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Names of people killed by police in New York/New Jersey 
These are people who were killed in New York and New Jersey since September 11, 2001....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 2:33pm PDT
Leonard Peltier for President Leonard Peltier is the Presidential candidate of the Peace and Freedom Party in California. This article gives an overview and update of his case and his campaign for a presidential pardon....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 11:20am PDT
AI USA Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Hearing Oral Arguments in Roper v Simmons Today Dr. William F. Schulz, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, released the following statement as the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Roper v. Simmons, a case that will decide if executing juvenile offenders is constitutional:...
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 12:27am PDT
Detroit: North African Man Falsely Convicted for "Terrorism" Released ...
Posted: Wed, Oct 13, 2004 1:34pm PDT
A strange and bitter crop: the spectacle of torture Do the terrible images from Abu Ghraib represent break or continuity in American tradition? Hazel Carby excavates the history of lynching in the United States and finds disturbing parallels between Mississippi's past and Iraq's present...
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 9:31pm PDT
CIA has 11 Al-Qaida suspects in Jordan facility The Central Intelligence Agency runs a top secret interrogation facility in Jordan, where at least 11 detainees who are considered Al-Qaida's most senior cadre are being held, Haaretz has learned from international intelligence sources....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 8:43pm PDT
No on Y Meeting Tonight No on Y Meeting, 743 Warfield Avenue, 8:30-10pm, Tuesday, Oct. 12...
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 9:33am PDT
No on Y: Debate Today! Former Councilmember Wilson Riles Jr., Debates Police Chief Richard Word on Measure Y, November ballot Initiative that puts funding police ahead of funding program for town hall meeting of Voter Education and Solidarity.
WHEN:
Tuesday, October 12th, 6PM- 8PM
WHERE:
Sweet Jimies Entertainment Center, 1730 San Pablo Ave....
Posted: Tue, Oct 12, 2004 8:39am PDT
U.S. Treatment of Detainees Defies Intl. Law - Group NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States is violating international law by holding prisoners in its war on terror incommunicado and in secret hiding places, Human Rights Watch said in a report to be published on Tuesday calling for an end to such practices.
The New York-based rights organization profiles 11 al Qaeda suspects being detained without concern for their rights under international law in a 46-page report....
Posted: Mon, Oct 11, 2004 9:18pm PDT
National ID Update: The Second Bill Passes an urgent National ID Update...
Posted: Sat, Oct 9, 2004 2:09pm PDT
Faulty 'No-Fly' System Detailed The federal government's 'no-fly' list had 16 names on it on Sept. 11, 2001. Today, it has more than 20,000.
The list, which identifies suspected terrorists seeking to board commercial airplanes, expanded rapidly even though the government knew that travelers were being mistakenly flagged, according to federal records. The records detail how government officials expressed little interest in tracking or resolving cases in which passenger names were confused with the growing number of names ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2004 10:51pm PDT
The FBI Is Waging War On Americans The FBI has been waging war on Americans for decades. Occasionally their illegal and unconstitutional activities have been curtailed by congress and the courts. Now that there is no separation of powers, the FBI and it's anti-American Attorney General, John Ashcroft, have pulled out the stops and are escalating their offensive....
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2004 7:05am PDT
ACT NOW--NEW PATRIOT ACT Act today -- House is voting on H.R. 10, trying to sneak in "PATRIOT Act II" powers under the guise of responding to the 9/11 Commission (which didn't endorse this legislation)....
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 2:38pm PDT
Latest Revelations on next "9-11" She has figured out the next major 9-11 style attack will be on Novemeber
1st or 5th with nukes in various locations (although there is also a
possibility of a "rush" job on October 8...
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 1:46pm PDT
SPECIAL TASER EDITION of Cmties United vs. Police Brutality Newsletter This special edition of the CUAPB newsletter will explore areas of interest
related to the use of the electric stun weapon known as the Taser. Touted
by its manufacturer and revered by law enforcement agencies as a "less
lethal" alternative, we are just starting to see the practical effects of
widespread use of these devices...
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 1:16pm PDT
Terrorized On the Boston Common! 
This summer, I was able to gather enough money for a roundtrip ticket to Boston, where the democrats were holding their national convention. I had been misinformed that there would be many protesters on the Boston Common that particular day. In all of my worst nightmares, I never would have dreamed that I would have my 1st Admendment right of freedom of assembly, attacked in such an crude and unjustified manner, right on the Boston Commons, where American liberty was born!!!...
Posted: Mon, Oct 4, 2004 11:59am PDT
Your civil liberties: in grave danger As you read this letter, a swiftly changing collage of Patriot II
provisions, repressive immigration changes, and privacy invasions is
rushing though Congress embedded in and under the disguise of legislation
responding to The 9/11 Commission Report....
Posted: Mon, Oct 4, 2004 1:04am PDT
Walk for Abolition in Montreal, Canada October 9! Take part in the Walk for Abolition in Montreal, Canada October 9!...
Posted: Sun, Oct 3, 2004 10:24am PDT
Federal Court Strikes Down Patriot Act Surveillance Power As Unconstitutional NEW YORK - Saying that "democracy abhors undue secrecy," a federal court today struck down an entire Patriot Act provision that gives the government unchecked authority to issue "National Security Letters" to obtain sensitive customer records from Internet Service Providers and other businesses without judicial oversight. The court also found a broad gag provision in the law to be an "unconstitutional prior restraint" on free speech....
Posted: Sat, Oct 2, 2004 12:03pm PDT
ACLU Decries Planned Election Dragnet in Muslim and Arab Communities NEW YORK -- The American Civil Liberties Union today said that it will be monitoring a new plan by the FBI to, among other things, use "aggressive - even obvious - surveillance" techniques on individuals who are not even suspected of having committed a crime, in advance of the November 2 general election....
Posted: Sat, Oct 2, 2004 12:02pm PDT
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