Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights
April 10 XI MARCHA POR ZAPATA
El 10 de Abril todos a honrar la lucha del GENERAL EMILIANO ZAPATA.
ZAPATA VIVE, LA LUCHA SIGUE.
VIVA ZAPATA.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Education & Youth
Youthtopia to air "Sexcapades" sex ed. game show on KUSP
08 Apr 2005
by
Rachel Anne Goodman
After all the hype about abstinence-only education, here is an hour of sex ed. you only wish your school had provided, and it's all done by local youth.
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News :: Environment & Food
Why Mountain Justice Summer?
08 Apr 2005
by
John Conner
Mountain Justice Summer is a call to action and a request for help from the people of the Appalachia mountains for help in saving our mountains, streams, and forest from greedy coal companies. But why are we asking for help? Frankly it's because we are losing. More than 1,000 miles of stream have been buried and destroyed and countless mountains and ridge tops have been blown up–gone for all eternity. Additionally, under the Bush administration laws have been altered to encourage and accelerate the destruction. The price of coal has doubled, and the destruction of our watersheds is accelerating and spreading out like cancer — not slowing down. Our state and federal agencies charged with protecting our environment are dealing out permits to these coal companies like crack dealers on the street corner — the coal is the crack — and the coal companies the addicts that will kill, destroy entire mountain ranges and bury streams in order to get their black fix.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Globalization & Capitalism : Labor & Economics : Poverty & Urban Development : Resistance & Tactics
UCSC Students Oppose CAFTA!
07 Apr 2005
(Updated)
by
Aleah Lawrence-Pine
UCSC students are planning a week of action to co-incide with the Global Week of Action for economic justice. There will be five days of events to educate and activate students around the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
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LOCAL Interview :: Civil & Human Rights
Interview by Robert Norse of Ann Fagan Ginger, (4/7) and (4/10) on 101.1FM Freak Radio
07 Apr 2005
(Updated)
by
Robert Norse
Interview by Robert Norse of Ann Fagan Ginger, TONIGHT, Thursday, April 7, 6:45 pm and again Sunday a.m. April 10, on 101.1FM Freak Radio(RadioFreeSantaCruz)
Challenging U.S. Human Rights Violations Since
9/11 will be a central topic of this evening's interview by Robert Norse with attorney and human rights activist, Ann Fagan Ginger, founder and Executive Director of the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute in Berkeley.
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News :: Media Criticism
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 4/8/05 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
07 Apr 2005
by
Dan Roberts
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Cuba, China, and Russia.
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News :: Alternative Media : Civil & Human Rights : Peace & War
Dahr Jamail: Untold Horrors of Fallujah
The Fallujah General Hospital was the main source of news about
civilian casualties in
Fallujah when the attacks began: it has been completely destroyed and it's surviving doctors now operate in nearby Amiriyat al-Fallujah. They have strange tales to tell. In this story from Fallujah, Dahr Jamail reveals the tip of the iceberg.
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LOCAL News :: Environment & Food : Globalization & Capitalism : Labor & Economics
Coastal Commision Staves off Special Interests
For 3 decades, it has been the duty of the
California Coastal Commision to ensure "environmentally sustainable and prudent use" of California's 1100 mile coastline. By upholding it's mandate, the commision has won for itself many enemies among those wealthy enough to own a piece of the shoreline. Recently, it's opponents have prevailed in state courts to declare the commission illegal: but those rulings are on hold pending a decision by the Supreme Court of California.
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Popes of Rome
Few are more cunning or deceitful than these black frocked creeps!
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News :: Peace & War
Veterans for Peace Joins 'Impeach Bush & Dick' Campaign
This article is from the Binghamton IMC:
by Bing IMC
ST. LOUIS--On March 30, a national veterans’ organization called for the removal of President George W. Bush and Vice-President Richard Cheney for crimes the group charges were committed during the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
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