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BTL:Democrats' First 100-Hour Agenda Doesn't Address America's... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2007-01-26 12:23 PM
...Racial, Economic Divide~Interview with Emma Dixon, executive director of the Creation of Wealth Project, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Livermore Pro-Nukers Move to Kill More in San Francisco Area Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner 2007-01-25 9:03 PM

Livermore Lab has continuously contaminated the region for decades. San Francisco residents are reporting the presence of cancer causing uranium in hair samples. (image/jpeg)

PITTSBURGH IWW TO HOLD FIRST UNION SOLIDARITY NIGHT AT PNC PARK Union Observer 2007-01-25 4:41 PM

Sweatshop abuses in factories sewing Pirates apparel in Bangladesh include forced overtime, numerous women's rights violations, firings and physical violence against workers for cooperating with investigations and organizing labor unions. (image/jpeg)

BTL:White House Reversal on Domestic Spying Program Shouldn't... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2007-01-25 8:40 AM
...Derail Congressional Investigation~Interview with Shayana Kadidal, Center for Constitutional Rights attorney, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

WANTED! Pennsylvania cyber-governess/governor Matthew Edwards 2007-01-23 12:14 PM
The Million Campaign Homepage Foundation is looking for a cyber-governess/governor to orchestrate a not-for-profit Pennsylvania cybermosaic. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for January 22, 2007 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-01-23 12:20 AM
On this week's show... * Organizers and members of SEIU Local 3 describe the role they played in the recent Houston SEIU victory. * Local artists dialogue with community members on racism, history, memory, and social justice. * Reports by human rights groups detail the trafficking of Asian workers by US contractors in Iraq. * Word on the Street: mass transit cuts * and more in our local and global headlines (audio/mpeg)

Radical Environmental Conference DGR Committee 2007-01-22 6:59 PM
Deep Green Resistance: Confronting Industrial Culture A Radical Environmental Conference April 6-8, 2007 Deerfield, MA (text/plain)

New Year Destruction at the Hill of Tara, Ireland turoe 2007-01-22 6:48 PM
In flagrant contempt of best archaeological and ecological practice, a systematic campaign of tree felling, earth clearance and monument removal has begun at the Hill of Tara. This is even before the Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract for the M3 Motorway, through the Tara / Skryne Valley, has even been signed. Daily protests are taking place, every 7am in the morning at the Hill of Tara car park. (text/plain)

J27 in DC: Meet at Dupont, 11 AM! j27 2007-01-21 10:20 AM
On January 27th, meet at Dupont Circle, 11 AM to participate in an alternative march to the UFPJ rally and march... (text/plain)

Wheels of Justice Tour Rob Cullen 2007-01-20 3:15 PM
Video of the Wheels of Justice Tour's stop at Carnegie Mellon. Twyla Miller spoke about her experiences in Palestine and Jou Mueller talked about his trip to Iraq in 2005. (video/quicktime)

March against Bechtel/interview with Antonia Juhasz Ron Douglas 2007-01-20 2:54 PM
Video of August 6 protest against Bechtel Corporation, with an interview with author Antonio Juhasz, author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time. (video/quicktime)

BTL:Bush's Iraq War Escalation Provokes Growing Opposition Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2007-01-20 11:26 AM
Interview with Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Interview with Robin Alexander (UE) on Human Rights Abuse in Oaxaca, Mexico Fightin' Lefty Review 2007-01-19 8:40 PM
Robin Alexander, Director of International Labor Affairs at the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, Speaks About Recent Human Rights Abuse in Oaxaca, Mexico. (audio/mpeg)

BTL:Hugo Chavez Deepens Venezuela's Social and Economic Transformation Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2007-01-19 10:16 AM
Interview with Steve Ellner, professor of economic history at the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Barricade the War Machine in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Organizing Group 2007-01-18 5:44 PM
Friday, March 2, will be a day of civil disobedience and direct action against the war machine in Pittsburgh. The main action will be an attempt to barricade the National Robotics Engineering Center, a branch of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) that develops robotic vehicles and weapons delivery systems for the U.S. Army and Marines. (text/plain)

BTL:Lawyers Representing Guantamano Detainees Lash Back at... Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2007-01-18 11:20 AM
...Bush Administration Critics~Interview with Tom Wilner, attorney with Shearman and Sterling, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

Forced Patronage of For Profit Insurers?? Watchdog 2007-01-17 10:04 PM
Rendell says that his Health Plan will not be a "mandate", meaning Compulsory for all. Does he mean, not YET? Here's a rap on what Compulsory Patronage of Private Insurance Businesses is about. Don't think It Can't Happen Here. (text/plain)

MASSIVE ANTI-WAR MARCH PLANNED FOR JAN. 27 IN D.C. Pat Elder for UFPJ 2007-01-17 3:01 PM
PROTESTERS WILL URGE CONGRESS TO STAND UP TO BUSH Peace March Expected to be Among Largest Since War Began MoveOn.org, National Organization for Women, Labor Unions Mobilize Members Buses and vans coming from 30 states and 111 Cities (text/plain)

Historic mobilizations will usher in "new phase" in Campaign for Fair Food! CIW 2007-01-16 11:37 AM
PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY! The Coalition of Immokalee Workers announces a major mobilization for farmworker justice, April 13 14, 2007, in the greater Chicago area. Make your plans to join us for historic actions that will usher in a new phase in the Campaign for Fair Food. CIW: "Today, we are tired, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr., of`relying on the good will and understanding of those who profit by exploiting us.'" (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for January 15, 2007 Indymedia Rustbelt Radio collective 2007-01-15 10:30 PM
On this week's show... * an interview with two independent journalists who documented the 34 day war in Lebanon last summer and its aftermath. * thousands take to the street in a march against violence in New Orleans * Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks on collective struggle, the war in Vietnam, revolutionary movements around the world, and more. * 2 local groups claim victory in their campaigns (audio/mpeg)

leaflet habded out at cmu for mlk day vincent / blast furnace radio 2007-01-15 7:47 PM
leaflet handed out at cmu for mlk day (text/plain + 2 comments)

Pittsburgh Organizing Group Shuts Down Recruitment Center Pittsburgh Organizing Group 2007-01-15 2:20 AM

Pittsburgh Organizing Group successfully disrupted the military recruitment machine in Pittsburgh yet again. The recruitment center shut down for the entire day. Shortly before 11am, having already accomplished their major goal, 40 protesters gathered outside for a two hour picket designed to keep anti-war resistance front and center in the public eye. Signs such as, “There’s Dead, and Then There’s ARMY DEAD,” “Honk for Peace,” “Recruiters Are Child Predators,” “Those Who Call the Shots Aren’t Among the Shot,” “Let the Rich Fight Their Own Wars,” and “Resist, Don’t Enlist” resulted in a plethora of horn honks and supportive gestures from passing drivers. (image/jpeg + 18 comments)

Taking the torture at Guantanamo Prison to a "higher court" vincent / blast furnace radio 2007-01-14 1:45 PM
Taking the torture at Guantanamo Prison to a "higher court" *** 89 arrested at the DC Federal Court solidarity actions happened thruout the world (text/plain)

BTL:Human Rights Groups Demand Closure of US Guantanamo Detention Center on... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2007-01-14 10:41 AM
...Prison's Fifth Anniversary~Interview with Jennifer Daskal, U.S. advocacy director with Human Rights Watch, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:White House Moves to Build New Generation of Nuclear Weapons Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2007-01-13 11:13 AM
Interview with Lisbeth Gronlund, co-director and senior scientist, with the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

PHILIPPINES: Smith's Illegal Transfer to the US Embassy: A Case of Multiple Rape LABAN NG MASA (Struggle of the Masses) 2007-01-12 8:54 PM

Rape of the Judicial System, Rape of Nicole once again, and Rape of the Nation's Dignity and Sovereignty (image/jpeg)

BTL:Peace Movement Vows to Resist Bush Escalation of Iraq War Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2007-01-12 4:08 PM
Interview with Gordon Clark, communications director with Peace Action, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Brazil: To whom belongs the future? Sergio Ferolla and Paulo Metri 2007-01-12 3:00 PM
In socially mature countries , consolidated and really sovereign, the prospections of the future are made by groups of university thinkers, of governmental and enterprise institutions, as well as groups associated to national NGOS. (text/plain)

Venezuela 2006: Continued repression of popular protest CRA - El Libertario, Venezuela 2007-01-10 4:46 PM
* El Libertario, the voice of the Comision de Relaciones Anarquistas of Venezuela, analyzes the how and the why of the increasing state repression against the growing social discontent that belies the pseudo-revolutionary discourse of the Chavez regime. (text/plain)

Outing the Constitutional Criminals populist 2007-01-09 9:04 PM
The purpose of the personal income tax is to redistribute wealth upward and to control the civil society. The purpose of the Federal Reserve is to redistribute the wealth upward and to control the civil society. The receivers of the redistributed wealth and the controllers of the society are the private owners of the Federal Reserve -- not the government. (text/html + 1 comment)

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