Announcement :: Government & Elections
Eminem's Mosh video: FUCK BUSH
31 Oct 2004
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The World Wants Change
Eminem’s Mosh video will awaken the rage within. The time is now to come together and fire the number one weapon of mass destruction: BUSH
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CHENEY & CO'S ROLE IN 9/11: on Air America Radio, Monday night!
31 Oct 2004
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truthseeker
Tune into Air America's Mike Malloy show this Monday night (Election Eve) to hear 9/11 researcher Mike Ruppert, author of "Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil." According to Ruppert, VP Cheney and other government officials helped plan the 9/11 attacks--and Cheney played a pivotal role on the day of the attacks.
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News :: Government & Elections : Police State
FSRN Election Special: Behind California's Proposition 66
30 Oct 2004
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Vinny Lombardo (repost from Radio.Indymedia.org)
Next months general election, will have voters in California choosing the fates of 16 ballot measures, on issues like Stem Cell research, emergency medical funds, mental health care, and open primaries. One of the closely watched initiatives on the California ballot is Proposition 66, which would reform the infamous Three Strikes, You're Out law, the toughest in the US. Current law requires sentences to be doubled for any felony, if the offender had one prior serious or violent felony conviction, or a 25-year-to-life sentence for any felon with two prior serious or violent felony convictions. This situation has led to a bloated prison population, with around 42,300 people serving a doubled sentence or 25-years-to-life. If passed, Proposition 66 would require the state to re-sentence inmates whose third strike felony was nonviolent. In addition, prison sentences for specified sex offenses against children would be strengthened. FSRN's Vinny Lombardo examines the rhetoric and reality of Proposition 66. 3:30
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LOCAL News :: Government & Elections
City Council candidates interviewed on FRSC!
30 Oct 2004
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Emily Hell
Monday Morning at 11AM tune in to Free Radio Santa Cruz for an interview with three of the candidates running for City Council on Tuesday.
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Dump the Kennedy Council
29 Oct 2004
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Robert Norse
Defeat all four incumbents of Mayor Kennedy's Council--Kennedy, Reilly, Porter, and Primack.
Even though someone like Porter is probably better than Coonerty--his likely replacement, he needs to be voted out with the rest.
The text of a flyer to SCAN outlines some of the Kennedy Council's bad positions.
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