The Council of the City of Berkeley supports amending the United States and California Constitutions to declare that corporations are not granted the protections or rights of persons, and supports amending the United States and California Constitutions to declare that the expenditure of corporate money is not a form of constitutionally protected speech.

The new issue of Traveling Soldier is out!

911 Commission Coverup
The Media Repeats A Story Full Of Lies
By William Thomas
6-21-4


After pledging to ask the hard questions concerning the failure of US air defenses on Sept. 11, the commission charged with belatedly investigating those events ignored inconsistent, sometimes nonsensical testimony. The 10- member panel also failed to ask about diverting exercises carried out that morning, why FL 93 came down in two places, or why the interceptors launched by the Air Force flew at a fraction of their top speeds. No one, it seems, wants to go near proof of treason rivaling America,s first Pearl Harbor. As a 911 investigator who authored Stand Down and All Fall Down, I have appended my commentary to the following "news stories. -WT

Fidel Castro Writes Bush

The Nominating Convention for Tyler Vega to run as State Representative of the 22nd legislative District of Washington State, U.S.A. to be held June 27th, 2004.

The 8th annual Run for Freedom, June 26th and 27th, 2004. This year's run will be in support of Leonard Peltier.

Kerry Committed War Crimes, 'Burned Villages' in Viet Nam (is this the person you want in the white house?)

The FCC announced Friday (6/18) that is has rescheduled the Localism Hearing in Monterery with the stated purpose to "gather information from consumers, industry, civic organizations, and others on broadcasters' service to their local communities." The hearings, scheduled originally for March 17th, were cancelled without comment.

These hearings are an extremely rare opportunity to tell the FCC about the state of your local media, how well your needs are being served, and how you feel about the increasing consolidation of media ownership. The FCC hears from broadcasters' lobbyists and lawyers every day. Help make sure they hear from the people on July 21!

Prepartion Meetings and Community Teach-Ins: Thursday (June 24) 5:30 PM in Monterey I Friday (June 25) 11:30 AM in Salinas and 5:00 PM in Santa Cruz

Audio: Rockin' the Boat: Jeff Perlstein on Media Reform (3/4/04)

More information from: [ Media-Alliance I Free Press I Reclaim The Media I FCC (.pdf) I The Center for Public Integrity ]

This editorial from the Wall Street Journal by Ann Bayefsky addresses the uncomfortable role the UN has played regarding Israel and the Jews. In its 60 years of existance, the United Nations has never held a conference on anti-semiticism until now. Readers who have noted the umpty-ump UN resolutions condemning Israel that the UN have spawned might come to believe that Israel is one fo the main violators of human rights in the world today. This would, of course, ignore much more serious human rights concerns happening elsewhere in the world with abuses and genocide occurring right now in the Sudan by an Arab/Muslim military dictatorship being number one. Has the UN been treating Israel fairly? Read Ms. Bayefsky's speech to the UN called: ON THE RECORD: One small step
Is the U.N. finally ready to get serious about anti-semiticism?

This platform results from a left split from the Peace and Freedom Party defending socialist principles in the face of reformist opportunism.