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Brazil: To whom belongs the future?
Sergio Ferolla and Paulo Metri
2007-01-12 3:00 PM
In socially mature countries , consolidated and really sovereign, the prospections of the future are made by groups of university thinkers, of governmental and enterprise institutions, as well as groups associated to national NGOS.
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Venezuela 2006: Continued repression of popular protest
CRA - El Libertario, Venezuela
2007-01-10 4:46 PM
* El Libertario, the voice of the Comision de Relaciones Anarquistas of Venezuela, analyzes the how and the why of the increasing state repression against the growing social discontent that belies the pseudo-revolutionary discourse of the Chavez regime. (text/plain)
Outing the Constitutional Criminals
populist
2007-01-09 9:04 PM
The purpose of the personal income tax is to redistribute wealth upward and to control the civil society. The purpose of the Federal Reserve is to redistribute the wealth upward and to control the civil society. The receivers of the redistributed wealth and the controllers of the society are the private owners of the Federal Reserve -- not the government.
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Mass Demonstration in Washington DC on January 27
David W. Koenig
2007-01-08 7:30 PM
United for Peace and Justice (1500 organizations) is teaming with over 500 additional groups to march on Congress to insist the US get out of Iraq. Massive numbers are expected to rally and march around the Capital on January 27 at the start of a 3-day event. (text/plain + 1 comment)
Imperial Interventions
Mickey Z and Gregory Elich
2007-01-08 9:01 AM
Interview with Gregory Elich about his new book, 'Strange Liberators:
Militarism, Mayhem, and the Pursuit of Profit' (text/plain)
URGENT: Petition to halt GM crops in India
brian
2007-01-08 2:02 AM
URGENT: On 31st January 2007 there's a major hearing in the Supreme Court in India on the writ petition over GM crops.
The organisers of this petition want to be able to show that there's massive worldwide support for calling a halt to the problems being inflicted by GM crops on India. They can only do that with your support.
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION AND PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES: link to www.gopetition.com
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Cooking the Books: U.S. Banks are Giant Casinos
x
2007-01-07 7:27 PM
http://worldvisionportal.org/WVPforum/viewtopic.php?t=160
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NAACP Says Mumia Abu-Jamal's Trial was Racist
Hans Bennett
2007-01-07 4:23 AM
“The blacks from the low income areas are less likely to convict. There's a resentment for law enforcement and a resentment for authority....you don't want those people on your jury, let's face it.” (text/plain)
The Corrupt Bush Justice Dept / FBI
Scott Huminski
2007-01-06 4:42 PM
The Bush Justice Dept. and FBI refuse to prosecute crimes against the civil rights of U.S. citizens, yet, Bush claims to be spreading rights and liberties abroad while he supports terrorist civil rights atrocities against the people of the United States.
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BTL:Business & Consumer Groups Pressure New Congress to...
Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
2007-01-06 10:56 AM
...Shift Research Funds from Oil & Nuclear to Renewable Energy~Interview with Ken Bossong, of the Sustainable Energy Network, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)
BLOOD DIAMOND: The Deadly Price of High Fashion
Andrew Smith
2007-01-05 6:52 PM
On December 8th, 2006, Warner Brothers released the action thriller Blood Diamond, and the world was reminded about the illicit African diamond trade. Set in the West African country of Sierra Leone in the 1990’s, the film unfolds a story of diamond smuggling with a backdrop of child soldiers, brutal amputations, and countless senseless deaths. (text/html)
Join Chomsky, Sheehan, Zinn, etc: Out of Iraq Now!
Out Now
2007-01-02 12:17 PM
petition:
Why we stand for immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq (text/plain)
New Film Exposes Evangelical Hypocrisy/ Bush War Crimes
Brother Raymond
2007-01-01 9:25 PM
Real Christians Don't Choose War (text/plain)
Student-run infoshop opens
Peter McCoy
2006-12-31 8:31 PM![]()
Earlier this month, a student-run non-profit infoshop celebrated its grand opening at The Evergreen State College (TESC) in Olympia, Washington, USA. Using the guise of a state funded student group, volunteers of The Evergreen Infoshoppe were allotted over $4,000 to purchase radical books, zines, and videos for their lending library and resource center. After only a few weeks of planning, the Infoshoppe now hosts an ever-growing collection in a permanent, centrally located and nearly autonomous location.
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Food Industry Bosses Try to Smash Growing IWW Union in NYC
Friend of Labor
2006-12-31 3:19 AM![]()
Food industry bosses in NYC are threatening immigrant IWW members as union's strength grows (image/jpeg)
No place in the Inn, asylum in Egypt
Astrid Essed
2006-12-30 5:18 PM
In contrary to the often hypocritical ''Christmas'' approach, The Birth of the Child is no sentimental story about ''A Little Child in a Manger'', but the reality of the exclusion of the poor, persecution by the State and seeking illegal asylum in a foreign country
That's the reason, this Story is based on respect towards any human being, regardless descent or committed crime (text/plain)
March 17--March on Washington --and Stay there
Troops Out Now Coalition
2006-12-29 11:38 AM
The Decisive Battle this Spring - The Challenge for the Antiwar Movement
Forcing Congress to vote to cut off further war funding is the defining issue for the antiwar movement this spring and it is a struggle that we can win if we are bold enough to take it seriously. (text/plain + 3 comments)
BTL: US Can Do More to Pressure Sudan to Allow UN Protective Force in Darfur
Between the Lines' Scott Harris
2006-12-29 10:44 AM
Interview with Nii Akuetteh, executive director of Africa Action, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)
MASS DEMONSTRATION IN WASHINGTON DC ON JANUARY 27
Joan Stallard
2006-12-28 11:41 PM
United for Peace and Justice (1500 organizations) is teaming with over 500 additional groups to march on Congress to insist the US get out of Iraq. Massive numbers are expected to rally and to march around the Capital on January 27 at the start of a 3-day event.
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BTL:Bush Moves Toward Increasing US Troops in Iraq
Between the Lines' Scott Harris
2006-12-28 3:47 PM
Interview with David MacMichael, former CIA analyst, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)
Mass Demonstration in Washington DC on January 27
Joan STallard
2006-12-27 6:43 PM
United for Peace and Justice (1500 organizations) is teaming with over 500 additional groups to march on Congress to insist the US get out of Iraq. Massive numbers are expected to rally and march around the Capital on January 27 at the start of a 3-day event.
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The Only Way Out of Iraq: Troops and Teachers Stand Down
Rich Gibson
2006-12-24 10:29 PM
The US will not be voted out of IRaq, nor lobbied out nor petitioned out, and probably not marched out. Who is positioned to take reasoned action to end the promise of perpetual mass industrialized slaughter? (text/plain)
Sexual Abuse and Harassment In The Military
Dorothy Mackey
2006-12-24 2:21 AM
I have two deadlines:
1st deadline: NEED AIR NATIONAL GUARD WOMEN OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND HARASSMENT:
2nd DEADLINE: ALL MILITARY SERVICES MEN AND WOMEN OF SEXUAL ABUSE, HARASSMENT -SYSTEM FAILED THEM.
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Boycott Bulgaria, Boycott Sofia
Emil Kuzmanov
2006-12-23 2:02 PM
We call on the concerned authorities and world community alike to boycott and reproach Bulgarian officials till enactment and enforcement of a modern Animal Protection Act takes an effect, one which will guarantee the protection and welfare of animals in Bulgaria.
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BTL:Bush Signs Federal Legislation Expanding Power to Declare Martial Law
Between the Lines' Scott Harris
2006-12-22 4:46 PM
Interview with Frank Morales, writer & activist, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)
President Carter's Big Oil connections
Rachel Ehrenfeld
2006-12-21 2:09 PM
To understand what feeds former president Jimmy Carter’s anti-Israeli frenzy, look at his early links to Arab business. (text/plain)
Venezuela 2006: más represión a protestas populares
Rafael Uzcategui
2006-12-21 1:12 PM
* Un integrante de la redacción de El Libertario, vocero de la Comisión de Relaciones Anarquistas de Venezuela, describe y analiza cómo y por qué se ha venido agudizando la represión estatal contra el creciente malestar social que desenmascara el discurso seudo revolucionario del chavismo. (text/plain)
BTL:Despite Chilean Dictator's Death, Fight to Obtain US Documents Related to..
Between the Lines' Scott Harris
2006-12-21 11:25 AM
...1976 Assassination Continues~Interview with Peter Kornbluh, senior analyst with the National Security Archive, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)
Brazil: Invocation to the democratic forces of the world-wide society.
Antonio Bulhões Carvalho
2006-12-20 1:21 PM
Do support Brazilian people, our president Luís Inácio Lula Da Silva, National Congress and Brazilian Judiciary in our fight so that national budget pass to be applied in headings foreseen in law and not deviated to guarantee delirious enrichment of bankers and moneylenders in damage of the most sacred interests of the nation.
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(mp3) interview with seattle katrina survivors / blast furnace radio
vincent / blast furnace radio
2006-12-19 8:54 PM
interview with seattle katrina survivors
audio location
http://www.commongroundrelief.org/node/356
18.22 minutes 128 kbs (text/plain + 2 comments)