Suit alleges police, Caltrans violated free speech rights by removing banners. A pair of Santa Cruz women who hung anti-war banners over Highway 17 in November and December have filed suit in federal court alleging their First Amendment rights were violated when the banners were removed.

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In case you, your friends, or your family need another reason to vote "NO" on Propositions 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, and 78, consider these quotes from power-hungry Governor Arnold:

Proposition 73 on the November 2005 California ballot has a mechanism for intimidating judges who respect the privacy rights of young women.

Many Americans had been waiting for the chance to show their contempt for the current Bush administration. To commemerate his 2004 election, a handful of cities, including San Francisco, were hosts to protest marches united under the slogan "The World Can't Wait".

"Here, in Mar Del Plata, FTAA will be buried."

Hugo Chavez

So far 2 independent journalists have been siezed as provovateurs seek shut down peaceful protest at the Summit of the Americas. This year the Summit is in Mar Del Plata, Argentina, where the radical right wing Peronists regained power with the ascension of George Bush in the US. A brigade of 8000 police were assembled to "protect" the summit. What has ensued is a physical enactment of the ungoing war against the poor the US seeks to advance with the FTAA. Five of the 34 counties represented at the summit steadfastly oppose the treaty.

California voters will soon decide the fate of a slew of ballot measures in the most expensive election in state history. Called for by Governor Schwarzenegger in mid-June, the measures had early support, but according to several recent opinion polls, opposition is growing, and many of them appear to be headed for defeat on November 8. WIN reporter Vinny Lombardo examines what's at stake in this election for unions in California. 4:58