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Marathon to free Magdalena García Durán and Atenco prisoners
carolina s.
2007-09-15 11:23 PM
 Things are moving faster in the struggle to free the Mazahua indigenous rights leader Magdalena García Duran, recognized by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience, and all the political prisoners arrested in San Salvador Atenco in central Mexico on May 3 and 4, 2006. (image/jpeg)
Freedom for the Cuban Five!
posted by F Espinoza
2007-09-11 3:59 PM
 An International Campaign to Free the Cuban Five will begin on September 12. This will be an excellent opportunity to knock at the doors of American people’s consciences (image/jpeg + 2 comments)
BTL: As Gonzales Resigns...
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2007-09-01 2:31 PM BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)
PHILIPPINES: Widow to testify against CPP founder Joma Sison
F Zamora
2007-09-01 12:58 AM
Gloria “Joy” Jopson-Kintanar has blamed Sison for the murder of her husband, Romulo Kintanar, on Jan. 23, 2003. She and another widow, Veronica Tabara, filed complaints against Sison early last year that served as grounds for the arrest of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder in the Netherlands on Tuesday.
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Update #1 for Oct. IMF/WB mobilization
October Coalition
2007-08-31 11:25 PM This update provides a quick glimpse into how the organizing for the October 19-21 mobilization against the IMF/World Bank annual meetings is going. Read it to find out about action plans, who has endorsed the mobilization till date, housing and convergence space, and more. (text/plain)
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WORLD NEWS - INTERNATIONAL
2007-08-31 7:21 PM MINISTRA DE SALUD DE BOLIVIA DEL MAS DISCRIMINÓ A DESTACADO MÉDICO ESPECIALIZADO EN EL EXTERIOR (text/plain)
Eric McDavid Update - Less than 2 weeks to trial!
Sacramento Prisoner Support
2007-08-30 7:58 PM Funds still needed for legal fees... (text/plain)
Bush Motorcade Crash Kills New Mexico Police Officer
The Security Guard
2007-08-30 5:00 AM
 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --
A motorcycle police officer accompanying President Bush's motorcade crashed as their vehicles arrived at the airport and later died. The crash came less than a year after an accident in Hawaii killed another motorcycle officer accompanying the president. (image/jpeg)
Howard Government: over 5000 edits on Wikipedia
perth.indymedia.org
2007-08-26 7:20 PM Public servants have been found to have edited Wikipedia entries. Staff from the department have been found to have made edits to Wikipedia entries on topics such as the "children overboard" affair. Treasurer Peter Costello's page was also edited, removing a reference to the nickname "Captain Smirk"... (text/plain)
US Hides the Truth on Cuban Five Case
posted by F Espinoza
2007-08-20 6:13 PM
 "Someday the truth will prevail; meanwhile, we must persevere in our struggle to make the case known," (image/jpeg)
DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT?
newsocialist
2007-08-20 2:03 AM “SPP has three fundamental objectives.to create more advantageous conditions for transnational corporations and remove remaining barriers to the flow of capital and crossborder production within the framework of NAFTA. It wants to secure access to natural resources, especially oil. And it wants to create a regional security plan based on “pushing its borders out” into a security perimeter that includes Mexico and Canada.”- Laura Carlsen, International Relations Centre. (text/plain)
BTL:Democrats Surrender to Fear by...
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2007-08-18 10:59 AM BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)
[btlsummary]Pro-War Pundits Declare Iraq Troop Surge a Success...
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2007-08-11 12:07 PM BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain + 2 comments)
The Cuban Five: Mission against Terror
posted by F Espinoza
2007-08-08 8:01 PM
 This interview with Leonard Weinglass, appeals attorney for Antonio Guerrero was conducted by Gloria La Riva, coordinator of the National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, on August 1, 2007. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)
Tom Hayden receives first-ever Los Angeles Free Press Lifetime Dedication Award
Joseph Falcone
2007-08-06 6:53 PM
 Tom Hayden, a seminal force in the 60’s, articulated the position of the left and pushed the movement forward. As did the Los Angeles Free Press - the nation’s first ‘alternative’ newspaper. In recognition of his constant and on-going work to bring government policy in line with the people’s preference, the LAFreep, with original Editor Art Kunkin and new Publisher, Steven M. Finger, has honored Tom Hayden with the first-ever Los Angeles Free Press Lifetime Dedication Award. (image/jpeg)
Last day of the Interfaith Peace Walk Towards a Nuclear Free Future
peacehq
2007-08-06 6:04 AM After 86 days on the road since leaving Dublin on May 13th the Footprints for Peace group on their "Towards a Nuclear Free Future" peace walk will stop at Downing Street. (text/plain)
Britain: Recruiting Kids to Kill
Felicity Arbuthnot, London, England
2007-08-02 9:42 PM
 In the UK children of sixteen can be recruited, an age too young to legally drive a car, drink a pint, or have a credit card. School Students Against the War http://www.ssaw.co.uk/ are a vibrant, informed organisation, growing across the U.K.. and have launched a campaign in response: 'Troops Out of Our Schools - Troops Out of Iraq'. (image/jpeg)
[btlsummary]In an Echo of Watergate...
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2007-08-02 2:36 PM BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)
Anti-Racists Face Serious Legal Battle in Philly
The Love Park 4 Defense Committee
2007-07-27 6:00 PM
 On Monday July 23rd, four anti-fascists from the Philadelphia, PA area were arrested at what was supposed to be a Ku Klux Klan rally in Center City Philadelphia. Jared Schultz, Tom Keenan, Jason Robbins - all of Philadelphia Anti-Racist Action - as well as a member of the Progressive Labor Party - were all arrested and charged with a series of trumped up misdemeanors in a situation that - for all practical purposes - was straight up entrapment.
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Gloria Arroyo’s Economy: NOT WORKING
Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)
2007-07-26 1:49 AM
 Today, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo will again address the Congress to give a report on the achievements of her government, and at the same time express her primary focus for the next year. As she did during her previous State of the Nation Address (SONA) speeches, she may yet again boast the economic feats of her administration, including the strengthening of the peso and the recent booming of the stock market. (image/jpeg)
dollars into windmills
practical
2007-07-25 9:11 AM
On a cool spring morning a quarter century ago, a place in Pennsylvania called Three Mile Island exploded into the headlines and stopped the US nuclear power industry in its tracks. What had been billed as the clean, cheap, limitless energy source for a shining future was suddenly too hot to handle. (text/plain + 2 comments)
Organizations Unite Around September 15 March on Washington and Plan "Days of Action&
ANSWER Coalition
2007-07-23 9:19 PM Organizations Unite Around September 15 March on Washington and Plan "Days of Action" (text/html)
Philippines: On Mrs. Arroyo’s 7th State of the Nation Address
Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC)
2007-07-23 12:15 PM "Gloria's economy is not working." This is what the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) said of Mrs. Arroyo's flamboyant and rosy economic claims; two days shy from the Executive's 7th State of the Nation Address (SONA) this 23rd of July.
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Global Warming and Agriculture: Impact Estimates by Country
m
2007-07-22 8:20 PM But while there is growing recognition that global warming is a problem, little attention has been paid to the likely impact at the country level, especially in the developing world. In this new book, William Cline, a joint senior fellow at CGD and the Peterson Institute for International Economics, provides the first ever estimates of the impact on agriculture by country, with a particular focus on social and economic implications in China, India, Brazil, and the poor countries of the tropical belt in Africa and Latin America.
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[btlsummary]Bush and GOP Resist Pressure to End Iraq War...
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2007-07-20 3:10 PM BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)
Dr. Wasfi: "For Iraqis, it's 9/11 every day."
Dahlia Wasfi, MD
2007-07-15 12:48 AM
 Dr. Wasfi concluded her prepared remarks with this question: " Since 1958, Iraqis have hoped that each regime change might bring a better life. Have they hit rock bottom now?" (image/jpeg)
Enterprise departs for deployment to Mideast
navytimes
2007-07-08 3:09 PM Rear Adm. Dan Holloway, commander of Carrier Strike Group 12, told reporters on the pier before Enterprise departed that the strike group’s purpose will be to provide options for national leadership while conducting maritime security operations.
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`Museum of Tolerance` in Jerusalem
apjp
2007-07-07 6:57 PM The Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center has partnered with the Israeli government to build a new `Museum of Tolerance` in Jerusalem. According to former Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Meron Benvenisti, the museum site encompasses a Muslim cemetery seized by Israel in 1948 and long-since paved over. What does a shrine to tolerance mean when it is constructed -- literally -- over the dead bodies of a Palestinian population that was expelled from its homeland.
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Questioning AFRICOM's intentions
ISN
2007-07-07 4:50 AM As plans move ahead for a US Africa Command, African nations remain cool to the idea amid fears of mission creep and unclear US intentions.
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G4 process is undemocratic, No WTO deal in Potsdam!
Stop the New Round Coalition
2007-07-06 3:15 AM Trade ministers of the G4 countries (the European Union, the United States, Brazil and India) are meeting in Potsdam, Germany, this week try to stitch together a trade deal to which each of them could agree.
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