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Revelations Lead to Rumsfeld's Door iskra 2004-05-22 9:20 PM
As we go to press, senior CIA officials, both past and present, have reportedly leaked that Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld approved the extreme interrogation methods used against Iraqi detainees under U.S. control. (text/html)

Israelis burn and bury ambulance with occupants inside Rafah watch 2004-05-22 8:31 PM
21 May 2004, from Mohammed, a resident of Rafah, Palestine (at www.rafahtoday.org , where there are regular updates and many photos of the ongoing wreckage by Israel) (text/plain)

BTL:Pentagon's Legacy of Training Latin American Soldiers in... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2004-05-22 7:02 AM
...Torture Techniques Haunts Probe Into Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Scandal ~ Interview with Eric LeCompte, organizing coordinator, School of the Americas Watch, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Help to Stop Global Warming The Day BEFORE Tomorrow at Your Local Movie Theater 20tonsCO2/year/you 2004-05-21 5:35 PM
The Day After Tomorrow is a movie that, while not realistic scenario of global warming, gives it as a cause and is a great opportunity to get global warming to be put in the forefront of public discourse (text/plain)

Distorted editorial amplified by Limbaugh, corrected by Olbermann Greg Mitchell 2004-05-21 3:34 PM
Gross distortions on an Iraq column by Editor Rosenthal were amplified on-air by Rush to millions of listeners. However Keith Olbermann of MSNBC and Jay Rosen of NYU weren't about to let the lies go unchallenged... (text/plain)

CFL ALERT: Ask your reps to halt intervene and halt Israeli war crimes Citizens for Fair Legislation 2004-05-20 5:53 PM
Wednesday morning, the Israeli Occupation Forces fired three shells into a crowd of 3000 peaceful protesters, killing scores. Most of the dead were children. (text/plain)

New 'Abuse' photos on Arab TV Correspondents in Cairo 2004-05-20 5:10 PM

The prisoner was said to have died in the midst of intensive questioning in the shower by military intelligence officials. After he collapsed, the interrogators removed the bag and then saw severe head wounds that had not been treated. (image/gif)

PAPV Malcom X day press conference imc video collective 2004-05-20 4:21 PM
PAPV held a press conference on Malcom X Day. May 19, 2004. Speakers included survivors of police violence. (video/quicktime)

Insurance Fraud at Lucca? Investigator 2004-05-20 8:11 AM
Is there a way to find out who is the insurance carrier for Lucca? That is some of the poorest insurance fraud ever. (text/plain)

Amnesty International Rafah Update and Plea to All Communities Silence = Complicity 2004-05-19 1:53 PM
An offending military demolishing homes and killing civilians. More refugees; more outrage. Is it "militant" to defend your home on your homeland? Foreign Aid to Israel : http://www.palestinechronicle.com/story.php?sid=20040403062154205 www.aipac.org/documents/talkingpointsforeignaid.pdf (text/plain)

neimancarcass Carcass 2004-05-19 11:49 AM
The retailer Neiman Marcus lost their bid to take control of the anti-fur site neimancarcass. (text/html)

Hackers return to Pittsburgh -- for SummerCon David W Belknap 2004-05-18 5:34 PM
Computers hackers to gather June 11–13 in Pittsburgh, PA for SummerCon, an educational and social conference dedicated to exploring what it means to be a hacker. (text/plain)

FWF Crew - Prose Combat Mix FWF Crew 2004-05-18 5:17 PM
This is the first FWF Crew mix made by the entire crew, entitled "Prose Combat : Conscious Rhymes & Rebirth of Speech". (text/html)

Remembering more of the dead marie 2004-05-18 3:16 PM

These are some more photos from the "Remember the Dead" action on Sunday, M16. (image/jpeg)

Animal Rights Activists Speak Out About Foie Gras Eric Jonas 2004-05-18 2:34 PM
The Pittsburgh animal rights group Voices for Animal Liberation has been asking local restaurants to remove foie gras from their menus. Foie gras is made by force-feeding a duck or goose one third of his body weight every day by having a metal pipe forced down his throat. (text/plain + 32 comments)

Alert: Stop The Repression Of The Protests Against The G-8 In Georgia david 2004-05-18 1:19 PM
The Miami Model is blowing into Georgia. (text/plain)

G8: Island Residents May Suffer from G-8 Presence, but Sea Island Company Will Not Bork 2004-05-18 12:59 PM
Sea Island, Georgia -- Sea Island is the actual physical site of the G-8 summit this year though adjacent St. Simons Island will take at least some of the overflow. The leaders from the wealthiest nations, predominantly white, will come together in June at this southern Georgia resort to further their economic domination of the rest of world. (text/html)

There is something more to Berg and the situation than meets the eye. Jackson Stonewall 2004-05-18 11:19 AM
There are those that contend Berg was already dead when beheaded, the pool of blood below his head proves otherwise. (video/x-ms-wmv)

Starbucks Workers Go Union! Rebel Worker 2004-05-18 9:50 AM
First in Nation, Starbucks Workers Form Union. Baristas Petition for Election (text/plain)

For 8 days in May, Truckers closed the Port of Oakland Daniel Borgström 2004-05-18 6:24 AM
For eight days in May, the Port of Oakland was virtually shut down by truckers striking for better conditions. The same port had been closed down by antiwar protesters just three weeks before, so a small contingent of us from Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW) joined them as a community support group and reported their struggle on Indymedia. (text/plain)

Simply Rearing Pagans--Libertarian promotes Christian Ed Rev. Mark H. Creech 2004-05-17 10:14 PM

Marshall Fritz, a Libertarian and founder of the California-based Alliance for the Separation of School and State, believes that an exodus of Christian children from public schools would destroy secularism. (image/jpeg)

ride of silence noah 2004-05-17 9:46 PM
remeber those injured or killed by cars (text/plain)

PAPV Press Advisory david 2004-05-17 6:09 PM
PAPV to hold press conference on Malcom X Day. (text/plain + 1 comment)

"Remember the Dead" march gwen 2004-05-17 5:54 PM
In remembrance of those who have recently died, as well as to denounce the torture and humiliation of Iraqis by U.S. troops, Pittsburgh Organizing Group held a silent "funeral procession" on Sunday, May 16th in Oakland. The march toured past local institutions with specific ties to the war. Flyers to bring about awareness of the ties between CMU and the military were also distributed to passers-by. (text/plain + 3 comments)

West Coast G8 June Protests: Update! West Coast G8 2004-05-16 10:58 PM
West Coast G8 regional mobilization update (text/html)

Torture and Guerrilla Warfare Gary Sudborough 2004-05-16 8:39 PM
Popular support is absolutely essential for the success of guerrilla warfare and torture is an effective counterinsurgency tactic, utilized not just for interrogations, but to intimidate the population supporting the guerrilla fighters. (text/plain)

"Remember the Dead" march gwen 2004-05-16 6:55 PM

Activists "Remember the Dead" during CMU graduation ceremonies. (image/jpeg)

Blue Sky Peace Festival Free Booths for Activists! Kevin Mc Daniel, Festival Coordinator 2004-05-16 2:24 PM
Activists vendors, volunteers, jugglers, troublemakers, humans , environmentalists, kidz, so-called adults , and freaks are invited to beautiful Sullivan County Saturday, July 10 for the first ever Blue Sky Peace Festival. If you can't make it to Solarfest in Vermont (www.solarfest.org) July 10 & 11, check out this cool local festival. (text/plain)

As war's tab mounts, GOP questions strategy Lawrence M. O'Rourke 2004-05-16 1:27 PM

"we need to restrain what are growing messianic instincts - a sort of global social engineering where the United States feels it is both entitled and obligated to promote democracy - by force if necessary" -- Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas (image/jpeg)

BTL:Former Counsel to President Richard Nixon Declares that Misconduct in... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2004-05-16 8:56 AM
...Bush White House is 'Worse than Watergate' * Interview with John Dean, former counsel to President Richard Nixon, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

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