Revolutionary Worker #1268, February 20, 2005, posted at rwor.org

"I see myself as being a symbol of what the people rail against when they say our civil liberties are eroded. This case could be, I hope it will be, a wakeup call to all of the citizens of this country and all of the people who live here that you can’t lock up the lawyers. You can’t tell the lawyers how to do their job. You’ve got to let them operate. And I will fight on. I am not giving up. I know I commited no crime. I know what I did was right."

Attorney Lynne Stewart, after her Feb. 10 conviction on felony charges

In April 2002, then U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft personally announced to the news media that the government had indicted radical civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart on serious charges of "conspiracy, providing material support to terrorists and defrauding the U.S. government."

Tonight all night starting at 4pm tune into the 8th Annual Homlessness Marathon broadcast on Free Radio Santa Cruz 101fm www.freakradio.org

Statistically, 81% of EAOP students who entered the UC system were still continuing their education after 3 years (eaop.org). So, why is the state legislature trying to gradually diminish programs like this one and raise tuition at the same time?

"Krishna Pahadi is one of several human rights defenders to be arrested following King Gyanendra's assumption of direct power and the declaration of a state of emergency on 1 February. He was one of the organizers of a demonstration planned for 10 February against the King's seizure of power. In an article published by the Reuters news agency on 7 February, Pahadi was quoted as saying that human rights defenders had no choice but to protest. "Under the king's direct rule there is no future for those who are for fundamental human rights and freedom,� he said. “The government would like to make Nepal a big jail."

Judge Pamela Dembe has canceled a court hearing in the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal that was scheduled for February 11, 2005. The LAC views this cancellation as ominous.