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PARTY IN THE GARDEN June 25th ed 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
<h2>PARTY IN THE GARDEN</h2> <br /> <p> <br /> Celebrate Community at the Garden Party! Wednesday June 25, 3 PM until dusk. Bellemeade Community Garden, Magazine St. between Orange and Felicity. (text/html)

Youths act in response to mind-numbing school and boredom ed 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Warning: Corporate media article ahead:<p> <br /> <h2>Five accused of vandalizing schools</h2> <br /> Reserve boys said they were bored <br /> Friday June 20, 2003 <br /> By Lolly Bowean <br /> River Parishes bureau <br /> Four juveniles from Reserve were arrested Wednesday after they confessed to vandalizing two schools in their neighborhood, authorities said. <br /> <br /> Another Reserve boy was arrested Thursday afternoon in connection with the vandalism spree, and detectives expect to make another arrest, authorities said. <br /> <br /> (text/html)

In Case You Have Run Out of Things To Protest... Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Israel and Louisiana: New Opportunities in Trade, Investment, and Technology <br /> <br /> <br /> "Israel today offers exceptional opportunities in the <br /> areas of research and development, partnerships, co-ventures, technology sharing and adaptation, and many other types of business relationships for <br /> Louisiana firms looking to move to the next level of corporate development." <br /> <br /> <br /> (text/html)

Sun, Sand, and Sedition: Come to Miami in November.... Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Sun, Sand, and Sedition: Come to Miami in November and this is what <br /> you’ll see… <br /> <br /> In November 2003, Miami, Florida is hosting both the 8th round of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) trade negotiations and the eight Americas Business Forum. Trade Ministers from 34 nations in the Western hemisphere, and hundreds of their closest commerce-inclined friends, will descend on this city for a week of business and pleasure: the business of advancing capitalism’s parasitic agenda, the pleasure of getting away with it. (text/html)

Senator John Kerry says he was 'misled' Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
John Kerry says he and "every one of us" was misled by President Bush concerning Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. And he says the deception is one reason he is running for President. If he was misled, what do we make of his 156 Congressional colleagues who voted against the war resolution in October, 2002? (text/html)

GNO Green Party Musical Fundraiser on Sun., 6/22 @ Fair Grinds Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
On this upcoming Sunday, June 22, The Greater New Orleans Green Party will hold a fundraiser from 3pm-7pm at Fair Grinds Coffee House ('round the corner from Esplanade Whole Foods in Mid-City), as well as an open forum/informational on the upcoming local campaigns going on around the GNO. (text/html)

lgbt celebration Sat-Sun June 21-22 Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
This Saturday & Sunday will be Celebration in the South. This is a grass roots event for the queer community. Saturday's events will take place in the Frenchmen Street area. Sundays events will memorialize the 30th anniversary of the Upstairs Fire at 604 Iberville. All events are free except for the luncheon on Sunday at the Ritz Carlton which is $10. For more details contact 250-7808. (text/html)

Stop Attack on Indignet Health Care Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
All Louisianans deserve the right to healthcare for more information, check www.charityhospital.org (text/html)

Anti-CAFTA Coalition Meeting Thu June 19 at 7pm dw 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Organizational meeting open to representatives from all interested local groups, to determine what actions will take place when the CAFTA negotiations are being held here in New Orleans July 28-Aug 1. (text/html)

International Trade Talks to be held in New Orleans, July 28 - August 1 Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
The U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, will have a negotiating session in New Orleans, Louisiana between Monday, July 28 and Thursday, August 1st. <br /> <br /> CAFTA is an expansion of NAFTA to Costa Rica, as well as a broadening of influence of trade agreements to interfere with a wider range of social policy. This includes agriculture and biotechnology, intellectual property rights and the right to affordable medicines, privatization of public services, and the right of foreign corporations to sue governments over health, safety, labor or environmental regulations. <br /> <br /> The following is a breakdown of how CAFTA could affect Louisiana and how Louisiana is a strategic region for advancing (or arresting) corporate globalization. (text/html)

CAFTA: NAFTA II Summit Comes to New Orleans Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Resist CAFTA We need FAIR TRADE, Not Corporate Free Trade Get Involved (text/html)

smashen system Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
You hear me. Bring it down (text/html)

Freedom of Speech? Not in Louisiana nadjavox 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Attorney General's office unwilling to play grass-roots politics. Attorney General Richard P. Ieyoub, Democratic hopeful for Louisiana's Governors' Mansion begins his campaing tomorrow, June 11, 2003 state-wide. When asked for details and opinions from the Attorney General I was referred to his campaign website. It seems that the Attorney General's office is unwilling to give information to "the people on the street." I was told to contact the press office for permission to publish any campaign related materials. (text/html)

Free NBNO Forum Thu June 12 Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
This Thursday, the 12th, you are invited to New Breed's 4th Public Forum. It is FREE and open to the public. FREE FOOD, COFFEE, CHILD CARE AND CONVERSATION. How better to end the day on Thursday? "Women: Our Value, Worth and Power in New Orleans" June 12th, 2003, 6-9pm UNO Downtown Theater, 619 Carondelet Admission free! Our Panel will be discussing the role women have in our community and the issues they strive against in claiming their economic equality. Groups will be present with tables full of useful information. Our Groups are NOW (National Organization of Women), ACORN, The Campaign for Sustainable Transit, ACLU, CRITICAL RESISTANCE, Turning Point Partners, and LOUISIANA WOMEN IN BLACK (LWIB). Our Speakers are Rochelle Perry, CC Campbell, Angela Winfry, Pam Jenkins, Cheron Brylski, and June Marshall (tentative). A special thanks to our sponsors Offbeat Magazine, Maple Street Book Shop, Balance Productions, and Wink Magazine. Here is information on our groups and panelists: Incarceration: Rochelle Perry Rochelle Perry is a Program Director for Project Return of Louisiana, Inc.; a social service agency that has provided transitional services to women and men exiting the Louisiana Criminal Justice system for the past ten years. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Management and is a graduate of the Leadership Training Institute of the National Network for Women in Prison. Prior to joining the staff of Project Return, Rochelle worked for three years as the Advocacy Coordinator for Chicago Legal Advocacy to Incarcerated Mothers (CLAIM). She participated in public awareness presentations on the issue of women in prison, the services they need, and the barriers they face, with special emphasis on mothers and their children. She also co-facilitated of Visible Voices, a support group for imprisoned and formerly imprisoned women and the support group's Steering Committee. Education: CC Campbell C.C. Campbell-Rock is the CEO of MediaWorks Communications which specializes in public relations, media promotions, business writing, media and community relations, advertising and marketing, and political consultancy. She is also the co-host of a cable talk show, "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace!" A graduate of Loyola University of the South with a 20-year career in journalism, Campbell-Rock worked as managing editor at the Louisiana Weekly, New Orleans Tribune, Data Newsweekly, as an associate editor at Black Collegian Magazine and public affairs specialist at Touro Infirmary, before becoming a full-time consultant. She has received several civic and professional awards, including recognition by the Mayor's Office, City Council of New Orleans, President Bill Clinton, National Newspaper Publishers Association, Press Club of New Orleans, and several schools. Mrs. Campbell-Rock is also a civil rights advocate, whose passionate fight for the educational rights of New Orleans' public school children has echoed across Louisiana and beyond. She and her husband, Raymond A. Rock, founded Parents for Educational Justice to address injustices in education. She also currently serves as education chair for NAACP - New Orleans Branch. Housing and Transportation: Angela Winfry Angela Winfrey-Bowman is a lifelong resident of New Orleans, Louisiana where she fulfills her life's work as a daughter, wife, a mother of Brandon and Malaikia, a friend, an organizer, a spiritual mentor, and a messenger. She is currently on staff at the People's Institute an organizer, core trainer and Co- Coordinator of the Jim Dunn Center for Community Organizing. Angela attended Southeastern University in Hammond, La. and St. Mary's Dominican College. Her leadership and organizing work began as a President of the Scattered Site Resident Council while at the same time being on staff in Scattered Sites Maintenance. This was when she realized that she could use her access to help fellow residents get relief from various housing and maintenance concerns. Angela was introduced to the People's Institute's analysis as one of four (4) resident councils that participated in an initiative called "From Victims to Victors". It was then that she began to understand why people did not come out to meetings and how systemic power contributed to disenfranchised person's oppression. From that time on, she began her journey of being an anti-racist organizer. She has worked mostly in the non-profit arena gaining experiences and training, while sharing her skills as a Tenant Relations Manager at the Housing Authority of New Orleans, Membership and Marketing Executive at the Southeast Girl Scout Council, Community Development Associate with Great Expectations (an infant mortality reduction initiative), a facilitator for the Education Governance Reform Initiative, Program Manager and Coordinator of the St. Thomas-Irish Channel Consortium, and Managing Director of Junebug Productions. Angela is currently working to revise the "Moving from Victims to Victors" curriculum through organizing circles. These sessions will be to enhance participants sense of well-being and power given synergy between the individual, the family and the community. Violence Against Women: Pam Jenkins Pam Jenkins has been actively working on issues around women's safety for a number of years. She is a member of the Mayor's Domestic Violence Taskforce which has worked during two administrations to enhance the services and the criminal justice response for victims of domestic violence. She is also part of the Leanne Knot Violence Against Women Prevention Project which coordinates prevention and education efforts on three univeristy campuses. Political Participation: Cheron Brylski Cheron Brylski has been called the best press secretary a campaign could have by the Times Picayune, GAMBIT and PBS' Informed Sources television show. A former reporter, she served as Press Secretary/ Speechwriter to the late Mayor Ernest N. Morial, City of New Orleans and Press Secretary to U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu when she held the State Treasurer's Office. She founded The Brylski Company in 1986. The company specializes in public relations and marketing campaigns for government, non-profit and political clients in the State of Louisiana, and has won numerous awards for its public service campaigns focusing on women and elderly issues. The company also has the distinction of running more women for public office in Louisiana than any other firm of its type. To date, the Brylski Company has handled more than 140 campaigns in Louisiana. Ms. Brylski has a Masters Degree in Political Science from the University of New Orleans and a Bachelors in Political Science/ Journalism from Loyola University of the South. Women's Health: June Marshall (tentative) ------------------------ NOW (National Organization of Women) :-- Women make up half of the human race. If women's needs, rights and lives are not given equal respect and consideration then the whole world suffers. NOW is dedicated to making legal, political, social and economic change in our society in order to achieve our goal, which is to eliminate sexism and end all oppression. ACORN :-- ACORN is a multi-issued community organization of low and moderate income people who work together to make changes in the issues which affect their everyday lives. In New Orleans the organization has won issues ranging from living wages to neighborhood repairs of streets and houses in low/moderate income neighborhoods. Each ACORN unit is part of a national movement for social and economic justice. ACORN * 1024 Elysian Fields, New Orleans, LA 70117 504-943-0044 laacornno@acorn.org The Campaign for Sustainable Transit :-- "We All Have To Get There." Email list: transit_campaign@yahoogroups.com Lead Organizers: Dar Wolnik and Jason Neville MISSION STATEMENT: To work across class, cultural and geographic lines in New Orleans to develop a transportation policy for the region that is ecologically sustainable, community-oriented, accessible for a wide diversity of uses, affordable to all residents, efficient and prompt, safe for riders (as well as non-riders), and democratically controlled. ACLU :-- We are a non-profit, nonpartisan public interest organization devoted to protecting the basic civil liberties of all Americans, as they are embodied in the U.S. and state constitutions. email: admin@laaclu.org phone: (504) 522-0617 fax: (504) 522-0618 CRITICAL RESISTANCE :-- A national grassroots group that fights to end the prison industrial complex by challenging the belief that policing, surveillance, imprisonment and similar forms of control make our communities safer. Critical Resistance Southern Regional Office 4041 Tulane Ave suite 103 New Orleans, LA 70119 504-488-2994 crsouth@criticalresistance.org Turning Point Partners :-- TPP is a non-profit organization with a mission to develop and establish restorative, strength-based systems in schools, courts, and communities. TPP uses Restorative Justice and Resilience Education as best practices to achieve this purpose. The TPP approach focuses on the talents and gifts of young people and their families to overcome the high-risk conditions under which they live; it emphasizes the restoration of relationships when harm is done in a community; and it draws upon the inherent power of communities to facilitate systemic change. Restorative Justice and Resilience Education practices foster healthy decision making skills with a strategy of affirmative - as opposed to punitive - responses to challenging behaviors. Turning Point Partners' programs model this approach to systemic change in institutions of justice and education. LOUISIANA WOMEN IN BLACK (LWIB) :-- Formed in March 2003, primarily in response to the U.S. war of aggression against Iraq, but we stand in solidarity with our sisters around the globe who protest war, rape as a tool of war, ethnic cleansing, and human rights abuse everywhere. We gather in silence because words cannot express the tragedy that war and hatred bring. We wear black to mourn the victims of war and violence and the destruction of people, nature, and the fabric of life; thus converting womens' traditional passive mourning for the dead of war into a powerful refusal of the logic of war. WIB is not an organization, but rather a means of mobilization and a formula for action. They stand in silent vigil to protest war and human rights abuses wherever they occur. It has twice been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Email: lwib@bust.com --------- We hope you can all join un on Thursday for another great NBNO event. Peace, NBNO Staff and Volunteers (text/html)

June 9 Protest: Dick Cheney Visit to Biloxi Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Protest against Bush & Co's repressive policies at Dick Cheney's visit to a $1000-a-table fundraising luncheon for the GOP in Biloxi, MS. (text/html)

Baton Rouge Free Press -- Antiwar Independent Media for Print dw 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
The Baton Rouge antiwar group CAWI (Coalition Against War and Injustice) has put together an antiwar newspaper consisting of locally-written antiwar news and analysis. The Baton Rouge Free Press features the tagline, "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." (text/html)

Work now for Progressive Candidates in LA Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Get involved! (text/html)

www.almuajaha.com, Independent Media Source, Established in Iraq Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Media activists based Bristol, UK working alongside Iraqis also based the city and with the support of peace campaigners - have set up what is arguably the first truly uncensored and democratic media outlet since Saddam's Ba'ath Party, with the aid of the CIA, brutalised its way into power. Their collective efforts have created 'Almuajaha.com, the Iraq Witness', a way for the people of Iraq to write and comment on their own experiences and share this information with the world at large. (text/html)

Eastern Forest Defense Camp, June 2003 Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
CAMP NO!: Eastern Forest Defense Camp 2003 <br /> <p> <br /> Announcing: The Eastern Forest Justice League's 2003 Eastern Forest Defense Camp, <br /> June 16-23, in Southeast Ohio. <br /> <p> <br /> Hosted by: Eastern Forest Justice League, Buckeye Forest Council, Katuah Earth First!, Kentucky Heartwood, Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project, and Indiana Forest Alliance. <br /> (text/html)

BioDevestation Space Raided in St. Louis Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
30 Arrested in St. Louis on way to Biodevastation Conference Against Genetic Engineering and Monsanto <br /> <p> <br /> (text/html)

Transit Activists Hit the Streets To Mobilize Bus Riders Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Volunteers from the Green Party's Campaign for Sustainable Transit hit Canal Street at rush hour yesterday, talking and listening to RTA bus riders and handing out hundreds of informational flyers urging them to come out to this week’s public comment meetings for the City Planning Commission’s Draft Transportation Plan. <br /> (text/html)

The Matrix #2 Flyers Online at NOLA Anarchy ed 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Anarchist flyers to throw like confetti, pass out, place on seats in a theatre, or put on windshields of cars at the movies when The Matrix 2 comes out(Thursday). Or invent your own amazing idea for their use! Find the flyers at: <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/la2/neworleansanarchists/matrix.pub">http://www.angelfire.com/la2/neworleansanarchists/matrix.pub</a><br> Brought to you by the lovely folks at <a href="http://nolaanarchy.cjb.net">NOLA Anarchy</a>. (text/html)

Houston IMC to Open Office ed 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Come to the opening of the Houston Independent Media Center space... This Saturday, May 17th, beginning at 12PM come out and celebrate as the Houston Independent Media Center opens its doors to one and all. Mingle with HIMC volunteers. Participate in a how to publish workshop, and learn how you can become a do-it-yourself media revolutionary! Then, at 8PM attend a film screening of Lessons of Darkness in the HIMC Space. The HIMC Space is located at 1423 Holman @ LaBranch inside the Midtown Art Center, Suite #3. That s this Saturday, May 17th, starting at noon. For more information visit houston.indymedia.org or contact houston@indymedia.org (text/html)

THE RISE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: TOMORROW'S REAL EMPIRE Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Much attention is focused right now on the U.S. policy in the Middle East. To be sure, the global situation seems to hang on U.S. actions in pursuit of hegemony. However, let us take a break for a moment from analysis of U.S. imperialism, and contemplate a few other equally important factors in the worldwide power play we are witnessing. For make no mistake, a power play is exactly what is transpiring in front of us, although the unilateralist actions of the Bush regime tend to overshadow the activities and motivations of other states in this struggle. With this in mind, we should consider Europe, the other key force at work in the shifting of global power that is occurring today. To understand the European strategy, we need to be sure we are aware of the U.S. plan, so a quick review may be in order. It should be stated upfront that, quite obviously, this essay represents the views of the author, based on analysis of many facts and political realities in today's world. While it is impossible to know for certain whether these conclusions are all 100-percent accurate, it is the author's belief that most of what follows will be proven correct as events unfold. Basically, the U.S. is attempting to take control of the global oil supply and destroy OPEC for two reasons: primarily, to establish the U.S. as the global supplier of energy, forestalling the otherwise coming loss of U.S. domination of the world economic markets; secondly, to maintain the dollar as the reserve currency of the world and as the oil transaction currency. The U.S. is motivated not merely by the monetary profits involved in the oil trade; rather, it is the rising power of the E.U. and their currency, the euro, threatening to replace the U.S. as the dominant economic force in the world market, which compels the U.S. to take over global oil supplies as a means of continuing U.S. hegemony around the globe. The U.S. status as "superpower" is, to a very real extent, based on a flimsy foundation. Should OPEC switch to the euro for oil transactions, central banks around the world would dump their dollars and revert to euros as reserve currency, a process that is in fact already beginning. Iraq made a full switch to euros, even replacing their "Oil For Food" $10 billion fund at the U.N. with euros. Iran recently converted over half their currency reserves to euros, and Venezuela is increasing their holding of euros over dollars, as is Russia. If the euro replaces the dollar as the world's reserve currency (held by all nations' central banks so they may purchase oil, which all countries need but that can only be purchased with one currency, currently the "petro dollar"), the replacement of dollars in central banks will also lead to a withdrawal of funds from Wall Street, as foreign investments pour out of the U.S. The budget deficit would probably default, and the dollar would lose anywhere between 20 to 50-percent of its value. (text/html)

THE POLICY OF EMPIRE Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Much of the debate regarding U.S. policy in the Middle East revolves around the issue of oil, or more precisely U.S. domination of oil. While it is certainly accurate to say this war was about oil, it is an oversimplification of a much deeper truth about U.S. foreign policy. (text/html)

International Solidarity Movement Raided by Isreali Forces redtiger 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
At 12:30pm on Friday, May 9, Israeli forces raided the International Solidarity Movement office in Beit Sahour, confiscating equipment and material and snatching three women, approximately 20 military vehicles, army jeeps. www.palsolidarity.org (text/html)

Learn how to Challenge Corporate Rule in Wal-mart's Hometown June 5th-8th Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
Corporate Power Challengers To Descend Upon Wal-mart's Hometown for Nation's Only Corporate Accountability Training! (text/html)

Hundreds Protest Shreveport Police Murder Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
<img src="http://www.shreveporttimes.com/images/photos/200305032313372.jpg"> <br /> <p> <br /> Richard Hardy of St. Mary Baptist Church consoles Marquise Hudspeth's mother (who asked to be unidentified by name) on the steps of the Caddo Parish Courthouse on Saturday during a rally downtown. The march and rally at the courthouse were organized by the local chapter of the NAACP as a response to the March 15 shooting death of Hudspeth by members of the Shreveport Police Department. (text/html + 1 comment)

Biodevastation 7 and the World Agriculture Forum in St. Louis Anonymous 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
This May 16th-18th Monsanto Corporation, responsible for 90% by acreage of genetically engineered crops worldwide, will be sponsoring the World Agriculture Forum in St. Louis, and anti-GE activist groups will be there to meet them with a counter-event, Biodevastation 7. This event, part of a series that started in 1998, will have forums, a dance party and a protest of the WAF. It is sponsored by the St. Louis groups Gateway Green Alliance and the Organization for Black Struggle. (text/html)

May Day Protest at Port of New Orleans bardamu 2003-07-15 11:03 AM
A small but determined group of activists demonstrated at the Felicity St. entrance to the Port of New Orleans this Thursday, May 1 protesting Stevedoring Services of America's (SSA) receiving the contract to unload ships in Iraq's only port, Umm Qasr, as well as its practices here. (text/html)

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