The call for proposals for the National Conference on Organized Resistance on February 3rd through February 6th, 2005, in Washington, DC!

I recently stumbled upon the "Public Assitance" board game in a thrift store. It is a telling game of racial and class-based stereotypes that should really be archived in a museum somewhere. I have taken the time to document this bit of American race and class history.

While we are caught up in our opposition to the Iraq war/occupation and the immense costs of that war ($132 billion so far and counting), very little is written or talked about by the human rights catastrophe happening in Sudan. It is estimated that 1000 people a day die in Sudan while local organizations (WILPF, the IWW, and the RCNV) have yet to even pick up the issue. While many have involved themselves in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict (myself included), the death toll there is 4,200 dead (on both sides) in the past FOUR YEARS!! This pales as a nothing on the scale with actual GENOCIDE being committed in Sudan. Is it significant that the perpetrators in Sudan are Arab/Muslims??? Does the RCNV have an unwritten rule that it will not publicize any injustice done by Arabs? A search of their website today (Sept. 12, '04) shows that the name "Sudan" cannot be found anywhere on the website!! Of course, the anti-homeless issue of the Sleeping Ban cannot not be found there either. The following article can be found on the Human Rights Watch website at www.hrw.org

March For Our Lives Report
Interviews from Still We Rise March
Picture The Homeless
Arrests at Queer Fist Kiss-In on Times Square
Queer Fist