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Oscar Grant Becomes a Poster Boy for Jihad Bluetruth 2009-01-29 5:34 PM
Those outside the Bay Area may not know the backstory: Early on January 1, a young adult African-American named Oscar Grant was fatally shot at a BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) stop by a BART police officer. The incident was captured on a few cellphones as it happened. The officer has been arrested for murder and there have been several riots in downtown Oakland. (text/plain + 1 comment)

The Landless Workers Movement and the American "bubble"... Emilio de Lima 2009-01-28 7:18 PM
The next elections and our national history can both charge you for some unfortunate incidents, President: I am sure the ministers of the Supreme did not know that "Raposa-Serra-do-sol" is a rich mineral province, full of rare, expensive and strategic metals and Certainly neither they knew it was full of foreigners or they wouldn't have granted it to our noble brothers of the forest. There are similar attempts in progress, Mr. President, this time involving major public companies, which delivered to individuals, further impede the lives of our people (text/plain)

PROTECTING KIDS FROM DRUG ABUSE - What is a parent to do? Julieta Santagostino 2009-01-28 11:49 AM
The widespread availability of drugs today adds a whole new realm of death and danger to growing up, a challenge unlike any faced by previous generations. What can a parent do to keep their children safe? (text/plain)

Support the "SOA 6" who will put the School of the Americas on trial SOA Watch 2009-01-26 7:06 PM
Support the "SOA 6" (text/html)

Organizing Call- Workers' International Industrial Union WIIU 2009-01-26 3:18 PM
A call to organize under the Workers' International Industrial Union- a union for all wage workers, no matter what your job and whether you are employed or unemployed. (text/plain)

How to win the War on Terror? Aladdin Elaasar 2009-01-25 5:47 AM
In order for us to win the war on terror, we need to fight ignorance, desperateness and give hope to the millions who live in extreme poverty and do not see a light by the end of the tunnel who become an easy victim of brainwashing and indoctrination (text/plain)

Walk to Stop Mountain Top Removal peacehq 2009-01-16 1:35 AM
A "Walk to Stop Mountain Top Removal" will take place on February 14th 15th 16th and 17th 2009. On February 14th at 6:30pm at the Friends Meeting House Lexington KY there will be a pot luck dinner and a program "Why we walk". We will start walking on the morning of February 15th starting at Triangle Park 9:00am in Lexington Kentucky. On day 1, February 15th, the walk will start at Triangle Park Lexington Kentucky and end at Versailles Kentucky. On day 2, February 16th, the walk will leave Versailles Kentucky and end at Frankfort Kentucky. On day 3, February, 17th from a spot not yet decided in Frankfort we will walk to the Capitol Building. This will be a short walk of a matter of blocks. All are invited to participate in this event. For more information or if you have any questions please contact either Todd Kelly - kellynursery@mindspring.com or Jim T - jim@footprintsforpeace.net This event will be the first of its kind for FootPrints For Peace. We hope that all you around the world that have an interest in trying to stop mountain top removal will join us either on the walk or perhaps you could plan your own action in solidarity with us. If you choose to do this please contact us so we can include you in our plans and maybe together we can make a difference! FootPrints For Peace: http://footprintsforpeace.tripod.com/index.htm Peacehq: http://peacehq.tripod.com/ (text/plain)

(podcast) #1-5 pittsburgh town talk radio show vincent / kevin blast furnace radio 2009-01-15 8:58 PM
podcast location for pitts town talk radio show podcast of pittsburgh town talk radio show #1 http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=30711&version_id=35411&version=1 #2 http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=30828&version_id=35537&version=1 #3 http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=30954&version_id=35688&version=1 #4 http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=30954&version_id=35688&version=1 #5 http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?program_id=31120&version_id=35873&version=1 (text/plain)

22 Of The Ways The Wars Against Gaza, Iraq and Afghanistan Harm Animals One With All Beings 2009-01-12 4:56 PM
The Israeli regime has bulldozed a zoo in Gaza, crushing the animals, has shot donkeys and dogs at checkpoints, allowed thousands of animals aboard embargoed ships to die of thirst, has bombed oil facilities causing oil pollution which suffocated untold numbers of marine mammals, sea birds, and fishes, has burned animals with bombs and missiles As their latest violence was occurring, the US Senate voted unanimously (except for absent senators such as Ted Kennedy) to approve the Israeli violence. Congressional staff reported overwhelmingly negative response from constituents. 202 224 3121. In addition Governro Schwrzenegger signed the Chertoff and Mukasey pushed legislation to criminalize the 1st amendment and to defend not the victims of vivisection but their criminally psychopathic 'research' abusers. (text/plain)

The Dark Night or NeoCon Artist: Gary Gray 2009-01-11 11:04 PM

Do You Love Your Obama as much as Huck Finn Loved Jim? Bobby Meade 2009-01-10 9:17 PM
Seven Billion Jews Died! ..and a suicide bomber did it! Ivy League-style Salvation - If you were convinced that stupidity was intelligence, do you think that your Saviour could convince you that He had to have your head cut off in order to save your intelligence? Would He tell you He was bringing a sword? 1/10 Do you love your Obama as much as Huck Finn loved Jim? (text/plain + 2 comments)

On the Gaza Conflict FDC / Stop the War Coalition (Philippines) 2009-01-09 10:23 AM
Israel’s claims of self-defense are clearly refuted by the disproportionate consequences of its aggression. With the death toll rising to 599, including 133 children, 33 women, and 6 medics, Israel can no longer hide the fact that its actions are tantamount to genocide, as Richard Falk, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian Territories, has pointed out. (text/plain)

how to build solidarity and revolutionary movements johnd doe 2009-01-08 6:27 PM
news reports come in from all over the world about attrocities against civilians and nations who have consistently been abused by the first and second world. lately there have been calls for building solidarity, and rightly so. but what are the important steps towards reaching this goal? (text/plain)

U.S. Backed Invasion by Israel: Stop the Israeli Massacre in Gaza! Larry Everest 2009-01-08 5:51 PM
Shortly after darkness fell on Saturday night, January 3, Israel launched a massive land invasion of Gaza involving 9,000-10,000 soldiers, tanks, helicopters, and heavy artillery, engineering and intelligence forces, with the support of Israel’s Air Force, navy, and secret police and spy agencies. The ground invasion came after Israel, for the first time, unleashed an artillery barrage on Gaza, striking a mosque and killing at least 11 people. By the next day, Israeli forces had reportedly cut Gaza in half, “bisecting” it between north and south. (text/plain)

*NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION* BREAK UP WITH BANK OF AMERICA ON VALENTINES DAY Risiing Tide Boston 2009-01-08 5:41 AM
*NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION* BREAK UP WITH BANK OF AMERICA ON VALENTINES DAY FEB 14th, 2009: MASS DAY OF ACCOUNT CLOSURES STOP ALL EVICTIONS AND FORECLOSURES! STOP FINANCING COAL AND CLIMATE CHANGE! Contact: valentinesday@risingtideboston.org This Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2009, join Rising Tide Boston (RTB) in demanding that Bank of America stop its funding of the dirty and deadly coal industry and demanding, in solidarity with City Life/Vide Urbana, that the Bank stop its unjust foreclosures and evictions of working families. Closing your account with Bank of America (BOA) is an important step in bringing closure to this unhealthy relationship. In Boston, we are planning a day of coordinated bank account closures in at least two locations, and encourage people in other places to organize something similar. (text/plain)

(audio) Pittsburgh: "town talk radio" #1-4 vincent / kevin bblast furnace radio 2009-01-07 6:04 AM
mp3 location of towntalk radio show #1 http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/30711 #2 http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/30828 #3 http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/30897 #4 http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/30954http://radio4all.net/index.p hp/program/30954 (text/plain)

SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF GAZA AND PALESTINE! Third World Solidarity Movement 2009-01-04 2:47 AM
Condemn and protest the Wall Street-Bush-Zionist megaterrorist border-occupation and invasion of Gaza and the atrocities against civilians! (text/plain)

Zionist Mass Murder: Break the Siege, Defend Gaza! Internationalist Group 2008-12-30 4:11 AM
At midday on December 27, Israeli warplanes launched a massive bomb attack on the densely populated Gaza Strip. More than 270 Palestinians were killed as wave after wave of U.S.-supplied F-16 fighter jets and Apache helicopters dropped more than 100 bombs. The Israeli military said they were targeting Hamas installations, but numerous civilians were killed, including a number of children, as schools had just let out for lunch. The Zionists' attack on downtown areas was deliberate mass murder. The Israeli slaughter was carried out with the full knowledge and a green light from its imperialist patrons in Washington, as well as U.S. client regimes such as Egypt. The Internationalist Group and League for the Fourth International condemn the Israeli mass murder in Gaza and call for action by the international working class in defense of Gaza and the Palestinian people, including efforts to break the siege. (text/html)

mp3 / THE WORLD PREMIRE OF PITTSBURGH'S TOWN TALK RADIO SHOW vincent / blast furnace radio and tv 2008-12-22 6:28 PM
town talk radio show (text/plain)

Continually updated news on the Greek riots l 2008-12-13 6:36 PM
The Center For Strategic Anarchy blog is being continually updated with news, images, video, and accounts from solidarity actions around the world. Come get your piping hot Greek riot news: http://anarchiststrategy.blogspot.com (text/plain)

Friday reports from Greece dim 2008-12-13 3:14 AM
Friday reports from Greece (text/plain)

I Live and Die On Principles Andre Jacobs 2008-12-12 7:30 PM
The following article was written by Andre Jacobs, a state prisoner recently awarded $185,000 by a jury in a federal lawsuit after they found 3 current and former employees of the PA Department of Corrections guilty of conspiring to deny him access to the courts by seizing and destroying his legal property. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Protest to Express Solidarity with Greek Uprising Anarchists in Pittsburgh 2008-12-11 3:58 AM
This Saturday, December 13 11:30am In front of the Pittsburgh Police Zone 2 Headquarters: Because the role of the police as agents of state control and repression is universal, and our resistance must be just as global. Bring: Signs, banners, flags, noisemakers, and other symbols and expressions of resistance and support for our Greek comrades. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Announcing the Pittsburgh Organizing Group's Tactical Training Initiative Pittsburgh Organizing Group 2008-12-06 7:43 PM
POG, a Pittsburgh based anarchist group announces workshops available to activist groups locally and around the country. (text/html)

Leftist Union Leaders Assassinated in Venezuela League for the Fourth International 2008-12-06 2:18 PM
On November 27, three leftist union leaders in the Venezuelan state of Aragua – Richard Gallardo, Luis Hernández and Carlos Requena – were gunned down by an assassin. The murder came hours after the unionists had led a workers occupation of a Colombian-owned milk plant which had been brutally broken up by state police. All three were leaders of the UNT (National Workers Union) and of the USI (Socialist Left Unity), a party which has opposed attempts by the government of Hugo Chávez to impose state control of labor, and has fought the rightist opposition backed by imperialism. They may have been murdered by assassins hired by the Colombian company, by elements connected to the police of outgoing state governor, a former Chávez ally, or by supporters of a current official of the governing United Socialist Party. In any case, despite Chávez’ socialist rhetoric, the reality of the bourgeois Bolivarian “revolution” in Venezuela today is that leftist unionists are murdered while the forces of capitalist state repression back up the bosses. While many leftists have called on the Chávez government to investigate, Trotskyists call for organizing workers defense guards and imposing workers control of production. Venezuela today is stuck at a crossroads. Building a Bolshevik-type workers party based on Trotsky’s program of permanent revolution is key. (text/html)

SCI Camp Hill Update—Call for Action, Increased Monitoring, Constant Vigilance HRC - FedUp! Chapter, Pittsburgh 2008-12-03 9:59 AM
Prisoners in the Camp Hill Special Management Unit report that the retaliation against them has escalated again. The timing of the reports indicate that the last action alert stayed the hands of the guards for a while, but once the calls died down, the threats, deprivations of food, fabricated misconducts, and other forms of harassment and torture have escalated again. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Philippines: An urgent call to the NDF and the GRP regarding the recent killings of farmer Collective 2008-12-02 1:56 AM
An urgent call to the National Democratic Front (NDF) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) regarding the recent killings of farmers! (text/plain)

Continuing, Unrelenting Terrorism and Mumbai Gary Sudborough 2008-12-01 1:38 AM
There are various types of terrorism. There is periodic terrorism by poor, technologically deficient people against targets of the rich like fancy hotels and restaurants and there is an unrelenting, everyday terrorism, mainly from the sky, on poor innocent people because they happen to live above an oil-rich or strategically important area for western capitalists. This everyday terrorism from aircraft, mainly from the United States and Britain, kills and maims many more people than do the periodic attacks on symbols of the rich and powerful, but oh, which gets the media attention? Does one see Iraqi, Afghani or Pakistani children maimed and blown to pieces like one sees the victims of the Mumbai terrorism? The media don't even cover it and it is not called terrorism, but war. One million Iraqis have been killed, but it receives almost no coverage when compared to the few hundred killed in Mumbai. Little Iraqi children suffer from horrible birth defects due to depleted uranium, but again just try to get some media coverage of these terrible events. In fact, the tons of depleted uranium dropped in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia are a threat to the genetic heritage of the whole world, since the atmosphere is global and the wind can carry radioactive particles anywhere around the planet. This is terrorism on a colossal scale. Wedding ceremonies, funeral processions and tribal gatherings are continually bombed in Afghanistan and the United States will always claim it is an accident. I have been following these events for years and these "accidents" occur every year. When something occurs time after time over a long period, it is likely not an accident. If a child of yours was killed or maimed by a bomb from a foreign power, would that not engender a desire for revenge. Terrorism breeds terrorism. Another seldom remembered event was the so-called convoy of death in Afghanistan in the early months of the US occupation of that country. Hundreds of Taliban were crowded into a trailer truck like cattle and then were attempted to be moved from the north of the country to a prison near Herat. Not only was there no space to move, there were no air holes so people could breathe. When it became obvious they were smothering to death, an order was given to open fire and blow air holes in the trailer. This caused even more deaths. Finally, the survivors were herded into the desert, machine gunned and given a mass burial. A documentary was made of this event, but as usual the mass media didn't want the American people to see it. There is another kind of terrorism practiced by the United States called torture. Terrorism is violence intended to intimidate, and torture fits this definition perfectly. The CIA tortures at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib and various rendition centers around the world. Hooding people is a very insidious form of torture because deprivation of light can cause major depression in the brain and this is horribly painful. This is terrorism and it didn't start as Jane Mayer implies in her new book The Dark Side when George W. Bush came to power and America was virtuous until that time. The CIA has been torturing for years, particularly in Latin America. Dan Mitrione of the US Office of Public Safety taught the Uruguayan police how to torture the Tupamayo guerrillas by kidnapping homeless people off the streets and torturing them to death. Noam Chomsky in his book Turning the Tide gives the example of how the elite commandos in El Salvador, trained by the United States, killed a whole family suspected of sympathizing with the guerrillas, decapitated them and placed the heads around the dinner table just in front of the torsos. This is the epitome of intimidation and terrorism done on behalf of the United States. Michael Parenti also discusses the various forms of torture used by the CIA and their lackeys in Latin America including electric shock to the genitals and even tying one man's penis so he couldn't urinate, ruining his kidneys. Sister Diana Ortiz suffered horribly in Guatemala at the hands of the Guatemalan police and CIA. She was lowered into a pit of dead and dying human beings covered with rats and forced to stab a dying person with a machete. United States government terrorism has been going on for a very long time. When asked why priests and nuns were targeted, the Guatemalan special forces spokesman simply stated that it was because they were for the poor people and therefore, communists. A man who survived the Mumbai disaster said it was pure evil. He was right. However, the greatest pure evil comes from the ruling class of the United States and the violence they can propagate through their agencies like the Pentagon and CIA. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (text/plain)

Cien días de incoherencias, inoperancia y corrupción Luis Agüero Wagner 2008-11-30 12:47 PM
Como cien días de incoherencias, inoperancia y corrupción podrían calificarse a los primeros tres meses de gobierno del obispo Fernando Lugo. (text/plain)

ARE THEY KINGS OF SLAVES OR THE US CONGRESS ?? DOUGLAS FIELD 2008-11-29 10:13 PM
PRESIDENT OBAMA NEEDS TO TELL THE LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD US DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS ~ LET MY PEOPLE GO ! (text/plain)

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