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Two New Publications From Infoshop Chuck Munson 2008-05-08 2:58 PM
Infoshop.org and the Alternative Media Project are pleased to announce the availability of two new digital publications. The first issue of our bi-monthly newsletter titled "Revolution" is available as a PDF file that can be read online or printed out. (text/plain)

may 4th kent state killings remembered vincent / blast furnace radio 2008-05-06 11:22 PM
ron kovic answers questions after the showing of "born on the four of july" (audio/mpeg)

May 4th, 1970: Can it happen again? Akeeba 2008-05-06 5:30 AM

Rustbelt radio for May 5, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-05-05 9:36 PM
On this week's show... * An exploration of the roots of Labor Struggles and May Day in the US * Dahr Jamail on Iraq * Cheers and Jeers from Women's E-news * and the Radical Day in History (audio/mpeg)

Maoist China foreign policy: 1970s and 1980s Nigel Harris 2008-05-05 8:51 AM

The Mandate of Heaven (Excerpt). A detailed account of Maoist Chinese foreign policy is beyond the scope of this article, but some examples will illustrate the central thesis: that China’s foreign policy is in no way different from that of other world powers. The Three-Worlds Theory was used to justify Chinese alliances with right-wing reactionary governments during the 1970s and 1980s. (image/jpeg)

May Day Strike Against the War Shuts Down All U.S. West Coast Ports Internationalist Group 2008-05-04 11:47 PM
On May 1, every port on the West Coast of the United States was shut down to demand an end to the U.S. war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. The historic May Day walkout by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is the first time ever that an American union has struck against a U.S. war. The union ranks defied the rulings of an arbitrator, who twice ordered them to go to work. They overcame the capitulations of the ILWU leadership, which didn't want the work stoppage in the first place, tried to water it down and cowered before the threats of legal action while waving the flag. The employers' Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) declared the May 1 port shutdown an "illegal strike." But after all the huffing and puffing from the bosses' mouthpieces, the dock workers pointed the way to defeating the imperialist war by mobilizing working-class power. In the end, it was more than a work stoppage. The dock workers' May Day strike against the war was a first step, a show of what it will take to bring down the warmongers in Washington. Their "symbolic" action was felt all the way to Iraq, where dock workers in two ports stopped work in solidarity with the ILWU. But it was only a beginning. What is needed is not only industrial action but a political offensive against the Democrats and Republicans, the partner parties of American imperialism, to build a class-struggle workers party. (text/html)

Year 1870: Mothers Day Proclamation Anna Howe 2008-05-04 8:19 PM
A copy of the Original Mothers Day Proclamation by Julia Ward Howe - (text/plain)

“The End of America” is Thomas Paine Reborn Daniel Debut 2008-05-04 5:58 PM
“The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot” by Naomi Wolf (Chelsea Green Publishing 2007) is the Thomas Paine hue and cry to The Peoples’ nation suffocating from tyranny. This concise booklet, of 155 pages of text, is an absolute must read for “every” American who cares about liberty—irrespective of political affiliation. (text/plain)

Struggling for the autonomy of Venezuela’s social movements El Libertario, Venezuela 2008-05-04 1:20 PM

* This editorial comes from issue #53 (May-June 2008) of El Libertario, a Venezuelan anarchist voice of ideas and proposals for action. It confirms our commitment to autonomous social mobilization, which has already begun to express itself through concrete struggles from below, as in the recent steelworkers conflict. (image/gif)

Las andanzas de Rockefeller en Paraguay Luis Agüero Wagner 2008-05-04 4:55 AM
Poco antes de las elecciones generales en Paraguay en las que resultó electo el obispo Fernando Lugo, el heredero del imperio petrolero fundado por John Davison Rockefeller en 1870, la Standard Oil Company, realizó una enigmática visita a Asunción. (text/plain)

New video from Nahr al-Bared Camp a-films 2008-05-03 4:55 PM
The anarchist video collective "a-films" announces its latest short film (10 min.) from the destroyed Nahr al-Bared Refugee Camp in Lebanon called "Traces of Collective Dispossession". (text/plain)

5th Anniversary of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq Peter Stern 2008-05-02 4:04 PM

Happy 5th Anniversary, America! (image/jpeg)

BTL:Pentagon War Propaganda Operation Exposed Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2008-05-02 11:39 AM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Northeastern Anarchist #13, Spring 2008 Out Now! NEFAC 2008-05-01 6:52 PM

Workers at Sanitarios Maracay Fight for Dignity Cleveland Militant Labor in the 40s Vermont Communes in the 60s Public Sector Strike in South Africa The Ecological Challenge and more... (image/jpeg)

Locked out Steelworkers Rally, Confront Management Robert Rossi-Independent Labor Correspondent 2008-05-01 6:43 PM

On Wednesday, May 1 members of United Steelworkers Local 5032 and their supporters rallied outside Calgon Carbon’s (NYSE: CCC) annual shareholder’s meeting. Union members have been locked out of their jobs at the company’s Neville Island facility for just over two months. The company is demanded that union workers submit to massive cuts in healthcare and pensions before returning to work; locked out union members have stated that they are committed to winning a fair contract that preserves their pensions and keeps healthcare affordable. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Something smells different in Cuba Movimiento Libertario Cubano 2008-05-01 2:04 PM

ººº With respect to the situation in Cuba these past few weeks, the Cuban Libertarian Movement – MLC (affinity group of Cuban anarchists in exile) speaks up to answer the unknowns and the challenges facing Cuban society. Ours is the voice of uncompromising commitment to freedom, equality and solidarity that has always been the sound of the Cuban anarchists. (image/jpeg)

Rising Health Care Costs: the tsunami that never ends Peter Stern 2008-04-30 6:33 AM

The giant wave soon will engulf us all. People just can't afford the rising costs of health care! (image/jpeg)

“50 Shots Equals Murder!” John Tarleton 2008-04-30 4:03 AM
Sean Bell Supporters Take It to the Streets on Friday (text/plain)

MGM MIRAGE STOP THE UNION - BUSTING The United MGM MIRAGE Casino Security Guards 2008-04-29 5:36 AM

MGM MIRAGE NAMED AS LAS VEGAS UNION-BUSTER OF THE YEAR (image/jpeg)

The San Angelo Witch Hunts sd 2008-04-28 11:22 PM
Why you should care about the raid on the FLDS ranch. (text/html)

Rustbelt Radio for April 28, 2008 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2008-04-28 9:05 PM
On this week's show... * Thousands protest around the world in response to Mumia Abu Jamal's denial of a new trial * The One Hill Coalition reaches a tentative Community Benefits Agreement with the City, the County, and the Penguins hockey team * The City of New York withdraws its plans to build a new $375 million jail in the Bronx * Grassroots organizations work to bring clean water to Iraq * Plus we bring you the weekly radio spin and the radical day in history (audio/mpeg)

Thoughts on Working America and Jenn Jannon? Philip Shropshire 2008-04-27 10:56 AM
I'm curious about this community's experiences with Working America. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Action alert - STOP UC BERKELEY ANIMAL TORTURE! 40,000 ANIMALS CURRENTLY TORTURED smith 2008-04-27 5:09 AM
40,000 non-human animals are currently held captive and tortured at UC Berkeley. Recently, activists have faced many incidents of low-level police harassment for exposing these atrocities. Show solidarity with the animals, as well as the activists by making use of this information. (text/html + 4 comments)

Water Wars Janet C. Phelan 2008-04-26 3:24 PM
The U.S. Patriot Act and other pieces of legislation authorize a "culling of the herds." (text/plain)

Midnight TTC strike strands riders stephen donahue 2008-04-26 11:15 AM
Shutting down public transit at midnight and without warning kills public support for union struggle (text/plain)

All Out on May Day! Internationalist Group 2008-04-26 9:18 AM
On May 1, all 29 ports on the U.S. West Coast are to be shut down by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in protest against the U.S. war on Afghanistan and Iraq. This is a historic event of international significance: labor action against imperialist war by a major American union. The strategically placed port workers in the ILWU can bring commerce with Asia to a grinding halt, and they’re about to demonstrate it. The maritime employers are already screaming, and you can bet it’s got the attention of the warmongers in Washington. All labor should take up the challenge this poses: For workers strikes against the war! Meanwhile, immigrants’ rights groups are once again mobilizing on May Day. And on April 30 and May 1, the independent truckers who move cargo to and from the docks may play an important role in a shutdown. The imperialist war on Afghanistan and Iraq is also a war on immigrants, minorities, working people and democratic rights “at home.” We need to defeat this attack here and abroad, in opposition to both the capitalist war parties. The “antiwar movement,” whose aim has always been to pressure the Democrats, is at a dead end. What’s needed is working-class action independent of the bosses. What that takes is a fundamental break from the Democratic Party and the pro-capitalist politics that infuse the labor bureaucracy. (text/html)

Unconventional East Coast Convergence Announced! DC Unconventional Action 2008-04-26 12:10 AM
Come to DC June 13-15 to join us for an East Coast Unconventional Convergence. Months before the Republican and Democratic National Conventions we will be hosting a massive training, convergence, and platform for regional consultas for any anti-authoritarian organizers planning to attend the DNC/RNC. (text/html)

VIDEO: A19 Philly Mumia Demo, featuring Veronica Jones Hans Bennett 2008-04-24 6:57 PM
Outraged by the March 27 denial of a new guilt-phase trial for Mumia, 500-1,000 people gathered at the Federal Courthouse, circled the Liberty Bell, and marched to City Hall, where speakers included Cynthia McKinney, Julia Wright, and Harold Wilson. (text/html)

You are invited to Mountain Justice Summer 4 Vicente Rosa 2008-04-24 3:02 PM
Mountain Justice Summer Camp May 17 - 23 Harlan County, Kentucky (text/plain)

Help break the cycle of mass destruction peacehq 2008-04-24 12:24 PM
Footprints for Peace (Australia), with the active support of the French network for nuclear phase-out, will walk from London to Geneva (April 26 - July 18) via France for a nuclear-free world. (text/plain)

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