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Noise Blockade to Oppose the Neo-Nazi Rally in Lansing MI on April 22nd steve stenson 2006-04-12 12:52 AM
A CALL TO ACTION FOR A NOISE BLOCKADE TO OPPOSE THE NAZIS ON APRIL 22 (text/plain)

The 2006 Philadelphia Queer People Of Color Film Series! Rogue Collective 2006-04-11 5:38 PM
Are you or a friend(s) into filmmaking, and have finished or are in the process of making a film? Do you/they self-identify as a queer person of color? (text/plain)

Contemporary American Radical Political Poster Art Chuck Munson 2006-04-11 2:23 PM
Radical political posters have long been a feature of American culture and politics. From handbills posted during the Revolutionary War to wheatpasted posters put up by anti-capitalist activists, radical street art has been vital to political discourse in this country. Radical art in public spaces has made a comeback in the past 15 years. (text/plain)

(audio) new orleans resident returns home vincent / blast furnace radio 2006-04-11 12:43 AM
great little interview audio is located: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=17540 (text/plain)

blast furnace radio interview with melik rahim, former black panther, vincent / blast furnace radio 2006-04-10 9:58 AM
great interview of the co-founder of common ground relief audio is stored: http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=17531 (text/plain + 1 comment)

Southern Girls Convention SGC 2006 2006-04-08 12:58 PM
The Southern Girls Convention is this June 23-25 in Houston, Texas. Make sure to register, propose a workshop, sign up for the craft fair, and find out more! (text/html)

BTL:Immigrants in the U.S.Take to the Streets to Demand Equality Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2006-04-08 8:11 AM
Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Labor journalist David Bacon (text/plain)

Is there anything at all now,that an American President can be "Impeached" over? Frank T 2006-04-05 10:13 PM
Nouveau Noblese Oblige? (text/plain + 3 comments)

Call for Entries -- Poster Contest Announced benefiting Planned Parenthood Action Fund Ellen James 2006-04-05 5:31 PM
Call for entries for Stiff Competition. (text/plain)

Huge Month of Demonstrations D. Burbeck 2006-04-04 12:11 PM
Not to mention the immigration bill protests, March saw massive demonstrations all over the world. Two international action days - International Woman's Day, and the Iraq War anniversary - brought hundreds of thousands out protesting the war and the Bush Administration. (text/plain)

World Bank / IMF Protests Scenario Outline Farragut Squares Collective 2006-04-03 12:34 PM
We are not mobilizing for this year’s World Bank / IMF meetings? What?! You will not find a rally and a march from one part to another filled with speeches and empty platitudes. BUT, YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF ACTION! Don’t come to Washington, DC, April 21 – 23 if all you intend to do is march. However, if you want to take effective action, you can march and do a whole lot more! (text/html + 1 comment)

Support Daniel McGowan, with update friends of daniel mcgowan 2006-03-30 8:29 PM

Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice activist, unjustly arrested and charged in federal court on multiple counts of arson, property destruction, and conspiracy, relating to two incidents that occurred in Oregon in 2001. Daniel has asserted his innocence by pleading not guilty to all charges. He is facing a minimum of life in prison if convicted. (image/jpeg)

Renewable Energy Workshops Solar Energy International, NGO 2006-03-30 3:03 PM
Introduction to Renewable Energy: Solar, wind, and hydro-electricity, solar hot water and cooking, energy efficiency. Classroom sessions & system tours. * April, 2006 (text/plain)

Johnny Carson interviews Jim Garrison reposted 2006-03-28 6:42 PM
author: remembering the past At the website of the late Col. Fletcher Prouty you can still hear echoes reverberating from Dealey Plaza, in very Lo-Fi streaming audio. Since I could not find a transcript of this famous 1967 television broadcast online to me help clarify some of the garbled details, I set out to produce one, in order to restore and preserve the fidelity of an echo. (text/plain)

PEACE HAS NO BORDERS-A FESTIVAL OF RESISTANCE: June 16 & 17 Jenny Peshut 2006-03-27 5:39 PM
The Western New York War Resisters League [WNYWRL], Veterans for Peace Chapter 128 [VFP] and the War Resisters Support Campaign (CANADA) [WRSC], calls on you to turn your back on U.S. war and imperialism and unite in solidarity to stop the illegal war in Iraq. The International Peace Bridge located between Buffalo, N.Y. and Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada will be where we, the people of the U.S., Canada and the world, take the courage to march and demand an end to the Iraq war. We will tell the U.S., "hands off Iraq, hands off U.S. soldiers," and tell Canada to act by letting them stay, by granting these soldiers asylum in Canada because they refuse to fight in the illegal war in Iraq. (text/plain)

Women’s Rights Under Assault, Abortion Outlawed In South Dakota STEVEN ARGUE 2006-03-25 3:56 PM
The right to abortion was won in the United States in 1973 through a mass struggle in the streets that culminated in the Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. A radicalized movement for women’s rights, born out of the movement against the Vietnam War and other struggles for social justice at home, was sickened by the injustice of women being butchered in illegal back alley abortions and saw the right of women to control their own bodies as fundamental in the struggle for women’s equality. (text/plain)

New American Org. Appeals to World to Help Save Democracy in the U.S. International Endowment For Democracy 2006-03-25 2:50 PM
If groups like the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) use American government money—and a big dose of hypocrisy—to subvert democracy abroad, the International Endowment for Democracy (IED) hopes to use foreign monies to help build a real democracy in the country that needs it most, the U.S.A. (text/html + 1 comment)

Uranium bombing in Iraq contaminates Europe Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner 2006-03-25 12:49 PM

The average radioactive dose, according to official government index based calculations, was about 23 million radioactive particles for the average adult male in Britain and Europe. (image/jpeg)

An Anarchist Commentary about Cuba Movimiento Libertario Cubano 2006-03-24 5:00 PM
James Petras’ Photographs of Cuba Before and After Developing: An anarchist commentary on his declarations about Cuba * The Cuban Libertarian Movement (MLC – Movimiento Libertario Cubano) makes some pertinent observations about certain declarations by somebody who was until recently an unconditional defender of the Cuban revolution. (text/plain)

ORGANIZING BEGINS FOR A22-A23 WORLD BANK-IMF PROTESTS Farragut Squares Collective 2006-03-24 4:13 PM

A place, date, and time has been decided for the begining of organizing for the World Bank-IMF. The meeting will take place on at 3PM April 2, 2006 at the Flemming Center, 1426 9th Street NW Washington DC. (image/jpeg)

Support Indigenous Rights: Sign the Free Grassy Narrows Petition Rainforest Action Network 2006-03-22 2:50 PM
In Ontario, Canada, an indigenous community called the Grassy Narrows First Nation are being subjected to human rights abuses. Logging companies, Weyerhaeuser and Abitibi are clear-cut logging their land without the community’s consent. This exploitation is poisoning their waters with toxins, robbing the community of economic opportunities, and destroying their way of life. Sign the petition - www.FreeGrassy.org (text/plain)

Fountainhead: XXI Black International Cinema Berlin Germany, St. Louis Mo. 2006! Fountainhead 2006-03-22 11:04 AM
Overview of an international, intercultural organization based in Berlin Germany producing; annual film festival, cinema distribution, publishing, weekly television program, dance theatre. (text/plain)

BRILLIANT ACTIVISTS TAKING IT TO CONGRESSIONAL OFFICIAL'S DOORSTEPS D. Burbeck 2006-03-21 2:45 PM
This past weekend saw demonstrations all around the world with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets to protest the third anniversary of the War in Iraq. But something new is happening. (text/plain)

Global Nonviolent Resistance Marks Third Anniversary Danny Målec 2006-03-21 12:44 PM
Marking the third anniversary of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, thousands of activists from all parts of the globe engaged in nonviolent demonstrations and direct action focusing on disrupting business as usual at some of the symbolic “Pillars of the War in Iraq” – US government installations, military bases, congressional offices, recruitment centers and war profiteers. Actions took place in cities around the world, including Atlanta, Belfast, Boston, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Madrid, Managua, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rome, San Francisco, San Salvador and Washington, DC. These actions demonstrate increasing boldness to challenge the mechanisms of the war in Iraq through coordinated, global nonviolent resistance. (text/plain)

Update on Reclaim The Commons! Chicago April 8-10 Reclaim The Commons 2006-03-21 2:30 AM
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New England Anarchist Bookfair || April 21-22 New England Anarchist Bookfair 2006-03-20 11:04 PM
NEW ENGLAND ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR<br> Friday and Saturday || April 21-22, 2006 (text/plain)

french syndicalist beaten to coma dirkounet 2006-03-20 10:44 PM
After protest against CPE in France, a syndicalist is hospitalised and in Coma. (text/plain)

Mass Housing and Convergence Space Secured for Days of Action Against World Bank, IMF Farragut Squares Collective 2006-03-20 9:51 PM
Mass Housing and a Convergence Space have beens secured in Washington DC from April 21-24 for the days of action against the World BAnk and IMF. (text/plain)

French students, unions protest change in employment law Dirk Völlger (via Abie) 2006-03-20 4:43 PM
Dominique de Villepin, the prime minister of France has introduced a law which abolishes dismissal protection for all workers under the age of 26. The fear that this will lead to totally abolishing social welfare and dismissal protection has made french students more than angry. (audio/x-ogg)

+++FRANCE: protests in 170 cities - riots - unions call for GENERAL STRIKE+++ q 2006-03-19 8:16 PM

1.5 million people demonstrated in more than 170 cities and towns on saturday against the french government and its job market "deregulation" plans CPE. Many of the demonstartions ended in massive clashes with the police. About 70 of the 84 french universities are on strike and /or occupied by students. Also schools are occupied by teachers and pupils. The unions said if the government won´t take back CPE till tomorrow they will call for a GENERAL STRIKE in France. (image/jpeg)

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