News :: [none]
The Week in Review: June 16-22
23 Jun 2003
by
Baltimore IMC Editors
Who knew what? when? where?; shrinking Bush approval; profiling OK...for terrorism!; Maybe a teeny weeny lie?; Brits jab at Blair; Israel kills people! ...and This Week in History
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News :: War in Iraq
John Kerry was 'misled'
23 Jun 2003
by
Charles Jenks
John Kerry says he and "every one of us" was misled by President Bush concerning Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. And he says the deception is one reason he is running for President. If he was misled, what do we make of his 156 Congressional colleagues who voted against the war resolution in October, 2002?
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Announcement :: Labor
Mon 6/24, SEIU: CALL IN TO SUPPORT UNION DEMOCRACY
22 Jun 2003
by
solidarity forever!
ON MONDAY 6/23, join fellow workers in the Northeast by call SEIU
President Andy Stern at 1-800-424-8592 to demand democracy in the
Northeast:
-STOP ATTACKING AND DENYING REPRESENTATION TO UNION DISSIDENTS
-END THE TRUSTEESHIPS. HOLD FAIR ELECTIONS IN BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA and
NEW YORK
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BTL:Anti-Smoking Activists Continue Campaign to Curb the Power of Big Tobacco
21 Jun 2003
by
Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
Interview with Stanton Glantz, professor of medicine at the University of California, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
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News :: Civil & Human Rights
A national tempest about a report from Status of Women Canada
Some English-Canadian newspapers are claiming that a report published by Status of Women Canada, « School Success by Gender : A Catalyst for Masculinist Discourse », sets up a "black-list" of men's organizations. The study's Project Director responds to critics.
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Interview :: [none]
An Interview with Peter Grimes--Sociologist of Energy
20 Jun 2003
by
Peter Grimes/Howard J. Ehrlich
The effort by the US to create a global capitalist empire will fail as the world experiences both global warming and the depletion of oil. We can expect the collapse of the state, increased ethnic conflicts, and a descent into societal chaos.
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News :: Globalization
BIODEV CARTOON(amsellem)
20 Jun 2003
by
charles amsellem
cartoon c 2003 by charles amsellem. all rights reserved. activists may reproduce for non profit use
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Announcement :: Activism : Civil & Human Rights : Globalization : International Relations : Latin America : Peace : Protest Activity
SHUT DOWN THE SOA: Massive Protest and Direct Action at U.S. Military Base
Join thousands from across the Americas from November 21-23, 2003 at the gates of the U.S. military base Fort Benning in Georgia - home of the notorious School of the Americas (renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) - to stand in Solidarity with the victims of the School of Assassins and to speak out against terror and violence. ENGAGE IN NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION TO MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD, TO CLOSE THE SOA/WHISC, AND TO CHANGE OPPRESSIVE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY.
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DARPA & TIA? The Next Big Brother Nightmare Is RFID - Here's The Story
Reference websites to a consumer watchdog group and links to a Rense.com radio program
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BTL:Progressive Coalition United for Peace and Justice Holds....
20 Jun 2003
by
Between the Lines' Scott Harris
...1st National Conference to Determine Strategy and Action Plan Interview with Ted Glick, national coordinator of the Independent Progressive Politics Network, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
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