to assassinate Hitler during World War II, Cruise did more than his best to do justice to the man and his role. Definitely “Valkyrie” is better than “The Last Samurai” because it is not only historically true and accurate but it really dramatize the facts.
This civilization is rotten to the core (tags)
The Vatican and its primary cohorts are the secret rulers of Planet Earth and their primary tools of governance are secrecy and the deceptive triangle formed by money, religion, and politics. It is beyond obvious that monetary, religious, and political leaders will never solve humanity’s persistent problems. To do so would free you from their deceptions and put them out of work…
The crisis hits the auto industry (tags)
A didactic drama about jobs
The Global Economic Crisis - Bad and Worsening (tags)
the crisis is deepening
Leftist Union Leaders Assassinated in Venezuela (tags)
On November 27, three leftist union leaders in the Venezuelan state of Aragua – Richard Gallardo, Luis Hernández and Carlos Requena – were gunned down by an assassin. The murder came hours after the unionists had led a workers occupation of a Colombian-owned milk plant which had been brutally broken up by state police. All three were leaders of the UNT (National Workers Union) and of the USI (Socialist Left Unity), a party which has opposed attempts by the government of Hugo Chávez to impose state control of labor, and has fought the rightist opposition backed by imperialism. They may have been murdered by assassins hired by the Colombian company, by elements connected to the police of outgoing state governor, a former Chávez ally, or by supporters of a current official of the governing United Socialist Party. In any case, despite Chávez’ socialist rhetoric, the reality of the bourgeois Bolivarian “revolution” in Venezuela today is that leftist unionists are murdered while the forces of capitalist state repression back up the bosses. While many leftists have called on the Chávez government to investigate, Trotskyists call for organizing workers defense guards and imposing workers control of production. Venezuela today is stuck at a crossroads. Building a Bolshevik-type workers party based on Trotsky’s program of permanent revolution is key.
Protesrors targeted in Garden Grove (tags)
Colombians Stage Anti-FARC, Kidnapping Protest Across Nation (tags)
Nov. 28 -- Thousands of Colombians dressed in white plan marches throughout the country today to protest more than 40 years of violence and kidnapping by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
GM, The NY Times, & Marxism 101 (tags)
As Socialists, we are consistently asked to present our ideas in a clearer, easier to understand manner. To achieve this goal, I’ll enlist the help of former Governor of Massachusetts and candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, who appeared in the New York Times Op-Ed section on Nov. 19th. Romney’s piece, entitled “Let Detroit Go Broke,” laid bare the intent behind the angry rhetoric used by politicians against the proposed bailout for the “Big Three” automakers. Whereas the giant Wall Street banks received over 1 trillion dollars — so far— without barely having to ask, an industry that actually produces something has to beg for a handout. Why the difference?
Americans attacked and nearly killed in Mexico (tags)
Baja California authorities said three masked gunmen walked into the Bar Utopia in Tijuana over the weekend where many Americans where present, the mask gunmen wearing bullet proof vests began spraying gun fire randomly using AK-47 assault rifles. The terrorist killed two men and a woman at the scene, while the other two women died later at a hospital. The Tijuana police told the Laguna Journal that there where patrons present during the shooting that claimed to be Americans.
Iraq Vet Paul Rieckhoff Speaks at City College (tags)
Paul Rieckhoff, Iraq War veteran, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) and author of a book about his war experiences called "Chasing Ghosts: Failures and Façades in Iraq," spoke October 4 at San Diego City College about the war, the needs of returning veterans and how various elected officials are responding to the veterans' issues his group regards as priorities.
Wall St's "Melt Down" is Ronald Reagan's "Legacy" on a Silver Platter! (tags)
The Scary Ghost of Ronnie Reagan: The Dow fell almost 450 points and the Nasdaq fell nearly 5 percent in its worst day since the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001 as rattled investors worried about who could be the next victim of the global credit crisis.
Militarizing New Orleans and making it whiter.
San Diego Community Leader Accused of Breaking Law (tags)
Popular San Diego community activist Leo Wilson is being accused of practicing law without a license, involving a heated controversy over the balloting on by-laws revisions for the Hillcrest Business Association (HBA).
Waiter, Kindly Remove this Neurotoxic Drug From Our Table (tags)
Aspartame Awareness Weekend: Flyer to distribute to restaurants
VP Candidate Alexander wants $300 Billion for Automakers (tags)
The Big Three U.S. automakers recently announced plans to seek $25 billion in federal loans that will help bailout the struggling automobile industry as declining sales continues to rack up record losses on a battered industry. Vice Presidential Candidate for Socialist Party USA, Stewart A. Alexander, says “much more is needed or nothing.” Stewart Alexander is convinced that $25 billion will only provide a temporary fix.
Indymedia On Air for July 21, 2008 (part 3) (tags)
Indymedia On Air talks to three independent publishers about reading and the future of the book
Indymedia On Air for July 21, 2008 (part 2) (tags)
Indymedia On Air talks to three independent publishers about reading and the future of the book
Indymedia On Air for July 21, 2008 (part 1) (tags)
Indymedia On Air talks to three independent publishers about reading and the future of the book
McCain's Nomination - A Possible September Surprise? (tags)
potential September fireworks
Commentary: Guns of August spiked? (tags)
Commentary: Guns of August spiked?
LA SOCIAL FORUM - REPORT BACK (tags)
Thanks to everyone who made the first LA Social Forum a success. We had over three hundred and fifty registrations the first two days and handed out 425 programs.
US Released Footage of Airborne Drone Strike (tags)
The video shows the "anti-Afghan militants" moving to a position identified as inside Pakistan and the impact of a bomb which the voiceover says killed two of them.
Plan Colombia Heads for Mexico (tags)
Call it NAFTA on steroids.
Mexican Authorities Covering up shootings of Americans (tags)
Laguna Journal that he and others have received word to not talk with or report any American deaths to the media.
Icons of Tibetan Enlightenment (tags)
LA Shambhala Center will present a three slide presentations on “The Iconography of Enlightenment”
Many candidates, corporate media obscures U.S. presidential politics (tags)
Third political parties do not compete on a level playing field in U.S. politics; the corporate media will spend more money in one day, promoting the campaigns of Senators John McCain, Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton, than the amount of money third political parties will spend in one year to promote their candidates, combined. While third party candidates are spending hundreds and thousands of dollars on flyers and brochures, big corporations are spending millions to keep the names of their candidates in the public’s view.
Tensions in Mindanao seen to rise as peacekeepers pull out (tags)
Malaysian peacekeepers began a phased withdrawal from the Philippines' troubled south on Saturday, raising worries that decades of Muslim rebellion in the mainly Catholic nation may resume. Twenty-eight of 41 Malaysian soldiers and police officers were picked up by two army transport planes at three points on the southern island of Mindanao and flown to a base in the Malaysian province of Sabah. The remnants of the 60-member International Monitoring Team (IMT), including 10 soldiers from Brunei, eight from Libya and a Japanese development worker, were expected to pack their bags and go home by the end of August.
EVIDENCE OF COPS' CRIMINAL INTENT (tags)
I continue my reports on the evidence of the low and violent mindset of police in the uSA; I gather some of my evidence from the cowardly and homicidal cops themselves.
3 soldiers die, 18 hurt in NPA ambush (tags)
Three soldiers were killed while at least 18 others were wounded after New People’s Army rebels ambushed a military convoy in North Cotabato early Monday. Maj. Lyndon Paniza, commander of the 39th Infantry Battalion, said the attack happened at past 5 a.m. in Barangay Ilustre in President Roxas town. He said the soldiers,
New Orleans North American Leaders’ Summit: Misrepresentation in SPP Joint Statement (tags)
Bush, Calderon and Harper, in their April 22, 2008 Security and Prosperity Partnership Agreement statement emanating from New Orleans made spurious claims. They claim that “they are committed to democratic government, the rule of law and respect for individual freedoms”.
Ron Paul Is Right on Peace, Liberty and Ending the U.S. Empire (tags)
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has taken a lot of hits during his campaign for the White House. What scares folks about this guy? I went to hear him speak, on April 14, 2008, at Goucher College, Towson, MD. Unlike some dubious liberals in the Congress, Rep. Paul voted against the USA Patriot Act. He also wants to end the Iraq War and bring the troops home, now; and to dismantle America’s global empire before it bankrupts the country. Sounds like Ralph Nader to me!
4/12 UC Berkeley anti-vivisection home demonstration reportback (tags)
Despite talk of a new law (AB 2296) meant to stifle free speech, anti-vivisection activists in Berkeley, CA are continuing the campaign. UC Berkeley cat killer Ralph Freeman receives another home demonstration!
Like Dubya: Pelosi, Clinton and Mikulski Deserve Boos, Too! (tags)
In Washington, D.C., President George W. Bush was loudly booed on opening day, March 30, 2008. He tossed out the ceremonial first pitch and the huge baseball crowd gave him an earful. Too bad, the “Gang of Three,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Hillary Clinton, and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, weren’t with him on the mound. They have enabled the Iraq conflict by voting to fund it, despite their promise to “end the war.” They deserve boos, too!
Socialists: Re-Thinking Electric Cars and Automobile Industry (tags)
Today, it has become necessary to re-think the future of three industries to reduce U.S. dependency on oil; the automobile industry, the petroleum industry and the ethanol industry. The future direction of these three industries will definitely determine the quality of life for working class people for the next 300 years. The world will face certain economic and environmental disasters, including severe food shortages worldwide, if world governments fail to exercise proper controls over the automobile, petroleum and ethanol industries.
71% see themselves as poor or very poor, says Pulse Asia poll (tags)
Around two of every three Filipinos believe that the national economy is worse than it was three years ago, the latest Pulse Asia survey showed. The survey results were released Monday. The Pulse Asia survey also showed that around three of every four Filipinos consider themselves as very poor or poor.
Popular immigration lawyer gets 2 year jail sentence (tags)
An immigration lawyer, who once run one of the biggest immigration law firms on the West Coast, was sentenced early this week to two years in federal prison for filing fraudulent visa applications, some of which were for their own employees, according to a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office said. A senior associate of the same firm was sentenced to three years probation, plus 200 hours of community service.
Part Three: ONT. Tent City - Interview with activist, Mike Dunlap, pt 3of3 (tags)
Part Three: Mike talks about the city’s plans for the future use of the site and what can be done to address the needs of the homeless.
If we all act togeather (tags)
Keep it going
Obituaries: Walter Solomon Rothschild CIA Intelligence Officer (tags)
Walter Solomon Rothschild, 81, a Jewish refugee from prewar Germany who became a CIA agent, died of lung cancer March 8 at his home in Rockville.
Crisis Over Teheran's Alleged Nuclear Plans Nearing Climax (tags)
Crisis Over Teheran's Alleged Nuclear Plans Nearing Climax
Queer Democrats Hold Love-Fest for School Board Candidates (tags)
The predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club overwhelmingly endorsed three candidates in local school board races in a love-fest meeting February 28 that contrasted dramatically with their previous one on January, a knock-down, drag-out debate between incumbent city attorney Mike Aguirre and two of his challengers (one of whom has since left the race). They also rated openly Gay Republican Carl DeMaio "unacceptable" as a candidate for the San Diego City Council.
MP3 AUDIO – Interview with Attorney for The BlackRiders (tags)
Arron Janson the lawyer for one of the three BlackRiders stated that he believes that this is case of entrapment and that the three stand a good chance of acquittal.
Report back from the BlackRiders press conference (tags)
LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2008 - Members of the BlackRiders Liberation Party and their supporters held a press conference today in Leimert Park. Only three media outlets attended: KPFK, LA Indymedia and a reporter for the Final Call. No other media was present.
Israeli Extra-Judicial Executions (tags)
Israeli crimes of genocide
STAR WARS PROTEST: Vandenberg Air Force Base (tags)
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, CA: On the 25th anniversary of the ICBM program at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, activists gathered to march and rally in support of nuclear disarmament in outer space.
Neo-Nazi ICE Agent Kills Himself After Shootout (tags)
Article below:
False Flag Prospects, 2008-- Top Three US Target Cities -- (tags)
Captain Eric H. May, the Internet intelligence writer, examines the prospects of a 2008 follow-up to the 9/11 attacks. After providing a damning case for official direction of 9/11, he names the top three American cities in danger of "the next 9/11."
Clinical trial of microbicide targeted at HIV infection flops, scientists say (tags)
Researchers say that the first anti-microbial gel targeted at HIV infection has proven ineffective in clinical trials.
THESE STREETS ARE WATCHING (tags)
These Streets is a know your rights training video
Three million infected with winter vomiting virus in U.K. alone, government reports (tags)
The Telegraph (U.K.) is reporting: Three million people have been afflicted by the winter vomiting bug - with experts fearing that cases could continue to rise dramatically during this month and next.
Changing gloves ‘not part of standard operating procedures’ at TSA, government official sa (tags)
The world is edging closer to a new influenza pandemic than at any time since 1968.
Support the Black Riders Three (tags)
The LAPD are targeting BLRP leaders and have framed them up with assault weapons charges. ARA LA asserts that this is due to their organizing to educate people about the San Francisco Eight case.
Say NO to Another "3-Strikes" (tags)
Betty Pleasant of the Wave Newspapers is sending out the alarm. There a proposal out there that will have the same effect on Black and Brown people as the infamous 3-Strikes.
Community Centers: Learning from O Canada! (tags)
The mosaic works in Vancouver, B. C. Community centers provide a buffer and cushion from the brutal and commodifying market. In happier days before Reagan and market fundamentalism, the Carnegie Center was bursting with activity, counseling, classes and circles.
Tenants give slumlord coal (tags)
After the retaliation that tenants have been subjected to at 4225 Lockwood the tenants are presenting slumlord with coal. For a year long struggle Campaign for Renters Rights have won gains from against slumlord Alfredo Alvarado. Once apartment infested roaches have been fumigated, homes painted and decade long repairs have been fixed. Now...all of a sudden... the landlord is trying served three tenants with a " 3 Day Pay or Quit" which means you have three days to do what I say or I evict you. This is retaliation and intimidation for mostly Spanish speaking only families and women are his primary targets. Please join with tenants, activists and community members for the Lockwood Campaign for Renters Rights! Met us at 2819 W. Temple in Los Angeles in front of A&B Auto Parts. Meet at 12:30pm for the rally. "Santa" will present Alfredo Alvarado with a stocking full of coal. If you have any questions contact us at (310) 404-6729
Black Riders held on million dollars bail each, back in court Wednesday (tags)
The state’s cases against T. A. C. O., Aryana and Stress, which T. A. C. O. described as “b. s.” to defense attorney Guillermo Suarez, are based on the testimony of an undercover cop who alleges that he approached the Black Riders, pretending to be Lebanese and connected to freedom fighters in the Middle East. He claims that the three defendants were involved in a plot to take possession of weapons and protective vests that he claimed to be able to provide them. No weapons were ever involved. These charges are essentially for a “Thought crime” – allegedly conspiring to attempt to possess weapons.
Three Undercover Masked Police in Canada Exposed (tags)
Canadians are opposeing the fascist Bush regime's corporatre take over of their nation. To combat overwhelming opposition to this corporate fascism, the Canadian fascist State armed three under cover, masked police officers to commit violent crimes against their own fellow officers. The video catches these fascist pigs in the act.
Iraq: Looking Back: 'Internationally Sponsored Genocide' (tags)
As you know, when I was here in April/May 1992, I thought things could get no worse. Yet in July this year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations note in a Report: '..with deep regret', all the: 'pre-famine indicators being in place'. Further that an appreciable proportion of the population now had less calorific intake than the most famine stricken parts of Africa.
The NO BORDERS CAMP ended with three arrests - what we wanted is simple - a world without borders - what we got was pepper bullets, batons and as always repression.
Firefighter Shortage In Orange County, etc (tags)
THe World Socialist Website, 10/29/07, has more on the lack of funding for firefighters as a cause of the inability to stop the fires in Southern California..
The shameful awarding of the Peace Prize to a war criminal
Rating Agencies and Prophets (tags)
Some think rating agencies inevitably take the side of their patrons - to the burden of those who buy these "financial products" in good faith in the objective judgment of the auditors. Of course, the agencies refuse liability.
Muslim Scholars and Leaders move towards The World Peace Religion (tags)
A giant leap in the right direction.
Israeli military aid to Burmese regime: Jane's (tags)
all these zionists and nazis need to be eradicated this time no war trials and allowing of the perps to be split up all the luftwaffe and the department of homeland security people, the bush regime and the usa govt except for 15 or so people need to be eradicated out of hand the death penalty, we have all the lists of these scum at hand now no 5th reich, no zion never ever again they shall be eradicated like rabid dogs all of them b
Arctic Ice Shrinking AND Thinning - Reports (tags)
A research team from the National Snow and Ice Data Center, part of the University of Colorado at Boulder published their report of the annual 'Arctic Ice Minimum' last week which tells the extent of the summer melting. It broke the previous record set in '05, but it did so by a huge margin. The area that melted this year is 26% more than the '05 record.
Ermita, 2 Cabinet men ‘spoilers’ of talks — MILF (tags)
he Moro Islamic Libe-ration Front (MILF) has accused the Arroyo administration of being a “spoiler” of the peace negotiations, noting that three Cabinet officials are “steering the talks to an unknown direction,” saying like before the MILF is being tricked. MILF secretariat chair-man Muhammad Ameen, in a statement posted on the group’s Web site, yesterday also doubted President Arroyo’s sincerity in signing a peace agreement before she steps down in 2010. “There are many spoilers of the peace process espe-cially in Mindanao, but all those are secondary, and the main or worst spoilers are those in the govern-ment itself,” he noted.
The Gay Old Party.
People in the Zapotec community of Santiago Xanica in the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca continue to struggle for their right to choose their municipal president in an assembly by means of traditional practices and customs and to gain the freedom of the first political prisoners of the Ulises Ruiz regime in the face of threats, harassment, and arrest warrants on the eve of the municipal elections of August 26.
US Hides the Truth on Cuban Five Case (tags)
"Someday the truth will prevail; meanwhile, we must persevere in our struggle to make the case known,"
On the Line in the Port of Oakland (tags)
Dockworkers honored a community picket line in the Port of Oakland on May 19, 2007, and the shipping operations of a war profiteer were shut down for two shifts. Cargo did not move at the SSA terminal that day. It takes only two lines to sum this up, but it took two months to prepare.
The Cuban Five: Mission against Terror (tags)
This interview with Leonard Weinglass, appeals attorney for Antonio Guerrero was conducted by Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, on August 1, 2007.
The Destruction of Palestine (tags)
Three, one hour lectures on the ongoing terrorism and genocide by an unrelenting , heavily armed, racist state, in occupied Palestine.
Israel Doubles Its F-16I Fleet (tags)
The F-16I can carry enough fuel to hit targets 1,600 kilometers away (meaning Iran is within range). Israel has been receiving two new F-16I fighter-bombers a month since early 2004, and will eventually receive 102 of them (about 60 have already been delivered.)
New Evidence Clearly Indicates Pat Tillman Was Executed (tags)
Army medical examiners concluded Tillman was shot three times in the head from just 10 yards away, no evidence of "friendly fire" damage at scene, Army attorneys congratulated each other on cover-up, Wesley Clark concludes "orders came from the very top" to murder pro-football star because he was about to become an anti-war political icon
On a cool spring morning a quarter century ago, a place in Pennsylvania called Three Mile Island exploded into the headlines and stopped the US nuclear power industry in its tracks. What had been billed as the clean, cheap, limitless energy source for a shining future was suddenly too hot to handle.
Next 9/11, Summer, 2007? (tags)
Former army military intelligence and public affairs officer, Captain Eric H. May, analyzes the prospects and probabilities of a Summer 2007 Bush Administration false flag attack on a U.S. city.
The Militarization and Annexation of North America (tags)
NAFTA on steroids enforced with an iron fist
Political Crisis in El Salvador (tags)
A political crisis of explosive proportion is looming this week in El Salvador. In an apparent Effort to decapitate the leadership of one wing of the social movement, Salvadoran national police detained and imprisoned leaders of the Association of Rural Communities for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES), a social organization which has worked since the 1980’s with over three hundred organized communities to advocate for their rights. Along with 10 community members, the leaders were placed in “preventative detention” for up to three months pending trial by special tribunal on charges of terrorism.
PHILIPPINES: Lack of accountability makes reconciliation impossible (tags)
The President's call for reconciliation is hollow and vacuous in the face of loose ends left hanging beyond the May 2007 elections and the adjournment of the 13th Congress.
Extremists in 3 faiths seen to share views (tags)
Violent Muslim, Christian and Jewish extremists invoke the same rhetoric of "good" and "evil" and the best way to fight them is to tackle the problems that drive people to extremism, according to a report obtained by Reuters.
Desperate to shore up its flagging ranks, the military is quietly enlisting thousands of active gang members and shipping them to Iraq. Will a brutal murder finally wake up the Pentagon?
AJLPP CALLS FOR TOTAL RELEASE OF KA BEL, CONDEMNS NEW COMELEC MACHINATIONS (tags)
The Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines (AJLPP) strongly demand that the US-Arroyo regime stop harassing Representative Crispin Beltran and other progressive party-list representatives and set Ka. Bel totally free. The AJLPP find it ridiculous that the Makati City Court will just set Ka Bel free for only four days during the duration of the Congress sessions while the Supreme Court has just junked the charges against him and the “Batasan Five” as devoid of due process. On the other hand, the AJLPP also condemn the new machinations of the COMELEC for its “veterans formula” of giving only three seats in the lower house to the party-list group BUHAY and give other party-list groups one seat each.
MAY 2007 CHIAPAS / ZAPATISTA NEWS SUMMARY (tags)
1. Remembering Atenco - The month of May began with ceremonies in remembrance of the bloody police rampage on May 3 and 4 2006 in San Salvador Atenco.
US WARSHIPS ARRIVE IN ZAMBO FOR NAVAL WAR EXERCISES (tags)
Three US warships arrived here yesterday to participate in naval war exercises with the Philippine Navy, officials said. The USS Harpers Ferry from Sasebo, Japan; USS Ford from Everett, Washington; and the USS Jarett from San Diego, California arrived and anchored off Zamboanga City near the Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM) base early yesterday to help upgrade the Philippine Navy’s counter-terrorism capability.
North American Union Plan Headed To Congress In Fall (tags)
same perps as 911
North American union plan headed to Congress in fall (tags)
this is when the money will change to world paper currency...be ready....
Local Soldier, Joseph J. Anzack Jr., Captured in Iraq (tags)
The Department of Defense on Tuesday named Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. - a 2005 graduate of South High in Torrance - as one of three infantrymen missing since their patrol was attacked south of Baghdad.
PHILIPPINES: ON ELECTION DAY , GMA CHEATING MACHINE OPERATES (tags)
The US-Arroyo regime cheating and repressive machinery for the May 14 national elections is all systems go. To counter the evil machinations of the US-Arroyo regime, the Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines (AJLPP) reiterates it call for the Filipino people to be vigilant and fight with all their might against legalized vote buying, wholesale cheating and brazen violence in this May 14 elections. At the rate it is acting, the US-Arroyo regime is sure to surpass the much hated Marcos regime its brazenness and fascist terrorist acts. AJLPP also expresses its deepest concern over the escalating violence and the propaganda in “rationalizing” its cheating activities “ in the elections. More than 100 armed incidents have been reported since the election season started late February 2007 in the Philippines. The AJLPP compiled the latest updates from the Philippines:
Swastikas Posted on City Councilman’s Office Doors (tags)
Three swastikas and an anti-Semitic manifesto were taped on the outside of the Sherman Oaks district office of Los Angeles City Councilman Jack Weiss
AJLPP Condemns the Killing of Two Peasant Leaders/Attempted Massacre in Mindanao (tags)
The Alliance for Just anbd Lasting Peace (AJLPP) based in the United States vehemently condemn in the strongest terms possible the killing of two peasant leader in Davao and the wounding of three others in an attempted massacre in New Bataan, Davao in the island of Mindanao last April 26. Two members of a Davaol peasant group were shot dead and three others wounded in the southern Philippines, the media sources reported, Friday.
9/11 truth inches toward the mainstream (tags)
As the left/alternative media continues to shy itself away from what really happened on September 11th, 2001, the mainstream media slowly begins to embrace the inevitability of an international investigation into what went down that day.
Stars for Cuba, Venezuela, and Bolivia laid on Hollywood Walk of Fame (tags)
Three stars were placed on the famous Hollywood sidewalk, in a ceremony that was part of a national call to defend Cuba Venezuela, and Bolivia.
NPA Ambush in Isabela kills three soldiers, injures five others (tags)
Media sources today reported that three Army men, including a second lieutenant, were killed while five others are still undergoing strenuous medical treatment after a landmine believed to be planted by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, exploded while they were in the thick of pursuit operations for still undetermined number of fully-armed rebels in a communist-infested central Isabela town on Sunday.
The Amazon is in danger... Let's really save it! (tags)
I will now mention only three of the most visible and destructive ones: 1. The wood extration, 2. The introduction of cattle and 3. The plantation of soy for exportation.
VIDEO from March 17 in LA (tags)
Three videos of the rally in Los Angeles yesterday (March 17), with durations of 1:10, 0:58, and 0:08, including a clip of Helga Aguayo's speech to the crowd.
A Minuteman meets his hour of crisis (tags)
Minuteman Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist is battling three of his board members in court for control of the organization. By Jennifer Delson, Times Staff Writer March 11, 2007
L.A. Armenian Community Unites to Mourn Slain Journalist (tags)
The leading organizations of the world's largest Armenian community jointly commemorate the tragic assassination of journalist and human rights activist Hrant Dink
VAN NUYS WOMAN NAMED VOLVO AWARD FINALIST (tags)
Robina Suwol recognized in 5th Annual Volvo for life Awards, honored for her fight to prevent harmful chemicals being used on school grounds
Santa Monica "Arlington West" Iraq War Memorial Marks Three Years (tags)
Santa Monica "Arlington West" Iraq War memorial marks three years with no end in sight as Bush "surges" occupation.
3 Americans kidnappd in the West Bank (tags)
Three American women seen taking photos near a West Bank refugee camp were kidnapped on Tuesday, Palestinian security officials said.
Gunmen Open Fire on Migrants (tags)
THIS HAS MINUTEMEN WRITTEN ALL OVER IT
Gunmen Open Fire on Illegal Immigrants (tags)
Three Men Are Killed And Several Are Taken Hostage By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN AP
Reality knocks, nobody Home! (tags)
All demagogues and most politicians are familiar with the curious phenomenon of the diminished intelligence of a crowd relative to the mean intelligence quotient of all the individuals that comprise it! The level of intelligence of a crowd decreases as the size of the crowd increases. Less known, however, is the diminished ability of the crowd to act without the assistance of an orchestrater or conductor. In the face of the most heinous crimes, today’s populations are conspicuous by their complacency, silence and inability to act. The crowd waits patiently for an appropriate catalyst or activator to trigger an appropriate response.
Clashes continue between AFP militias and MILF; 6 killed in Mindanao (tags)
Reports from the militart Camp Siongco reported that three progovernment militias and three Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels were killed in continuing military operations in remote villages of Midsayap, North Cotabato. Meanwhile, MILF spokesman Eid Kabalu denied the military’s account, citing it was the soldiers who harassed their forces stationed near Barangay Rangaban on January 25. “The military shelled our position and followed up by continuing ground operation until Saturday afternoon,” he said.
Local Soldier, Mark J. Daily, Killed in Iraq (tags)
Mark J. Daily, A 23-year-old lifelong Irvine resident was killed just three months into his deployment Monday when a bomb ripped through his military vehicle in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, officials announced Wednesday.
From The Back Of The Bus To Prison (tags)
When Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus 51 years ago it was the spark that brought about the American Civil Rights Movement; changing the lives for millions of Blacks. For a short while in the mid 60’s and 70’s Blacks made some social and racial gains, however today many Blacks are wasting away their lives in American prisons due to the unjust practice of the Three Strikes Laws.
Iran Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi is Nostradamus Third Anti-Christ Mabus (tags)
Where truth is stranger than fiction.
The CAFR Outrage - Qualify The Motive Over the last several decades, the public of the USA has griped about:
Unqualified Slogans: “Win” and “Way Forward” (tags)
As America faces the most calamitous military misadventure in its history, the administration offers unqualified slogans rather than detailed plans to remedy the horror it created in Iraq. The American mass media is now buzzing with the sound of nothing meaningful. The Bush administration has resorted to contextually meaningless slogans in its efforts to dupe an increasingly sceptical public. The latest inane slogans saturating the airwaves are “win” and “way forward”. Only adolescents and the daft invest meaning in unqualified slogans – shall we test the latest two slogans and attempt to determine the ruse behind the deception?
VERDICT HAILED BUT OTHERS "HALF-SATISFIED" (tags)
Women's groups celebrated their court victory while lawmakers and Malacañang hailed the conviction yesterday of a US Marine and the acquittal of his co-accused on rape charges. But there were ordinary people who were not fully satisfied with the verdict of the Makati Regional Trial Court, which convicted US Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel Smith and acquitted three other Marines.
Atlanta cops kill a 92 year old woman in a drug raid (tags)
Atlanta police gun down Kathryn Johnston "like a dog" in a "No Knock" drug raid. The 92 year-old woman though the police were criminal breaking into her home and shot and hit 3 of them.
Theologians of the Market Economy (tags)
Mandeville's thesis that private vices often change inadvertently into collective virtues as a bee collaborates in building a beehive is a literary construction. The market in Smith's explanation is nothing but a religious paradox.
Sex, Drugs, and Christian Rock? (tags)
Well two out of three aint bad?
Tony Blair: “Poisonous Propaganda” (tags)
Tony (45 mins) Blair, member of the coalition of willing criminals and terrified of the prospect of facing a war crimes tribunal, has today labelled the dissenting voice of opposition (justice) as “poisonous propaganda”. The world received this ridiculous statement with ample incredulity. We are all familiar with the politics of inversion and pathologically lying Prime Ministers (Blair and Howard) but this latest desperate statement from Blair even elicited a bray from the Whitehouse donkey, who is far too busy with his own problems to offer any assistance to his partner in crime. The three most notorious murderers of the 21st century, Bush, Blair and Howard are facing an extremely hazardous future!
Alert: more TX + FL e-voting flipping Democrat votes to Republican in early voting (tags)
A listener called in to say that he had just experienced an irregularity in the voting booth. After completing the ballot he punched "Review" only to discover that three of the Democratic candidates he had voted for had been changed to Republican candidates.
"Iraqis were better off under Saddam" (tags)
All development inthe country point to the US failure in Iraq.. What we're witnessing is that victory for the US-whatever that may mean-is just an exaggerated dream.
DEFCON 2 ALERT: CHINESE & RUSSIAN FSB IN SEATTLE -- MOSSAD ACTIVE IN MIAMI (tags)
...This is connected to the Mossad-British MI-6-Russian KGB-9-11 team. Reference Udday Letter to Putin. Click to Read What is significant and dangerous is that it can now be reported that a major contingent of Russian FSB forces have left Canadian military bases in the last three days and flown into Seattle Washington....
Israel's Cluster Bomb War "What We Did Was Insane and Monstrous" (tags)
Dropped so late in the war, it's hard to imagine what specific military objective these bombs could possibly have been meant to accomplish. Instead, they seem to have been dropped as a final, gratuitous act of violence in a war waged against an entire population. The vast majority of the 1,200 Lebanese killed by Israeli bombardments were civilians; one in three was a child.
Stop LA City Council Power Grab: Vote NO Measure R (tags)
Stop LA City Council Power Grab: Vote NO Measure R
Why did the Israelis kill me? (tags)
What kind of scum drop 900,000 cluster bombs in the last 3 days of a war they know is over?
Bolivia's Deposed President Three Years Later (tags)
Three years ago this week, on October 17, 2003, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada boarded a flight to Washington. For a month, Bolivia had been exploding in protest against Sánchez de Lozada's plans to export bargain-priced Bolivian gas through Chile and onward to California. Troops under presidential orders to stop those protests killed at least sixty people and left hundreds of others wounded. Today the ex-president lives peacefully in Maryland.
NPA GUERILLAS STRIKES IN NEGROS, WESTERN VISAYAS (tags)
About 50 communist rebels, posing as policemen, attacked the construction site of a foreign-funded international airport in Silay City, Negros Occidental, early Sunday, burning down P30-million worth of equipment. The P4.3-billion airport is one of three newly developed airports in three provinces mentioned by the President in her State of the Nation address in July.
sUPER HOT: What did They Know and When did They Know it, that bin Laden was DEAD (tags)
Do not be fooled. Osama Bin Laden died three years ago in Pakistan from kidney failure.
How George W. Bush has brough peace, freedom, and democracy to Iraq. (tags)
I was buying groceries in my beloved Amariya neighborhood in west Baghdad when I heard the sound of an AK-47 for about three seconds. It was close but not very close, so I continued shopping. How Iraq reporter's world has changed
Aussie army chief gets briefing on hunt for JI leaders (tags)
Pesante-USA condemns Australia- A US junior imperialist partner in Southeast Asia's intervention in Philippine affairs. The chief of the Australian army secretly visited the southern Philippines yesterday for a briefing on the progress of the manhunt for two Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants behind the October 2002 Bali bombings. Lt. Gen. Peter Leahy flew here from Jolo, Sulu where he was updated on the hunt for Umar Patek and Dulmatin, both wanted for their involvement in the 2002 bombings on the popular Indonesian resort island that killed 202 people, 88 of them Australians.
KMU-SMR Secretary General Threatened (tags)
Kilusang Mayo Uno¡VSouthern Mindanao Region secretary general Omar Bantayan received threats to his life as he was about to leave his residence at around 10:00 this morning. Bantayan was on his way to a meeting when three unidentified men were seen surveilling his residence in Brgy. Ubalde, R.Castillo. Bantayan was with a companion who went out first and was the one to notice two men standing some feet away on either side the gate. The third man was posted at the corner of the street about 20 meters away. The companion also spotted a bulge around the waist of one of the men. He surmised it could only be a firearm as the latter moved his hand toward it when Bantayan came out of their gate.
'Wag the Osama' the Terror War is Over Bin Laden is Dead (tags)
Breaking News #1: Sources close to Colin Powell confirm once again that Osama Bin Laden is dead. Bin Laden died in Pakistan in 2002 from kidney failure. Receipts from Pakistan Hospitals now in possession of the European Press indicate Pakistani Secret Police purchased eight dialysis machines for Bin Laden.
VITAL INTEL: Is a Coup in the Works? Will Bush be Arrested? (tags)
Half the US Military plus three Supreme Court Justices are ready to approve the arrest of Bushfraud. As Occupunk Bushfraud moves the US close to martial law with secret tribunals it can now be reported that Bush is using the idea of the Military Tribunals as a vehicle to end run the US Constitution and obstruct justice aka the 9-11 Attack on America.
A former Army officer describes the realities of Bush League unreality on the topic of the Battle of Baghdad, just admitted yesterday by Ambassador Khalilzad -- but having happened three years ago. Welcome to Orwell 101.
Warnings of a US recession and global slowdown (tags)
Three commentaries published in the Financial Times over the past week have pointed to the increasing likelihood of a US recession that would have major implications for the global economy.
The Thirty Three Day War: From Mania to Depression (tags)
Uri Avnery is an Israeli writer and peace activist with Gush Shalom. He is one of the writers featured in The Other Israel: Voices of Dissent and Refusal. He is also a contributor to CounterPunch's hot new book The Politics of Anti-Semitism. He can be reached at: avnery@counterpunch.org.
The new domestic terrorists (tags)
Article in Rolling Stone about Bush cracking down harder than ever on radical environmentalists.
9/11 INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST CHRISTOPHER BOLLYN HARASSED AND BEATEN AT HIS HOME BY COPS (tags)
It's after 2 a.m. in the morning, my deadline is tomorrow, and I have been beaten up by the local police and my right elbow is sorely hurting, but I need to write down exactly what happened to me today before I go to sleep. Otherwise I will forget important details. I was harassed, beaten, and shocked with a Tazer-like gun in my front yard before my wife and children, and then abused for 6 hours by the ADL-trained local police. I have every reason to believe it is because of my journalistic investigation into 9/11. I have been threatened before in my career as a journalist, but this is the first time I have been intentionally beaten and abused – by the cops.
Buy more then 4 cell phones, go to jail (tags)
Three men accused of helping terrorism were arrested Friday after they purchased 80 prepaid mobile phones from a Wal-Mart store, police said. - Yea like they are MAJOR TERRORISTS!!!!!
Paving the Way for Another 9-11 (tags)
In Israel two civilians were killed by Hizbollah missiles but, as usual, Lebanon bore the brunt of the day's attacks which centred - incredibly - on the Christian heartland that has traditionally shown great sympathy towards Israel. It was the Christian Maronite community whose Phalangist militiamen were Israel's closest allies in its 1982 invasion of Lebanon yet Israel's air force yesterday attacked three highway bridges north of Beirut and - again as usual - it was the little people who died.
Hezbollah Putting Up Strong Resistance against Invaders! (tags)
Hezbollah's sophisticated anti-tank missiles are perhaps the guerrilla group's deadliest weapon in Lebanon fighting, with their ability to pierce Israel's most advanced tanks.
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.
A former US Army intelligence and public affairs officer offers a disturbing analysis that the End Times movement has pre-programmed for World War Three, the end that they're praying to bring about. Has this new Jonestown Cult been brainwashed dileberately -- and what does that mean for us all?
2 activists, 1 media man killed in 3 hours (tags)
THE latest wave of activist and media killings on Monday hit three regions, including Metro Manila, within a span of three hours, claiming three lives. The first killing happened about 6 a.m. at a bus terminal in Zone 2, Bulan town in Sorsogon, where Rei Mon Guran, a 21-year-old 2nd-year political science student was gunned down. Guran was the local spokesman for the League of Filipino Students and a student of Aquinas University of Legazpi City. In the Cordillera region, the Bayanmuna Kalinga chapter chairman, Dr. Constancio Claver, and his wife Alice Claver, a coordinator for the same group, were ambushed about 7 a.m. Monday by heavily armed men in a black Delica van. The attack killed Claver’s wife, who died while undergoing treatment at the Kalinga Provincial Hospital. She suffered bullet wounds in the head and neck. In Metro Manila Tanod tabloid photojournalist Vic Melendres was gunned down about 8:45 a.m. near his home inside the Gozun Compound in Letre, Malabon, while on his way to work.
Sen. McCain's son joins Marine Corps (tags)
Lets hope and Arab freedom fighter with an IED or sniper rifle gets lucky when this guy gets to Iraq!
Down the Memory Hole-More Mainstream media por-israel Bias (tags)
In the wake of the most serious outbreak of Israeli/Arab violence in years, three leading U.S. papers—the Washington Post, New York Times and Los Angeles Times—have each strongly editorialized that Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon were solely responsible for sparking violence, and that the Israeli military response was predictable and unavoidable. These editorials ignored recent events that indicate a much more complicated situation.
Hell freezes over!!! Cop punished for stealing $2,100 too!!!!! (tags)
This almost never happens a cop gets busted for a crime and he actually gets punished for it. Jerry Mangum must have really pissed off his cop boss for this to happen to him.
Justice Delayed is White House Murder, and a War Crime (tags)
The Supreme Court decision tossing out Bush's denial of Geneva Convention protections to captives at Guantanamo came too late for one of my clients.
Soldiers ordered to kill all military age males (tags)
Four U.S. soldiers accused of murdering suspected insurgents during a raid in Iraq said they were under orders to "kill all military age males," according to sworn statements obtained by The Associated Press.
Soon after the start of the second Palestinian intifada in September 2000, Hizbullah abducted a former Israeli colonel from inside Israel. Following tortuous negotiations, in January 2004 Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon exchanged 436 Lebanese prisoners and 59 corpses of Lebanese soldiers for one Israeli hostage and three corpses of Israeli soldiers. At the last minute Sharon held back three prominent Lebanese detainees. Since then Hizbullah has talked about getting them released by abducting Israeli soldiers. A recent poll showed that more Lebanese were interested in their release than settling the dispute about the Shebaa Farm with Israel.
Information brief: History of Israeli-Arab Prisoner Exchanges (tags)
Israel's failure to release Palestinian political prisoners and its continued arbitrary arrest of Palestinian civilians serves only to highlight Israel's belief that it is above the law and that the Palestinians are beneath it.
Officers indicted in jail assaults (tags)
Three Phoenix police officers accused of roughhousing prisoners at Maricopa County's Fourth Avenue Jail have been indicted on charges of aggravated assault.
Warm bodies that can kill are needed! (tags)
The U.S. Military needs any warm body that can kill. Honest! And they have lowered their standards.
Army charges Lt. Watada with contempt towards president; Faces over seven years prison (tags)
On July 5, U.S. Army First Lt. Ehren K. Watada was formally charged with three articles of the Uniform Code of Military Justice: two counts of contempt towards officials (Article 88) - specifically President G. W. Bush, three counts of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman (Article 133), and one count of missing movement (Article 87).
Perhaps the only question is whether the people or corporate elites should regulate and plan. Perhaps businessmen are not the only ones who understand growth and de-velopment. Perhaps profit worship and the self-healing market are myths.
Killed in Iraq, Local Marine Salvador Guerrero Laid to Rest (tags)
About 400 friends and family members gathered at the funeral for Salvador Guerrero on Wednesday, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, followed by his burial at Rose Hills Memorial Park.
about the riot in the french banlieue
THREE HOUR SPECIAL - DEPLETED URANIUM - MONDAY 6/12 (tags)
8PM - 11PM Pacific time ......Three Hour Special
The REAL Assault on Marriage: Top 10 Ways Bush & Co. Have Undermined Marriage (tags)
This article was first published in July of 2003 when the US Senate first took the issue of a constitutional ban on gay marriage up as a diversion from deteriorating conditions in Iraq. And now, after three more years of the Bush cartel, it is even more relevant today.
The pictures from the torture hell are the tip of the iceberg of an occupation hated nationwide.
When Liberal Non-Profits Exploit: LA Workers Are Fighting For Their Rights (tags)
Los Angeles, California--In 2002, the Fund for Public Interest Research (FFPIR) closed one of its LA offices. Management gave no reason for the abrupt closure, but employees alleged in an LA Weekly article that the office had been shut down because they filed a petition to organize a union.
In April of 2006, the Fund closed another city office, almost a year after workers successfully won their own union election through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). That time management told employees it was because of a failure to hire new administration officials, but union members say the company refused to negotiate and even retaliated against them with hiring freezes and bogus terminations.
Now there is one organized office remaining in LA, and it’s struggling to exist amid an eight month hiring freeze and claims that the company is outsourcing work and defrauding employees.
“HUNG JURY” FOR ANTI-MINUTEMAN PROTESTER (tags)
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 “HUNG JURY” FOR ANTI-MINUTEMAN PROTESTER An Orange County jury deadlocks on three charges; issues “not guilty” verdict for two others.
Operation Iraqi Freedom (tags)
oped
Green Party endorses three candidates (tags)
Green Party of Los Angeles County makes endorsements
Class Action for Chicago Anti-war lawsuit (tags)
After more than 10,000 anti-war protestors marched on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago on March 20, 2003, police detained and arrested hundreds of people. A lawsuit brought on behalf of over 800 demonstrators and passersby has recently been granted class action status.
CALL FOR ARTISTS: "Utopia" (tags)
The A Shenere Velt Gallery of West Los Angeles has issued an Artists Call for its upcoming exhibit, Utopia. Artists are being asked to submit slides of up to three wall-hung works in any media (except ceramics and jewelry) that speak to the theme of "Utopia."
STUDENTS UP THE ANTE: Amnesty's the new agenda (tags)
Student protestors march on City Hall. "Compromise" is off the table--the word today was "Amnesty."
American Workers Should Take a Lesson from the "Sissy" French (tags)
While young French workers express outrage at a proposed law making them endure three years of probation on a new job, U.S. workers wonder what the term "job security" means.
American legitimacy is undermined. Hardly anyone believes in American morals any more. American credibility was shattered.. The present rests on errors of the past, lies and crimes. The Bush administration created a self-fulfilling prophecy with the Iraq invasion.
'Authors, librarians defend kids' book (tags)
First it was My Name is Rachel Corrie, now its Three Wishes. Jewish groups in Canada attempt block a book from being read by children.
Going Undercover to Become Donald Trump’s Apprentice (tags)
Casting for next season's "The Apprentice" is underway in New York, Tampa, Denver, Memphis, Sacramento, Chicago, Hartford, Honolulu, San Diego, Washington DC, Las Vegas and Phoenix. I went undercover at the Los Angeles auditions to bring you details about how the process works.
Hollywood Peace March 3-18-2006 [Part 5/6] (tags)
Thousands of Peace-Loving people marched through the streets of Hollywood demanding an immediate end to the US military occupation of Iraq.
Hollywood Peace March 3-18-2006 [Part 4/6] (tags)
Thousands of Peace-Loving people marched through the streets of Hollywood demanding an immediate end to the US military occupation of Iraq.
Hollywood Peace March 3-18-2006 [Part 3/6] (tags)
Thousands of Peace-Loving people marched through the streets of Hollywood demanding an immediate end to the US military occupation of Iraq.
Hollywood Peace March 3-18-2006 [Part 1/6] (tags)
Thousands of Peace-Loving people marched through the streets of Hollywood demanding an immediate end to the US military occupation of Iraq.
Honoring Rachel Corrie Three Years Later: Two Questions for Peace Activists (tags)
Three years after the death of Rachel Corrie, two questions on the peace making heart of Islam - Sufiism, and the prospects for a dialogue with the west.
3/15: Los Angeles Community/Activist Event to End the War on Iraq, Bring Troops Home! (tags)
Three Years Too Many! At the wake of the Third Anniversary of the Iraq War, this is a community event to highlight the local costs of the war and how we can involve for the up-coming local peace and justice movements.
My Personal Experience With the Israeli Occupation (tags)
The following is Khalid Amayreh's account of his life lived under Israel's "dehumanizing miltary occupation." Khalid's story is harrowing and, in his own words the occupation is "perpetual misery, torment, persecution, enslavement, and dehumanization." His frustration is that he can not fully communicate "the full extent of [its]enduring evil."
A false Wikipedia 'biography' (tags)
"John Seigenthaler Sr. was the assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy in the early 1960's. For a brief time, he was thought to have been directly involved in the Kennedy assassinations of both John, and his brother, Bobby. Nothing was ever proven." — Wikipedia
OC police clamp down on immigrant-rights activists (tags)
Whether posing as protesters or cutting off speeches, OC police clamp down on immigrant-rights activists
Hong Kong, Anti-WTO.. "EPILOG" (tags)
A FIRST SMALL VICTORY(?) Just a short while ago the S. Korean semi-official news agency reported that all the remaining prisoners from the anti-WTO protests can leave HK. But three Koreans will face trial soon...
Christopher Hitchens – On Why We Must Win
State Sanctioned Murder of a Teenage Girl (tags)
Tehran, Iran, Jan. 07 – An Iranian court has sentenced a teenage rape victim to death by hanging after she weepingly confessed that she had unintentionally killed a man who had tried to rape both her and her niece.
Time to Dump Bush and Keller (tags)
As an editor, holding a story is as biased and manipulative of public opinion as running one. No credible, honest journalist can make those decisions. If you've got it, you have to run it, and the Times' Keller failed that basic test, proving he's nothing but an administration shill.
Israeli occupation army murders three Palestinians in Nablus (tags)
Occupied Jerusalem - The Israeli occupation army (IOF) on Thursday murdered three Palestinians in the northern West Bank town of Nablus, hospital sources said. Dec 22, 2005, 11:07
Around the world, the Death Penalty is being Abolished (tags)
The death penalty is being abolished in country after country. In 1977 only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty for all crimes, while today the number is 86. Every western European country has abolished the death penalty. An average of three countries per year are currently abolishing the death penalty.
A Stunning Win for Mumia Abu-Jamal (tags)
In a startling new development, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia has agreed to hear arguments on three claims by Pennsylvania death-row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal that his 1982 trial and state appeal were tainted by constitutional violations.
AUDIO: Interviews with Lincoln Place evicted tenants and their supporters. (tags)
Interview in three parts - Part one: Joseph Claus, evicted tenant. Part two: Elena Popp, attorney for the tenants. Part three: David Bush, activist for tenant’s rights
Silent Coup D' etat in Los Angeles (tags)
The Ideologically-driven forces of the extreme right have secretly been nourishing and empowering a brutal police-state system of justice in Los Angeles. The main component of this system consists of a 600-person army of corrupt, LAPD-sanctioned so-called judges whose main task is to coverup acts of LAPD misconduct and brutality.
Local Soldier Killed in Iraq (tags)
Sgt. Jonathan Tessar, 36, a Green Beret who always wanted to be a soldier was killed Monday when an bomb detonated near a Humvee carrying the Simi Valley native and three other soldiers near Al Mahmudiyah, Iraq.
Bali bombings linked to Al-Qaeda (tags)
Bali has been devastated by terror attacks possibly by Al-Qaeda. The attacks killed 26 people and injured more than 100.
Sinking News Ships: But it's not the Rats Who Will be Leaving (tags)
Three big metro dailies are cutting back on staffing, in another cycle of less reporting, less news, fewer readers and lower profits. At this point, it almost doesn’t matter though—they’ve gotten so bad already.
"Less Than Full Justice" for Murdered Transgender Teen (tags)
Almost three years after the brutal murder of transgender teen Gwen Araujo in Northern California, a Haywood jury finally convicted two of the defendants in their second trial. The jury hung as to a third defendant, however.
RCP: Three Fundamental Lessons of Katrina (tags)
Three fundamental things to be learned from what has been happening, including the role of the government, in relation to hurricane Katrina
Rent Control Rehab for the Well-Heeled (tags)
Property values have risen an average of 425% in California since 1980 and 115% in Los Angeles since 2000. If you have the means, escape the "perpetual tenant syndrome" and enter the rent control rehab program before it's too late.
Security State Replaces Social State (tags)
"The political realm has largely uncoupled from the everyday life of people.. The wheel of social development was turned back.. The social state is degenerating into a security state. Governments have abandoned protection of citizens.."
Working Three Hours a Day is Enough (tags)
"Keynes predicted 60 years ago that three hours work per day would be enough. Instead more than seven million (in Germany) are in a desperate situation.. The system logic is obviously exhausted.."
Voices of the Lost and Forgotten- Pt. 4: Families In Poverty (tags)
Part four in a five part series on the alarming increases of homelessness, poverty, and hunger in America.
Bombs Kill 3 Iraqis, One US Soldier (tags)
Bombs Kill 3 Iraqis, One US Soldier
"Nine-Eleven" Retrospective (tags)
After declaring war on terrorists, an endless war, the balance sheet is rather depressing three years later-and after two wars. Many terrorism experts see America's reaction to Sept 11 as catastrophic. A gift was given to the terrorists with the iraq war.
Republican Congressmember Investigates Climate Scientists (tags)
The Chronicle of Higher Education is reporting that the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating three professors whose work suggests that the earth's climate is warmer now than at any time in many centuries
Baldwin Park 2: La reconquista continúa (tags)
Report from the second invasion of Baldwin Park
A tax offense was ultimately Al Capone's undoing although he was responsible for the most serious crimes like murder.
Reagan Republican :British War Memo Evidence Enough To Impeach Bush (tags)
Demand Congress do their job- or we'll throw them out as well!
Who is the REAL nuclear threat? (tags)
The real nuclear threat is Israel. The Talmudic Zionists Jew pulled off 911 with high US offical Zionist help, both NORAD, plus FEMA, plus Pentagon, Plus Bush and administrative allies, and sold you the Moslems did it. Who else would benifinit from the Iraq fiasco? They were hoping to get Israel cheap oil and US world hegdemony.
CFL ALERT: ISRAEL SOLDIERS SHOT TO KILL THREE PALESTINIAN YOUTH IN RAFAH EARLIER THIS MONT (tags)
On April 9th three Palestinian youth were shot and killed by Israeli soldiers as they chased a soccer ball that was kicked near the Israeli apartheid wall.
Would you like to try it? (tags)
A friend of mine living at the United States of America wanted to try how the living is in Finland. So, I placed an enquiry and told him the sum an unemployed person would get on the dole. Unofficial bet was made of this three month journey and this is the result were.
Commercialized Progressive Talk Radio Shows It's True Colors. (tags)
The progressive radio network, Air America Radio, just celebrated its first tumultuous year. Air America has an impressive line-up. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to my favorite program, Unfiltered. Unfiltered featured a co-creator of The Daily Show, Lizz Winstead, entertainer Chuck D, and activist and Rhodes scholar, Rachel Maddow. The chemistry between Winstead and Maddow often left me giggling along with their infectious laughter. Chuck D. had insights that are hard to find on the talk radio gamut that is dominated by white males.
Raza Work to Stop Library Closings (tags)
XISPAS, the Los Angeles website & blog dedicated to Chicano culture, art, and politics, reports on the library crisis in Salinas California. The state will be closing three public libraries this coming June for "lack of funds", and raza are spearheading a struggle to keep the libraries open. This fight for public access is only part of our mounting battle for civil and human rights. El Movemiento is revitalized with the energy of a whole new generation working for peace and justice. We're offering an except of our library crisis coverage below... but please visit our web log for the full article and other posts of interest. ¡Si, Se Puede! -Xispas Staff / www.xispas.com/blog
Ali Qased - Leading Palestinian Activist, Organizer Dies at 62 (tags)
Ali Qased, long-time activist and organizer for Palestinian national rights, died in the early hours of Sunday, April 3rd, 2005, after spending nearly two weeks in a New Jersey Hospital. He had been battling health problems for the last three years, and finally succumbed to complications from heart failure at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Patterson, New Jersey. He was 62.
April Fool's Joke: Kissinger has a heart (tags)
Kissinger who has wrecked so many countries and is guilty of the murder of millions, definitely can not have a heart.
Syria's Spies Evacuate Beirut, Ending 15-Year Reign of Terror (tags)
Syria has pulled all major spy centers from Beirut, ending a 15-year reign of terror and leaving the Lebanese capital to breath free from the watching Moukhabarat eyes and listening ears for the first time since the end of the civil war.
Three Women: Thoughts on Transformations, International Women's Day 2005 (tags)
The following article was written for International Women's Day. It was posted on the L.A. Writers Collective new blog, and also appears on the latest issue of the Revolutionary Worker
"Progressive" Muslims Union: South African View (tags)
"Last year, three South Africans were invited to be on the Advisory Board of an organisation that was about to be launched in the US, the Progressive Muslims Union of North America. Quite an honour. However, after much reflection, istikharah and many emails, all three – Ebrahim Moosa, Farid Esack and I – declined." Suddenly, scholars who, just a few weeks earlier, had been criticising America’s imperialist role in the world, became Bush advisors. Suddenly, there was a stream of Muslims seeking the road to the White House and Pentagon."
Honor voting rights Martyrs with deeds (tags)
Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. The names of the three civil rights martyrs still ring like a bell four decades after they disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi, June 21, 1964.
California Safe Schools Executive Director Named One of Nation's Top Hometown Heroes (tags)
Volvo for Life Awards
Gannon or Guckert: No Wonder Nobody Noticed This Guy! He Fit Right In (tags)
The scandal of a Republican operative posing for years as a reporter at the White House, asking puffball questions, isn’t so much that the White House has deceived the public. It’s that the real reporters were so much like him, no one noticed the difference.
W Doesn't Know What It Means to Have Three Jobs (tags)
At a press event in Omaha, GW Bush spoke to people about Social Security reform. This is a portion of the transcript where he displays utter ignorance about what it means to be an overworked, undepaid, single mother. This is our President -- someone who doesn't understand personal economics.
Two Vicious Iraqi Collaborators Fallujahed As They Leave US Base (tags)
Cleansing Iraq of the Foreign Filth--One Righteous Deed at a Time!
SERIE NOIRE ARTS, 911 & POST 911 DOW JONES, NASDAQ, NIKKEI, 911, WARS, TERRORISM...
Epilogue (Backstabbed: The History of a Photograph) (tags)
Further developments since the article was published.
Kerry rally brings fucked up charges (tags)
Cops lie to Grand Jury to get bogus indictments on three local activists.
This is a request for coverage, as well as an update on the events.
The Boss Who Stole Christmas (A Christmas Tale For Workers) (tags)
A very merry Christmas tale.
RE-MISSIONING OF DHS HOSPITALS (tags)
King/Drew closure contradicting Thomas L. Garthwaite, M.D.Director and Chief Medical Officer recommendation from 2002
Westwood Anti-Occupation Demonstration Pictures - Part 2 of 2 (tags)
Despite the one-day notice, about 400-500 people turned out to protest the day after the start of the second U.S. attack on the people of Fallujah. Mysteriously, two tanks arrived and were immediately surrounded by chanting demonstrators.
Westwood Anti-Occupation Demonstration Pictures - Part 1 of 2 (tags)
Despite the one-day notice, about 400-500 people turned out to protest the day after the start of the second U.S. attack on the people of Fallujah. Mysteriously, two tanks arrived and were immediately surrounded by chanting demonstrators.
How three of the nation's top newspapers killed a big Bulgegate scoop (tags)
When a top NASA research scientist offered three of the country’s top newspapers the enhanced photographs he’d worked on of the Bush debates, showing how Bush lied, they all took a dive—even that once great hero of the Watergate scandal, Bob Woodward, now assistant managing editor of the Washington Post
Was Bush Wired All 3 Times? Is He Lying Now? NASA Expert Says You Bet! (tags)
Using the same techniques he applies to the photos from the Cassini Saturn probe, a JPL photo expert at NASA examined pics of Bush’s back from all three debates. The astonishing images of what were under the jacket are all revealed here. So are the President’s lies.
Venezuela: Free the O-12th Prisonors and the Revolution will not be Terrorised (tags)
Bolivarian Revolution
Media Give Bush a Free Pass on the Bulge (tags)
While the story of Bush’s mystery bulge is still all over the web, and has become a source of yucks on the comedy circuit, the major media are failing to press the White House on the serious question: What is that thing and why does the president have to wear it, not just at debates, but even in his pickup truck on the ranch?
American Politics 2004 the Kusumi version (tags)
Weighing the politics, the landscape and choices of 2004
Wireless World: WiFi transforms transport (tags)
This is a great story about WiFi saving lives.
US Expert Sees Danger of World Recession (tags)
"The new administration elected in November 2004 must systematically reduce the deficits. Otherwise an inflation threatens. America within the next two years could lead into a recession.."
Three Years After 9/11: Nothing Has Changed (tags)
People, following 9/11, were saying ad nauseum that "Everything is Different," but three years later, everything, from America's imperialist aspirations to the presidential campaign, looks depressingly familiar.
The Los Angeles fundraiser at Walt Disney Hall consisted of a pre-show dinner for couples who wanted to spend $10,000 - $25,000 to eat with Senator Kerry and his wife. Why buy a car when you can have mashed potatoes and a steak?
Father Torches Van After News of Son's Death in Iraq (tags)
Flames consume this van after a father who'd just learned his son died in Iraq set it afire while inside.
Revealed: how 'war hero' Kerry tried to put off Vietnam military duty (tags)
Senator John Kerry, the presumed Democratic presidential candidate who is trading on his Vietnam war record to campaign against President George W Bush, tried to defer his military service for a year, according to a newly rediscovered article in a Harvard University newspaper.
The ALF Force Company to Drop Plans to Build Lab. in England! (tags)
The world's biggest concrete company has pulled out of building a controversial laboratory at Oxford University because of attacks by animal rights activists.
Sherman Austin Moved to LA Halfway House!! (tags)
Sherman Austin is out of prison and has been moved to an LA halfway house, where he will begin his three years of federal probation under the watchful eye of the U.S. federal government.
The biggest Brazilian gold mine belongs to a US company (tags)
Serra Pelada gold mine, in the Amazonian State of Para, one of the main Brazilian gold producers, was bought by the US mining company Phoenix Gems, which paid 40 millions dollars to exploit 100 hectares. The contract of an important part of Serra Pelada mine’s shares, was subscribed last June 5th between a cooperative of "garimpeiros" (Brazilian gold searchers) and the US Company Phoenix Gems.
Global warming 'threatens rice yields' (tags)
"more than 50% of global rice supply would be negatively affected by increasing temperatures associated with global warming"
Aid and comfort to the enemy: The Kerry record... (tags)
Former Diplomats, Retired Military Leaders to Call for Bush Ouster (tags)
Among the group are 20 ambassadors, appointed by both Democratic and Republican presidents, other former State Department officials and military leaders whose careers span three decades.
Transgenders: We Ho to March vs. Hate as No Cal Jury Deliberates (tags)
As a jury in Hayward decides the fate of 3 accused in the Transgender "Emmet Till" murder case, West Hollywood anti-hate activists will march Friday evening.
Georgia Activists Prepare to Unwelcome the G8 (tags)
Georgia activists plan alternative events to the 2004 G-8 Summit in Georgia despite heavy military presence.
Josh Cannole Gets Apology, $20,000 (tags)
Aubonne Bridge Activists (tags)
In Switzerland three anti-G8 activists are now being brought to court by the Swiss Authorities. On the 1st of June 2003, an international affinity group blockaded the motorway in order to stop an official delegation from reaching the g8 in Evian. Two climbers suspended themselves from a single rope being stretched across the street. Nevertheless a police officer cut the rope and sent Martin plummeting 20 metres into a shallow, rocky stream beneath the bridge, while Gesine was saved by the quick reflexes of her support team who managed to grab a hold of the rope. The Aubonne support group are inviting everyone to take part in a public presence outside the courthouse in Nyon on the day of the trial or be in solidarity at your local Swiss embassy.
SHAC Supporters arrested for Domestic terrorism. (tags)
wensday 7 SHAC activists (Stop Hunington Animal Crualty) were arrested by federal agents, and endicted on Domestic terrorists charges.
Kerry "Missteps" Get Lavish Media Attention, While Bush Falsehoods Ignored (tags)
The media is being easy on Bush (again).
French TV screens images 'of US helicopter crew killing Iraqis' DOWNLOAD HERE (tags)
PARIS, May 4 (AFP) - The French cable television station Canal Plus on Tuesday will broadcast images, stolen in Iraq, of a US army helicopter killing three Iraqis, one of them wounded, who do not appear to be posing any threat
US repeating Britain's 1920 mistakes in Iraq (tags)
'What happened in Iraq in 1920 so closely resembles the events now that only a historical ignoramus can be surprised'
Newsweek Misses Tax Freedom Day (tags)
U.S. Military Fails to Advance in Falluja, Reinforcements Called (tags)
As the people of Falluja continue to appeal to the international community to come to their aid, the U.S. Military announced it was reinforcing its troops surrounding the city.
Transgender-Phobia Rules in O C School District (tags)
A trioka of transgender-phobic Westminster school board members may cost their students over $ 60 million in lost state revenue.
Grocery Strikers’ Heroic Fight for Healthcare (tags)
In the end, workers who had fought so hard for five months were forced to accept a raw deal. They were unable to prevail against a bold united front of employers when their own leaders were not willing to organize an equally bold united front of labor.
America's Top Three Presidents (tags)
Can you name America's top three Presidents
3 Strikes Latest Casualty - Pam Martinez (tags)
CA ATTORNEY GENERAL SPENDS 2 MILLION DOLLARS TO GET 65 MORE DAYS IN PRISON FOR WOMAN WHO ALREADY SERVED SEVEN YEARS FOR THEFT OF $30 TOOL BOX
Raucous Supermarket Strike Rally In San Pedro (tags)
An account of the rally held on February 19, 2004 in support of striking and locked-out workers at Vons in San Pedro, California.
Iraqi sovereignty - outsourced to North Carolina (tags)
Naomi Klein: "....The appetite for democracy among Iraqis keeps racing ahead of the plodding plans for "capacity building" [Research Triangle Institute] drew up before the invasion. In November the Washington Post reported that when RTI arrived in the province of Taji, armed with flowcharts and ready to set up local councils, it discovered that "the Iraqi people formed their own representative councils in this region months ago, and many of those were elected, not selected, as the occupation is proposing." The Post quoted one man telling a RTI contractor, "We feel we are going backwards"....
Iraq Bombings Kill 6 U.S. Soldiers (tags)
On Tuesday a total of six U.S. occupation soldiers were killed in Iraq. AND FOR WHAT? Hey bu$h... YOU BIG FAT LIER... where are those weapons of mass destruction you launched this war over! In the photo, U.S. occupation soldiers seal off an area where a truck and two Humvee vehicles were afire following a guerilla attack on a U.S. convoy in central Iraq that killed three of the six (photo REUTERS/Ali Jasim)
Three Goats Take on Bush Over 9-11 (tags)
FREEE ANIMATED FILM Three Goats Take on Bush Over 9-11
Apache killing video becomes viral news , but for the neo-conned its just another day in an easy chair.l
Grocery Workers are Still Fighting (tags)
An article about the Southern California Grocery Strike/Lockout.
Palestine: HISTORY and LAND THEFT in DEIR BALLUT (tags)
Deir Ballut is an extremely fertile area, with large tracts of waterlogged land being used as the main growth area for summer crops for the entire Salfit region.
Misleaders’ Strategy Undermines Grocery Strike (tags)
"The strategy of relying on token informational pickets in in northern California, rather than extending the strike, is part of a loosing strategy by the UFCW bureaucrats that is defeating the strike. With a defeat in southern California it will be easy to extract concessions here. Victory will only come through real solidarity, with a militant rank and file class struggle leadership in the union that challenges the career bureaucrats for the continued life of the union!" --Steve Argue
Government Will Be Abolished (tags)
The Free State project already has over 5,000 people committed to relocating to New Hampshire to form a libertarian voting block -- the long term goal being the removal of all regulations, taxes, and government.
Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes Meet Kucinich (tags)
Quaker House South Los Angeles – 12/21/03 Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes or “FACTS” received the support of Dennis Kucinich. The presidential candidate’s progressive stand against Three Strikes and the prison industry system offered hope to the over 4000 non-violent offenders currently serving life sentences in California under Three-strikes. FACTS, a grassroots movement is made up of families whose loved ones are serving mandatory sentences ranging from 25 years to life for non-violent crimes.
Quaker House South Los Angeles – 12/21/03 Families to Amend California’s Three Strikes or “FACTS” received the support of Dennis Kucinich. The presidential candidate’s progressive stand against Three Strikes and the prison industry system offered hope to the over 4000 non-violent offenders currently serving life sentences in California under Three-strikes.
Rush Limbaugh, The Neanderthal Ape (tags)
"I applaud Rush Limbaugh for being the watchdog that he is and protecting us from terrorists like Al Gore."
Amazing FTAA Article on Salon.com (tags)
This article is now on the front page of Salon.com. It accurately descrbes the massive illegal police operation in Miami during the protests against the FTAA and the continued loss of our civil liberties and first amendment rights.
Fight of the Week: Dennis “Media Killer” Kucinich Versus Ted “The Trivializer” Koppel. (tags)
In New Hampshire Debate, Democratic Underdogs Refuse To Take Media Bully Lying Down
Schwarzenegger accepts $$ from Wackenhut (tags)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who boasted during his campaign that he would not be beholden to special interests, has accepted a $53,000 donation from a company operating a private prison in the state slated to be shut down.
Is bush happy about Kuwaiti rapes? (tags)
Filipinas 'raped' in Kuwait
Looking for info on Tim Whelan (tags)
Reporter seeks information on man charged with three counts of murder.
mkj is back (i got a lot of questions and comments and updates) (tags)
the fbi raided my home october of last year and i need to know how i can speed up the return of my familly's personal computers laptops cd's books and a shit load of other stuff
Israeli Roulette - The Settlements As Cancer Cells (tags)
The Palestinians, of course, suffer more than anyone else. Any who come near the settlement are shot. Anything that was standing or growing nearby, or along the road, has been destroyed or uprooted long ago. This week, the army demolished two Palestinian high-rise apartment blocks, each 12 floors high, some hundreds of meters from the settlement, because from there the goings on in the settlement could be "observed".
The Distruction of America by the so called "annointed".
Israel To Raze With Robot Bulldozers (made usa) (tags)
Describing a day of field trials, a Technion statement quoted an Israeli army officer as asserting the thousands of dollars invested in each machine would save lives. "Today the bulldozer drivers are exposed to great danger when they knock down buildings that have militants hiding in them," the statement quoted the officer as saying. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_D9
US troops still fighting for control of border town in Iraq (tags)
US forces are still fighting for control of Husayba
Another Israeli Raid Against Civilians Funded By US Tax Dollars (tags)
"Israel's Channel 10 TV said that none of the dead were militants, characterizing the refugee camp strike as a "mistake."Residents said one of the dead was a doctor who was treating victims when a second missile struck. The identity of the other victims was not immediately known."
Living on the Edge of Disaster: Being a Poor Working Mother in America (tags)
To be a borderline poverty level working mother is becoming a reality for more and more single, hard working mothers. The edge of financial disaster is becoming familiar territory for millions of women and the families they struggle to support. A desperate scramble for survival is the way a growing sector of the America that is the real backbone of our workforce has to deal with.
We Report, You Get It Wrong (tags)
The more commercial television news you watch, the more wrong you are likely to be about key elements of the Iraq War and its aftermath, according to a major new study released in Washington on Thursday.
The Oakland Tribune says "hasta la vista, Arnold!" (tags)
The Oakland Tribune runs an editorial withdrawing its endorsement of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
More subhuman Paleostinian atrocities (tags)
And the bulk of the assholes here still support these animals.
Sign Letter to Support a Political Prisoner (tags)
E-mail us for a copy of the letter.
Contact us for more info at cabin_fevered@yahoo.com
Morn the loss of MURDERED Saudi Anarchists on this day (tags)
The United States Government MURDERED ITS OWN CITIZENS. I support civil rights for unjustly held prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. Join the Anarchists Defense League
Do not be a coward! Stand up! (tags)
On this day two years ago, a clique within the United States Government, aided by Mossad, murdered 3,000 Americans in a deliberate act designed to seize power, strip Americans of their civil liberties, and wage an illegal and genocidal war against the people of the Middle East.
GM Frankenfood Allergies (tags)
"It is so widespread that to combat consumer awareness , schools have been allowed to prescribe medications for children that TEACHERS claim to be ADHD. The medical societies and pharmaceuticals pushed this legislation into effect to guarantee that the allergies will not be discovered..."
I documented the August 14 blackout, naming the approximate day three months in advance and naming August 13 as the day one month in advance. The blackout was an act of war. Now I am documenting another act of war.
Treated as a terorist for seaching for his daughter in Iraq. UK man captured by USA. Iraq. (tags)
Along with Turkish Special Forces, Michael Todd, a British performance artist and writer was captured in North Iraq on 4th July. After been taken to Kirkuk Air Base the group were flown to Baghdad. The Turks were released on the 8th July but the British man, in Iraq to find his missing half-Iraqi daughter, was held as a prisoner of war / terrorist suspect for 3 weeks at Baghdad Airport under 24 hour armed guard. His crime? Walking down the street, searching for his daughter !
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.
Wed. Two more U.S. troops killed in Iraq (tags)
While L.A. Indymedia talks about nothing else except SHERMAN AUSTIN... the war in Iraq grinds on.
Across the country cities are networking together to bring about justice for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and John Clarke! Don't let the government win in the fight for people's rights! We need your help!
Shows, Music, Articles about Hiroshima
Good news! George W. Bush's "free market" economic policies are working! (tags)
The biggest surge in defense spending since the Korean War era helped drive U.S. economic growth ahead at a surprisingly brisk 2.4 percent annual clip in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said on Thursday.
Republican spending orgy (tags)
So here we are three years later, with not only a Republican Congress but a Republican president, too -- and the federal spending train is racing out of control. The Bush administration estimated last week that the government will end the current fiscal year with a budget deficit of $455 billion. Over the next five years, the public debt is expected to rise by $1.9 trillion.
The Deaths of Uday and Qusay (tags)
In this handout picture from the U.S. Army made available Wednesday, July 23, 2003, flames erupt from the building supposedly housing Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay in Mosul, Iraq on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 (AP Photo/US Army, Robert Woodward)
Rickover's Statement On Coverup Of US Nuke Industry (tags)
"I feel that former President Jimmy Carter should come forth with all of the facts surrounding the Three Mile Island Accident, especially those which involved the radiation release and the dose to the public. "
Another U.S. Soldier dies in Iraq (tags)
NOT ONE MORE DEAD! BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
Support for Bush Declines As Casualties Mount in Iraq (tags)
Public support for President Bush has dropped sharply amid growing concerns about U.S. military casualties and doubts whether the war with Iraq was worth fighting, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
A Tampa pirate radio activist says an FCC proposal favoring media conglomerates can be detrimental to us
Israeli's sense they've won (tags)
Israeli officials are expressing growing confidence that after 33 months they have defeated the Palestinian uprising, or intifada.
Race Hygiene: Three Bush Family Alliances (tags)
President Bush can count on Will Farish not to betray the violent secrets surrounding the Bush family money. For Farish's own family fortune was made in the same Hitler project, in a nightmarish partnership with George Bush's father.
VOTE KUCINICH IN 6/24-25 MOVEON.ORG PRIMARY (tags)
Vote for the only peace and justice Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich in the MoveOn.org primary Tues 6/24 and Wed 6/25.
That the President of the United States is being forced to repeat the same inane talking point which was first wielded by Colin Powell and Condaleeza Rice shows precisely how desperate the administration is to keep the truth at bay. They know that if they do not keep up a fevered offensive they are in mortal danger of being squeezed by two very unpleasant pincers.
Lebanese groups issue human rights warnings against Syria (tags)
Three human rights groups issued a joint communique stating that Syrian authorities continue to deny the imprisonment of Lebanese citizens, despite the findings of several international organizations. Now they fear Syria may be hiding mass graves...
It's Not So Funny Any More: DubyaCo. (tags)
Having destroyed Iraq, the United States now proposes to rebuild it with the money generated from the sale of Iraqi oil, which will be flowing again, we are told, within three weeks. Thus will Iraq's natural wealth be pumped directly into the coffers of Bechtel, Halliburton and other administration cronies. Call them DubyaCo.
It's Not So Funny Any More: DubyaCo. (tags)
You will perhaps have noticed that no one is telling us that electricity, water and the rule of law will be restored throughout Iraq within three weeks. These things are not feasible. But oil will flow.
Libertarian ideals smash face-first into drunks (tags)
Last year MADD ranked Massachusetts as one of the three worst states at fighting drunken driving and underage drinking, mainly because its laws do not mandate that blood alcohol levels above the legal limit are proof of intoxication.
Which Came First - Terrorism or "Occupation"? (tags)
Which Came First - Terrorism or "Occupation"?
Isreal Cracks Down on Peace Activists; Ithaca Celebrates France (tags)
Iraq in Chaos Media Ownership Rules in Jeopardy NY Green: Public Supports Same-SeX Marriages Airlines in Tailspin Rumsfeld Agenda Wold Gut US Democracy
Saving Private Lynch: Iraqi Doctors Tell a Different Story (tags)
Iraqi medical staff tell a different story than U.S. military 'We all became friends with her, we liked her so much'
Youth outreach program seeking mentors and financial assistance in West Los Angeles...
"It's just not something we would do" (tags)
U.S. soldiers escorting three naked Iraqi men through a Baghdad park.
''Colombia: another front in broader U.S. war'' (tags)
By Matthew Riemer YellowTimes.org Columnist (United States)
Free Art, Kurt's Vision of Peace on Earth, Bring Medical Hashish and a Rain Coat (tags)
Due to ineptitude in diplomacy, a clarvoyant has summoned Julius Caesar on what to do to bring peace. His answer....
Embedded Photographer: "I Saw Marines Kill Civilians" (tags)
Laurent Van der Stockt, a photographer working for the Gamma agency and under contract for the New York Times Magazine, followed the advance of the 3/4 Marines (3rd battalion, 4th regiment) for three weeks, up to the taking of Baghdad on April 9. He was accompanied by New York Times Magazine editor, Peter Maas.
The Movement to Undo Three Strikes (tags)
Some info I got from the latest FACTS newsletter. Unfortunately, there's some bad news, but the push to fight the unjust law continues. Volunteer ops!
Constitutional Convention of the People (tags)
Article V of the U.S. Constitution allows for a Convention to be called to amend the Constitution
After three days of reading the many posts here at LA-IMC, and experiencing the gamut of emotions, thoughts, and opinions put forth by its publishers, I am persuaded now to join in and express my view point on the discussed topics. Before doing so, I feel it necessary to open a new topic in hopes of interjecting an all to often overlooked fact.....
Bush and Blair to meet on Iraq (tags)
Bush and Blair to meet to discuss how they will carve up Iraq's oil reserves for the benefit of U.S. and British Petroleum companies.
Colombia, not Iraq, is Haunting the Empire (tags)
Publisher's Note: While the population of the United States is transfixed in front of the screen, obsessed with the "war" that Power wants them to see, that Power designed to distract them from all other realities, a long-running war continues to rage in our own hemisphere; a 50 years war: The Colombian Civil War.
I heard a report that American Soldiers that are forced to fight a war they don't want to, are refusing to fight and would rather be court marshalled.
Iraqi Death Toll Rising Fast! (tags)
Thousands killed - including many children.
The tragic report of journalist Robert Fisk from "The Independent", yesterday in Baghdad
"It was an outrage, an obscenity" (tags)
The truth is that nowhere is safe in Baghdad, and as the Americans and British close their siege in the next few days or hours, that simple message will become ever more real and ever more bloody. We may put on the hairshirt of morality in explaining why these people should die.
Over 250 protest in Riverside amidst heavy police presense (tags)
Over 250 protesters congregated to demonstrate against the war, and dozens of police officers from three law enforcement agencies showed up
feel up delighted like the three Magi
Italy: Militants assaulted in Milan by fascists, 1 killed (tags)
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Gnome$ for peace- How to Stop the Attack (tags)
Boycott the dollars and bring peace to the world. The more people you can persuade to join you in becoming a Gnome for Peace, the better the chance there is of weakening the dollar and the American economy by enough to prevent or limit a war.
SHOW-DOWN AT BREA! PRO-WAR ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATORS SQUARE OFF
Boycott EXXON and MOBIL (tags)
Join the resistance!!!! We are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. Do you want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action.
FARC gives empire a black eye. U.S. responds with threats and more lies (tags)
Will this be the excuse U.S. imperialism has been waiting for to directly intervene in Colombia's class war between a local mass based movement comprising 2 strong guerilla armies, a militant trade union movement, radical peasant organisations and the fascist paramilitary state?
Three Peace rallies this Sat. in L.A. (tags)
This Saturday there will be peace rallies in over 300 cities worldwide. Millions of people will be participating. Here in L.A. County we have three major events in Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Long Beach.
IDF troops fired outlawed tank shells at Palestinian children playing soccer (tags)
"...Flachette shells, which scatter thousands of pieces of metal after being fired and whose use is curtailed under international treaties. The IDF said the shells were fired Friday night.. "
The Killing Fields revisited: The Riverside police department post consent-decree (tags)
Two years after it entered into a consent decree with the state, the Riverside Police Department has had an increase in fatal officer-involved shootings as its union desperately tries to rewrite the history the agency lived before the shooting of Tyisha Miller
Families to Amend California's Three Strikes Law (FACTS) (tags)
Part 1 of 4 - "Life is not a baseball game. Three strikes is a crying shame!" (14 mins)
Repost: US Troops in Nepal (tags)
First article indicates US soldiers are currently in Nepal, while the second article says they'll be there in a week. Perhaps denial of presence in second article is due to close proximity of US forces to the little girls who were shot and killed...
'Gang rape' victim faces jail on adultery charges (tags)
Latest News from the enlightened Middle East. From the UK Telegraph.
Total Information Oppression: Now my mailing list has been killed! (tags)
Attacking DARPA's Total Information Awareness effort and publicizing satellite photographs of John Poindexter's (head of TIA) house is probably what got me this. I guess that when it comes to surveillance, what is good for the goose is not good for the gander.
1) Volkert pleads guilty 2) Two new AR prisoners 3) Update on Benjamin (USA Animal Rights Prisoner) 4) Three new Ploughshares prisoners 5) Plougshares prisoner released 6) Jose Bove gets 14 months imprisonment (BBC report)
Good reasons to DROP OUT OF SCHOOL and DROP OUT OF COLLEGE (tags)
John Taylor Gatto climaxed his 33 year teaching career as New York State Teacher of the Year after being named New York City Teacher of the Year on three occasions. He quit teaching on the OP ED page of the Wall Street Journal in 1991 while still New York State Teacher of the Year, claiming that he was no longer willing to hurt children. His books include: Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling (1992); The Exhausted School (1993); A Different Kind of Teacher (2000); and The Underground History Of American Education (2001) The following was culled from his most recent work.
JZ lays down the Three Represents (tags)
Breaking it down with JZ
Will Gubinatorial Candidate Camejo Do Better Than Any Green So Far? (tags)
GREEN PARTY MAYOR SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT -- CAMEJO COULD MAKE HISTORY ON TUESDAY!!!
Turnout key in dead-heat elections (tags)
We are “One Vote Away” from right-wing control of all three branches of the federal government warns People For the American Way (PFAW) in a television ad being aired in states where Senate races are too close to call.
"Kusumi's List" Rates All Of Congress, Senate (tags)
This front page of Kusumi.com is the latest -- see bottom for Kusumi's List, where Congressmen and Senators are rated. They were rated on the China issue, but good/bad there is also good/bad on Globalization! --Keep this list alive (repost)!
Three New Posters Created for Sept. 11 Anniversary (tags)
Three new posters -- "War on Terrorism/Drugs," "When Will It End?" and "Bush: For Terrorism" have been released for immediate distribution in the days leading up to the 9/11 anniversary. Available online, but you can also write for free copies sent via mail, too.
CHICANO MORATORIUM PHOTO #2 (tags)
A Poster of Ruben Salazar carried through the streets of Highland Park during the Chicano Moratorium 2002 Protest.
Speak Out Against Intolerance on the Costa Mesa Human Relations Committee (tags)
Members vying for seats on the Costa Mesa Human Relations Committee are known homophobes, racists, and sexists. They're having a big laugh over this, and people who want to preserve the spirit and effectiveness of this board need to say "ENOUGH".
Assasination Attempt on Kola Boof (tags)
I found this note in an email dates August 22. Thus, it's at least a few days old. Contact phone # for latest news. Kola Boof is a feminist writer from Sudan.
TODAY, THREE DOGS; TOMORROW, THERMONUCLEAR WAR...
CHICANO MORATORIUM 2002 - Art & Action (tags)
Commemorate the 32rd anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium, when, Aug 29th, over 20,000 Chicanos filled the streets to demand an end to the Vietnam war!
LA TRANSGENDER SUES SCHOOL FOR DISCRIMINATION (tags)
A Los Angeles transgender woman has sued a local "beauty" school for violating anti-discrimination laws after it refused her admission because of her change of gender.
Support Sat. Long Beach March/Rally To Stop Police Brutality (tags)
Corrections and additions to news account of the Long Beach Event.
African-American savagery... (tags)
Mob Kills Van's Occupants After Chicago Crash Wed Jul 31, 4:49 PM ET
Report From IMS ARRESTEE/ Nablus (tags)
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Orange County Activist Jailed on July 4, at Costa Mesa Nike Town Protest (tags)
Naui Huitzilopochtli, an Orange County activist, wasarrested yesterday in Costa Mesa, at a Nike Town Protest. He is in desperate need of legal defense funds. Please distribute this information to anyone who can help.
URGENT-Legal support needed for Naui Huitzilopochtli (an OC activist) (tags)
Naui Huitzilpochtli, an OC activist, was arrested yesterday in Costa Mesa, at a Nike Town protest. He was wrongly charged with assault and battery, and is in desperate need of legal defense funds. Please spread the word.
Long Beach City Council (tags)
This is a report back from the LB CC meeting, where the city prosecutor made a presentation about the trial of anarchists.
Revolutionary upsurge in Arequipa, Peru (tags)
"A state of emergency" has been declared in the Peruvian city of Arequipa after three days of revolutionary upsurge organised by communists, workers and activists.
This year two big Mayday demos took place in Czech republic
Links to OC Register, LA Times, and AP stories on the Taco Bell Demo (tags)
Here are some links to some of the corporate media coverage of the March 11 March and Rally at Taco Bell Headquarters. Note that the Orange County Register estimated the crowd at 1,500. It should also be noted that both NPR news and CNN headline news included repotrs on the demo, as well as a brief synopsis of the Coalition of Immakolee Workers' (CIW) reasons for calling a boycott of Taco Bell.
"Life is not a Baseball Game" -- The Fight Against Three Strikes (tags)
More than 300 people attended a march in Westwood today to show their opposition to California's Three Strikes law. The march was led by the Aztec Dancers. It was organized by Families to Amend California's Three Strikes, which can be reached at (213) 746-4844.
FACTS Protest Against CA Three Strikes @ Westwood, CA (tags)
On March 9th, Families to Amend California's Three Strikes (F.A.C.T.S.) held a protest in Westwood, CA. Protesters marched through Westwood Village to the Federal Building on Wilshire Blvd where speakers and performers took the stage.
FACTS Protest Against CA Three Strikes @ Westwood, CA (tags)
On March 9th, Families to Amend California's Three Strikes (F.A.C.T.S.) held a protest in Westwood, CA. Protesters marched through Westwood Village to the Federal Building on Wilshire Blvd where speakers and performers took the stage.
FACTS Protest Against CA Three Strikes @ Westwood, CA (tags)
On March 9th, Families to Amend California's Three Strikes (F.A.C.T.S.) held a protest in Westwood, CA. Protesters marched through Westwood Village to the Federal Building on Wilshire Blvd where speakers and performers took the stage.
FACTS Protest Against CA Three Strikes @ Westwood, CA (tags)
On March 9th, Families to Amend California's Three Strikes (F.A.C.T.S.) held a protest in Westwood, CA. Protesters marched through Westwood Village to the Federal Building on Wilshire Blvd where speakers and performers took the stage.
FACTS Protest Against CA Three Strikes @ Westwood, CA (tags)
On March 9th, Families to Amend California's Three Strikes (F.A.C.T.S.) held a protest in Westwood, CA. Protesters marched through Westwood Village to the Federal Building on Wilshire Blvd where speakers and performers took the stage.
Protest the Three Strikes law tomorrow, Sat. March 9 (tags)
Rally and march through Westwood. Sat Mar 9, 11 AM. Protest the Three Strikes law. Excellent lineup of rally speakers and music.
Copied from the AZine. Information about Prop 40, a ref. that includes provisions to fund cultural preservation.
The Pasadena demo featured a portable stereo that played 80's new wave dance hits and Le Tigre.
The Prince of Peace was born and the Three Wisemen brought gifts, an explosive Artillery Shell, Cannon, and a Bloody Dagger!
33 1/3 Gallery Presents Zapatista Photo Exhibit (tags)
A New Suite of Photos by B+ and Eric Coleman Titled Seven Days On La Marcha
Taco Bell Boycott Protests (tags)
L.A. area contributions to the Taco Bell Boycott Campaign National 3 Days of Action.
update on nepals ongoing upsurge
Desktop Theater-Women In Black On-line protest (tags)
The following performance stills were taken from a series of "vigils" performed in the public chat space/application "The Palace" specifically in "Mt. Olympus" and "FireBirdz Forest". We performed it three times on 9/15/01 and then a few more times after that. Some of the women are in New York, and some in New Zealand & Italy. We walked a silent vigil across rooms with people in them.
Protest at CNN HQ in Atlanta -- Three Arrested (tags)
Three cheers -- one for each arrestee -- for the demonstrators. We, in LA, should do likewise and organize a demonstration against the pro-war propagandists (aka the mainstream media). Who better to organize such a demo than indymedia!!!
Support Vandenburg Protester (tags)
This is a request for financial support for Scott Galindez, who was sentenced to 3 months for protesting at Vandenburg AFB.
Activists Sentenced for Praying to Stop Global Injustice/StarWars (tags)
News of the sentence pronounced against prayer-activists--the first group to go to trial against the USA in several years for working against star wars & globalization @ Vandenberg Air Force Base.
CTJ: $212 Billion House GOP "Stimulus" Tax Bill Would Almost Double Bush Tax Cut (tags)
The House Ways and Means Committee, on a party line vote, has approved a bill that over the next three years would almost double the size of the Bush tax cuts enacted last May. Officially, the new corporate and individual tax cuts are estimated to cost $212 billion over the next three fiscal years (and the actual cost is likely to be considerably higher).
The male God of the desert (tags)
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all desert religions, brother-faiths that are male in imagination and tradition, writes PNS editor Richard Rodriguez. Eventually, their masculine principle will be challenged by a feminine spiritual force that is gathering strength behind veils print article
For US imperialism, people fighting for national liberation are also terrorists (tags)
Asked if the same distinction would be made between fighting terrorists and fighting guerrillas, Francis X. Taylor, head of State's Office of Counterterrorism said the three Colombian groups "get the same treatment as any other terrorist group in terms of our interest in going after them and ceasing their terrorist activities." (FARC and ELN are allies fighting for national liberation. The AUC is a CIA backed right wing paramilitary organization; protecting the rich corrupt Colombian elite)
Rumsfeld: War Will Be 'Long and Difficult' (tags)
US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, stressed that killing or capturing Osama bin Laden would not mean victory and that Washington's declared war on terrorism would be long and difficult. Earlier, Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, said military action is likely to continue for weeks.
Officer Acquitted in Ohio Shooting (tags)
AP/David Kohl Cincinnati police officer Stephen Roach leaves the courtroom with his wife, Erin, after court was adjourned for the day Friday, Sept. 21 in Cincinnati.
"Songs for Mental Health" (tags)
Three songs are included here, one is a song of hope and celebration, two is to liven up your trip if you have been on the "Dummy Line", and three is God-given hope for when there is no hope.
Sheen gets three years' probation (tags)
: "I can't think of a worse thing to inflict on the universe than nuclear weapons in outer space, and all of them pointed to the Earth."
Subpoenaed: three Americans re: Colombian Bombin (tags)
[ and you'll be glad to know DYNCORP was the mercenary group subcontracted by the Pentagon ] Authorities have subpoenaed three Americans to testify about the Colombian air force's bombing of a small town in 1998, which killed 17 civilians and injured more than 30....
Recent Combat Reports from the Colombia War (tags)
In Colombia the Communist guerillas the FARC and ELN are fighting to the teeth against the silent U.S. counterinsurgency that doesn't want another Vietnam, critics say it is very likely.
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.
Ex-Officer Gets Fine, Probation in Shooting Spree (tags)
Courts: Defendant drove the car from which three colleagues fired weapons in an off-duty drunken escapade. Prosecutor calls the sentence too lenient.
Frank Esposito sentenced to jail (tags)
After spending three days traveling from Texas on a Greyhound bus, Frank Esposito was sentenced to 90 days in jail, for his role in the 91 freeway demonstration.
DEMO AT GORE'S HOTEL TO PROTEST FUNDING OF MASSIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA & L.A. (tags)
DEMO AT GORE'S HOTEL TO PROTEST FUNDING OF MASSIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA & L.A. - Demonstration will greet candidate Thursday-
GREAT PUPPET! A note of caution (tags)
this happened in my town (tags)
Freedom of Speech and Assembly (tags)
Protestors of the WTO in Seattle sued the city, the mayor, and the Police Departement and won. It's the first right secured by the Constitution, for the right reason.