author: Daniel Hopsicker
"An electronic voting system is to a mechanical one what a nuclear bomb is to a hand grenade... If someone manages to sabotage it, the results can be catastrophic."

This article was originally posted to the Portland IMC - 12/9/04.

A 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, China, Russia, and Cuba.

Nathan defends ideas of Leninist dictatorship while Steven Argue advances the ideas of socialist democracy advocated by Rosa Luxemburg.

A Letter and Response on North Korea, Cuba, and Vietnam with Steven Argue representing the Workers Democracy International.

Thurs. 12/9 at aproximately 2:30 PM tune into Free Radio Santa Cruz at www.freakradio.org and listen to a live interview with Jiro and Uli from Ozomatli. They'll be live in the studio with AC Sandino talking about their band and activism.

Don't forget Ozomatli is playing a show at the Catalyst tonight 12/9. Crown City Rockers open.

At 11:30 a.m. on Friday Dec 10th, HUFF activists will announce the latest legal developments in their "Last Rites or Human Rights" Press Conference, half an hour before Mayor Rotkin's "Human Rights Day" Shindig on the steps of the County Courthouse

Protest a banquet at the Oakland Marriot that celebrates taxpayer funding of military occupation of Palestine. U.S. taxpayers send over $3 billion every year to the Israeli military and AIPAC makes it happen. We will stop this madness.

Statement from the Young Democratic Socialists in the aftermath of the 2004 elections. This post-election analysis may be helpful for student/youth activists working against the Bush administration and the corporate elite. Offers suggestions and strategy points for developing a progressive majority in the U.S. and advancing radical social change.Available as a PDF at: www.ydsusa.org/statements/2004post.pdfMore about YDS at: www.ydsusa.org

Protesters in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday hand delivered a letter to Secretary of State Ken Blackwell in his office building. The protesters, who were lawfully delivering the message, were asked to leave by state police.

author: Steve Rosenfeld, Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
The bitter battle over the stolen November 2 election in Ohio has turned into a rapidly escalating all-out multi-front war with the outcome of the real presidential vote count increasingly in doubt.