LOCAL Announcement :: Globalization
IMF/WB SPRING MOBILIZATION PLANNING MEETING: WED. JAN 21 ST 7-9PM @ ST. STEPHENS CHURCH
16 Jan 2004
by
Mobilize for Global Justice
(They will be every other Wednesday to start)
FACILITATORS ARE STILL NEEDED!!!!! Please contact phipco (at) riseup.net if you
can facilitate
April 2004 is the 60th anniversary meetings of the World Bank and
International Monetary Fund. The meetings will be held, here in DC at the
WB headquarters. Every year the meetings are challenged by social justice
activists from around the world and this year will be no different. Debt is
still killing thousands and keeping nations of the Global South
impoverished and in a cycle of debt dependence. Come out and help to start
planning for this year’s mobilization! Say no to the WB and IMF! Yes to
economic justice!
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BTL:Secret Pentagon Unit Churned Out Dubious 'Intelligence' Used to Justify Iraq War
16 Jan 2004
(Updated)
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Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Interview with journalist Robert Dreyfuss, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
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Announcement :: Activism
Submissions needed for cultural convergence
15 Jan 2004
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radio cholo
For the last two weeks of April and over into May Day artists from the future will gather on the westside of Chicago to network our endeavors as cultural physicians - how are you going to contribute?
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“Liberty” Smearing Backfires: Pro-Israeli Cristol Overreaches
Thankfully, A. Jay Cristol’s book is having the opposite effect from the one its author intended. Instead of laying the USS Liberty controversy to rest, it has revived it from the ashes of lies, half-truths and deceptions, where it has been buried for nearly forty years (See, the compelling “Declaration of Ward Boston, Jr.,” Capt. JAGC, USN, Ret. at:
www.ussliberty.org/).
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News :: Elections & Legislation
Activist Media Take on the Primaries
New Hampshire is traditionally thought of as the make-it-or-break-it primary, Free Speech TV and Manhattan Neighborhood Network want to give the kids a say.
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What makes an 'electable' candidate?
Billions of people across the planet are praying for America to replace Bush with someone that will put an end to the multinational-conglomerate looting of our planet. This is our chance to turn the world around, the question is: Who is the real candidate for change that will restore America and put People Over Profits?
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Mark Twain: The Innocents Abroad Chapter 22
This seems relevant to our current state of affairs.
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News :: Civil & Human Rights
Standing Up To Genetic Invaders
Canadian farmer, Percy Schmeiser, speaking at the BioDevastation Conference in St. Louis, MO, May 2003, about his battle with biotech giant Monsanto, whose genetically modified "Roundup Ready" canola invaded his fields, yet they sued him for patent infringement.
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