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Food Not bombs Faced with Court Injunction to stop sharing food!!!

2009-05-09T14:56:00.001-06:00

Hey Friends and Supporters,Today, Friday, May 8, 2009, Food Not Bombs Albuquerque was notified that we are facing an injunction in court to stop sharing food anywhere that the state of New Mexico requires a permit. The motion filed by the New Mexico Environment Department cites Mike Butler, Patrick Jaite, and Several Unidentified Members of FNB as "John Does", as defendents.We are currently

AFGHANISTAN WAR ACTION RESULTS IN 14 ARRESTS AT CREECH AIR FORCE BASE

2009-04-11T19:31:00.000-06:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FOR INFORMATION:April 9, 2009 Jeff Leys - 773-619-2418Www.nevadadesertexperience.orgAFGHANISTAN WAR ACTION RESULTS IN14 ARRESTS AT CREECH AIR FORCE BASEIndian Springs, NV - Late this afternoon, fourteen peace activistswere arrested at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. Thearrests occurred during a ten day vigil which seeks to raise publicawareness of

Breaking Out Of Prisons!

2009-04-06T12:31:00.000-06:00

Published on Peacework Magazine (http://www.peaceworkmagazine.org) Brick by Brick: Prisoners Use Writing to Find Freedom Email this Article [1]Printer friendly version [2] Authors: Judith McDaniel [3] Judith McDaniel is an educator and lawyer with experience in

Obama's Neoliberals: Selling His Afghan War One Report at a Time

2009-04-05T17:50:00.001-06:00

Published on Saturday, April 4, 2009 by RebelReports Obama's Neoliberals: Selling His Afghan War One Report at a Time In its support for the Afghan war, the Center for American Progress is aligning itself with the “experts” who have been wrong about pretty much everything by Jeremy Scahill

No State Solution concerning Palestine and Israel!

2009-04-03T17:29:00.001-06:00

Democracy Now April 3, 2009AMY GOODMAN: We’re just wrapping up right now, but I want to ask if you support a one- or two-state solution there?NOAM CHOMSKY: Nobody supports—I mean, you can talk about a one-state solution, if you want. I think a better solution is a no-state solution. But this is pie in the sky. If you’re really in favor of a one-state solution, which in fact I’ve been all my

In Memory of Rachel Corrie

2009-03-15T17:25:00.000-06:00

In Memory of Rachel Corrie by Gila Svirsky Rachel Corrie was killed in the Gaza Strip in Palestine on March 16, 2003, trying to prevent the demolition of the home of a Palestinian family.I was not present in Rafah that terrible day, 16 March 2003, but I have frequently replayed in my mind the events leading up to the moment when

Newark Program for Gay Youths

2009-03-15T17:24:00.000-06:00

Published on Sunday, March 15, 2009 by The Star-Ledger (New Jersey) Newark Program for Gay Youths Would Be First of its Kind by Barry Carter NEWARK, N.J. - Just about every Friday Karina Rodriguez and Corina Adorno ride the PATH train from Newark Penn Station to hang out on Christopher Street

How Capitalism Feels in the Head

2009-03-07T13:37:00.002-07:00

The Vindication of Crystal Eastman How Capitalism Feels in the Head By TRACEY BRIGGS In January, Sheila Rowbotham presented her latest work, Edward Carpenter: A Life of Liberty and Love (2008), at a conference at UCLA, which was cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Women and the Center for Social Theory and Comparative History. Her most recent study is of an Englishman

Our Friends in The South

2009-03-07T13:37:00.001-07:00

Published on Saturday, March 7, 2009 by Red Pepper Our Friends in The South by James O’Nions As we face increasingly international and interconnected crises around food, finance and climate, we need to know more about our global allies in the South. James O'Nions looks beyond the familiar but limited

Food Not Bombs Albuquerque Facing Fines and Arrests!!

2009-03-07T11:11:00.001-07:00

Hey Comp@s,Food Not Bombs Albuquerque was recently notified that we are facing having to pay $3,000.00 in fines and we will be "forcibly removed" from the area near the UNM Bookstore if we continue to share free healthy food. We are asking for all of our friends and supporters to bring video cameras, cameras, instruments like drums and guitar, and join us as we share a free healthy meal with the

Despite Celebrated Speech, Has Obama Really Ordered an End to US Occupation of Iraq?

2009-03-05T10:42:00.001-07:00

Despite Celebrated Speech, Has Obama Really Ordered an End to US Occupation of Iraq? President Obama’s plan to withdraw US combat troops from Iraq has both been hailed by some as a signal of the coming end of the war while criticized by others as an extension of the occupation. We host a debate between Lawrence Korb, the former assistant secretary of defense under President Reagan, and Jeremy

The Heat Is on Washington!

2009-02-27T09:05:00.000-07:00

Published on Friday, February 27, 2009 by Inter Press ServiceThe Heat Is on Washingtonby Stephen LeahyPICTOU, Nova Scotia - A boiling point over government inaction on climate change may have been reached in the United States.More than 12,000 mainly young people are planning to gather in Washington on Monday, Mar. 2, to insist that their elected officials legislate immediate and deep cuts in U.S.

Coen Brothers Ad Against Clean Coal!

2009-02-27T09:02:00.001-07:00

Times: US advisers training Pakistani troops

2009-02-23T09:58:00.000-07:00

Reuters – Supporters of Muslim cleric Maulana Sufi Mohammad gather at their headquarters in Mingora in the outskirts …

The Panther Insurgency

2009-02-22T18:00:00.000-07:00

New Formulation February 2003, Vol. 2, No. 1 “Decolonization never takes place unnoticed for it transformsindividuals and modifies them fundamentally. It transformsspectators crushed with their inessentiality into privilegedactors with the grandiose glare of history's floodlightsupon them.” Frantz Fanon, The

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2009-02-22T09:58:00.004-07:00

I guess that I have come to a point in my life where I feel that I cannot win. I think that I will just be lost in the ever expanding consumer consciousness that this world has entered into. Now we sell everything from our bodies to marketing presidents and it is just disturbing to have to live in a world where you can vote on the best super bowl commercial or participate for free in creating ads

Obama Sides With Bush: No Rights for Bagram Prisoners

2009-02-21T19:22:00.001-07:00

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration, siding with the Bush White House, contended Friday that detainees in Afghanistan have no constitutional rightsA US soldier belonging to NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrols a village near Bagram air base, some 50 kms north of Kabul. President Barack Obama's administration has sided with predecessor George W. Bush

Mass Migration and War stem from global warming and climate shift

2009-02-21T19:20:00.001-07:00

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – If we don't deal with climate change decisively, "what we're talking about then is extended world war," the eminent economist said. His audience Saturday, small and elite, had been stranded here by bad weather and were talking climate. They couldn't do much about the one, but the other was squarely in their hands. And so, Lord Nicholas

Interesting article about MEND

2009-02-19T15:01:00.001-07:00

My brother, the Niger Delta militant By Andrew Walker

Molten Lead in Gaza

2009-01-04T16:30:00.000-07:00

How Israel is Multiplying Hamas by a Thousand Molten Lead in Gaza By URI AVNERY EJUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, Aljazeera’s Arabic channel was reporting on events in Gaza. Suddenly the camera was pointing upwards towards the dark sky. The screen was pitch black. Nothing could be seen, but there was a sound to be heard: the noise of airplanes, a frightening, a terrifying droning.

The Spark We Need!

2008-12-09T13:01:00.001-07:00

The Spark We Need The Chicago Sit-Down Strike By DANIEL GROSS The corporations got sloppy. From the hedge-fund parasites to the housing market fraudsters, the corporate criminals have shown their hand. Their filthy fingerprints are all over the economic pain blanketing the country and the world. To add insult to injury, the corporate agents in government, also known as

Is Anyone Listening? Gaza's Death Throes

2008-11-28T14:11:00.000-07:00

Gaza's Death ThroesBy SONJA KARKARWhat kind of government in the 21st century can deny another people basic human rights - that is, the right to food, water, shelter, security and dignity?What kind of government imposes draconian sanctions on another people for democratically electing a government not to its liking?What kind of government seals a heavily populated territory of 1.5 million people

With Jon Sobrino at the SOA Protest

2008-11-28T14:08:00.000-07:00

by John DearThousands of us gathered this weekend for the annual funeral procession at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, there to call for the close of the notorious "School of Assassins," where the U.S. trains the Latin American death squads that, over the past few decades, have killed hundreds of thousands. We gather there each year around November 16th -- it's the anniversary of the massacre

UN: Gaza on Brink of Humanitarian Disaster

2008-11-22T10:49:00.001-07:00

by Suleiman al-KhalidiAMMAN - Gaza faces a humanitarian "catastrophe" if Israel continues to prevent aid reaching the territory by blocking crossing points, the head of the main U.N. aid agency for the Palestinians said on Friday.Palestinians queue with their cooking gas bottles at a station in the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of al-Nusseirat on August 2008. Israel said it will maintain its

Antiwar Groups Fear Barack Obama May Create Hawkish Cabinet

2008-11-22T10:43:00.001-07:00

Activists note that most of the candidates for top security posts voted for the 2002 resolution authorizing President Bush to invade Iraq or otherwise supported launching the war.by Paul RichterWASHINGTON - Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national security team will be dominated by appointees who favored the Iraq invasion and hold

Latin Americanists Urge Obama to Revamp Policies

2008-11-14T21:11:00.001-07:00

Latin Americanists Urge Obama to Revamp Policies by Cynthia McClintock I was pleased to join 12 past presidents and more than 200 members of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) in signing a letter to Barack Obama urging him, as president, to respect and support the movements for progressive change in Latin America. We also

The Iraq Refugee Crisis

2008-11-13T10:15:00.001-07:00

The Iraq Refugee Crisis Scattered Families By JOHANNA BERRIGAN “Without the human stories that bring people and their suffering so vividly to life…there is little chance of public opinion reengaging with the biggest political calamity of our time.” --Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian "Grandma,” as she is lovingly called by all of us at House

Fooled Again

2008-11-13T00:28:00.000-07:00

Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss By RICHARD RHAMES “This ... wave (that) Obama is riding, (is an) ... ocean of energy he is trying to steer into an acceptance of the same old deal, the same old wars, the same old systemic racism, packaged as something new. This wave of energy is not something he’s inspired, it’s something he’s riding and that he is uniquely qualified

The New Trough

2008-11-13T00:09:00.000-07:00

The New Trough The Wall Street bailout looks a lot like Iraq — a "free-fraud zone" where private contractors cash in on the mess they helped create by Naomi Klein Editor's note: The online version of this story has been amended to reflect developments since the publication of the print edition.On October 13th, when the U.S. Treasury

Will Democrats Bury Free Trade Deal?

2008-11-13T00:01:00.002-07:00

Will Democrats Bury Free Trade Deal? by Helda Martinez BOGOTA - Ratification by the United States Congress of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia appears to be further away than ever, due to the victory of president-elect Barack Obama, who has declared his opposition to the treaty, and to the effects of the

Israel Blocks Foreign Media from Gaza

2008-11-13T00:01:00.001-07:00

Israel Blocks Foreign Media from Gaza JERUSALEM - Israel has barred foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip for a week, in a move media have assailed as a serious violation of press freedom.Israeli military spokesman Peter Lerner said the restrictions were imposed because Palestinian militants have resumed their rocket

Support Our IVAW's!!

2008-11-12T23:59:00.000-07:00

As I See It by Benjamin Lewis and Brandon Neely On this day, Veterans Day, we would like to express to the American public why we, veterans of the Global War on Terror, have chosen to refuse orders to reactivate into military service. We are direct witnesses to the horrors of this war, having experienced its atrocities at their source

German nuclear shipment sparks fury

2008-11-12T23:58:00.000-07:00

German nuclear shipment sparks fury Hundreds of protesters are prepared to halt the train as it approaches the Goerleben plant [AFP] Hundreds of anti-nuclear demonstrators at a waste storage plant in northern Germany are preparing to peacefully protest against the delivery of the spent fuel to the site. About 23 tons of nuclear waste are set to be delivered to the

Real Change Depends on Stopping the Bailout Profiteers

2008-11-06T19:04:00.000-07:00

Real Change Depends on Stopping the Bailout Profiteersby Naomi KleinTo understand the meaning of the U.S. election results, it is worth looking back to the moment when everything changed for the Obama campaign. It was, without question, the moment when the economic crisis hit Wall Street.Up to that point, things weren't looking all that good for Barack Obama. The Democratic National Convention

A Warning to Obama

2008-11-06T19:00:00.000-07:00

A Blow to Nuclear Power in ChicagoBy HARVEY WASSERMANAs the world media filled with the victory of Barack Obama, a defeat for atomic power in his own back yard sent a Solartopian message to the new administration.In the Chicago-area communities of Oak Park, Berwyn and Riverside, voters approved by well over two-to-one a referendum asking that “our elected officials in Illinois take steps to phase

Oaxaca's Unquiet Grave

2008-11-06T18:57:00.001-07:00

Brad Will is Still DeadBy JOHN ROSSBrad Will, the U.S. photo-journalist murdered at the height of the Oaxaca rebellion two years ago, is still dead - although his spirit keeps kicking.Brad Will's death continues to haunt his family and friends on both sides of the border. Indeed, recent Mexican government allegations that Brad's friends and fellow activists are responsible for his killing have

Now That the Election Is Over, the Fight for Economic Justice Begins!

2008-11-05T14:16:00.000-07:00

Published on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 by CommonDreams.org Now That the Election Is Over, the Fight for Economic Justice Begins! by Medea Benjamin and Arun Gupta While millions of Americans are celebrating the election of Barack Obama, the wealthy and corporate interests who dished out

Rice Refuses to Rule Out Deployment of Armed US Agents under Plan Mexico

2008-11-03T16:45:00.000-07:00

Rice Refuses to Rule Out Deployment of Armed US Agents under Plan Mexico Posted by Kristin Bricker - October 29, 2008 at 9:43 pm During a recent visit to Mexico, the US Secretary of State discusses Plan Mexico, security cooperation, and the war on drugsUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice refused to rule out the deployment of armed US agents to Mexico under

Underreported Struggles #19, October 2008

2008-11-03T13:45:00.001-07:00

Underreported Struggles #19, October 2008 October 30 - De Beers withdrawal from Kalahari Reserve - Following their return to the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana, the diamond company De Beers has announced that it will no longer pursue mining or exploration activities in the region. This is an important victory for the Kgeikani Kweni, the First Peoples of the Kalahari, who are looked

R.I.P. STUDS TURKEL!!!

2008-11-03T13:43:00.001-07:00

(CNN) -- Pulitzer Prize-winning author, radio host and activist Studs Terkel died in his Chicago, Illinois, home Friday at the age of 96.

Chomsky Discusses the 2008 Election

2008-11-03T13:39:00.000-07:00

Chomsky Discusses the 2008 Election By Subrata Ghoshroy SPECIAL TO THE TECHhttp://tech.mit.edu/V128/N52/chomsky.html October 31, 2008 This is the third of a three-part interview with Institute Professor Noam A. Chomsky, conducted in early September by Subrata Ghoshroy, a researcher in the Science, Technology, and Global Security Working Group at MIT. In this part, Ghoshroy and Chomsky discussed

Earth Liberation Front Press Office Returns

2008-11-03T13:33:00.001-07:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 1, 2008THE NORTH AMERICAN EARTH LIBERATION FRONT PRESS OFFICE (NAELFPO) HAS RETURNED;THE VOICE OF THE EARTH LIBERATION DIRECT ACTION MOVEMENT!On the web at: www.elfpressoffice.orgWashington, DC – On Friday, October 31, 2008, the North American EarthLiberation Front Press Office (NAELFPO) re-opened its doors as the public faceand voice of the Earth Liberation Front

Ghazl el-Mahalla workers protest privatisation

2008-11-03T13:31:00.001-07:00

Workers from the Ghazl El-Mahalla spinning factory held a demonstration Thursday against alleged plans to sell off the Ghazl El-Mahalla company to private investors. At 3pm some 40 women workers had congregated outside the gate of the factory, located in the Delta town of Mahalla El-Kobra. At 2:45 pm hundreds of workers were filing out of the factory, ahead of the scheduled time for the

The Food Crisis and Gender

2008-11-03T13:26:00.000-07:00

Published on Saturday, November 1, 2008 by Foreign Policy in Focus The Food Crisis and Gender by Katherine Coon Statistics on the most recent global food crisis are well known. In the three years leading up to June 2008, food prices rose 83%. Although declining since, they are still 60% higher

More Treachery at Guantanamo

2008-11-03T13:23:00.000-07:00

Published on Monday, November 3, 2008 by The Daily Star (Lebanon) More Treachery at Guantanamo by Andy Worthington For many of the prisoners at Guantanamo, the forthcoming US presidential election holds little promise of change. Although both Barack Obama and John McCain have pledged to close

The Horrible Death of Jon Kelley Wright

2008-10-27T20:04:00.000-06:00

How Chrysler Killed My Uncle By DEREK WRIGHT On September 22, 2007, the Chrysler Corporation murdered my uncle, Jon Kelley Wright. After working over 22 years at the die casting plant in Kokomo, Ind., he was crushed to death by the machine he operated, in a gruesome but utterly preventable workspace disaster. Widely known as "the safest operator in that plant" by his

A Supreme Injustice

2008-10-27T19:59:00.000-06:00

The Death Sentence of Troy Davis By ALAN MAASS The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by death row prisoner Troy Davis, clearing the way for the state of Georgia to set a third execution date in the coming weeks. It was another painful blow for Troy, an innocent man who has spent nearly 20 years facing the threat of execution for a crime he didn't commit. He

If Only McCain's Charges Were True

2008-10-27T19:58:00.001-06:00

Why I'm Not Voting for Obama By TODD CHRETIEN "TERRORIST!" "KILL him!" "He's an Arab." "Obama Bucks." John McCain has let the dogs loose. Apparently, he's decided that if winning the White House means whipping the right wing into a racist frenzy, he'll lead the charge. The good news is that a majority of American voters are walking away from the John McCain-Sarah Palin

Death in the Central Valley

2008-10-27T19:56:00.000-06:00

Death in the Central Valley How Maria Fell By DON SANTINA It was hot in the vineyard east of Stockton on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Hotter than the day before when the temperature reached 90 degrees by the early afternoon. Hotter than usual for May. Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez started work at 6 am in the vineyard, suckering. Suckering is an important and labor intensive

How the Recession Could End the Iraq War

2008-10-17T19:51:00.001-06:00

How the Recession Could End the Iraq War By TONY KARON Tony Karon – Fri Oct 17, 1:45 pm ET

Midwest Catholic Workers: Eight arrested during demonstration

2008-10-10T18:59:00.000-06:00

Midwest Catholic Workers: Eight arrested during demonstration10/9/2008News Release For Immediate ReleaseWoman, 89, and 7 Others Arrested at Qwest CenterContact: Jerry Ebner, Omaha Catholic Worker 402-502-5887 cwomaha@gmail.comPhotos at this link:http://www.flickr.com/photos/31114835@N03/2924580901/in/set-72157607863341047Eight were arrested about noon yesterday, Wednesday, October 8, 2008,Midwest

Anti-democratic nature of US capitalism is being exposed

2008-10-10T18:56:00.001-06:00

Bretton Woods was the system of global financial management set up at the end of the second World War to ensure the interests of capital did not smother wider social concerns in post-war democracies. It was hated by the US neoliberals - the very people who created the banking crisis writes Noam ChomskyNoam ChomskyTHE SIMULTANEOUS unfolding of the US presidential campaign and unravelling of the

Meltdown Strategies: Financial Disaster and Climate Change

2008-10-10T18:48:00.001-06:00

Meltdown Strategies: Financial Disaster and Climate ChangeBy Starhawkwww.starhawk.orgWhile the financial markets have been melting down around us, another sort of meltdown has been occurring, one even more frightening and dangerous. Climate change has been progressing, more quickly than anticipated, fueled even more rapidly by methane bubbles released from a warming Arctic sea, in just one of the

US Military Admits Killing 33 Civilians in Afghanistan Air Strike

2008-10-10T00:12:00.001-06:00

Published on Thursday, October 9, 2008 by The Guardian/UK US Military Admits Killing 33 Civilians in Afghanistan Air Strike The inquiry found that of the 33 dead civilians, eight were men, three were women and 12 children. by Matthew Weaver and agencies The US military has

The Cop-Out Election

2008-10-10T00:09:00.000-06:00

Major Candidates, Congress, Press All Fail in the Big Crisis By P. SAINETH There was something touching about phase two of the $700 billion bailout drama in the United States When it got past the Senate, leaders of both parties in that body stepped up to take a bow and admit to "some pride" in their vote. The pride was limited to the warm glow of bipartisanship. Yet, no one

Unrepentant and Unbreakable

2008-10-10T00:07:00.001-06:00

The Time for Mordechai Vanunu is Now By RANNIE AMIRI As the world awaits the announcement of this year’s recipient(s) of the Nobel Peace Prize, there is no doubt 2008 has been witness to a call to war. The pressure exerted by Israel in goading the United States to attack Iran has been relentless, and thankfully, resisted up to now. In this context, is there any better

Too Big To Fail?

2008-10-09T23:59:00.000-06:00

If global capitalism is to die, it will be a death of a million stings.By :Sarah Lazare 17 Sep 2008 16 comments Adbusters.org AP – Jim Latham, vice president of Barnwell operations of Energy Solutions, points to waste

A life spent in the struggle

2008-09-25T13:23:00.001-06:00

A life spent in the struggle Todd Chretien celebrates the life of Peter Camejo and his contribution to building a revolutionary socialist movement in the U.S. September 22, 2008 Peter Camejo ONCE NAMED one of the 10 most dangerous people in California by then-Gov. Ronald Reagan, Peter Miguel Camejo lost his long struggle with cancer on September 13, 2008, at the age of 68, leaving behind a

Free Market Ideology is Far from Finished

2008-09-24T14:54:00.000-06:00

Free Market Ideology is Far from FinishedBut with Wall Street rescued by government intervention, there's never been a better time to argue for collectivist solutionsby Naomi KleinWhatever the events of this week mean, nobody should believe the overblown claims that the market crisis signals the death of "free market" ideology. Free market ideology has always been a servant to the interests of

The Middle Class Must Not Be Forced to Bail Out Wall Street Greed

2008-09-24T14:47:00.000-06:00

The Middle Class Must Not Be Forced to Bail Out Wall Street Greed by Senator Bernie Sanders For years, as a member of the House Banking Committee and now as a member of the Senate Budget Committee, I have heard the Bush Administration tell us how "robust" our economy was and how strong the "

Momentary Spikes in Attention to a Deepening Crisis

2008-09-24T14:44:00.000-06:00

When We Notice the Homeless By HOWARD LISNOFF As Hurricane Ike raced through the Gulf of Mexico and into Texas the issue of homelessness was given no attention in the mass media. Three years before, as Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, the national media could not escape paying at least passing attention to the issue, given the catastrophic damage to life and

Oppose Barack Obama? YES!!!!!

2008-09-24T14:40:00.000-06:00

Oppose Barack Obama? By JOSHUA FRANK Increasingly, progressives I talk with admit they are starting to get a little disgusted with the antics of Barack Obama, that great agent of change. It wasn’t too long ago when these same folks were overly optimistic that Obama would deliver on his varied promises, beckoning a new era of Washington politics. Nonetheless, they all plan on

DISGUSTING!!!!

2008-09-24T14:35:00.000-06:00

Democrats To Let Offshore Drilling Ban Expire by Andrew Taylor WASHINGTON - Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in a months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set off by $4 a gallon gasoline prices

A New Cold War Comes to Latin America

2008-09-24T14:28:00.001-06:00

A New Cold War Comes to Latin America By JOHN ROSS Mexico City. In the old sepia photo my sister sent me last month, friends and family are gathered around the old couple, Dr. Milton Leof and his wife Jenny, on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. The living room of the apartment on Riverside Drive is crowded with lefties honoring one of their own - Dr. Leof

NO Bail Outs!

2008-09-24T14:26:00.000-06:00

Published on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 by the Huffington Post Now Is the Time to Resist Wall Street's Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein I wrote The Shock Doctrine in the hopes that it would make us all better prepared for the next big shock. Well, that shock has certainly arrived, along with

interesting.......

2008-09-18T01:29:00.000-06:00

Hackers break into Sarah Palin's e-mail account By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 42 minutes ago

Liberating the Commons

2008-09-13T21:10:00.000-06:00

Free Radio By STEPHEN DUNIFER "Radio is one sided when it should be two. It is purely an apparatus for distribution, for mere sharing out. So here is a positive suggestion: change this apparatus over from distribution to communication. The radio would be the finest possible communication apparatus in public life, a vast network of pipes. That is to say, it would

Study Says Intellectual Property System Should Die

2008-09-12T17:27:00.002-06:00

Study Says Intellectual Property System Should Die Written by Ben Jones on September 11, 2008 A recently released study has claims that the current ‘Intellectual Property’ situation in the world is not working well. Driven by a fear of losing out, and bolstered by an attitude that profit is the aim

Impact of Machinists' strike starts to spread beyond Boeing

2008-09-12T17:23:00.001-06:00

Impact of Machinists' strike starts to spread beyond BoeingBy Michelle Dunlop, Herald WriterEVERETT -- The effects of grounding 27,000 Machinists started surfacing Monday just three days into a labor strike at the Boeing Co.From Everett to Wichita, Kan., the initial effects of shutting down Boeing's aircraft factories hit suppliers and community members. Machinists continued their round-the-clock

Cleared! Jury Decides That Threat of Global Warming Justifies Breaking The Law

2008-09-12T17:08:00.001-06:00

Published on Thursday, September 11, 2008 by The Independent/UK Cleared! Jury Decides That Threat of Global Warming Justifies Breaking The Law by Michael McCarthy The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a

A Dismal Record

2008-09-12T16:58:00.000-06:00

Palin and Alaskan Natives and Tribes By LLOYD MILLER Perhaps no issue is of greater importance to Alaska Native peoples as the right to hunt and fish according to ancient customary and traditional practices, and to carry on the subsistence way of life for future generations. Governor Sarah Palin has consistently opposed those rights. Once in office, Governor Palin

Towards a Second Cold War?

2008-09-11T18:31:00.000-06:00

Ossetia-Georgia-Russia-U.S.A. Towards a Second Cold War? By NOAM CHOMSKY Aghast at the atrocities committed by US forces invading the Philippines, and the rhetorical flights about liberation and noble intent that routinely accompany crimes of state, Mark Twain threw up his hands at his inability to wield his formidable weapon of satire. The immediate object of his frustration

This century’s challenges

2008-09-11T18:00:00.000-06:00

This century’s challenges By NOAM CHOMSKY The primary challenge facing the people of the world is, literally, survival. The former head of the U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), General Lee Butler, put the matter plainly more than a decade ago. He wrote that throughout his long professional military career he was “among the most avid of these keepers of the faith in nuclear weapons,” but

The Fire and the Word:

2008-09-08T14:56:00.001-06:00

The Most Complete History of the Zapatista Movement Posted by Kristin Bricker - September 7, 2008 at 3:17 pm Mexican journalist Gloria Muñoz Ramírez says that in 1997 she left her work, her family, and her friends to live in Zapatista communities. Her book The Fire and the Word: A History of the Zapatista Movement is the result of seven years of research,

Contract talks fail; machinists strike Boeing Co.

2008-09-06T12:02:00.000-06:00

Contract talks fail; machinists strike Boeing Co. By MANUEL VALDES, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

Three Student journalists Arrested at RNC

2008-09-03T21:59:00.001-06:00

Published on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 by Courier-Journal (Kentucky) Three Student journalists Arrested at RNC University of Kentucky Students Held For Alleged Rioting by James R. Carroll and Lesley Stedman Weidenbener ST. PAUL, Minn. - Three people connected with the

Preemptive Strikes Against Protests at RNC

2008-09-03T21:15:00.001-06:00

Raiding Democracy in St. Paul By MARJORIE COHN In the months leading up to the Republican National Convention, the FBI-led Minneapolis Joint Terrorist Task Force actively recruited people to infiltrate vegan groups and other leftist organizations and report back about their activities. On May 21, the Minneapolis City Pages ran a recruiting story called "Moles Wanted." Law

Palin: Iraq war 'a task that is from God'

2008-09-03T21:11:00.001-06:00

Palin: Iraq war 'a task that is from God' By GENE JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told ministry

when the empire falls

2008-09-03T01:05:00.003-06:00

Will you be there when the empire falls. will it be about liberation or about salvation or about more personalization and comodification of experience through resources and therefore cutting off life itself as usual to most of the worlds inhabitants. Are you even imagining life in this present moment as one which is important and is having effects which go beyond your experience. Beyond dollar

more info on RNC arrests!!

2008-09-01T20:57:00.000-06:00

Federal government involved in raids on protesters (update below) As the police attacks on protesters in Minnesota continue -- see this video of the police swarming a bus transporting members of Earth Justice, seizing the bus and leaving the group members stranded on the side of the highway -- it appears increasingly clear that it is the Federal Government that is directing

Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC!!

2008-09-01T20:11:00.000-06:00

The following is a release from Democracy Now!ST. PAUL, MN -- Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time.Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfuly detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried

2008-08-31T20:55:00.002-06:00

CALL OR EMAIL THESE PEOPLE DEMANDING THE POLICE BRUTALITY STOP AT THE RNC!!Minneapolis :Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak(612) 673-2100(612) 673-3000 outside MinneapolisMinneapolis Police Department350 South 5th Street,Room 130, Minneapolis, MN 55415-1389police@ci.minneapolis.mn.us City.AttorneyPhone: (612) 673-2010Fax: (612) 673-3362TTY: (612) 673-2157Email: cityattorney@

RED ALERT!!!

2008-08-31T20:13:00.002-06:00

THERE IS A FASCIST POLICE STATE IN ST. PAULhttp://twincities.indymedia.org/ http://news.infoshop.org/search.php?mode=search&type=stories&topic=dncrnc2008http://indymedia.us/en/index.shtmlhttp://www.democracynow.org/Also Watch Democracy Now! Tomorrow as police have arrested a journalist with that show!!KEEP THE PRESSURE ON: FREE OUR FRIENDS!!Hennepin County Jail: 612-348-5112Ramsey County Jail:

Obamanomics

2008-08-30T23:30:00.000-06:00

Does the Left Have Anything to Say? Obamanomics By JONATHAN M. FELDMAN Barack Obama, now decrying John McCain’s definition of rich people as those earning five million or more, has a clear populist streak to his campaign. Obama notes that McCain thinks that “the economy” is doing well. But what does the term, “the economy” really mean? The term is often illusive if

Israeli Outposts Seal Death of Palestinian State

2008-08-30T23:27:00.000-06:00

Fledgling Settlements Grow by Stealth Israeli Outposts Seal Death of Palestinian State By JONATHAN COOK Migron, West Bank Yehudit Genud hardly feels she is on the frontier of Israel’s settlement project, although the huddle of mobile homes on a wind-swept West Bank hilltop she calls home is controversial even by Israeli standards. Despite the size and

US out of Iraq by ... "2011"

2008-08-30T23:26:00.001-06:00

US out of Iraq by ... "2011" By PATRICK COCKBURN The United States is moving towards ending its military control of Iraq by agreeing to withdraw combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns by June next year and from the rest of Iraq by 2011, according Iraqi and American negotiators. The withdrawal of US troops to bases outside the cities, towns and villages would make

An Open Letter to Barack Obama

2008-08-30T23:20:00.001-06:00

An Open Letter to Barack Obama Symbolism Alone Will Not Bring Change By LEONARD PELTIER I have watched with keen interest and renewed hope as your campaign has mobilized millions of Americans behind your message of changing a political system that serves a small economic elite at the expense of the peoples of the United States and the world. Your election as president of the

We Have a Chance to Choose a Better Road

2008-08-30T23:16:00.000-06:00

We Have a Chance to Choose a Better Road by Caroline Arnold Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are Anger and Courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are.- Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD) Annie Glenn liked to tell the (probably apocryphal) story about a hand-lettered sign

An Open Letter to Comrades

2008-08-24T00:50:00.005-06:00

In solidarity with all the revolutionaries shutting down the conventions.This is the struggle that we have been preparing for. You must be courageous and dare to risk it all. Let your actions be symbolic no more, embrace the freedom that you have the power to create in this moment. Let your hearts beat and your faces hidden behind mirrors smile. Remember that all over the world this struggle is

Why Socialism?

2008-08-24T00:48:00.000-06:00

Why Socialism?by Albert Einstein This essay was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that it is. Let us first consider the question from the point of view of scientific knowledge. It might appear that there are

"We Hold Both Parties Responsible"

2008-08-09T16:56:00.000-06:00

The Big Voice By KATHY KELLY About six months ago, Dan Pearson, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, swiveled around in his office chair in our tiny "headquarters" to ask what we thought about organizing a walk from Chicago to St. Paul, arriving just before the Republican National Convention. (see wwww.witnessagainstwar.com). Our dedicated group of

The Zapatistas are Still Resisting

2008-08-07T21:25:00.000-06:00

What I Re-Discovered in Mexico By MICHAEL ESTRADA What ever happened to the Zapatista struggle? This question and others about what was probably the most inspirational social movement and rebellion in the world around seven years ago propelled me to participate in a study abroad program on Zapatismo with the Mexican Solidarity Network this summer. Seven years ago, I

Hiroshima, Ninevah, and Los Alamos

2008-08-07T15:09:00.000-06:00

by John DearThis week, to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, hundreds of us converged on Los Alamos, New Mexico, birthplace of the bomb, and did what some may think strange. Taking a page from the book of Jonah, we sat in sackcloth and ashes, like the people of Ninevah, and repented of the mortal sin of war and nuclear weapons. Along

The Olympics: Unveiling Police State 2.0

2008-08-07T15:07:00.000-06:00

by Naomi KleinPublished on Thursday, August 7, 2008 by The Huffington PostSo far, the Olympics have been an open invitation to China-bash, a bottomless excuse for Western journalists to go after the Commies on everything from internet censorship to Darfur. Through all the nasty news stories, however, the Chinese government has seemed amazingly unperturbed.