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Action alert - STOP UC BERKELEY ANIMAL TORTURE! 40,000 ANIMALS CURRENTLY TORTURED smith 2008-04-27 9:09 AM
40,000 non-human animals are currently held captive and tortured at UC Berkeley. Recently, activists have faced many incidents of low-level police harassment for exposing these atrocities. Show solidarity with the animals, as well as the activists by making use of this information. (text/html + 4 comments)

Water Wars Janet C. Phelan 2008-04-26 7:24 PM
The U.S. Patriot Act and other pieces of legislation authorize a "culling of the herds." (text/plain)

Midnight TTC strike strands riders stephen donahue 2008-04-26 3:15 PM
Shutting down public transit at midnight and without warning kills public support for union struggle (text/plain)

All Out on May Day! Internationalist Group 2008-04-26 1:18 PM
On May 1, all 29 ports on the U.S. West Coast are to be shut down by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) in protest against the U.S. war on Afghanistan and Iraq. This is a historic event of international significance: labor action against imperialist war by a major American union. The strategically placed port workers in the ILWU can bring commerce with Asia to a grinding halt, and they’re about to demonstrate it. The maritime employers are already screaming, and you can bet it’s got the attention of the warmongers in Washington. All labor should take up the challenge this poses: For workers strikes against the war! Meanwhile, immigrants’ rights groups are once again mobilizing on May Day. And on April 30 and May 1, the independent truckers who move cargo to and from the docks may play an important role in a shutdown. The imperialist war on Afghanistan and Iraq is also a war on immigrants, minorities, working people and democratic rights “at home.” We need to defeat this attack here and abroad, in opposition to both the capitalist war parties. The “antiwar movement,” whose aim has always been to pressure the Democrats, is at a dead end. What’s needed is working-class action independent of the bosses. What that takes is a fundamental break from the Democratic Party and the pro-capitalist politics that infuse the labor bureaucracy. (text/html)

Unconventional East Coast Convergence Announced! DC Unconventional Action 2008-04-26 4:10 AM
Come to DC June 13-15 to join us for an East Coast Unconventional Convergence. Months before the Republican and Democratic National Conventions we will be hosting a massive training, convergence, and platform for regional consultas for any anti-authoritarian organizers planning to attend the DNC/RNC. (text/html)

VIDEO: A19 Philly Mumia Demo, featuring Veronica Jones Hans Bennett 2008-04-24 10:57 PM
Outraged by the March 27 denial of a new guilt-phase trial for Mumia, 500-1,000 people gathered at the Federal Courthouse, circled the Liberty Bell, and marched to City Hall, where speakers included Cynthia McKinney, Julia Wright, and Harold Wilson. (text/html)

You are invited to Mountain Justice Summer 4 Vicente Rosa 2008-04-24 7:02 PM
Mountain Justice Summer Camp May 17 - 23 Harlan County, Kentucky (text/plain)

Help break the cycle of mass destruction peacehq 2008-04-24 4:24 PM
Footprints for Peace (Australia), with the active support of the French network for nuclear phase-out, will walk from London to Geneva (April 26 - July 18) via France for a nuclear-free world. (text/plain)

The Injustice Continues: MOVE 9 women denied parole Hans Bennett 2008-04-22 10:12 PM
The Philadelphia Inquirer has just reported that the MOVE 9 women were denied parole on grounds that they minimized or denied the "nature and circumstances" of the offense, "refused to accept responsibility" and lacked remorse, and the ‘negative recommendation’ by the prosecutor. (text/html + 3 comments)

Randi Rhodes & Her Eff’ing Adjectives! Road Sage 2008-04-22 10:04 PM
And of course she was one who could tell the blatant and unmitigated truth. No mealy-mouther her. No—not Randi Rhodes. But then she called Hillary Clinton a “f**king” whore at a speech event in the Frisco Bay area. It got on the Internet via YouTube and made a splash—daring. Some rightly protest that Hillary is indeed a whore—so what is the big deal? But while we are collectively soul searching about her leaving Air America under the situation, we might note that we are all, or most of us, compromisers to some extent with spiritual lessons to learn. (text/plain)

Fascist Threat Against Demonstrators for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Freedom Kevin Gilroy, Partisan Defense Committee 2008-04-17 6:46 PM
Fascists of the Keystone State Skinheads and Maryland Skinheads are reportedly planning a provocation against the April 19 demonstration in Philadelphia for death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. The demonstration is protesting the federal appeals court decision that reaffirmed Mumia's frame-up murder conviction. This fascist threat underscores the need to mobilize labor contingents for the April 19 demonstration in Philadelphia demanding Mumia’s immediate freedom. For more information: www.partisandefense.org (text/plain)

Fascism in Italy? stephen donahue 2008-04-17 5:56 PM
Berlusconi is back and he has promised cabinet posts to the fascist Northern League. Calls immigrants ‘an army of evil’ (text/plain)

Block Report Radio interview with Mumia Partisan Defense Committee 2008-04-16 10:10 PM
POCC: Block Report Radio interview with Mumia Abu-Jamal aired on KPFA Flashpoints program on 7 April 2008 Transcribed by the Partisan Defense Committee, 15 April 2008. The PDC is a class-struggle, non-sectarian legal and social defense organization which champions cases and causes in the interest of the whole of the working people. This purpose is in accordance with the political views of the Spartacist League. Audio Link: http://www.partisandefense.org/media/Mumia-Flashpoints.mp3 (text/plain)

Open Letter to Fighters for Mumia’s Freedom Partisan Defense Committee 2008-04-15 11:42 PM
Open Letter to Fighters for Mumia’s Freedom: For Mass Labor Mobilizations to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! For United-Front Action! (text/plain)

United-Front Protests Demand Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Immediate Freedom Kevin Gilroy, Partisan Defense Committee 2008-04-15 8:49 PM
All out for united-front mobilizations called by the Partisan Defense Committee under the slogans: “Mumia Abu-Jamal Is Innocent! Free Mumia Now! Abolish the Racist Death Penalty!” Oakland, Toronto and London on April 19; Sydney on April 23; Mexico City on April 24; Chicago and Los Angeles on April 26. For more information: www.partisandefense.org (text/plain)

Payday loan joints form USA are rushing to Canada stephen donahue 2008-04-15 2:17 PM
Canadian provinces are setting fee caps that are weaker than those in many US states. (text/plain)

City of Pittsburgh has one hell of an opponent in Lamar Advertising Stephen Donahue 2008-04-12 7:28 PM
Five Pittsburgh City Council members are taking on the outdoor advertising giant Lamar Advertising Company. Lamar wants to build a giant 1,200 square foot electronic billboard on the new Grant Street Transportation Centre. Lamar CEO has a history of using strong arm tactics to get his way. (text/plain + 4 comments)

Barack Obama Does Nothing While African American Apartments Crumble, Decay and Fail Pat Saunders 2008-04-10 9:03 PM
I wonder when the news media well report on Barack Obama's Rezko Scandal. (text/plain + 1 comment)

RNC Delegate Hotels Announced RNC Welcoming Committee 2008-04-08 4:19 AM
Hey Pennsylvania, Thought you'd like to know, your state's delegate bloc at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota, will be staying at Marriott-Minneapolis Southwest5801 Opus Pkwy Minnetonka, MN 55343 (text/plain)

National Petition to End Sweatshops and Slavery in the Fields mega 2008-04-07 9:25 PM
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) - an organization of low-wage workers based in Immokalee, Florida - has launched a national petition campaign to demand that Burger King and other food industry leaders work with the CIW to improve the wages & working conditions of the workers who pick their tomatoes, and join with the CIW in an industry-wide effort to eliminate modern-day slavery & human rights abuses from Florida's fields. (text/plain)

PARAGUAY. Dictadura mediática, encuestas dibujadas Luis Agüero Wagner 2008-04-07 8:44 AM
Un notorio avasallamiento de las mayorías a través del control de la mente pública, ejercida por intermedio de la prensa que responde a los grupos dominantes, es lo que puede advertirse en la actual campaña presidencial de Paraguay. (text/plain)

Food Not Bombs National Gathering reportback Kilroy 2008-04-05 11:44 PM
By nearly all accounts the Food Not Bombs National Gathering at the end of March was a smashing success: Activists of all types and ages from FNB chapters all over the country were brought together in Nashville, TN for a Critical Mass bike ride, no-pants dance party, a day of workshops, a group meeting, scavenger hunt, huge food sharing downtown and a march through the streets. (text/plain)

5 Days Left to Stop the Bombs! peacehq 2008-04-05 8:31 PM
We are here to tell the DOE and the federal government that we don't want to spend more money on new nuclear weapons or the current popular term WMD or weapons of mass destruction. (text/plain)

Four Activists Shut Down Bank of America for Fossil Fools Day Action Jeff Reinhardt 2008-04-04 5:30 PM
[See other Fossil Fools Day actions nation-wide at US Indymedia: indymedia.us/en/2008/04/30851.shtml] On Tuesday April 1, at about 8:40am, four activists took direct action against the Bank of America in Copley Square, Boston, by locking themselves to the front door to protest the banks funding of coal power in the US. The action was done with support from Rising Tide North America, the Rainforest Action Network, and the Energy Action Coalition. (text/plain)

Comunistas protegidos por George W. Bush Luis Agüero Wagner 2008-04-03 2:08 PM
La historia del Partido comunista paraguayo es una crónica de hechos heroicos, luchas inclaudicables y lealtad a una causa que raya en lo demencial. Fundado en 1928 al influjo de las revoluciones que sacudían al orbe como cataclismos que daban nueva forma al mundo, sufrió la tenaz persecución de los gobiernos liberales que entonces asolaban al Paraguay. (text/plain)

Anti-Authoritarian People of Color at Bash Back! Convergence anonymous 2008-04-02 8:09 PM
Calling All Anti-Authoritarian / Anarchist People of Color (APOC) to caucus, network and organize at the Bash Back! Convergence. On, Saturday, April 5th at the Bash Back! Convergence in Chicago, IL there will be a People of Color caucus. The proposed starting time for the caucus is at 11:00AM (during lunch). (text/plain)

The Story of the Holy Name 6: Fracturing the Peace to End the War Jeff Leys, VCNV 2008-04-02 5:36 AM
Don't fracture the peace. (text/plain)

Paro portuario en la Costa Oeste contra la guerra el 1° de mayo Grupo Internacionalista 2008-04-02 3:49 AM
En lo que representa un paso de gran importancia para el movimiento obrero norteamericano, el International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU – sindicato internacional de estibadores y almacenistas) ha anunciado que paralizará los puertos de la Costa Oeste de Estados Unidos el 1° de mayo para exigir el cese inmediato de la guerra y la ocupación en Irak y Afganistán, así como el retiro de las tropas norteamericanas de Medio Oriente. Ésta es la primera vez en décadas que un sindicato en Estados Unidos ha decidido emprender una acción industrial en contra de una guerra de EE.UU. La acción anunciada por el poderoso sindicato de trabajadores portuarios de la Costa Oeste, un paro de labores para parar la guerra, debe ser retomada por sindicatos y organizaciones de trabajadores de todo Estados Unidos y a escala internacional. El propósito de semejantes acciones no debe ser suplicar a los políticos burgueses –cuyas manos están llenas de sangre, por haber aprobado a lo largo de los últimos seis años y medio todo presupuesto de guerra– sino dar una muestra de la fuerza de los trabajadores, que hacen funcionar este país, ¡y que pueden también pararlo! (text/html)

EEUU, James Cason y USAID: Titiriteros en Paraguay Luis Agüero Wagner 2008-03-31 8:58 PM
El gobierno paraguayo denunció este viernes 28 de marzo que Estados Unidos busca presionarlo a través de las donaciones de USAID para que permita manejar desde Washington la identificación de los ciudadanos paraguayos, consintiendo la adjudicación de una licitación para la confección de documentos de identidad a una empresa norteamericana (text/plain)

Announcing the pReNC 5.3 RNC Welcoming Committee 2008-03-31 5:35 AM
The pReNC 5.3 is the second national gathering for planning radical resistance to the 2008 Republican National Convention. It will take place on May 3rd in the Twin Cities. (text/plain)

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