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Bush threatens troops in longshore dispute LOS ANGELES – The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) revealed this week that a secret Bush administration task force has threatened a military takeover of West Coast ports if the union decides to strike....
Posted: Fri, Aug 9, 2002 8:08am PDT
Ish Flory, A lifetime champion of equality In Chicago the month of August is a special time for the residents of the South Side. Every year on the second Saturday of that month the community celebrates its past, its present and its future with a huge outdoor party kicked off by the Bud Billiken parade....
Posted: Fri, Aug 9, 2002 8:04am PDT
Free your ears!!! Another music business is possible!!!
And the musicians alive and happy!!!...
Posted: Fri, Aug 9, 2002 3:16am PDT
Proposal to End Conflict in Mattole Background story on proposal to end the conflict in the Mattole corridore written by Britt Pruyn. Actual proposal drafted by activists involved in the defense of the Mattole watershed....
Posted: Fri, Aug 9, 2002 12:23am PDT
Rape as a Weapon of War, report from Burma Flashpoints Radio Aug 8, 2002
-1500 political prisoners remain in Burmese jails. interview w Dr. Thaung Thun of the Burmese government in exile
-New speech by Aung San Suu Kyi, smuggled out of Burma,
-Rape as a Weapon of War, report on 625 rapes by Burmese military
-Egypt's most prominent political prisoner, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 11:58pm PDT
Flashpoints Aug 8: Aung San Suu Kyi speech smuggled out of Burma Flashpoints Radio Aug 8, 2002
-1500 political prisoners remain in Burmese jails. interview w Dr. Thaung Thun of the Burmese government in exile
-New speech by Aung San Suu Kyi, smuggled out of Burma,
-Rape as a Weapon of War, report on 625 rapes by Burmese military
-Egypt's most prominent political prisoner, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 11:30pm PDT
New Spin: Corporate News Reports that 'Contrails are Changing the Climate' A short reply to the "contrails changing climate" report on CTV, CBC, and many major U.S. news stations....
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 10:49pm PDT
Scientist blames failure of monsoon on aerosols from US warplanes The injection of large amount of greenhouse gases and aerosols over Afghanistan, Pakistan and Arabian Sea by US fighter planes during the Afghanistan war in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere contributed to significantly deficient rainfall over north-west and central India....
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 10:48pm PDT
Climate Engineering: A critical review of the proposals A critical review of proposals, their scientific and political context, and possible impacts....
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 10:46pm PDT
Saudi Arabia Is Worse Than You Think NEW YORK - The Bush Administration once again heard the cold, hard facts about Saudi Arabia's growing threat. And once again, they covered their ears....
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 10:30pm PDT
De-Nazify the West Bank The television camera lens moves with seeming effortlessness from the pictures of suffering and death at the Hebrew University to the carnival in Gaza City, where thousands take to the streets in celebration of the pictures from Jerusalem. Gazing at the revelers on the screen, one strains one's eyes to find an expression of shame, guilt, or remorse on the faces in the crowd. One unconsciously prays to discern anything that would show that those in front of the camera are there by accident or ...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 9:54pm PDT
EBumFights - What Would YOU Do For a Dollar? From Skid Row to Madison Square Garden - here's capitalism in action!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 8:54pm PDT
Cheney Protest (video/quicktime 6.3MB) Several hundred people gathered outside the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, CA to voice their disapproval with Dick Cheney & the current administration. (quicktime video -- length -- 2:08)...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 8:17pm PDT
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 8/9/02 ¡Listen Globally! A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast upon notification. Netherlands, Spain, Germany, and Cuba...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 6:42pm PDT
bush to visit beautiful portland in august--you should, too come to the beautiful northwest as portland hosts the worlds most dangerous man, george w. bush, in august...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 5:07pm PDT
American Crusade 2001+ Trading Cards Confused about the war on terror? Can't tell the good bad guys from the bad bad guys? Having trouble explaining all those double-standards to your kids? Print your own handy color trading cards from this web site now: it's the axis-of-oil versus the axis-of-evil!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 4:56pm PDT
Unlimited Presidential Powers - *NYT* Op-Ed Piece?? The Bush administration seems to be using the Hamdi case to establish the principle that it has the exclusive power to decide who is an enemy combatant. If the administration's position prevails, we can expect to see many more cases like it. The government will be free to seize anyone it wants simply by saying the magic words "enemy combatant," and the courts will be powerless to release such people from prison, or even provide them with lawyers....
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 3:15pm PDT
Our Veep came out from the Fairmont to greet the Protesters! (video/quicktime 1.9MB) Vice-President Richard Cheney, joined by Mrs. Dick, mingled with the hoi polloi. 30 sec. 2MB...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 3:11pm PDT
SF Autonomous Initiative A new initiative is in the germinal stages of development to form a Autonomist Collective and eventually a People's Union...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 2:15pm PDT
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