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Protect Your Rights - Stop Alito's Confirmation John Galt 2006-01-25 9:24 PM
Take action now to protect your constitutional rights by heloing stop Alito's confirmation. (text/plain)

Jan. 25 PATRIOT Act Call-In Day Bill of Rights Defense Committee 2006-01-25 11:10 AM
Today is the day! Join the Bill of Rights Defense Committee and tens of thousands of allies throughout the U.S. in an overwhelming grassroots response to the PATRIOT Act and other governmental excesses. (text/plain)

BTL:Filibuster is Last Hope for Opponents of Alito Supreme Court Confirmation Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2006-01-22 9:13 AM
Interview with Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

VIDEO > Housing Rights for New Orleans Hurricane Survivors FluxRostrum 2006-01-22 4:00 AM
This video includes interviews from evacuees in NY and those who've returned to New Orleans. This issue is currently effecting the lives of thousands of people and it's still not too late to help put pressure where it needs to be put to force the goverenment to deal with these people properly. (text/html)

The Most Dangerous Double Standard in the Middle East Mary La Rosa 2006-01-22 2:10 AM
At present, there is only one country in the Middle East with "secret" and ambiguous stockpiles of nuclear weapons. (text/plain)

Alito's open-minded platitudes Daniel Borgström 2006-01-21 11:26 AM
Judge Alito is really slick, like a bar of soap on a bathroom floor. He'd be a great defense lawyer; and if I were in Jack Abramoff's shoes, Alito would be my first choice. As it is, it looks like Alito will be confirmed for the Supreme Court. No question about his qualifications, Alito will be a justice who can work the U.S. Constitution and fit it to Bush's fancy. (text/plain)

BTL:Washington and Europe Increase Pressure on Iran to Halt Nuclear Research Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2006-01-21 8:54 AM
Interview with Dr. James Jennings, president of Conscience International, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Winter not coming pat n 2006-01-19 7:33 PM

Colorado mountains have lots of snow this year, but people can forget about having a good time at the winter carnival and other cold season events in the Upper Midwest this year ... winter isn't coming. (image/jpeg + 128 comments)

About the FSA-Caracas 2006 and the venezuelan situation CRA - El Libertario, Venezuela 2006-01-18 4:18 PM
º In this interview with the mexican alternative news group La Rosa Negra (LRN-ci), the CRA from Venezuela explains the importance of the Alternative Social Forum, which will take place in a few days, and comments about their activity as an anarchist group. (text/plain)

DEPLETED URANIUM - A HIDDEN LOOMING WORLDWIDE CALAMITY Stephen Lendman 2006-01-18 9:06 AM
The hidden threat to planetary life from US use of depleted uranium weapons in 4 wars (text/plain)

BTL:Court Reversal Upholds Civil Suit in Human Rights Case Against... Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2006-01-16 10:21 AM
...Salvadoran Generals~Interview with Moira Feeney, attorney with the Center for Justice and Accountability, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) announces formation of a national organization. Thomas Good 2006-01-16 10:21 AM
4 generations of SDS activists are working to link the local chapters that have sprung up independently since the Iraq War began into a national organization. SDS founder Alan Haber likes to say he is "waiting for the next meeting of SDS". He won't have to wait long...the next SDS national conference, the first since 1969, is planned for this summer. (text/html)

IRISH REPUBLICANS UNITE TO COMMEMORATE HUNGER STRIKES Chicago Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee 2006-01-15 9:51 PM

CONTACT: Chicago Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee Colm Mistéil, Concerned Group for Republican Prisoners - Chairman Deirdre Fennessy, Irish Freedom Committee (Chicago Cumann) TJ O Conchúir, Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America (image/jpeg)

Fela Kuti Radio Show Jayson 2006-01-14 11:46 PM

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SIXTH ANNUAL BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL Call for Entries Philipp Rassmann for BFF 2006-01-14 6:24 PM
The Bicycle Film Festival is seeking submissions for its sixth annual Festival. The event will feature dozens of different films on a variety of bicycle styles - from BMX to urban bike culture, cycling to commuting. (text/plain)

(audio) martin luther king's "beyond vietnam speech" vincent / blast furnace radio 2006-01-14 3:19 PM
mlk's byond vietnam speech, 500 minutes (text/plain + 6 comments)

BTL:New Orleans Homeowners Coalition Stops House Demolitions in Court Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2006-01-08 11:40 AM
Interview with Bill Quigley, attorney representing New Orleans homeowners, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

'Energy Dissent' and the 2006 G8 Summit in Russia acornista 2006-01-07 8:32 PM
Reclaim the debate! Resist the G8! In July 2006, the G8 will hold its annual Summit in St.Petersburg, Russia. Vladimir Putin says he's placing "energy security" at the top of the G8 agenda during Russia's presidency. The G8 countries consume 45% of world oil and produce 47% of global CO2 emissions. Their "energy security" is our energy grave! (text/plain)

BTL:Evo Morales' Election as Bolivia's President Stengthens... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2006-01-07 10:03 AM
...Progressive Political Movements Sweeping South America ~ Interview with Jeff Vogt, senior associate for rights and development, with the Washington Office on Latin America, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Pornographer supports our troops, gets more than he bargained for gonz3000 2006-01-06 10:25 AM
A well camouflaged free-speech fight has been brewing in Polk County, FL, for the last few months. Like many an exercise in First Amendment rights, it involves a pornographer. But, this time around, righteous indignation at naked boobies is a means to an ends. (text/html)

BTL:One Year Delay in New York Times' Coverage of NSA Spying Scandal Exposes... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2006-01-06 9:15 AM
...Flaws in U.S. Corporate Media ~ Interview with Norman Solomon, author and columnist, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Miners’ deaths spark tears and anger: 208 safety violations, $16 mil. in profits Denise Winebrenner Edwards and George Edward 2006-01-05 4:37 PM

Working hard, playing by the rules, living your faith and building community can be fatal when mining coal in the Sago Mine, cited last year over 200 times for safety violations and generating $15.7 million for the International Coal Group (ICG) through the third quarter of 2005. (image/jpeg)

The Best Housing & Poverty Review of 2005 Lynda Carson 2006-01-04 7:25 PM
The Nation's Housing Policies Are In A Complete Disaster! (text/plain)

SPIELBERG ON "MUNICH" (the movie - a review) Professor Asad Abu-Khalil 2005-12-31 1:18 PM
But of course, the kinds of folks who push an ideology that required the expulsion of three-quarters-of-a-million Palestinians from their lands, and then lied about it, claiming there had been no such persons to begin with (as with Golda Meir’s infamous quip), can’t be expected to place a very high premium on truth. -- Tim Wise, anti-racist, anti-Zionist, Jewish-American activist, essayist & public speaker (text/plain + 4 comments)

BTL:Poor Nations Condemn World Trade Organization Agreements as Unfair Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-12-31 11:33 AM
Interview with Anuradha Mittal, executive director of the Oakland Institute, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

WSF Caracas: Shroud for Venezuela’s social movements Rafael Uzcategui 2005-12-30 6:09 PM
* A member of the group promoting the Alternative Social Forum explains why the World Social Forum (WSF), taking place in Caracas during January 2006, is another attempt by the Chavez government to impede the autonomous development of social struggles in the country. (text/plain)

BTL:Momentum Builds for Congressional Investigation of... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-12-29 6:00 PM
...Bush's Warantless Surveillance ~ Interview with Matthew Rothschild, editor of the Progressive Magazine, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

PITTSBURGH--BOYCOTT CANADIAN SEAFOOD TO SAVE SEAL PUPS! Harpseals.org 2005-12-29 3:21 PM

Ask your favorite restaurants and grocery to stop buying Canadian seafood until the slaughter of defenseless baby seals is haulted! Go to Harpseals.org to help and learn more! (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

Bush Step Down! Protest Jan. 31st and Feb. 4th! The World Can't Wait! 2005-12-28 12:53 PM
Begin organizing your community to drown out Bush's State of the Union on Tuesday, Jan. 31st! Demonstrations followed by mass protest in Washington, DC on Feb. 4th. www.worldcantwait.org for info on what's going on in your community! (text/plain)

BTL:Critics Say Bush Authorization of Domestic Spying Without... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-12-25 8:55 AM
...Court Warrants Constitutes an Impeachable Offense ~ Interview with Kit Gage, director of the First Amendment Foundation, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

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