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Alternative Press Week in Review Chuck0 2003-05-19 11:33 AM
A weekly roundup of news, announcements, essays and other items of interest. In this issue: APR's new email list, Arundhati Roy on the American empire, Leah C. Wells on the issues of water and oil in Iraq, David Edwards on the tragedy of Iraqi children having no healthcare, and Matt Taibbi on the incoherent writing of Thomas Friedman. (text/html)

Solidarity with Harold H. Thompson Lunasfingo 2003-05-19 6:19 AM
The Anarchist prisoner Harold H. Thompson has been fighting for the prisoners rights for more than 20 years, but he's been struck a serious blow and needs our help to continue. Here's the complete info: (text/plain)

Argentina: Support Workers Control of Production at Sasetru! Argentina Solidarity Committee 2003-05-18 10:41 PM

Workers want to reopen a pasta manufacturing facility near Buenos Aires to put food in community kitchens, schools, and hospitals. Support Workers Control! (image/jpeg)

July 3, National Public Hearings to Repeal the Patriot Act Kellie Gasink 2003-05-17 6:51 PM
On July 3, cities around the country will hold National Public Hearings to Repeal the Patriot Act. (text/plain)

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION JOEBIALEK 2003-05-17 5:47 PM
THIS POLICY HAS OUTLIVED ITS PURPOSE (text/plain)

Stop Lakewood mayor from evicting elderly couple for mall complex pink panther 2003-05-17 5:28 PM
Lakewood Mayor uses eminent domain law to evict elderly couple from home, to build mall (text/plain + 3 comments)

SIMONE! By Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal 2003-05-16 2:49 PM
"She sang songs with bite, and grit, and pride and longing... and rage. Deep, down, boneset rage, at how cheaply life was lived for Africans in America." (text/plain + 10 comments)

RADIO SUBVERSION for the week of 05/13/03 Scott Lee 2003-05-15 2:56 PM
RADIO SUBVERSION is a weekly audio netcast with news, views, music and humor from the Left side of the internet. (text/plain)

Rational Fascism Posted by Gary Sudborough 2003-05-15 12:14 PM
A short history of the rise of Italian and German fascism and the reasons for the occurrence. Excerpted from Michael Parenti's book Blackshirts and Reds. (text/plain)

Libertarians support Elementary Students' right to dropout Libertarian Party 2003-05-14 6:21 PM
We condemn compulsory education laws, which spawn prison-like schools with many of the problems associated with prisons, and we call for an immediate repeal of such laws. (text/plain)

Palabuse Jeff 2003-05-14 3:52 AM

How Arafat cares about Children (image/jpeg + 12 comments)

Back to the Docks -- Oakland CA Eric Wagner 2003-05-13 11:13 PM

Taking back the right to protest -- Oakland CA (image/jpeg)

REMEMBER MAY 13, 1985!: Ramona Africa photo-interview by Hans Bennett Hans Bennett 2003-05-13 11:02 PM

Commemorating the 18th anniversary of the May 13, 1985, this new photo-essay features a new interview with Ramona Africa of the MOVE organization focusing on what the corporate media hasn’t told us about the May 13 FBI and City of Philadelphia bombing and murder of Africa’s family in their home at 6221 Osage Ave. Also new are photos from 6221 Osage today in 2003. (image/jpeg)

Support prisoners in West Virginia Chuck0 2003-05-13 10:22 PM
The Mount Olive Correctional Complex / WV Dept of Corrections inmate regulations call for a 90 day Loss of Privileges for an inmate's name being found on the Internet through search engines. (text/html)

Protest ClearChannel's National Pro-War Rally - May 24th heath 2003-05-13 7:25 PM
Ultra conservative national radio talk show host Glenn Beck recently announced that Marshall University, in Huntington, WV, has agreed to  serve as host of his final Rally for America on Saturday, May 24. Please join us in a protest against this invasion of our town. White Rose, a student organization dedicated to examining the media and other forms of expression, is protesting media conglomeration and the cynical paradox of supporting the troops while the administration cuts veterans' benefits.  (text/plain)

Call for Work! Deep Dish TV 2003-05-13 12:05 PM
Deep Dish television is seeking moving image media pertaining to the war in Iraq and it's aftermath. (text/plain)

Navy Pulls Out of Vieques; Greens take over New Paltz Tompkins County Green Party 2003-05-13 9:27 AM
Greens Lead Takeover of New Paltz, NY Arresting Protest Bush's Malpractice Agenda Will Cause More Suffering Critic: Media Aids US War Propaganda Greens oppose Theft of Michigan Water Utah Greens Get Ballot Line (text/html)

INTERVIEW WITH NOAM CHOMSKY JONAS 2003-05-12 6:46 PM
For Pgh INdymedIA: Check out this awesome interview with Chomsky. He discusses the Bush Administration's imperialistic push toward world domination-- and gives us locals some advice in our struggle to move forward-- to stay out of limbo that some may be experiencing. (text/plain)

Call for internet action to help stop FCC's media deregulation FreeMedia 2003-05-12 5:30 PM
Use the Internet to educate and to help stop the FCC's plans for media consolidation (text/plain)

"No" to All Wars! Jason McQuinn 2003-05-12 1:22 PM
Anarchists are the only consistent opponents of war between nation-states. This is first and foremost because anarchists oppose not only all of the nation-states that currently exist, but also any possible nation-states that various socio-political and military movements might wish to newly create. (text/html)

Starbucks sues tiny indigenous-owned coffeeshop for "trademark infringement" fight corporate evil 2003-05-11 9:30 PM
Three years ago, Darin Swanson and his partners christened their HaidaBucks cafe. Now the coffee shop in the Queen Charlotte Islands (British Columbia, Canada) is being sued by the Starbucks company, which says the name is too familiar to their own. "I guess they have a problem with the word 'bucks' in our name. They're letting us use the word Haida -- nice of them," Swanson said. Swanson and his partners -- all members of the Haida Nation -- insist they have aboriginal rights to the name and will not be ground down. Swanson had never set foot in a Starbucks coffee shop. (text/plain)

Borders Books Union Worker Speaks MPLS O18 2003-05-11 2:09 PM
Borders Union worker speaks at the "Meeting the Challenge" labor conference (audio/mpeg)

The Rational Destruction of Yugoslavia Posted by Gary Sudborough 2003-05-11 1:36 PM
Now that the United States has completed a so-called humanitarian intervention in Iraq, I believe it is very informative to look back at the previous one in Yugoslavia. A brilliant analysis by noted author and political scientist Michael Parenti. (text/plain)

International Solidarity Movement offices raided by Israeli Army repost 2003-05-10 1:07 PM
International solidarity movement activists arrested and deported by Israel (text/plain)

STALIN AND THE CULT OF PERSONALITY - WAS THIS REAL? petros-greece 2003-05-10 9:23 AM
It is difficult enough to try to stop people from hating you; you can try to be nice to them; that might work. But what about when people like you - or love you? Is it possible to stop them from feeling this? Sure it is, but to what end would anyone do that? (text/plain)

What the Libertarians really think Karen De Coster 2003-05-09 9:36 PM
"Folks, it is sheer lunacy out there. The American Left took the word "liberal" from the classical liberals a long time ago and perverted it, and now libertarianism is being impaled in the same fashion." (text/plain)

New bookstore/infoshop open in DC BMI volunteer 2003-05-09 12:48 PM
A new infoshop/bookstore has opened in Washington, DC. (text/plain)

What can today's fighters learn from John Brown? Chris Mahin (posted by jdav@lrna.org) 2003-05-08 11:29 PM
(for Pittsburgh IndyMedia) May 9 is the birthday of John Brown. This article from a couple of year's ago commemorates the raid on Harper's Ferry (just down the road). (text/plain)

Washington DC Housing Authority Threatens Arrest of Dissenting Residents Friends and Residents 2003-05-08 3:06 PM
DC Housing Authority Locks-Out Public Housing Residents from Community Meeting - Threatens to arrest residents who expressed dissent at the meeting - Removes all residents under age 18 (text/plain)

Libertarians mock the Left, May Day Edwin A. Locke 2003-05-08 4:59 AM
The giveaway, and the clue to the real motive of today's left and their hangers-on, is that all their protests are against -- they are anti-capitalism, anti-free trade, anti-using the environment for man's benefit -- but they are not for anything. (text/plain)

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