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Oakland Committee Voting On Ending Secretive Surveillance (tags)
Up For Consideration on Tuesday before the Oakland City Council's Public Safety Committee, a Transparency Ordinance Grants Community Control Over Spying Equipment Use.
^ Large Train Derailments in US in 2 Calender Years Report (tags)
tew York State had an accident involving 16 cars rhe week February or early March. This was reported on national television. California had 1 probably passenger. Breathitt County as wella s Pike County Philadelphia passenger,,,,WVA 2015
Western Lunatics Risk Nuclear War (tags)
anti-war
SNWA Whistleblower Shows Ratepayers Bilked for Spring Valley Ranches (tags)
The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) has used rate hikes and government subsidies to purchase ranches at six times above market value to appear as landholders for water rights for their proposed pipeline. An employee of the SNWA turned whistleblower has come forward with evidence of bribery of local officials and yearly losses of money on the SNWA ranches. In related news Sen. Mike Roberson introduced SB 232 with bipartisan support to require greater transparency by the SNWA and would require the water authority to obtain approval from the PUC before increasing water rates.
Criminalizing Dissent in Israel (tags)
Israel
Targeting Iranian Nationals (tags)
police state
Legislating Tyranny in America (tags)
tyranny
Violent Arrests in NYC at Occupy Wallstreet (tags)
The excuse for the arrests was a claim that a tarp protecting electronic equipment was somehow a tent, and the ensuing attack left one person in critical condition with an asthma attack.
Israel Divestment Campaign Marks First Milestone on the anniversary of Al Naksa (tags)
Invitation to sign the petition
Tanker Solution for 2d Bigger Oil Plume in Gulf of Mexico (tags)
Brasschecktv brings us a viable, tried solution to the oil volcano in the Gulf of Mexico: Tankers and related equipment.
Supreme Court, Inc.: Supremely Pro-Business (tags)
the pro-business Roberts court
Fake ID - How they are made (tags)
A description on how to make fake IDs along with the equipment needed
$5.1B Proposed in Sales, Upgrades, Weapons for Pakistan's F-16s (tags)
On June 28/06, the US DSCA notified Congress via a series of releases of its intention to provide Pakistan with a $5.1 billion Foreign Military Sales package to upgrade the F-16s that serve as the PAF's top of the line fighters. Some of these items had been put on hold following the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan & Kashmir, but the request for 36 new F-16 Block 50/52s is now going ahead following the required 30-day review period, along with new weapons, engine modifications, 60 F-16 upgrade kits that would cover Pakistan's older F-16 A/Bs plus other aircraft it might buy second-hand, and related equipment.
Workers Assassinated at the Thyssen Krupp Steel-works in Turin! (tags)
During the night of Thursday December 6 the latest in a tragic series of "industrial accidents" struck 7 proletarian families at the Thyssen Krupp steel-works of Turin (Italy): 7 workers were overcome and charred by flames in a section where metal castings are cooled by an oil bath. Antonio Schiavone, 36 years old, married and father of 3 children was incinerated immediately, while 3 other workers, after suffering critical burns, died a few days later.
Mossad hired by Zimbabwe (tags)
Itai Dzamara - Israeli intelligence operatives have been hired by the Zanu (PF) government to implement systems that will enable the regime to snoop on phone and internet communications by opposition and civic society leaders as well as journalists. It is unclear what has happened to the much-touted Chinese snoopers and their equipment, imported last year at huge expense by the Mugabe regime, to intercept communications.
Money for Firefighting & Prevention; Not for War (tags)
The World Socialist Website has 2 excllent articles providing the details of the Southern California fire crisis and their relation to the neglect of our domestic needs in favor of war profiteering.
$2.257B for Iraqi Army Guns, Vehicles & Logistics (tags)
On Sept 25/07, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Iraq's formal request for vehicles, small arms, ammunition, explosives, and communications equipment as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $2.257 billion.
190 000 weapons missing in Iraq (tags)
Since 2004 the military "has not consistently collected supporting records confirming the dates the equipment was received, the quantities of equipment delivered, or the Iraqi units receiving the items", the report said.
International Solidarity Movement planning "Invasion" of Gaza (tags)
Project Description This movement is an international nonviolent resistance project to challenge Israel's siege of Gaza. Israel claims that Gaza is no longer occupied, yet Israeli forces control Gaza by land, sea and air. We'll enter Gaza from international waters at the invitation of Palestinian NGOs but without Israeli authorization, thereby recognizing Palestinian control over their own borders.
Feinstein Corruption Case (tags)
Feinstein Resignation - U.S. Senator Feinstein resigns from MILCON Appropriations suncommittee due to corruption. Feinstein approved billions of dollars of defense contracts to her husband Richard Blum, which directly benefited her and resulted in her family making hundreds of millions of dollars
Labor Union - Labor Department to act on employee safety equipment (tags)
WASHINGTON (AP)Labor Union — The Labor Department has agreed to issue rules outlining an employer’s responsibility for the cost of workers’ safety equipment — two months after a lawsuit by the AFL-CIO and the United Food and Commercial Workers seeking such regulations. www.LABORUNIONRESOURCES.ORG
Military give aways by Uncle Sam help expand the local police states (tags)
Military Surplus a boon for the police state! And these articles talk like the stuff is FREE!!! Hell us taxpayer paid thru the nose so Uncle Sam could buy this stuff!
Newest border surveillance drone unveiled (tags)
The new Predator B has equipment allowing its command and control by satellite from Riverside, Calif., where the agency's air marine operations are headquartered.
Much has been made in the US media of the Syrian- and Iranian-origin weaponry used by Hezbollah in the escalating violence in Israel and Lebanon. There has been no parallel discussion of the origin of Israel's weaponry, the vast bulk of which is from the United States.
Iraq Vet and NJ Native Tells His Story (tags)
Another casualty of war speaks out about what he has witnessed.
Arizona police arrest NJ officer convicted in equipment fraud (tags)
Lawsuit details AT&T cooperation in illegal government spying on Americans (tags)
A lawsuit underway in a US district court in San Francisco charges telecommunications giant AT&T with violating the privacy of its customers by handing over massive amounts of data to the government. The class action lawsuit, filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of AT&T customers, is based on documents provided by a former AT&T employee that detail the company’s participation in the National Security Agency (NSA) warrantless spying program that was first revealed late last year.
Day of Action Against Caterpillar- March 16th in Whittier (tags)
March 16, 2006 is the three year anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie. Rachel was a 23 year-old U.S. peace activist who was killed by an Israel Defense Forces Caterpillar bulldozer while trying to prevent the demolition of a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip.
Protest Catepillar- Remember Rachel Corrie: 3/16 in Whittier (tags)
International Day of Action Against Caterpillar (3/16 @ 11:30am)- Since 1967, the Israeli army has used CAT equipment to destroy over 12,000 homes in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. Rachel Corrie was run over and murdered by a CAT bulldozer on March 16th 2003.
Help! Al Qaeda Must Be Everywhere! (tags)
President Bush eliminated the need for warrants for NSA bugging jobs, but when the warrants are as easy to get as they are in the FISA courts, the only reason he’d do that is to keep the taps completely secret. And why would he want to do that?
HUGE BENEFIT RUMMAGE SALE FOR PASADENA'S HISTORIC RAYMOND THEATRE (tags)
Huge Rummage Sale -- Proceeds to Benefit Pasadena's Historic Raymond Theatre
Are you under the assumption that the Army, Navy, Air force, and Marines, own the equipment that they use? Is the soldier who stands guard someplace in the world, under the illusion that the gun he has, belongs to him or to the military branch he is a member of? Unless he paid taxes at sometime, he cannot claim any ownership of that gun. The gun belongs to the taxpayers.
Recycling old computer parts (tags)
Mercury, cadmium, lead. All these end up in your drinking water because of improperly disposed technology. Cellphones, too, whose construction is tearing apart Africa and leading to massive contamination, loss of habitat, and animal extinction. Office Depot will take compiuter parts for recycling until Labor Day.
ARTISTS SUBPOENAED IN USA PATRIOT ACT CASE (tags)
Feds STILL unable to distinguish art from bioterrorism Grand jury to convene June 15 HELP URGENTLY NEEDED - SEE BELOW Three artists have been served subpoenas to appear before a federal grand jury that will consider bioterrorism charges against a university professor whose art involves the use of simple biology equipment.
Guardsmen Killed By Pentagon Penny-Pinching (tags)
Explains how the Pentagon is killing American soldiers.
"Think globally, recycle locally." Freecycle Network is open to all individuals who want to "recycle" that special something rather than throw it away. Whether it's a chair, a fax machine, piano or an old door, feel free to post it. Or maybe you're looking to acquire something yourself! One constraint: everything posted must be free.
Yes, indeed — the Bush boom has begun at last. (tags)
This week's report of a barnburner 7.2 percent rise in gross domestic product is very significant. It informs us of the likelihood of a true recovery boom — call it the Bush boom — in the months and quarters ahead.
Buried in the 19th paragraph of the article below: " ... one in 10 people who voted Tuesday reported problems with voting equipment or the ballot's length." http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/apmethods/apstory?urlfeed=D7U1JO080.xml
LOS ANGELES: Reports of late poll openings, missing voting materials and equipment, and disenfranchised voters walking away from closed polls.
In case you haven't read it, and, judging from comments, you haven't. Neither has the media.
Hungry In Hazelton, Canada (tags)
When the anti-union B.C. Liberal provincial government sold pulp producer Skeena Cellulose, the buyer closed the doors of the Carnaby mill in Hazelton. Over 100 workers were left without jobs.
Multimillion-Dollar Psy Ops Facility Opens In Fort Bragg (tags)
"Over the past few years, the military and the rest of the world has realized the importance of Psy Ops and how it's a major factor in winning the wars we get involved in," said Sgt. Dan Millbauer, an Army broadcast journalist.
Libertarian Militia leader claims he was just preparing for WWIII (tags)
The Libertarian Party of Oklahoma posted Hertzog's letter stating that he would come out of prison "bigger, badder and better" than when he went in. The militia leader admitted to having machine guns, explosive devices and counter-surveillance equipment.
Radio Maclovio Rojas Márquez (tags)
'Radio Macloviana'as a 5 month series of workshops in the colonia Maclovio Rojas Márquez, southeast of Tijuana Baja California México. With the pobladores de Maclovio, we've completed a 5 hour radio documentary re: the life/struggle of this colonia. Currently we're raising funds to pay for Maclovio's own permanent studio/transmitter equpiment. Please give/pass the word! Tlazokamti, AMK
ISM OFFICES RAIDED!! ACTIVISTS DETAINED!! (tags)
Israeli forces raided the ISM office this morning, confiscating equipment and material and snatching three women. At 12:30pm on Friday, May 9, approximately 20 military vehicles, army jeeps and a large armored personnel carrier (intended for many arrests) surrounded the ISM media office in Beit Sahour.
Even more rightwing hypocrisy (tags)
The Freeper hero Dick Cheney. Saddam appeaser and criminal.
Italians map strategy protests aimed at stopping american military trains (tags)
Anti-war militants took advantage of a national train strike in Italy to pause to map out strategy Sunday. Demonstrators opposed to a possible war in Iraq tried Saturday to block trains moving U.S. military equipment across the country, protesting at several rail stations in northern Italy. A group of anti-war protesters stopped a train reportedly transporting U.S. military equipment in northern Italy on Friday night, a police official said.
Another Reason to hate SUV's (tags)
Not only does it only get 8 miles to the gallon, contribute to global warming, but it also is lean-mean killing machine. Get outta my way...you commie!
USA CENSORS IRAQ REPORT again and again
Freedom House Homeless Youth Shelter (tags)
While we fight the move towards war and social service cutbacks, one small positive development is our opening this week of Casa libre/Freedom House, a shelter for homeless unaccompanied immigrant minors and inner-city youth.
Terrorism, Israeli Style (tags)
What follows are the two leading stories in the August 29, 2002, Israeli Ha’aretz newspaper. This is but another example showing how the racist Sharon government is joining America in the fight on terrorism.
More Evidence of U.S. Military Buildup (tags)
The U.S. military has really been busy around here lately, moving equipment and conducting exercises.
California Legislature Considers Electronics Recycling Fee (tags)
The California Legislature Is Considering An Electronics Recycling Fee On Purchases Of New Computer Terminals And Televisions.
Southern California Skiers/Boarders Will Breathe Easier Under Diesel Exhaust Cleanup Plan
Caterpillar Corporation: Complicit in war crimes in the West Bank and Gaza. (tags)
On June 24, the SUSTAIN Campaign, Free Palestine Alliance, and the Berkeley Students for Justice in Palestine sent a letter to the Caterpillar Corporation calling for a halt of all equipment sales to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). To date, Caterpillar has not responded. A international campaign to expose Caterpillar's complicity in Israel's war crimes and pressure the Peoria, Illinois based equipment manufacturer to stop all sales to the IDF is now underway.
Californians Send 42% Of Their Refuse To Recyclers (tags)
The "power suit" is threatened by air agency rule, say LA drycleaners.
Benefit Concert for Raise The Fist! (tags)
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RAISETHEFIST.COM BACK ONLINE! (tags)
Special thanx to http://hypodermic.net for donating server space to Raisethefist.com. And Kiko for helping us to obtain our remotely backed up files!
Increasingly the Independent Media Center is used to distribute not news but some other category. The article which purports to name a company which makes kitchen equipment is the best example tonight. We cannot make kitchen equipment from APC's. This claim that they manufacture both was checked. 40 sites searched no results.