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Ban Ki Moon condemns terrorist attack in Iran
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Wednesday condemned the terrorist bomb attack against a bus passengers in Iran's Zahedan city that claimed 13 lives and wounded some others....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 1:16pm PST
Shaking Uncontrollably: A Painful, Burning Sensation
I haven’t been to Iraq recently, but everything I’ve seen suggests that this country has become hell on earth. I’m not even going to try to describe the carnage or untangle the lies that caused it. I just want to point out that while Congress is haggling over a meaningless, non-binding resolution to oppose a troop surge that happened last month, in Baghdad’s U.S.-controlled Green Zone construction continues on the largest foreign embassy in history....
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2007 9:34pm PST
Faultlines Designers Wanted!
3030B 16th St. @ Mission
SF accross from 16th St. bart...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 13, 2007 8:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Feb 6, 2007 11:37pm PST
Report from Oaxaca
First report from two Revolution correspondents who are now in Oaxaca as part of a delegation whose mission is to bring international attention to the situation in that southern Mexican state....
Posted: Wed, Dec 27, 2006 9:52am PST
Shaking Uncontrollably: Bad Dictator, No iPod!
Since all the conventional measures (such as refusing to negotiate) have been exhausted by US diplomats in their struggle to punish Kim Jong-il for building nuclear weapons, Bush is now just trying to piss off the North Korean dictator. In an effort to “target the lifestyle” of Jong-il, Washington is pushing a trade ban that will prevent North Korea from importing some of Jong-il’s favorite stuff....
Posted: Wed, Nov 29, 2006 5:11pm PST
Shaking Uncontrollably: The Pendulum Swings Slightly Left
Next week Arabic TV station al-Jazeera is launching a global, English language news channel. The new worldwide network plans to reach 40 million homes throughout Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, al-Jazeera (whose Qatar-based headquarters George Bush once threatened to bomb) is having a tough time breaking into the US market. Advertisers are squeamish and a recent poll found 53% of Americans opposed the launch of the channel and two-thirds of Americans thought the US governm...
Posted: Sat, Nov 11, 2006 5:35pm PST
California, USA will be hit with a Earthquake in the next 12-18 months 8.7 to 10.5.
You can't drill for oil off the coast of California, without causing irreversable earth changes from the San Andreas Faultline to the Pacific Coast, from San Diego County Line to Bay Area San Francisco....
Posted: Sun, Oct 29, 2006 10:13pm PST
Divide & Conquer
It’s the all too familiar fracture in the American Left: the rich want parks and open space, the poor want decent jobs and housing, both all too often unwilling to compromise one for the other. Granted it’s not that black and white, but looking at the various community groups and organizations that have mobilized around the controversial Oak to Ninth project it seems that those archetypes fit....
Posted: Fri, Oct 27, 2006 8:48pm PDT
Shaking Uncontrollably: Why Can’t We TiVo Reality?
Arg. Sometimes in life, we are faced with tormenting decisions. When you come to the proverbial fork in the road and you feel your heart ripping in half, I think sometimes it’s best not to look deep in your soul. You just need to go with your gut. You just need to let the sink or swim instinct kick in and thrust yourself face-first towards destiny....
Posted: Fri, Oct 27, 2006 4:19pm PDT
Fault Lines! Distro party and screening of Sir, No Sir
3030b 16th st. (at Mission)...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 25, 2006 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 24, 2006 1:11am PDT
Shaking Uncontrollably: Cheaper than Psychotherapy
There’s nothing funny about war, human suffering, hypocrisy, government abuse of power or environmental devastation. Unfortunately, there’s no escaping these harsh aspects of our existence either. Unless you’re totally isolated, you’re confronted with anger, greed and violence constantly, either in real life or through the media. Even if you live in a cave by yourself, there’s no way to hide from the pain that’s inherent to existence, the dark side of your own nature. So why am I respondi...
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 10:35pm PDT
Measure O is Good for the Asian Community
This November, Oakland voters will have an opportunity to vote on Measure O, which will greatly improve Oakland elections. Measure O will increase voter turnout, save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, and improve the quality of political campaigns. Asian communities in Oakland will greatly benefit from the passage of Measure O....
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 5:50pm PDT
Shaking Uncontrollably: Vegetables of Mass Destruction and the Looming Bushpocalypse
Is anyone really that shocked that the Congress put a pedophile in charge of the Missing and Exploited Children Caucus? Come on. When they wanted to “learn” about global warming they brought in Exxon’s scientists. When they were trying to figure out if smoking was addictive, they asked the Marlboro Men. Sure, I’m happy that the Republican Party is falling apart faster than discount plastic surgery, but I think we’ve got bigger problems to face, like nuclear weapons and spinach. And appar...
Posted: Mon, Oct 9, 2006 1:25pm PDT
North Korea Claims to have Tested Nuclear Weapon
BBC:
"North Korea says it has carried out its first ever test of a nuclear weapon, the state news agency has reported."...
Posted: Sun, Oct 8, 2006 9:15pm PDT
Shaking Uncontrollably: Does Guzzling Gas Make You Piss Fire?
Bad ideas are like starfish: You can cut them up, but unless you squash them into jelly and incinerate the remains, they will multiply. I’m not really saying that we should go around murdering idiots . . . but this week’s “news” certainly made me want to beat a few people mercilessly....
Posted: Mon, Oct 2, 2006 12:19pm PDT
Quebec indépendantistes maintain Conservatives in office
In a parliamentary vote on September 19, in which the very survival of Canada’s minority Conservative government was at stake, the Bloc Québécois, the pro-Quebec independence party in the federal parliament, distinguished itself from the two other opposition parties by approving the Canada-US softwood lumber agreement....
Posted: Mon, Oct 2, 2006 6:12am PDT
SF: Film: Democracy on Deadline
San Francisco Public Library | Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin St. (Civic Center)...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 18, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 28, 2006 10:00am PDT
Union Job Openings
SEIU United Healthcare Workers - West, a progressive and growing union (formerly SEIU 399 and SEIU 250), has 130,000 members in California. We are caregivers from every sector of the industry, united to win better care for our patients and better lives for our families and ourselves. We are seeking Field
Representatives/Organizers to represent and organize health care employees in all sectors of the California health care industry including: hospitals, nursing homes, home health, clinics, an...
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 5:26pm PDT
Shaking Uncontrollably: Thinking Takes Too Long
Everything is happening faster, distractions everywhere you turn, no time to focus. Even right now, as you’re reading this, you’re probably listening to music, talking on a celly, IM’ing your friend, eating genetically modified food, illegally reproducing copyrighted material, or some combination of the above. So if you’re too busy to read my entire “Shaking Uncontrollable” column this week, I feel you. We’ve been conditioned to have the attention span of a hummingbird on tweek listening t...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 6:08pm PDT
Fault Lines #18 PDF
Fault Lines, the bi-monthly newsmagazine of Indybay, has just released another issue of radical political analysis and social commentary. Fault Lines #18 features exclusive articles on rebels and refugees in Darfur, the current conflict in Lebanon, the dirty history of Emeryville, the last abortion clinic in Mississippi, local news and much more. Free issues of Fault Lines are available at various locations throughout the Bay Area or you can download the PDF by clicking below. Check out th...
Posted: Fri, Aug 25, 2006 11:04am PDT