Victory! Colombia Passes Wild Animal Circus Ban (tags)
The Colombian Congress today passed Bill 244,2012 to end the use of wild animals in both static and traveling circuses, after a six-year public campaign following the release of critical evidence of animal suffering collected by investigators from Animal Defenders International (ADI).
America's Gulf Disaster Revisited (tags)
crime
Haiti
America's Cratering Economy (tags)
economy
CAPITALISM ANDS ITS BEST OBAMANATION AT ITS WORST (tags)
As of today even without the additional infusion of new government money, the american public has 79% interest in AIG already largely in the form of highly vulnerable common stocks. The remaining shares in preferred or treasury stocks (which are on top of the food chain when it comes to bankruptcy or liquidation proceedings) are in private holdings mostly belonging to AIG founder Hank Greenberg. In the event of bankruptcy, preferred stocks e.g. Greenberg are guaranteed proceeds even with the equivalent of diluted shares of their notes - the american public - ZIP!
Support SF8 Herman & Jalil - Phone and Fax CA Governor 11/19 (tags)
We are asking that you phone and fax CA Governor Schwarzenneger on Wednesday, November 19th demanding that California return Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqin (Anthony Bottom) to New York state for their parole hearings. Please also send us an email when you have done so at FreetheSF8 [at] riseup.net
Filipino writer Alex Pinpin together with four pesants,-Aristedes Sarmiento, Riel Custodio, Michael Masayes and Enrico Ybanez,were arrested by armed security personnel of the Arroyo regime last April 28, 2006, on their way to a May Day Labor rally in Manila. They were later known as the “Tagaytay Five” After two years, last July 4, the Tagaytay City Regional Court Branch 18 started hearing their petition for bail. After a stalled investigation since June 2006, the State Commission on Human Rights (CHR) finally ruled that the state violated the activists’ rights when they were abducted and jailed.
Eric McDavid - 2 Years and Counting (tags)
After two years of isolation, Eric still needs your support...
History, Sublime, Terror: Notes on the Politics of Fear (tags)
"The new powers of violence that are out of the box after 1945 belong to the state. They are properties and prerogatives of the modern nation-state."
A Soldier For Truth Has Fallen: In Memory of Specialist Doug Barber (tags)
Today I come to you with a heavy and troubled heart. I have the unfortunate task of giving you some very tragic news. Yesterday afternoon Specialist Douglas Barber, an Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran, took his own life after struggling with the demons and nightmares of PTSD for over two years.
Anatomy of a Bullshit Article Published Just When Bush Needed It (tags)
The New York Daily News blows a story out its ass.
Refusing to Kill: Update (tags)
Israeli refuseniks come to London
September 11- two years on (tags)
Sept.11
9/11: THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF INSANITY (tags)
DANGEROUS FANTASIES...
State of the Union: Two years post 9-11 (tags)
Two years after terrorists strike New York City and Washington DC, the USA increases land size and adopts the largest debt known to mankind. Time has come for massive political change.
ANCIENT REDWOOD TREE "LUNA" CUT (tags)
ANCIENT REDWOOD TREE LUNA WHERE JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL LIVED FOR OVER TWO YEARS HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY CUT AND ENDANGERED