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Street medicine and action medics are in greater demand than ever. This article reviews basic street medicine organizations, many inspired after Seattle's WTO protests and police riots.

The blackout occured just 2 weeks prior to when debate will ensue on Bush's energy plan. THe energy plan is promotes fossil fuel burning plants and is very unpopular. No doubt he will use the blackout as an excuse to get what he wants.

With the Patriot Act and all the bullcrap that police can do to you, it's good to know if the FBI has a file on you.
Knowledge is power.

The "market" is already demanding "incentives" for expanding the transmission grid, but it will only increase their reach leaving the rest of the country even more vulnerable to widespread power outages.

At long last, a "smoking gun" has been found to justify the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq. Investigators probing obscure government archives in the occupied capital city have uncovered a document signed by the unelected tyrant that provides a clear casus belli for the much-disputed conflict.

"The US has not learned from comparable situations in the past that `the best military victories cannot win the peace'. In his detailed study on the mistakes of the US - for example the belief that Saddam Hussein's overthrow alone would win the `hearts and minds' of the Iraqis -, Cordesman develops a series of scenarios on future developments in Iraq..The US at the end could wage a third Gulf war against the people

come by after the bush protest
7 p.m. pacific switchboard 4637 n. albina

On February 14, a Florida Appeals court ruled there is absolutely nothing illegal about lying, concealing or distorting information by a major press organization.

announcing the reading of two of portlands most active feature poets

WIESENTHAL CENTER URGES MEL GIBSON TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE PASSION; Jewish Human Rights Group Receives Flurry of Phone Calls and Hate Mail Accusing Jews of Killing Jesus!

Cartoon for the day

What do people think about trying to raise some money for the Denver 8? (see link below)

WASHINGTON (AFP) Aug 15, 2003
The Pentagon Thursday awarded a General Dynamics-Northrop Grumman team a block-buy contract worth up to 8.7 billion dollars to build six Virginia class nuclear attack submarines over the next five years.

Hanford Watch president Paige Knight tours the tank waste vitrification project construction site.

Maybe it just seemed too outlandish: an out-of-control government fanning the flames of terrorism to pump up its military budget, hold on to power and violate civil liberties. Why would Americans be interested in something like that?

Rod Coronado es un ind�gena tradicionalista, guerrero por la tierra y declarado culpable como activista del Frente de Liberaci�n Animal (FLA). Fue encarcelado por 4 a�os en una prisi�n federal por acciones que llev� acabo en nombre de la tierra y de los animales. Lo que sigue es una transcripci�n de una entrevista conducida con �l, el 15 de Junio, 2000.

Rod Coronado is an indigenous traditionalist, earth warrior and convicted ALF activist who spent 4 and a half years in a federal prison for actions carried out on behalf of the earth and the animals.

The Portland Police arrested approximately six protesters in front of City Hall at approximately 8:45 PM this evening for violation of Portland's Obstructions as Nuisances Ordinance. The protesters were arrested under new enforcement guidelines that went into effect last Tuesday.

Diebold makes bank ATMs that are reliable, honest, and fully audited. If they are building voting machines that are not just as secure, it is hard to imagine it is by accident.

copy and distribute these lyrics for

ALL to SING

on Thursday August 21!

The timing was way too convenient - just days to weeks before crucial votes on Bush's sweeping energy plan and Clear Skies Initiative - both designed to dramatically overempower and expand the fossil-fuel-driven electrical power generating industry. Afterall, if the 9/11 disaster got G.W. the Patriot Acts, why shouldn't a massive power outage get him "Energy Acts"?

Don't let Bush sleep in Portland

Tell the the mayor what you think about the new sit-lie rules at 503 823 4120.
Then get down to city hall.

"But we should not," insisted the World's Most Powerful Woman--as though she were dealing with an actual problem--in a speech to the National Association of Black Journalists in Dallas August 7, "let our voice waver in speaking out on the side of people who are seeking freedom . . ."

General Ricardo Sanchez, the U.S. commander in Iraq, commented on the daily casualties of U.S. soldiers in the guerrilla war--"Every American needs to believe this: that if we fail here in this environment, the next battlefield will be the streets of America."

Fighting in "the streets of America " is typical Bush/Cheney fear-mongering hyperbole. It echoes the top down use of the fear factor by the Bushies.

arrests at city hall sit-in

Why I abandoned my cab at City Hall

Following a lead provided by a local business owner, two indymedia activists went to the Seven Corners area of SE Portland this morning to investigate reports of a sloppy rehab job taking place at the former Ladd's meat building on SE Division at 20th Ave, which has been purchased by Starbucks. They were greeted by the acrid odor of an old building getting torn up, and bits of fiberglass rolling down the sidewalk in the wind. Clouds of dust billowed up from the parking lot of the meat building where a large piece of machinery was dumping smashed building parts into a dumptruck. Despite the bad odor, dust, and loose fiberglass, none of the workers were wearing masks. Whether or not asbestos is being released during this process -- as is likely with a building of this age -- is unknown at this time.

I just wanted to collect all the flyers that have been posted in one place so that people (including myself) can have an easier time find them. Let's do some printing and distributing, have some flyering parties, and make sure that everyone is aware of what will be happening.

Photos from this afternoon's event. See everyone at 8:00.

In an interview Thursday, the former Vermont governor said he did not recall promising to accept public financing and the limits that go with it. However, in a March 7 interview with The Associated Press, Dean committed to accept the taxpayer money. The promise was echoed by a campaign spokesperson. "We've always been committed to this. Campaign finance reform is just something I believe in," he said in March. Dean also said his position was not based on any political considerations, such as the size of the field or how much money he can raise.

This is the draft of the new enforcement guidelines for the obstructions as nuisances senbt out by the City Attorney Monday. Note: I have seen this link to the Portland Police Department web site posted several times,

http://www.portlandpolicebureau.com/PDFs/sidewalks.pdf. This site is pretty misleading and show several prohibited activities as permited.

Private Yahne writes, "There is no real reason for us to be out here!!!!, We're protecting the oil is all,

Encampment to be swept at 8:00pm

A Sit-In protest at City Hall that began at 12pm Friday is growing rapidly, according to a caller from the patio and sidewalk on the 4th Avenue side of the building. At 12:45 pm, over 70 people had gathered there to protest a new enforcement regime of Portland's despised 'Obstructions as Nuisance', or 'Sit-Lie', law.

Cascadia Forest Alliance's 8th Annual Resistdance
Laurelhurst Park (South end)
Sept 7th Noon thru 9pm
Music, Food, Fun, Activism, Speakers Etc
Donations Accepted and Encouraged (No one turned away)
Music to be announced

Peace Campers, Alan Graf, Code Pink and many other people are exercising the right to assemble in front of City Hall. They have been issued a warning. Presumably that the clock has started ticking for the eight hours of protest that they are now permitted under Portland's City Code.

On Thursday Aug 21 Portland has the opportunity to show the rest of our nation and the world that the voice of the people is alive, it is healthy and it is loud. We can prove that we are not dominated by the corpoarte elite who would rather we stay at work , sleep in or watch this event on TV. NO! We can prove we are still value our freedom and rejoice with our community in giving voice to the message of unity and solidarity.

The tale of the Brits who swiped 800 jobs from New York, carted off $90 million, then tonight, turned off our lights.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush indicated Wednesday he opposes extending marriage rights to homosexuals, saying he believes marriage "is between a man and a woman."

Go to the site to make your vote... right now the count is 48% agree with Bush and 52% don't!

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/07/30/bush.gay.marriage/index.html

"Globalization is daily terror. Every seven seconds a child under 10 dies of starvation. Every four minutes a person loses eyesight on account of Vitamin A deficiency. Over 100,000 die every day of hunger or its immediate consequences... The FAO calculates: World agriculture could feed twelve billion people today without problem..There is no fatalism here, only imperial destruction and arrogance." Translated from the German

1st International Conference on using direct action to end the war on drugs.

Latuff on the great Blackout of 2003

Fifth annual Trek for Trees bike ride.

Contact your Oregon state legislators to prevent cuts to human services necessary for survival.

If you are like me, you've noticed that anti-fascist/anti-Bush bumper stickers are hard to find. What you probably do not realize is that the dearth of these stickers is not caused by the lack of a market. The market not only exists, but is enthusiastic and yearning to express itself. I know because I broke ground in my local area by producing and distributing anti-Bush bumper stickers in exchange for donations to my collection of anti-fascist websites.

Physicians say plan may save state $10 billion in administrative costs

The anti-choice Bush government, his Congress, and the Supreme Court are trying to take away women's right to choose. We are calling you to join us in a rally to "Stop the Rightwing Attack". Come to protect and to celebrate our right to choose. Let's show our government that Bush's plans and his laws are not welcome in our state.

Good article about cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, on the Columbia River in eastern Washington, about 200 miles upstream from Portland.

U.S. Drug Czar, John P. Walters of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, visited Portland today as part of the White House's "25 Cities Initiative" National Tour, seeking to reduce substance abuse in America's largest cities. According to the press packet, "in most communities in America, the drug problem is being actively addressed by federal, state and local agencies and organizations, but too often, their efforts do not work in concert with each other. This initative will seek to coordinate and focus these efforts in achieving shared goals."

when i came home for vacation and learned that my buddy had been killed in baghdad, a lot of things started to look different to me.

Is anyone in eugene organizing a carpool to the bush protest? Leave 7:30 am from South Eugene HS??

help us compile a map!

The jail support phone number for the Bush visit protests is: (503) 234-4518

Civil Disobedience Workshop
Saturday, August 16, 1:00-5:30 PM , Musician's Union Hall, 325 NE 20th
(between Everett & Flanders) .

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Spain, Russia, China, and Cuba.

just an idea i thought was creative to see what people think.

The 5th annual Trek for Trees pledge bike ride for the Cascadia Forest Defenders in Eugene is now scheduled for September 13 & 14 (saturday/sunday) leaving at 9:00AM.

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