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IWW Web Sites Upgraded! IWW 2005-06-14 4:25 PM
Coinciding with our 100th anniversary, the IWW is pleased to announce its new and improved website! Our site now includes dynamic news content, IWW member log-ins, IWW news content that can be syndicated, RSS / XML feeds, live RSS / XML links, member forums, an events calendar, and much more. All of our old site content is also featured here, mostly in the familiar locations. (text/plain)

reclaim your independence (at a picnic) tha rza 2005-06-14 3:28 PM
reclaim your independence. a radical perspective/celebration of (the) american revolution. vegan potluck, arts & crafts, open mic, radical readings, radical/trans health info, etc. come one, come all. (text/plain)

J8 No G8 East Coast Convergence Richmond, VA mjs 2005-06-14 2:40 PM
Noon July 8th Monroe Park--Richmond, VA On July 8th as the rulers of the eight most powerful nations meet in Scotland to decide our fates, communities around the world will take to the streets to fight back against the fossil fuels industry’s devastation of our Earth and its people (text/plain)

Update on Flag and Infoshop.org Chuck0 2005-06-14 12:53 AM
The server hosting Infoshop.org, Flag.blackened.net, and related websites and email lists has been offline since Monday, June 6. (text/plain)

Bush for Life: GOP introduces new bill to Congress Colorado Palestine Solidarity Campaign 2005-06-13 4:10 PM
Republicans have officially started the the campaign to amend the Constitution by repealing the 22nd Amendment - the one that confines the President to two terms. If the Republicans hold their current strength, or increase it, in the 2006 Congressional elections, expect this measure to pass allowing Bush to remain President... (text/plain + 3 comments)

Undercurrents Video Activist Festival UnderCurrents 2005-06-13 10:15 AM
Films wanted!! Seeking entries for annual BEyONdTV festival... (text/plain)

'Child abuse police left me a broken man' David Rose 2005-06-12 7:53 PM

"It was the destruction of my past, my present and my future: an enormous disturbance to every aspect of our lives," Mackay said. "My son had to take a year out from his degree course at Oxford to support me." (image/jpeg)

POG to Oakland Recruiting Station again [video, photo] bamd 2005-06-12 12:53 AM

Ten POG members and supporters returned once more to the Forbes Ave. rectruiting station. The Oakland station appears to be central recruitment office for the region. (image/jpeg + 13 comments)

UGLF Communique Urban Guerrilla Liberation Front 2005-06-11 9:23 PM

audio text from the yet to be released uglf may day video communique (image/jpeg + 9 comments)

More Lies to Keep You Afraid AntiChimp 2005-06-11 8:19 PM
Lies, Damn Lies, & Statistics (text/html)

New Anti-Capitalist Film now re-edited John Bissett 2005-06-11 1:34 PM
“Capitalism and Other Kids’ Stuff” – a popular new film, which argues the anti-capitalist case in simple language, and which has won much acclaim - is now re-edited and can be viewed and downloaded at www.socialist-tv.com (text/plain)

Ignorance is Bliss For Corporate Media AntiChimp 2005-06-11 8:15 AM
One monkey's thoughts on the lack of media responsibility in reporting on the Downing Street Memo. (text/html)

Bush Admin "Climate Spinner" Resigns Messenger 2005-06-11 4:40 AM
NYTimes reporter Andrew Revkin reports "Mr. Cooney’s resignation came two days after documents revealed that he had repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that cast doubt on the link between building greenhouse-gas emissions and rising temperatures." In simple terms he was diminishing the mounting, indisputable, scientific evidence of global waming for the Bush Administration (and their oil buddies) to the detriment of the entire world. (text/plain)

Appalachians March in Pittsburgh for Clean Energy & Coalfield Justice Jessica 2005-06-11 2:12 AM
About 75 people marched Tuesday in downtown Pittsburgh to confront the National Coal Conference being held at the convention center, demanding clean energy and justice for coalfield residents. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Harpoon the Plans for a Whale Meat Factory Hallie Caplan 2005-06-10 4:19 PM

Japan is trying to reopen commercial whaling and we need all hands on deck to stop them. (image/jpeg)

The Allied Media Conference j. nolish 2005-06-10 12:28 PM

The Allied Media Conference is right around the corner: June 17-19. This is the 7th year that hundreds of zinesters, radio pirates, copwatchers, podcasters, community journalists, hip hop heads, librarians and more will be gathering in Bowling Green, Ohio. If you're building alternative media, you should be there, too. (image/jpeg)

S. KOREA. URGENT APPEAL... no chr.! 2005-06-10 3:42 AM
...to stop the process of deportation of A. Hossain, the representative of KCTU/MTU (text/plain)

Rally for Clean Energy—Health, Jobs, & Energy Independence matt toups 2005-06-09 7:37 PM

On Tuseday June 7th, Mountain Justice Summer activists join locals from western Pennsylvania and West Virginia for a Rally for Clean Energy in downtown Pittsburgh. The rally was held in opposition to the National Coal Show held in the Convention Center that week. (image/jpeg)

Green Party: Impeach Bush Now! Messenger 2005-06-09 7:13 PM
author: Common Dreams The Downing Street Memo proves that invasion of Iraq wasn't the 'last resort' but Bush's intent all along, leading to cooked intelligence and other impeachable offenses; Greens note bipartisan and media complicity in overlooking evidence of deceit, urge public protest (text/plain)

Mark Felt Hinted at Exotic Antigravity Project? Thien Vehl 2005-06-09 5:48 PM
Woodward: Deep Throat Leads to "Fantastic" Discovery (text/plain)

Israel investigates N-secrets hacking m rivero 2005-06-09 3:57 PM
Which is an open admission that multi-stage nuclear weapons are being built at Dimona. To what end? Germany foolishly gave Israel 3 Submarines capable of launching nukes onto any continent! Plus Israel has threatened European and other capitals with nuclear annihilation if it doesn't get it's way on everything. (text/html)

Stratcom: One-Stop Shopping for Bush War Plans Messenger 2005-06-09 12:47 AM
Bush is likely to get us into more wars. Since critics are now aware that we were lied to about the reasons for the war on Iraq, he will have to start the next war so quickly that no debate is possible. Stratcom makes this possible. (text/plain)

URGENT Refusenik Mehmet Tarhan - Stop mistreatment and detention Payday 2005-06-08 11:46 PM
We are urging support for Mehmet Tarhan, a conscientious objector who is a gay man, detained since 8 April in the military prison of Sivas, Turkey. We understand that he has been repeatedly and brutally attacked by other prisoners after prison staff told them that he was "a terrorist". His trial, which began on 26 May, has been postponed to 9 June. When he appeared in court on the 26th, Mr Tarhan had bruises all over his body and could not walk well. He is now on hunger strike against the abuse and against the refusal of the prison authorities to ensure his safety. (text/plain)

Flaws of 2002 G8 SEA (environment). 300PL 2005-06-08 11:08 PM

More Proof - Bush Admin Distorts Truth Messenger 2005-06-08 5:32 PM
ANDREW C. REVKIN of the NYTimes reports "A White House official who once led the oil industry's fight against limits on greenhouse gases has repeatedly edited government climate reports in ways that play down links between such emissions and global warming, according to internal documents." (text/plain)

TN activists disrupt National Coal shareholder Mtg. 3 arrested MJS 2005-06-08 3:15 PM
On Tuesday June 7, Approximately 45 activists surprised the first-ever shareholders meeting of Knoxville-based National Coal Corporation—the most destructive coal company in Tennessee, at the Holiday Inn Select in west Knoxville. (text/plain)

Kathy Dopp: Unaudited Elections are Probably Fraudulent Philip Shropshire 2005-06-08 1:39 PM
Kathy Dopp argues that unaudited elections are prone to fraud. She has a plan to bring the fraudsters to the light of day but she needs your help (text/plain)

Call for Radical Queers RESYST 2005-06-08 12:20 PM
This is a call for all radical queers in the Pittsburgh and surrounding areas for their participation in a radical queer contingent at this years Pride parade. So if you are a self-identified radical queer who feels that all oppressions are interconnected, that liberation is better than equality, and that assimilation is an attack on the vibrant culture that queers have cultivated despite the obstacles against us, then come and march with us. We will be celebrating our queerness, challenging queer assimilation, and partying in the streets. -Resyst (text/plain + 8 comments)

The Way That Life Can Suck Stacie Adams 2005-06-08 9:05 AM
More ranting and raving (text/plain)

First stockholders meeting of National Coal Corporation Disrupted MJS 2005-06-07 10:21 PM

Approximately 45 activists surprised the first-ever shareholders meeting of Knoxville-based National Coal Corporation—the most destructive coal company in Tennessee, at the Holiday Inn Select in west Knoxville. (image/jpeg)

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