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In just three months, corporate America will start its Christmas buying blitz krieg. A group of Canadian Mennonites have proposed that Buy Nothing Day be extended to cover the entire Christmas buying season.
Let's Get Ready to Ruuuumble!
how they really shut down the WTO- food for thought
This seattle website is beter than anything we've come up with in Portland.
Not only are they effectively advertising their evernts, they are advertising ours as well.
I receive this announcement/ release from a friend in Seattle
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AS WELL PUT TOGETHER!!
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Like the rest of you, I am a part of the activist community. As a member of this community I mean the following article as a self-reflection and a challenge- not as a critism of people, affinity groups, etc. Howevery, I am harboring concerns about the state of our community.
George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz and Condoleezza Rice and Tony Blair and Dick Cheney are insane. I don't know what they think they are doing here, but if it involves order and sanity they have failed miserably and indefinitely. It's obvious enough from the newspaper accounts but you have to see it for yourself. They have caused a catastrophe here. The events of the past year have moved so quickly we tend to forget about the effect of 12 years of economic sanctions. "The price is worth it?" I don't know what they're going to do, and the masters of war themselves must be terrified.
One soldier's letter reported that in his unit, "each soldier is limited to two 1.5-liter bottles a day," and that inadequate water rations were leading to "heat casualties." An American soldier died of heat stroke on Saturday; are poor supply and living conditions one reason why U.S. troops in Iraq are suffering such a high rate of noncombat deaths?
Another sick effort to make money off of this illegal war...
The Portland Peace Encampment will most likely fall victum to oppresion like never seen before during there close to 5 month stay. Citing the new sit-lie (stand) city ordinance and their new guidelines of enforcement the Portland Police will attempt to end the Vigil before Mayor Katz returns from her extended vacation on Wednesday morning. Many say the camp will be swept to its end because the Mayor is very unhappy it still exists across from Portland City Hall. Officer's decrestion is the key term here. It's up to them to decide who and how those are in violation.
Corporate earnings are dismal. The S&P P/E ratios sit at 32, meaning that stocks are selling at 32 times their earnings (good stocks are considered to have a P/E ratio of ten or under).
The US trade deficit will be over $500 billion this year. The "estimated" $455 billion federal budget deficit does not include Iraq, Afghanistan, and homeland defense either, so will it be $600 billion in the hole? $750 billion? Since DC rarely tells the truth, no one knows. Consumer debt is at an all time high, in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and climbing at a 5.1% annual rate. Bankruptcies are also at virtually all time highs, and climbing. In August of 2002, natural gas prices were $2.64 per million BTUs, and according to the Dept of Energy, by January of 2004, the price will be more than $9.00 for the same amount, tripling in a year and a half. The Iraq debacle is costing $4 billion a month, and no end is in sight.
join portland's first flash mobbers
Portland city officials annd police will unleash an aggressive new enforcement regime for the city's 'Obstructions as Nuisances' law, commonly known as the "Sit-Lie Ordinance". In an August 11 email to Marc Jolin of the Oregon Law Center, Deputy City Attorney David Woboril wrote that 'Mayor Katz has asked me to make available to you revised sidewalk obstruction guidelines which will become effective this week.' Woboril also delivered a draft copy of the revised guidelines, hatched in the corridors of city power without input from the public.
For the vast majority of Americans, there's only one issue in the 2004 election that has the potential for making their life significantly better than it is now: reducing defense spending. There's only one candidate for president who has the potential to deliver what the vast majority of Americans want: peace, security, jobs, lower taxes, health care, education, fixing social security, infrastruture development, social services, a better environment.
Heat waves in Europe indictate that global warming is accelerating in the manner inwhich worse case senarios indicate.
Celebrity speakers, workshops, networking and organizing for the single purpose of removing the Goerge W. Bush regime from office in the elections of 2004.
. . . DefeatBushNow! campaign's leadership includes Greens, Libertarians, Socialists, Democrats and anti-Bush Republicans working together to defeat George W. Bush in November 2004.
I've noticed recently two examples of left media are starting to run stories I'd expect from the corporate press.
Is one enough?
Condoleezza Rice warned SF mayor Willie Brown not to fly on 9-11.
Bu$h/Cheney 2004 Campaign Bumperstickers
Families of Flight 93 (Sept 11) question FBI
Forget the war in Iraq, Afghanistan and our excellent adventure in Liberia. Forget about Kobe, Arnold, Arriana, Scott and Laci. The biggest news of the entire week is that on August 8, 2003, the IRS was unable to convince a jury in Memphis, Tennessee that the Federal Tax Code requires the citizens to pay individual income taxes. I kid you not.
We need your help! There are just three days left for the general public to urge the U.S. Forest Service to maintain critical protections for roadless areas within two national rainforests - the Tongass National Forest and the Chugach National Forest both located in Alaska!
Washington DC - Many think the war in cs_iraq is over, but one terrorist is camping an obscure corner of the map trying to force a draw, according to US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
The Bush family has willingly and knowingly associated themselves with Nazis for over 80 years spanning three generations of Bushes. Prescott Bush was Hitler's banker in America and was referred to by the New York Tribune as Hitler's angel.
Iraqi guerrillas have been killing US troops at the rate of about two a day. Even if the fighting does not escalate any further, at least a thousand more American troops will die in Iraq before the election in November, 2004.
Drop a grenade on a Humvee from an overpass, walk up behind an American soldier in a crowded market and shoot him dead, plant a radio-controlled mine in the road: it's easy in a country awash with weapons, and meanwhile the Americans push the population into your arms with endless heavy-handed raids in search of Saddam Hussein, as if he mattered.
Rubber bullets and tear gas were used by the National Guard to disperse a protest by unemployed oil workers in the eastern state of Anzoategui Thursday
The guy goes AWOL for an entire year, spends gobs of our cash to pull that stunt on the aircraft carrier, and he gets an action figure for his efforts. Somebody stick pencils in my eyes NOW.
Tuesday & Wednesday August 12 & 13
6:30 - 9:00 pm IFCC Theatre Dr. Rev. LeRoy Haynes and the Allen Temple Commission on Social Justice present
A friend of a friend is a French aid worker, living in Iraq. Below is an email received from him. His name and aid organization have been removed because he fears retaliation for revealing his opinions from those in charge...
Read his last email at  http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2003/08/269364.shtml
This Wall Street banker finally at long last admits what the antiwar movement was saying from the beginning: the invasion of Iraq was all about oil. I love the way this bloodsucker...er banker tries to rationalize away all the lies the US Government has told to justify this invasion.
Panthers, Patriots and Drug War Meet
Aug 12, 2003 - Aug 13, 2003 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm On Aug 12-13, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center in North Portland will host two, simultaneous photodisplays. 1) A photographic history of the Black Panther Party 2) November Coalition's Four That Got Away
Iraqi civilians have accused U.S. forces of being trigger-happy and nervous, often firing sporadically into homes and crowds especially after they come under attack.
From the international "gag rule" on family planning agencies to the current attempt to pass the "Unborn Victims of Violence Act" , President Bush and his right wing cronies are waging a full assault on women's reproductive rights. In these pivotal times, it is essential to stand up in defense of a woman's right to choose.
If you have not heard this yet, it is well worth a listen.
SB 875A creates a prescription drug purchasing pool that would allow state agencies, local governments and some seniors to negotiate lower prices from the drug industry. The state would save millions and participating seniors would have access to the life-saving prescriptions they need at a lower price.
Your state legislators need to hear from you now.
Cascadia Summer Base Camp
AUGUST VIDEO SHOWINGS
Featuring: The Fellowship Of The Ring Of Free Trade, Li2U News, Rise-Up Between The Lines (Sacramento), Sacramento Rough Cut, Petty Fascism 101 (Sacramento), Critical Mass Memorial Bike Ride, AC-130 (war footage)
Wednesday at 6 PM (new time!) @ the Red and Black (22nd/ SE Division).
If you want to learn how to best articulate your voice into oral or written testimony for the upcoming New Seasons Land Use hearing next week, you are welcome to attend.
Members of Bring the Ruckus, a revolutionary organization based in the United States, will be speaking in Portland this Thursday, August 14th at 7 PM. The event will occur at 2941 NE Ainsworth (two blocks from the #10 bus line) in Ainsworth United Church of Christ.
Heather Ajani of Bring the Ruckus, who is also a member of Phoenix Copwatch and Anarchist People of Color, will be speaking along with Clayton Szczech, who is a member of Bring the Ruckus and Rose City Copwatch. All are welcome. The event is free.
Denver cops burst into activists' home on alleged noise complaints, and brutalized visitors. Eight out-of-town guests were arrested, and others beaten. This is an open call out for solidarity and support.
Another good reason to protest the Bush visit to Portland. They'll put your grandmother in prison too when she decides to protest. They have the "power" and they don't care.
Free concers in the Park continue on Tuesday evenings through August, bringing a diversity of neighbors, housed and unhoused, as well as music lovers together in the small community Park.
I took a break from activism to focus on my life for awhile
Come, all you who are not satisfied
as ruler in a lone, wallpapered room full of mute birds, and flowers that falsely bloom, and closets choked with dreams that long ago died!
I know a lot of you folks who read IndyMedia are familiar with my songs from demos and picket lines. Well, this is my FIRST SOLO CLUB SHOW, so if you are a fan of mine, it would really mean a lot to me if you could come. The cover is only $3, and you can get some great pizza and beer. Hopefully everyone will be out of jail from the Bush protests, and we can relax and have some fun. Hope to see you there!
We have the sweet noise of the sea at our back
and before us the bitter shouting of the gun; and the brass wing of aeroplanes and the sun that walks about us burning. Here we wound our feet on metal fragments of the bomb, the sword unburied and the poisoned ground.
Taken collectively, what these officials describe and what is already on the public record suggest the existence of a disciplined network of zealous, like-minded individuals centered in Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith's office and around Richard Perle in the DPB and operating with the approval of Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld, and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Important message to windows users about a vulnerability that is current;y allowing windows machines to be compromised.
Hi, my name is Thimble, and I'm the third and last of the UC Davis 3 to speak out about our action there (I'm the one looking all intense in the photo). Thankfully our case is over, so this article is an update for those who want to know what happened.
Two Pakistani army soldiers were killed and another injured when US troops mistakenly fired on a patrol near the Afghan border.
Pakistan said a strong protest was being lodged with US authorities.
massachusetts earth first! is up in the trees on Mt. Wachusett where a ski area wants to expand into a 12-acre patch of old-growth. This is the largest remaining tract of old-growth remaining east of the Connecticut River (yes, the largest tract is only 12 acres!!!)
let's support them with some cascadian love!
US soldiers in Baghdad on Saturday shot dead an Iraqi policeman they mistook for an attacker, killed another as he tried to surrender to them and beat a third, a survivor of the incident said.
The US military said it was aware of an incident but unable to provide information.
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