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Stewart A. Alexander
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29.08.2009 06:59 |
California’s Unemployment at 60 Year High, at Depression Levels
The news out of Washington is suggesting that the bottom of the economic decline is here, and last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke stated that the "economy is leveling out;" however, the people with the Peace and Freedom Party, based in California, is dismissing the Federal Reserve report as propaganda that will only benefit Wall Street.
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black flag
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28.08.2009 23:01 |
Interview: Impressions of the North American anarchist movement
An interview with Andrew Flood about the impressions of the North American anarchist movement he formed during his 2007/2008 44 city tour of the US and Canada. The interviews ends with questions about the comparison of the movement in Ireland with that in Britian and the promotion of anarchism via the internet. This was submitted and published in Black Flag.
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Dan Drake
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28.08.2009 16:21 |
National Security Versus CIA Ethics
The National Security of the United States is plagued by several deep-rooted problems that lead to expectations on intelligence personnel that are unjustified and highly corrupting.
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Community RNC Arrestee Support Structure
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28.08.2009 11:11 |
RNC One-Year Anniversary Info Packet Now Available
In anticipation of the one-year anniversary of the 2008 RNC in St. Paul, Minnesota, we've compiled this packet for the media and other interested observers.
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Architectural Innovations
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28.08.2009 05:14 |
Australia's Patrick Jost - Innovative Architect
Known for knockouts such as "The Dust Store" Melbourne's Patrick Jost has ideas that may lead to a solution of today's epic housing crisis.
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Sudhama Ranganathan
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28.08.2009 04:57 |
Has the First Shoe Dropped Yet?
The phrase "still waiting for the other shoe to drop" usually evokes images of something happening so satisfying and desirable we can't help but wonder when the yang of the present yin will emerge. Those who elected for President Obama and the Democratic majority did so believing in change . It was believed believed much of what was promised would be followed through on. Among those things were stable guidance through what we knew would be a painful economic recovery, but also closure to the pain of the previous administration's taking their position for granted. We were all searching for the best way to tie up the loose ends of the past eight years. We wanted to be assured that which seemed so out of character for our country would not be repeated and that we could move forward now.
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Scribbler
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27.08.2009 21:06 |
Universal Single Payer Health Care is the Only Way to Stop the Zombie Apocalypse!
A humorous way to support universal health care
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SRA International
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27.08.2009 17:55 |
Senate Testimony "EPIC FAIL" for Bush Administration Terrorism Policies
This is the testimony of Patrick Jost of the SRA International Assentor (tm) project.
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Ann Frances
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27.08.2009 15:18 |
Ducks Flying the Pacific Flyway, our Fancy Brothers
Millions of ducks, geese and swans travel the Pacific Flyway, a road in the sky that leads from Canada through Washington, Oregon, and California, and inland through Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. These birds are shot down in the millions also. Instead of shooting them, we should lay down the weapons and help them to live on the earth, that we share with them.
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Kristin Schall
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26.08.2009 20:07 |
Embedded with Organized Labor: An Interview with Steve Early
Steve Early is a voice for a more militant rank-and-file democratic form of trade unionism which attempts to challenge the bosses by re-energizing a mostly dormant labor movement.
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Jail bush
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26.08.2009 19:31 |
Petition to Halt Universal Wireless Broadband, A Public Health Hazard
In the interests of our children and their future, we urge you to remove universal wireless broadband and broadband over power lines from your administration's agenda, and instead promote broadband access using only communication cables and fiber optics. In addition, the "Smart Grid" should be reexamined in order to develop different, healthier ways to make the nation's electrical grid more efficient.
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Workers Action
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25.08.2009 18:08 |
World Bankers Agree: The Recession is Over…Maybe
Few would consider the opinions of the world's central bankers to be unbiased or even accurate. These self-proclaimed wise men of international finance didn't see the recession coming until it blew up in their faces - a blast that destroyed their credibility.
Nevertheless, it is interesting to hear them talk, not because they're fun to listen to, but because of "the messaging" that rich investors use religiously in placing their stock market bets, while the rest of us are given a calming sermon, so that the bankers' lackeys - the politicians - may continue ruining the country uncontested.
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Tri Aegan
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25.08.2009 10:31 |
Call for Action - General Strike
Calls have been sent out for a one-day US national strike this Friday, August 28, 2009. The strike was first proposed in the Thomas Paine's Corner website on August 22 and later a call for action was sent out by Dr. Ilya Sandra Perlingieri & Jim Kirwan on August 24 2009. Both articles (with links) are shown below in reverse chronological order.
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Deborah Baker
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25.08.2009 08:39 |
The New World Order, Centuries in the Making
The last indymedia article I published ended with the question: Who controls the CIA? Who is pulling the strings? I believe the answer is knowable. But those who try to discuss the real culprits are ridiculed or labelled mentally ill, they are not allowed press coverage, and they often end up dead.
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Gary Sudborough
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23.08.2009 14:27 |
Rob Us If You Must, But Socialism Scares Us
A possible explanation of why Americans are so complacent as they are massively robbed by the capitalists time after time.
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Business Distress
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23.08.2009 05:38 |
Saif Durbar: Universal Housing
Saif Durbar's recovery from a bad bond deal has led him into various humanitarian pursuits. Should he be invited to the US to address the housing problems here?
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Jim Lockhart
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22.08.2009 18:34 |
Civil Rights: Same-Sex Marriage and the First Amendment
Zerzan speaks about Anarchism and Christianity Conference
On Tuesday, John Zerzan, who was one of our key speakers at this years anarchism and Christianity conference, took up nearly half of his show to talk about the conference this past weekend. Sometimes when Zerzan goes to conferences, he comes back and goes on his radio show and says it was a waste of time, the conference was a bunch of liberal reformists who didn't even want to hear what he had to say. That was not his reaction to the Jesus Radical Conference.
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Net Neutrality is under attack from "astroturf" groups -- phony grassroots organizations funded by powerful phone and cable companies to spread lies and misinformation. These hired guns are painting Net Neutrality and the Internet Freedom Preservation Act (HR 3458) as an attempt to "socialize the Internet." They call people like you and me "extremists" for supporting a free-flowing Web.
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Kristin Schall
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21.08.2009 07:38 |
“To Wait Anymore is Madness,” A Review of The Coming Insurrection
If readers are looking for a guidebook of insurrectionary tactics, this is not the book, but if they are looking for a spark of insurrectionary ideas to jar them out of political complacency than this book is worth reading.
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Ann Garrison
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20.08.2009 21:27 |
Peace Now? Not without national health care
Single payer dead; public option dead. More people dead, every day, because they can't afford a doc, a drug, or an operation. Health industry contributions to politicians up up up. Up ours.
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20.08.2009 19:21 |
Key Provision of Employee Free Choice Act in Jeopardy Interview with Mark Brenner, direct
Key Provision of Employee Free Choice Act in Jeopardy
Interview with Mark Brenner, director of Labor Notes, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
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WASHINGTON—After months of committee meetings and hundreds of hours of heated debate, the United States Congress remained deadlocked this week over the best possible way to deny Americans health care.
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Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions
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19.08.2009 18:51 |
Rise of Extreme Right Anti-Government Groups Seen at Health Care Protests
Rise of Extreme Right Anti-Government Groups Seen at Health Care Protests
Interview with Chip Berlet, senior analyst with Political Research Associates, conducted by Scott Harris
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Don Muller
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19.08.2009 15:41 |
OCTOBER 5 DIRECT ACTION AT WHITE HOUSE
On October 5, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR), along with other national peace groups, will carry out direct action at the White House to end the war in Afghanistan and demand reparations for the people of Afghanistan.
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Columbiana
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19.08.2009 13:30 |
Gill Nets on the Columbia
There have been squads of drum boats pouring onto the Columbia river all day today. I've been watching them from my window, and from the banks of the river. While sport fishermen seem to be concentrated off into the mouths of tributaries, the Columbia river is clogged with gill nets.
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Akbayan Rep. Walden Bello
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19.08.2009 05:55 |
US nuclear-powered carrier entry to Manila violates Philippine Constitution
US nuclear-powered carrier entry to Manila violates ASEAN Treaty
The following manifestation was made by Rep. Walden Bello of the Party-list Akbayan! on the floor of the House of Representatives of the Philippines on August 13, 2009. It was prepared by Herbert Docena of Focus on the Global South.
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Workers Action
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18.08.2009 17:54 |
It's Official: Healthcare Reform is Dead
The "transparent government" that President Obama guaranteed during his electoral campaign has become yet another broken promise. On August 14th, the Huffington Post revealed a memo containing details of "the deal" that Obama cut with health care mega-corporations in secret White House meetings. And although the White House denies the authenticity of the memo, the details are consistent with earlier reports from other national media outlets.
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anonymous
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18.08.2009 13:55 |
John Pilger - Obama Is A Corporate Marketing Creation
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Ann Frances
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18.08.2009 13:15 |
Sea Lions Starving off California Coast this summer
Sea Lions that live off the coast of California have been starving and dying by the hundreds this summer, because of commercial overfishing. The California Dept of Fish and Wildlife should be overseeing the welfare of the seals for the seals' sake as well as from a general ecological standpoint.
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Gabriel Sawma
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17.08.2009 18:59 |
The Wali (Guardian) in Islamic Marriages According to the Hanafi Jurisprudence
In Islamic marriages, the wali (guardian) has an important role to play. This article discusses the responsibility of the wali according to the Hanafi jurisprudence.
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By SP-USA
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16.08.2009 20:39 |
Report from a Town Hall Health Care Meeting
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Mary Birmingham
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16.08.2009 13:06 |
Open Letter to Congressman DeFazio on Health Care
Mr. DeFazio I attended your town hall meeting on health care in Cave Junction and was not impressed. I went to defend you against the right wing, and ended up agreeing with them. Why should we pay taxes for the insurance companies to get windfall profits? We need real health care reform and the public option is just more of the same.
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Stewart A. Alexander
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16.08.2009 11:11 |
Stewart Alexander: Same-Sex Marriage Rights Can’t Wait
The leadership within the Peace and Freedom Party wants a measure to support same-sex marriage on the ballot in 2010. Kevin Akin says, "The fight for human rights is back on the ballot for 2010, and if it fails, then 2012."
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R. Watershed
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15.08.2009 21:20 |
Save the Gorge Freshwater
Nestle Eyes Spring Water for Bottling, But Small Towns Are Fighing Back. What is the real cost of bottled water?
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SPP deactivated while 'three amigos' promise public consultation on North American agenda. Two years after the controversial SPP summit in Montebello - where police agents provocateurs were exposed trying to subvert the peaceful protest there - opponents of the SPP have succeeded in making the initiative politically poisonous for governments to support.
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The Revolutionary Anti-Imperialist Movement- Denver
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15.08.2009 01:05 |
Movie Review: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a Hollywood action movie packed with CGI-enhanced martial arts; explosions; sci-fi hi-tech weapons; chase scenes and topped off with near superhuman 'good' and 'bad guys.' Typical of Hollywood-type action movies, the plot centers around preventing the bad guys from attaining global dominance. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, like another summer blockbuster, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, is one of many movies that promotes militarism and by extension imperialism.
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14.08.2009 19:49 |
Media Coverage of Health Care Debate Emphasizes Drama Over Substance
Media Coverage of Health Care Debate Emphasizes Drama Over Substance
Interview with Peter Hart, activism director with Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, conducted by Scott Harris
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D. Robinson
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14.08.2009 18:52 |
Refusing Vaccination May Label You a Criminal
International legislation and local authority for manditory vaccination is described in the following article:
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Ike Ono Klast
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13.08.2009 18:36 |
Exclusive: Rage from within against the Amercian Empire long overdue by Rocket Kirchner
That's right, my right-winger friends! BURN them Mediocare payments and Soical Security checks! They're EEEvil! You show that Commie Nazi Obama! Your rage is genuine, even if it's nourished with daily talk-radio Koolaide!
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Artur Schmidt
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13.08.2009 04:59 |
Self-Abandonment of the System
The banks are seemingly on Victory Street and taxpayers face bankruptcy. Bailing out banks by printing money is a dubious recovery. Paulson, Bernanke, Summers and Geithner are the architects of the policy of easy money who have learned nothing from the mistakes of the past. The money given to the banks does not reach the economy. Welcome to Bernanke's debt apocalypse!
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Collection Agency Hall of Shame
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13.08.2009 04:28 |
Stop Collection Agency Harassment-Learn Your Rights and Fight Back
In this bad economy, debt collectors are preying on people who are barely getting by. Learn your rights and fight back. You may be due a refund or could participate in a class action lawsuit.
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Jim Lockhart
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11.08.2009 11:31 |
Climate Change and Nuclear Power
On the local public Access program, "A Growing Concern," well known local Portland activist Lloyd Marbet provides a wealth of information about climate change and nuclear power. Climate Change and Nuclear Power
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Jody Paulson
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11.08.2009 08:04 |
What do Willie Nelson, Rosie O'Donnell and Charlie Sheen have in common?
They all question the official story of what happened on 9-11.
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Workers Action
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10.08.2009 23:06 |
A Cure for an Ailing Economy: Taxing the Rich
Healthcare isn't the only social ill in the U.S. that needs a serious remedy. The list is long and growing: state budget crises, unemployment, infrastructure, education, housing, food assistance, etc. These are all things that must be paid for, but the money seems to be in short supply. When a country is in as much debt as the U.S., - $12 trillion and counting — the tasks at hand seem all but unachievable.
And this is exactly what many politicians would like you to believe.
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Sick for Profit
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10.08.2009 20:21 |
Street theater for health care reform-BAH!
How about doing street theater for health care reform. Maybe a Scrooge bah-humbugging a guy in a wheelchair?
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Ike Ono Klast
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10.08.2009 18:45 |
9/11 Mind Swell by Joel S. Hirschhorn
After all, isn't it really Galileo's fault that the Catholic Church persecuted him for advocating heliocentrism and took 400 years to apologize?
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Stewart A. Alexander
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10.08.2009 17:39 |
Alexander: Jerry Brown Creating Public Phobia Regarding Marijuana
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has made the assumption that if marijuana becomes legal, society will start getting stone and will become less competitive. Many of the gubernatorial candidates from the real Left dismiss Brown's phony claims and believe legalizing marijuana will be a benefit to society, our economy, and will help California generate revenues.
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In Sunday's Washington Post, former CBS News anchor Dan Rather called on President Obama to launch a commission to address the perilous state of journalism and public media in America. We agree that journalism is in trouble, but we want to know what you think should be done. Is it time for the White House to get involved? What new policies and actions could help to save the news?
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Aladdin Elaasar
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10.08.2009 11:47 |
Is Egypt Stable?
Now in his eighties, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has ruled Egypt with an iron fist since 1981; he has turned Egypt into a police state rivaling Syria's or Tunisia's, with a security force numbering nearly two million.
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Jurgen Wagner
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10.08.2009 08:42 |
War, Occupation and Collision Course with Russia
Through this civil-military cooperation, civil actors are degraded to integral components of western military deployments and thus enemies for large parts of the local population.. "Global NATO," a competitive organization to the UN, is being created to counter Russia's and China's right to veto military actions.
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Dana Gabriel
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10.08.2009 05:52 |
Towards a North American Energy Corridor
A North American energy strategy is being implemented, one that clearly favors the U.S. and there are fears that Canada and Mexico could become nothing more than resource colonies.
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The case of Mumia Abu Jamal surfaced again when earlier this month NAACP Chairman Julian Bond said the 100-year-old civil rights organization was asking Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the case.
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Crystal Lake
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08.08.2009 10:26 |
Angeles National Forest
The Angeles National Forest may be reassigned to the National Parks Service though every rumor is not confirmed.
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Joseph Stiglitz
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07.08.2009 17:14 |
Stimulate or Die by Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001.
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Wendy Binion
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07.08.2009 15:13 |
If you witnessed my arrest or injuries during the RNC 2008...
Roadless Win! Court Restores Protections to 40M Acres
In a huge win for America's last truly wild places -- and for Earthjustice -- a federal appeals court has restored protections against roadbuilding, logging, and other development on over 40 million acres of national forests.
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Gary Sudborough
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06.08.2009 12:51 |
The World's Largest Parasites
Why a universal single payer health plan is the only logical answer to the health crisis in the United States. The insurance companies are giant parasites and need to be abolished totally.
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Lone Vet
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06.08.2009 09:44 |
Was Lincoln Wrong?
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The phrase "still waiting for the other shoe to drop" usually evokes images of something happening so satisfying and desirable we can't help but wonder when the yang of the present yin will emerge. Those who elected for President Obama and the Democratic majority did so believing in change . It was believed believed much of what was promised would be followed through on. Among those things were stable guidance through what we knew would be a painful economic recovery, but also closure to the pain of the previous administration's taking their position for granted. We were all searching for the best way to tie up the loose ends of the past eight years. We wanted to be assured that which seemed so out of character for our country would not be repeated and that we could move forward now.
Millions of ducks, geese and swans travel the Pacific Flyway, a road in the sky that leads from Canada through Washington, Oregon, and California, and inland through Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. These birds are shot down in the millions also. Instead of shooting them, we should lay down the weapons and help them to live on the earth, that we share with them.
Steve Early is a voice for a more militant rank-and-file democratic form of trade unionism which attempts to challenge the bosses by re-energizing a mostly dormant labor movement.
Two part program from an April 2009 event presented by the Clark County and Columbia Chapters of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. 
If readers are looking for a guidebook of insurrectionary tactics, this is not the book, but if they are looking for a spark of insurrectionary ideas to jar them out of political complacency than this book is worth reading.
Single payer dead; public option dead. More people dead, every day, because they can't afford a doc, a drug, or an operation. Health industry contributions to politicians up up up. Up ours.
On October 5, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR), along with other national peace groups, will carry out direct action at the White House to end the war in Afghanistan and demand reparations for the people of Afghanistan.
Sea Lions that live off the coast of California have been starving and dying by the hundreds this summer, because of commercial overfishing. The California Dept of Fish and Wildlife should be overseeing the welfare of the seals for the seals' sake as well as from a general ecological standpoint.
In recent months the health care debate has reached a fevered pitch as all sides clamber to be heard.Missing from this debate are the millions of us
http://socialistwebzine.blogspot.com/2009/08/socialist-attends-town-hall-health-care.html
SPP deactivated while 'three amigos' promise public consultation on North American agenda. Two years after the controversial SPP summit in Montebello - where police agents provocateurs were exposed trying to subvert the peaceful protest there - opponents of the SPP have succeeded in making the initiative politically poisonous for governments to support.
In this bad economy, debt collectors are preying on people who are barely getting by. Learn your rights and fight back. You may be due a refund or could participate in a class action lawsuit.
In Sunday's Washington Post, former CBS News anchor Dan Rather called on President Obama to launch a commission to address the perilous state of journalism and public media in America.
The Angeles National Forest may be reassigned to the National Parks Service though every rumor is not confirmed.
