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Torture in America Shawnna Armstrong 2010-04-05 2:43 AM
Contrary to popular belief, Gestapo 's or Secret Police are not phenomena of the past. Activists who dare to hold law enforcement accountable to democracy, freedom and basic human rights are being repressed and imprisoned here in the United States simply for refusing to accept violation and abuse from their own country men. (text/plain)

Torture in America Shawnna Armstrong 2010-04-05 2:17 AM
Contrary to popular belief, Gestapo 's or Secret Police are not phenomena of the past. Activists who dare to hold law enforcement accountable to democracy, freedom and basic human rights are being repressed and imprisoned here in the United States simply for refusing to accept violation and abuse from their own country men. (text/plain)

Website for South African Social Movements Research Centre for Civil Society 2010-04-03 12:42 PM
The Centre for Civil Society Website an excellent resource for activists unionists & academics! (text/plain)

The order has been already executed Antifaresistance 2010-04-02 9:37 PM
Second editorial by www.antifaresistance.org (text/plain)

The worst drug-criminals are legislators Anon. 2010-04-02 3:24 PM
An Australian court finds that the existing drug laws, by reversing the onus of proof, violate the presumption of innocence. But all convictions stand. To any legislator who willingly allows the reverse onus of proof to continue, I say: May it please God that you become a victim of it. (text/html)

Free College Tuition Money for Students with Disabilities Stephen Thompson 2010-04-01 5:00 PM
Students with disabilities face challenges within a typical college campus environment that most students do not. They too will be burdened with the same funding issues other college students with have, but face additional obstacles in their future. This is there are added opportunities for free college tuition money for students with disabilities. These primarily come in the form of Grants, Scholarships and Awards specifically designed to aid students with disabilities. (text/plain)

The Truth About Ritalin Paola Martinez 2010-04-01 2:03 AM
Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as a Schedule II narcotic – the same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines. (text/plain)

Labor Leader Jack Gerson Endorses Stewart Alexander for California Governor Richard Perry 2010-04-01 12:06 AM
Today, public education is being challenged by corporations that have an interest in taking control over public education. Stewart Alexander says he would agree that the educational system is flawed; however, “We cannot abandon education to the private sector, for-profit corporations. Corporations are concerned with the bottom line, increasing profits; this will result in having non-union teachers and workers and increase cost for the public sector.” (text/plain)

UGSOA PRESIDENT JAMES CARNEY JUMPS SHIP. FCGOA is Ready to Take The Helm UGSOA NEWS 2010-03-31 10:11 PM
Federal Contract Guards of America FCGOA President Guy James stated "FCGOA is ready and able to represent the many UGSOA Security Police Professionals who wish to leave the United Government Security Officers of America UGSOA to join our organization FCGOA" (text/html)

Making money in Chichen-Itza jacques cartier 2010-03-31 4:53 PM
These pyramids are not for that (text/plain)

falsos positivos en colombia Armando Garnica 2010-03-29 4:55 PM
LA VERDAD EN COLOMBIA (text/plain)

Is Palin Marginalized—supporting McCain’s Campaign? See McCain’s Indefinite Detention Bill Dan Scott 2010-03-27 9:52 PM
McCain’s Indefinite Detention Bill, will drive lawful activists underground, perhaps creating the Domestic Terrorists McCain said we needed protection from. (text/plain)

Nonprofit developers want Berkeley's public housing, without the poor Lynda Carson 2010-03-27 6:20 AM
Long-time public housing residents face displacement (text/plain)

Nuclear Power Plants Vulnerable to Attack, Former CIA Officer Says FCGOA Nuclear Security Officer News 2010-03-26 2:06 AM
One of the biggest problems is the fact that the union who presently represents these nuclear security officers the United Government Security Officers of America International Union UGSOA has failed to negotiate for better wages, benefits and a higher standard of training for these nuclear security officers stated FCGOA President Guy James. (text/html)

International Day Against Racial Discrimination Paola Martinez 2010-03-25 3:27 AM
Youth for Human Rights Florida believes that when people fully understand human rights, they will demand their rights and respect the rights of others (text/plain)

Gentle Reminder: Human Rights Is Not a New Issue Gracia Bennish 2010-03-25 2:13 AM
It’s easy to forget. (text/plain)

Health Care Plan Danny K 2010-03-24 7:28 AM
Health Care Plan (text/plain)

Preventing the State’s infiltration of social movements El Libertario, Venezuela 2010-03-23 11:28 PM

*This article was originally published in El Libertario #58, March-April 2010. Although originally based on the actual experiences of Venezuela’s social struggles, it deals with situations and facts of interest to activists anywhere. (image/jpeg)

Why is there popular protest in Venezuela? El Libertario, Venezuela 2010-03-23 11:25 PM

* For the benefit of those who find themselves surprised or disconcerted by the generalised decline of conditions in Venezuela, as well as the increase in popular struggle (2,893 street demonstrations between October 2008-September 2009; compared with 1,763 in the same period in 2007-08) – either because they are unaware of the situation here, they are based abroad, or because they always accept the official version of events – we expound below on some factors which contribute to social conflicts here. (image/jpeg)

Descifrando la campaña mediática de Nicaragua Sugar Estates-Grupo Pellas Movimiento Social Nicaragüense 2010-03-20 12:20 AM

ANAIRC sigue siendo la piedra en el zapato (image/jpeg)

Museveni and Kagame attack independent press Ann Garrison 2010-03-18 8:10 AM

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Rwandan President Paul Kagame are attacking independent press amidst increasing strife and deadly violence, which many charge the Museveni and Kagame governments are themselves responsible for. (image/jpeg)

Rhetorical Militancy for a Rhetorical Mass Movement? If Only We Could Make Them Like Us… John Garvey 2010-03-18 12:25 AM

The main purpose of this article is to address the questions of strategy and tactics in the anarchist movement with specific reference to the roles the Black Block tactic, and militant direct action play in our movement. (image/jpeg)

Freedom from our social prisons require a Rights Revolution Anthony Ravlich 2010-03-17 12:21 AM
Human rights need to be bottom-up rather than top-down. See submission to the UN H R Committee re NZ review today. Mass discrimination re social class (OKed by UN, global eites) leading NZ to third world status. Obama following same policies? (text/plain)

Human Rights Groups Carry the Same Message of Created Free and Equal Chad Andro 2010-03-16 11:11 PM

Violations of basic human rights is what unites groups with different, but similar purposes. (image/jpeg)

Rwanda accuses Hotel Rwanda hero of 'Double Genocide Theory' Ann Garrison 2010-03-15 11:10 PM

Rwanda's government has accused Paul Rusesabagina, the Rwandan exile played by actor Don Cheadle in the movie Hotel Rwanda, of being a "revisionist" who "harbors the Double Genocide Theory." (image/jpeg)

Lebanon: Checkpoints and more (Film) a-films 2010-03-15 2:29 PM

Nahr al-Bared refugee camp has still not recovered from the devastating war in 2007 during which it was destroyed. (image/jpeg)

FCGOA Pres calls For Tougher Background Checks After Terror Suspect Infiltrated Nuke Sites FCGOA Security Guard News 2010-03-14 5:59 PM
Guy James President of The International Union, Federal Contract Guards of America FCGOA, stated that “we must always be on the alert at nuclear facilities, federal buildings , airports and other high profile buildings where terrorist groups like Al-Qaida continue to target our infrastructure. The question we face each and everyday is not if a terrorist attack like 9/11 will happen again but when will it happen. That’s why our union FCGOA continues to call on our legislatures to strengthen stiffer background checks, better training standards and a higher standard of qualifications of all private security companies and security guards / security police professionals throughout the country”. (text/html)

Holocaust Museum For Persecuted Heretics? Mike Mitch 2010-03-13 9:34 PM
After all, how many supposed witches, were tortured and/or burned over the centuries? How many believers in the ‘wrong’ religions or denominations, according to those fanatics who thought themselves within ‘thee’ singularly right religion, were persecuted and murdered? We don’t know any kind of exact number but it is a frightening reality to behold nevertheless. (text/plain)

Use of Private Federal Contract Security Guards at Gov Buildings Comes Under Scrutiny. FCGOA Security Guard News 2010-03-13 6:34 PM
Guy James President of the International Union, Federal Contract Guards of America FCGOA disagrees. The problem is not that these contract guards need to be federalized, the problem is better training". "There really are no federal standards for security guards," said James. "These individuals should be trained at the federal level since they are the first line of defense against a terrorist attack, just like federal police officers," he said. (text/html)

Free Financial Literacy Class on Mar 17 Community Center of St Bernard 2010-03-12 8:07 PM
Free financial literacy class on March 17 from 2-3 PM at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1107 LeBeau St, Arabi. (text/plain)

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