Sunday, February 20, 6:30PM
Long Haul Infoshop (3124 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA)
$3-5 sliding scale

Join us for dinner at 6:30, followed by 3 videos about political prisoners
& protest, including: "David Gilbert: A Lifetime of Struggle"; new footage
from recent protests in Guadalajara, and a video on eco-defense prisoners.
The screening will be followed by a discussion and Q & A. All proceeds
will benefit prisoners in Guadalajara currently facing trial. For further
details, contact California Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity at
caps (at) riseup.net. Thanks to Freedom Archives & Long Haul for supporting
this event.

Update: "Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Members Arraigned"
Three members of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Lumumba Bandele, Desaw Floyd, and Djbril Toure were arrested in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn just past midnight this morning. At the time of their arrest, the three were engaged in the legal monitoring of police activities as part of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Copwatch Program.

Dick Cheney has continued to cloak the composition of his 2001 energy task force in secrecy. The Federal Advisory Committee Act says the government must disclose the work of groups that include non-federal employees. A lawsuit is pending to force disclosure. Jane Mayer of The New Yorker suggests that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were planned well in advance of the September 11th crisis - planned for the benefit of US oil corporations headquartered in Texas

"...the Defense Secretary's foes have dispersed in spite of the damning evidence contained in a recent Human Rights Watch Report.
...and a tidbit from The National Ledger indicates how money has defused opposition to Rummy from within his own party."

Mp3 audio link to Lailo, Tom & Darleen discussing the Legal update on the case of Micheal Walker a Calif. Drug agent who shot and killed Rudy Cardenas on Feb 17 2004 he was arraigned today for volentary manslaughter in San Jose California.