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AP Story on Protests, Demotition, "deputy weeping?" & Letter from Obama to Bush ^ 2007-12-26 2:52 PM
Click below to read an article from the Associated Press about the December 19 Action at New Orleans City Hall. It says a deputy was weeping. What??? Scroll to the bottom of the link to read a great letter Obama wrote Bush on the issue, dated December 18. Keep up the great work, everyone! (text/plain)

Locked Out of Lafitte - Homeless on the Street Darwin BondGraham 2007-12-26 2:14 AM

Why is Nola's homeless population growing? Ask the homeless.... (image/jpeg)

Are You Scheduled for Political Termination? HR 1955 & S.1959 Ross Stone 2007-12-25 5:25 AM
Stop the “The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act." Could be used by Government to add thousands of activist organizations and millions of Americans to no travel lists. (text/plain)

City Hall Sellout: A New Orleans Tradition Mchael Steinberg 2007-12-25 12:41 AM
Ten years ago the New Orleans City Council made a secret deal, ignored protests at its meeting to decide the issue, and gave a developer most of what he wanted. (text/plain)

DHS readies contract to outsource data center services govexec.com 2007-12-23 10:48 PM
DHS eventually wants to outsource the center's entire operations to the private sector. According to a source currently bidding on the opportunity as a subcontractor who asked to not be identified, DHS has issued a solicitation under its own Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions contract, which was created to purchase IT services and equipment. (text/plain)

The Day After the Day After Michael Steinberg 2007-12-23 9:57 PM
On Saturday, things weren't what they seemed at City Hall, Duncan Plaza, and in the Times-Picayune. And a $12.8 million HUD payoff? (text/plain + 1 comment)

katrina survivors take on e-mission W Filmore 2007-12-23 7:55 PM
New website by & for katrina survivors (text/plain)

AP Article on D19 Action, and Awesome Obama Letter to Bush ^ 2007-12-23 7:40 PM
Click on link below to read and article about the December 19 action at New Orleans City Hall, from the Accociated Press. It says a deputy was weeping. what??? Scroll to the bottom of the link to read letter Obama wrote Bush on the issue, dated December 18. Keep up the great work, everyone! (text/plain)

New Energy Bill- Working People will Pay Stewart A. Alexander 2007-12-23 3:55 PM
The Democrats and Republicans have made it clear that they are the corporate parties and they only represent the interests of the capitalists and the billionaires. The new energy bill is another long term payment plan that will be required of working class people while the billionaires continue to collect. (text/plain)

BTL:Senate Filibuster Delays Vote on Telecommunications Firms' Immunity in... Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2007-12-23 3:26 PM
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Summary (text/plain)

Nostradamus' Lost Book Bombshells - Part I Seven Star Hand 2007-12-23 6:45 AM
This is now Part One of a multi-part series. It has been reworked and is full of surprises for those who read the first article. (text/html)

LA Republican Committee Sets the Stage to Steal the LA District Caucuses Election Through Ed Ward, MD 2007-12-23 6:12 AM
Poll Taxes, Uncommitted Delegates, Sham 'Electronic Voting' and Districts Hidden in Parish Caucuses instead of District Caucuses. (text/plain)

DC pirate radio broadcast on City Hall battle WSQT Guerrilla Radio 87.9 FM in DC 2007-12-23 12:16 AM
We were not going to do a broadcast on the last Friday before Yule, but the events in front of City Hall changed our minds. Along with an "unrelated" story about growing homelessness in the US, we ran this audio coverage of the City Hall police riot (audio/mpeg + 2 comments)

Homeless Removed from Duncan Plaza Darwin BondGraham 2007-12-22 6:16 AM

Workers spent all day clearing the park and building a barbed wire topped fence around the Plaza. Some of the homeless have moved into temporary shelters, many simply moved to other homeless camps nearby. (image/jpeg + 6 comments)

Coalition Rejects Council’s Vote, Condemns Police Riot at City Hall Darwin BondGraham 2007-12-22 3:07 AM

The Coalition says that yesterday’s vote does not change their demands. They will continue to oppose demolition however they can. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Fencing-Out the "Aliens" Dr. Peter Stern 2007-12-22 1:00 AM
Fencing-Out the "Aliens": another lesson of ignorance, futility and profiteering (text/plain)

BBC Story on Protests, Demolitions daneford 2007-12-21 11:19 PM
Link to BBC video. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Downtown Highrise Cleanup, $10 Million-HUD Redevelopment, $760 Million Michael Steinberg 2007-12-21 10:37 PM
The cost of removing mold, asbestos and "other contaminants" from a 44 story downtown highrise: $10 million. HUD's price to redevelop New Orleans public housing: $760 million. And Councilwoman Stacy Head:more highrishes. Yeah,they're cheaper! (text/plain)

images from city council meeting fraugg 2007-12-21 6:02 AM

Residents, allies, activists, locked out of city hall hearing. (image/jpeg)

How to make a cheap Taser-proof vest WSQT Guerrilla Radio 2007-12-21 2:06 AM
I was sickened watching CNN footage of people being pepper sprayed and Tasered (the combination can set you on fire!) in battle before the gates of City Hall today. Pepper spray defenses are well known, but Taser defenses are less well known, so here's one concept nearly certain to work. (text/plain + 19 comments)

IndependentPrimary.com - over 110,000 participants - Ron Paul won with over 90% IndependentPrimary.com / Ed Ward, MD 2007-12-21 1:35 AM
We The People Must Demand the Return of The Constitution to all branches of government. 95% of our so called 'representatives' are elitist traitors. Media is controlled by 5 elitists that support the current tyranny against The People. The Constitution is The Peoples ONLY PROTECTION FROM A GOVERNMENT GONE MAD WITH POWER. (text/plain)

Tasers, Pepper Gas Greet Protesters At City Hall Michael Steinberg 2007-12-20 10:35 PM
Police attacled housing rights activists locked out a City Council meeting to vote on the demolition of public housing. One woman, shot with a taser in her back, went into a seizure and had to be taken to the hospital. People inside were attacked too. (text/plain + 4 comments)

Police Attack Protesters With Mace, Tazers to Keep Them Out of City Hall Darwin BondGraham 2007-12-20 9:16 PM

First locked out of their homes for more than 2 years, and now locked out of the very City Council meeting in which the city’s politicians are set to vote for tearing down their homes, residents and activist today were attacked by police to keep them from entering the City Council chambers. (image/jpeg + 11 comments)

Watch Hillary Clinton Vehemently Vow to Raise Taxes and Vote for War Karen Fish 2007-12-20 3:13 PM

A leopard doesn’t change its spots. (image/jpeg)

Inspirational video of today's events WSQT Guerrilla Radio 87.9 FM in DC 2007-12-20 2:27 AM
In this video, WSQT-TV(a project of WSQT Guerrilla Radio) presents a slideshow and video clip fromNew Orleans covering this action.Inspirational music plays in the background of the slideshow portion and cuts out for the live video. (text/plain + 1 comment)

2nd Screening of Videoactivism and Independent Documentaries, Caracas January 2008 El Libertario, Venezuela 2007-12-19 8:34 PM

* The collective editors of the Venezuelan journal El Libertario and the Organizacion Nelson Garrido, have issued a call out for filmmakers and video activists from all over the world to present their recent autonomous works concerning active social movements in struggle. This will be held in Caracas, Venezuela, between the 21st and the 28th of January 2008. (image/jpeg)

Bolldozers reported STOPPED for another day! Luke 2007-12-19 5:47 PM
I just spoke to Bork's press contact at 12:40PM, and was told that she stopped the dozers for 2 hours, then more people stepped up and at this moment are still being hauled out. Reports are that the bulldozer crews have given up for yet another day at BW Cooper! (text/plain)

BW Cooper Demolition Stopped by Activists Chained to Building D 2007-12-19 5:23 PM

The destruction of buildings at the BW Cooper public housing development ground to a halt today as at least one protester chained herself to a building. Shouting, "no demolitions!" the public housing advocate called from the building for the New Orleans City Council to vote against demolitions tomorrow, Thursday, December 19. (image/jpeg + 8 comments)

Impeach Cheney -- take action richard myers 2007-12-19 1:50 PM
Please join 100,000 of us, sign Congressman Wexler's online petition calling for impeachment hearings. (text/html)

Bork Chained to Bulldozer at B.W. Cooper Homes Infoshop News 2007-12-19 1:49 PM
Affordable housing and homeless advocate Jamie "Bork" Loughner has chained herself to a bulldozer this morning at the B.W. Cooper housing complex in New Orleans. (text/html + 2 comments)

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