Interview continued. Joshua Brown responds to questions about the role of ISM in protecting the homes of families of "suicide bombers" from demolition by the Israeli army and other controversial issues.

Interview of Joshua Brown, ISM activist, by Jean Cushman. Joshua Brown traveled to Palestine as a member of the International Solidarity Movement. Through non-violent direct action, ISM works toward an end to the occupation of Palestine. ISM challenges the Israeli military at checkpoints to permit the passage of ambulances or people in need of food and other necessities; participates in workshops for children; protects the human rights of Palestinians. These internationals put their lives on the line to support the Palestinian's aspirations for freedom. Further, they bring back testimony and documentation of the inhuman living conditions of the Palesitnians suffering under Israeli rule in the occupied territories.

Baltimore City Council President Sheila Dixon acknowledges that she may have violated Maryland's Open Meetings Act.

But she didn't mean to.

Community tells facsists to piss off!

This review from the upcoming CLAUSTROPHOBIA analyses local novelist Ralph Johnson's insightful crtitique of the damage done to communities through state-mediated family relationships.

A community coalition fighting to downsize the Baltimore City Council has filed a suit accusing the Council of dirty political tricks.
UPDATE: Baltimore City Council President Sheila Dixon acknowledges that she may have violated Maryland's Open Meetings Act. But she didn't mean to.

The official website of the holy empire USamania and his emperor Georgo W. Hynkel is online now.

On September 21 at Johns Hopkins University there will be a Teach-in as part of the organizing for the September 27-29 protests of the IMF & World Bank in DC.

In opposition to the Bush administration's drive toward war in Iraq, 1,000 Baltimoreans protested for peace. The September 11 "Peace Path" was organized by Women in Black.

Despite the widespread hoopla, the "Baltimore Believe" campaign of vacuous moral uplift has generated nothing but indifference and derision on the street level. This article from the upcoming CLAUSTROPHOBIA explains why.