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On Jan. 26, ten New York City based activists traveled by van to Quebec City, to take part in the CLAC and CASA sponsored "consulta"- meetings designed to facilitate coordination between Canadian and US activists for the upcoming FTAA summit in April. These activists, including members of the Urban Justice Center, NYC Direct Action Network, NYC Ya Basta! Collective, Independent Media Center, as well as independent activists, were denied entry into Canada.
Today is the last day to comment on the proposed bylaws revision of what USED to be a station run for and by the people. But the campaign has not ended with this brief comment period, to oust the board memebers and return the station to the people. Stations are urged to boycott, and use alternative sources, such as Live Wire, as KBOO has done, until Pacifica returns to it's original mission.
This is material published about a media prank that I executed here in the Pacific Northwest. My fake story claimed that a new nuclear power plant was to be built in Astoria, Oregon.
Momentum for a new social movement is growing around the country,
John Trudell will be speaking on Friday March 16th at the First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th. Doors open at 6:30, with Native Flute player and Drum. John Trudell speaks at 7:30. Tickets will be $10.00 at the door.
Pacifica activism will grow quicker and be stronger and wiser if it pursues positive aims. Nonetheless, removing the current Pacifica board is the immediate priority, and in this second Pacifica commentary I focus on that task.
The Freedom Socialist Party's recent victory in court, ruling Oregon's ballot access restrictions unconstitutional, was a great victory. The battle is not yet over.
The little-known Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER), consisting of Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and the Yukon Territory was created a decade ago, yet noone has heard of it - why?
Many large American banks, including Bank of America and Citibank, have become conduits for illicit money coming into the U.S. financial system and thereby have unwittingly aided drug trafficking, fraud and other crimes, a yearlong inquiry by Senate investigators has found.
Report from the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, January 28th, 2001 : This is what democracy looks like in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where 10,000 people at the first World Social Forum gathered to imagine a more democratic, just world.
Friday February 16th, Pioneer Sq. at 4PM
Folks want healthy food and health and humane treatment for all God's creatures why is that a problem for OHSU... maybe it's because OHSU is only interested in profit under the guise of a benefit to society, a society that OHSU doesn't seem to understand or care about... it's all about $$$, a currency God doesn't deal in.
A few days ago on Indymedia, someone posted information (under the title "people who hate") about a hate-fomenting anti-immigrant website and their on-line discussion group. I went there, read their stuff and let them know what I think about their paranoid calls for a "race war," etc. Suddenly, without advance warning or discussion, the webmaster of this "free discussion" site BANNED my ID Number, so I can read, but not write! Just goes to show I was getting to them ... Now its your turn!
Juan Gonzalez resigns from cohosting Democracy Now, in an interview with Amy Goodman. He invites others to join in the campaign to oust the Pacifica board. This is a transcript of the interview on the show January 31, 2001
Please accept my gratitude for your activism.
INTER PRESS SERVICE
12.19.00 | BOGOTA -- Ninety-six human rights activists have been killed in Colombia this year, most of them by right-wing paramilitary groups, the country's central unions signalled Monday in a protest against a recent attempt on the life of a prominent labour leader and peace activist.
The next general meeting of Portland Copwatch is Monday February 5 at 7 PM at the Copwatch office.
Disclaimer: the writer is a member of the IWW and supports the demands of the union. The material below is taken from union sources.
Published originally in the Orlando Weekly during the week of Christmas. Please distribute widely.
The Cascadia Activism and Ecology Conference will be held in Olympia Washington on April 5th-8th 2001. Many topics of interest to activist will be presented (History of Forest Campaigns in Cascadia, Activism and a Healthy Lifestyle, etc.) also many ecological topics (trees, birds, moss, fish, bears, humans, lichens etc) organize organize organize
A compilation of photos, video, and audio and text reports from the Independent Media Center's coverage of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brasil, and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Released Thursday, February 1, 2001. Check the www.indymedia.org newswire for upcoming translations of this News Blast.
Energy activist Harvey Wasserman, author of "The Last Energy War: The Battle Over Utility Deregulation" takes a critical look at California's electric power disaster and the various remedies offered to repair the damage. Visit Between The Lines Website www.btlonline.org for more information and RealAudio version, week ending 2/9/01. To receive Between The
Lines Q&A, a weekly transcript of one of the week's interviews, email  btlqa-subscribe@topica.com
It's time to get ready for May Day 2001!
A Prague court has dropped all charges against a Danish student accused of assaulting police officers during the street protests that accompanied the September session of the IMF and WB in Prague.
Ecoterrorism is on the rise -- we need to fight back.
Below you find a remarkable article, which appeared last
monday in Wall Street Journal. It's about the ongoing campaign against deportations carried out by the German airline corporation LUFTHANSA. The Deportation Class campaign was started one year ago by "No One is Illegal" activists.
Award Winning Journalist Juan Gonzalez Resigns On-Air On January 31, 2001, The Time Of The 5-Year Anniversary Of This Groundbreaking Show.
***Call to Action Kickoff Tour Stop at Portland State University - February 16th, 17th, and 18th***
Professional Development Workshops
February 26, 2001 smartgirl technologies presents two workshops for human service providers, neighborhood activists, grant writers, planners or anyone who would like to easily look up and analyze basic demographic characteristics. The workshop will focus on communities in Multnomah County.
City Employees from multiple labor unions demand dignity for labor in contract negotiations.
Dear Friend,
In January, the Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) won a court victory that allows them to run candidates under their own party name on the Oregon ballot.
Police Infiltrate Private Gathering
of Inauguration Protestors in Adams Morgan, Washington DC
The strength of the resistance can be measured by the strength of the backlash
Tre Arrow's restitution hearing was this afternoon and a cloud of $8000 to $9000 in restitution was hanging in the air. Bottom line is the cloud parted and the sunshine of truth, justice and good karma shined through.
"A clique of U.S. industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist
state to supplant our democratic government and is working closely with the fascist regime in Germany and Italy. I have had plenty of opportunity in my post in Berlin to witness how close some of our American ruling families are to the Nazi regime. . . ." -William E. Dodd, U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1937.
> According to former US Justice Dept. Nazi War Crimes prosecutor John Loftus -who is today the director of the Florida Holocaust Museum- "The Bush
> family fortune came from the Third Reich," -Sarasota Herald-Tribune > 11/11/2000 >  http://www.newscoast.com/headlinesstory2.
Sanho Tree, Director of Drug Policy Reform Project of the Institute for Policy Studies, speaking at Columbia Teach In at First Unitarian Church, Portland, Or. Contact Peace in Columbia Action Group at (503)236-7916 email pcasc@igc.org
Brent Foster speaking at Teach In about the overriding ability NAFTA has had and FTAA will have, to invalidate member country laws. Contact The Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment for more info. (503)736-9777
Following the DLC game plan, Gore ran away from key Democratic issues in an attempt to woo "moderate swing voters" with meaningless platitudes about "fighting for America's families" and "continuing our historic prosperity," while his poll numbers continued to sag. It was only when the Gore campaign finally started hitting progressive notes in the final weeks of the campaign that he finally recovered in the polls. The lesson: Democrats still do better running as Democrats than as pseudo-Republicans.
In solidarity with LA and Twin Cities,
community supported Athens Free Press hits the streets in Athens, Georgia
Police turned out in force last Friday to harrass and oppress the montly Critical Mass Ride. Critical mass is a celebration of cycling, an organized coincidence, with no leaders. This threatens the public so much that massive police presence is needed, with arbitrary citations and fierce behavior.
A laser projector will beam your message (up to 160 characters) onto
the mountain side overlooking Davos, so that it can be seen by the hundreds of journalists and thousands of politicians and business leaders attending the conference.
A call to aid on behalf of The Revolution Party
What if we threw a presidential campaign and nobody came? The Green Party's candidate explains how he tried to engage the press, and why it didn't work
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Vera Katz FROM: David Lesh Deputy City Attorney SUBJECT: Questions Regarding Portland's Joint Terrorism Task Force DL:DL c. City Attorney Jeff Rogers Chief Mark Kroeker Lt. Randy Kane
Facilitated meetings are the backbone of the social change movement. It would be nearly impossible to challenge oppression if our individual groups' processes were conducted in an authoritarian manner. Form and content are intimately linked.
AP-Online article on FBI-ELF not playing nice with one another.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Tree-Spiking-Arrest.html
As promised GW Bush has recruited competent and
experienced advisors. Despite their seeming diversity however they have a common denominator. The America they reflect is the oil, pharmaceutical, armament, Wall Street and eugenics interests long associated with the Bush family.
A 30 minute review of news and opinion pieces recorded from a shortwave radio. (13.7mB). Radio Netherlands, Deutsche Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, the Voice Of Russia, Radio Spain. Free to rebroadcast upon notification at website. Frequency listings and tips for shortwave listening. THINK GLOBALLY!
In his remarks following the election, Bush gave a Thomas
Jefferson quote, to try to mollify those of us who didn't want him to be president. But Jefferson made another quote that Bush would do well to heed. If he can read. Maybe someone should put this in cartoon form for him?
Community members question the district's commitment to improving the city's worst performing schools
Next meeting to strategize about abolishing the Portland Joint Terrorism Task Force will be the Augustana Lutheran Church, which is at NE 14th and Knott. 6 PM, Thursday February 1st.
The FBI Is America's Political Police Force
J20 Seattle - The Rev. Dr. Robert Jeffreys moving speech given in Westlake Park on Inauguration Day 1/20/01.
Oregonian is reporting that Tri-Met held to its commitment to award contracts only to good corporate citizens.
This is more of a question / suggestion than a story, but...
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