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video from 2004 RNC, New York City email 2007-11-15 2:22 AM
2 days in New York City (text/plain)

Journalist attacked in Acapulco, Mexico. Guillermo Ramirez 2007-11-13 8:46 PM

The assailant had in his hands a knife to kill the journalist and justice is protecting the criminal. (image/jpeg)

Activists to travel to the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia for massive anti-militarization SOA Watch 2007-11-13 3:29 PM
Join activists at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia at the vigil and nonviolent direct action to close the SOA and to change U.S. foreign policy. (text/html)

Pittsburgh activists to head to Fort Benning, Georgia for anti-militarization mobilization http://www.soaw.org 2007-11-13 1:47 AM
Join Pittsburgh area activists at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia at the vigil and nonviolent direct action to close the SOA and to change U.S. foreign policy. (text/html)

Rustbelt Radio for November 12, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-11-13 1:44 AM
On today's show... * voices from the No Borders camp on the US-Mexico border * Despite opposition, the House of Representatives passes the Peru Free Trade Agreement * Veterans for Peace hold a parade in Meadville, Pennsylvania * Selma James on sixties activism and the current struggle to free Mumia * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)

Hill District Man Slain By Narco-Terrorists Yinsurrectionary Times 2007-11-12 6:32 PM
Aucy Andrews, 59, of the Hill District is the seventh person to be reported shot by uniformed-terrorists Pittsburgh Police, this year. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that one, of the at least five shots, reported by witnesses to the murder, was fatal. (text/html)

Venezuela: Reforms take away what is gained through the struggle El Libertario, Venezuela 2007-11-11 11:22 PM

*This is the editorial of the latest edition of El Libertario (Venezuela, #51, November 2007, now available -in spanish- in www.nodo50.org/ellibertario) in which this mouthpiece of Venezuelan Anarchism set outs its position with regard to the Constitutional Reforms which the current Government seeks to impose on this country. (image/jpeg)

NYC Indymedia Totally Bans My Articles from Publication Lloyd Hart 2007-11-10 7:26 PM
In the quiet secrecy of what seems to be a conspiratorial siege mentality NYC Indymedia has unofficially but secretly banned my writing from being published on the Open News Wire entirely. (text/plain)

NEW VIDEOS: Tom Morello for Mumia, McMahon Training Video on Racist Jury Selection, and... Journalists for Mumia 2007-11-09 9:09 AM
We have just started our own <a href="http://youtube.com/profile?user=journalists4mumia">Journalists for Mumia You Tube Page </a>, are releasing two new videos, and have created a VIDEO section at Abu-Jamal-News.com, which features films about Mumia, COINTELPRO, The Black Panther Party, militarism, media censorship, and more. <a href="http://www.abu-jamal-news.com">CHECK IT OUT!</a> (video/x-msvideo)

Local Community Radio Act BagLady 2007-11-07 8:15 PM
This 12:42 min radio story features the voices of Low Power Radio Enthusiasts in Immokalee, Florida; Opalousas, Louisiana; and Ely, Minnesota. It also features interviews with the Prometheus Radio Project and Western Pennsylvania Congressman Mike Doyle. (audio/mpeg)

The May 13, 1985 MOVE Bombing: Suicide or State-sanctioned Murder? Kevin Price / Abu-Jamal-News.com 2007-11-07 9:59 AM

"If you look close enough you can see history altered before your eyes. Pick up the latest Guinness Book of World Records, flip to page 123 and you will see what I mean. Under the section 'Cults, Fans and Followers' the police bombing of the MOVE Organization in 1985 is listed as the sixth most deadly mass suicide in recent history…. Yes, you did read that correctly. A deliberate massacre, in which police dropped a bomb on a house, intentionally allowed the fire to burn and shot at those that dared attempt an escape, was labeled as mass suicide," writes MOVE supporter Kevin Price in his recent essay <a href="http://phillyimc.org/en/2007/11/43165.shtml">"MOVE's Battle With Guinness."</a> <p> Price's essay follows a recent <a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/michael_klein/inqlings/20071101_Inqlings___MOVEs_Guinness_record_riles_survivor.html">Philadelphia Inquirer interview</a> with Ramona Africa, <a href="http://prisonradio.org/RamonaAfrica.htm">the sole adult survivor</a> of the May 13, 1985 police assault. <a href="http://onamove.com/">MOVE</a> has confronted Guinness and is asking people to <a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/OnaMove">sign a petition</a> in protest. <p> Past Philly IMC coverage has documented the <a href="http://www.phillyimc.org/en/2007/05/39473.shtml">long history of media bias</a> towards MOVE, the upcoming <a href="http://insubordination.blogspot.com/2007/07/attention-move-this-is-america.html">Parole Hearings for the remaing MOVE prisoners</a>, interviews with Ramona Africa in <a href="http://www.publicenemy.com/pb/viewtopic.php?t=21398&sid=1">2002</a> & <a href="http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=7">2003</a>, and demonstrations in Philadelphia(<a href="http://www.phillyimc.org/en/2007/05/39534.shtml">1</a>, <a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/08/08/17585141.php">2</a>). A recent documentary about MOVE (narrated by Howard Zinn) can be <a href="http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=428944249&channel=219646953">viewed online</a>, as well as <a href="http://www.nbc10.com/news/4482630/detail.html">NBC 10 archival footage</a>. (image/gif)

Pakistan Labor Activists Arrested--Action Needed Now! Pakistan Trade Union Defence Campaign 2007-11-07 2:59 AM

Update on repression in Pakistan! (image/jpeg)

Debating the Status of Detainees in the 'War On Terror' Pitt Law National Lawyers Guild 2007-11-06 1:59 AM
DEBATING THE STATUS OF DETAINEES IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR': A Review of the Khadr Case (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for November 5, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-11-06 12:55 AM
On this week's show... * Fighting for fair food in Pittsburgh and across the country,an update on the Student Farmworker Alliance KingDOOM days of action against Burger King * results from the recent Guatemalan presidential election * Media activists, community radio operators and government representatives discuss the benefits of Low Power FM Radio * an interview from "Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America" * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Anti-Authoritarian People of Color caucus at the School of the Americas (SOA) protest Anonymous 2007-11-05 5:25 PM
CALLING ALL ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN / ANARCHIST PEOPLE OF COLOR (APOC) for an Anti-Authoritarian People of Color caucus at the convergence to Shut Down the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC). (text/plain)

BETH ROCKWELL – GREEN POLITICAL PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE Tim Reim, Chair – Green Party of Erie Count 2007-11-04 9:41 PM
On Thursday, October 25th, 2007 Beth Rockwell and five other peace protesters from Erie County were sentenced to prison on contempt charges. The “Erie Six” were sentenced to serve five days in jail for refusing to pay fines stemming from their blocking, on March 20th, the doors to the downtown Erie Federal Courthouse. Their protest was intended to serve as a symbolic representation of citizens’ effort to shut-down our governments' illegal and immoral war on Iraq. (text/plain)

BTL:Washington Intensifies Verbal Attack on Iran Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2007-11-04 1:40 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Latin American Documentary and Film Fest Amigos del Cine Latinoamericano 2007-11-02 5:00 PM
This First Short Film and Documentary Festival brings a number of films that emerge from social and cultural realities of some countries in the region (in particular Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, the U,S., and Canada). (text/plain)

North East Anarchist Network assembly Nov 17-18th Amherst, MA Make Total Destroy 2007-11-02 8:12 AM
The Northeast Anarchist Network is a horizontal network linking those in the Northeast region of North America committed to anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and anti-oppressive struggles. (text/plain)

Crushing Defeat of US blockade of CUBA at UN General Assembly! posted by F Espinoza 2007-10-31 8:46 AM

For the sixteen consecutive time, United Nations members voted against the US economic, financial and commercial blockade of Cuba. The resolution presented by the island received 184 votes in favor, one more than in 2006, four against and one abstention. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Rustbelt Radio for October 29, 2007 Pittsburgh IMC: Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-10-30 3:17 AM
On this week's show... * As fires sweep across Southern California, undocumented immigrants fear deportation * Protesters gather in DC to oppose the World Bank & IMF * Dr. Herb Needleman speaks about his research linking lead poisoning and violence * Racial threats continue in the city as another noose is found at a workplace in Pittsburgh * Desmond Tutu visits Pittsburgh - and SCI Greene * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

The Blue Book Campaign to Remember New Orleans Lyn LeJeune 2007-10-29 9:14 PM
Everyone carry The Blue Book, The Beatitudes, in memory of New Orleans and the importance of public libraries. (text/plain)

Call for the release of the Cuban Five posted by F Espinoza 2007-10-29 8:49 PM

The Cuban chapter of the Defense of Humanity Network announced in Havana a new call for the release of the five anti-terrorist Cubans incarcerated for nine years with heavy sentences hanging over them. (image/jpeg)

BTL:Congress Battles over Government Wiretap Bill Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2007-10-28 1:13 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Pittsburgh Bikes and Peds on Satellite TV John Z Wetmore 2007-10-27 6:54 AM
On Tuesday, October 30, Pittsburgh Bicyclists and Pedestrians will be featured on the television series "Perils For Pedestrians". The half-hour program will be on The Universityhouse Channel (DISH Network 9411) at 9:30 PM EDT. (text/plain + 1 comment)

End hunger - letter writing campaign Windel Schmidt 2007-10-26 11:41 AM
End hunger letter writing campaign. - Links to ending hunger, child education, child health, training for women, sustainable technology training, organic gardening-farming, recycling, reducing water usage and good books to read. (text/plain)

register for Free The Planet & ForestEthics Midwest Summit Free The Planet OSU 2007-10-26 12:15 AM
With the victory from the Victoria’s Dirty Secret Campaign fresh in everyone’s mind, Forest Ethics announces its new target for the paper campaign: Sears Holding Co. (text/html)

The Myth of “Co-Management” in Venezuela: Reflections on Alcasa and Invepal El Libertario, Venezuela 2007-10-25 11:27 PM
* With a lot of rhetoric and propaganda the Chavez administration has advanced different examples of co-management which, they claim, demonstrate their desire to transform Venezuela’s relations of production. A compañero from Europe visited us recently and got to know two of the most celebrated cases: Alcasa and Invepal. Here is the report he prepared for El Libertario # 51 about the actual working conditions in the country’s most “important” co-managed businesses. (text/plain)

CUBA responds to Bush posted by F Espinoza 2007-10-25 9:43 PM

REPLYING to three spurious initiatives for Cuba proposed by George Bush in Washington on October 24, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque set out 12 points “covering what the U.S. president should propose as aid” to the island. (image/jpeg)

The Battle of Georgetown NorthEast Anarchist Network Media Committee 2007-10-25 6:12 PM
IMF/World Bank Protestors Bring the Fight to DC’s Richest Neighborhood (text/plain)

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