Announcement :: Media : Miscellaneous : Protest Activity
submissions call for book on US activism
Submissions Wanted for a book about Amerian DIY groups and Radial Activism (Please Repost)
We're looking for essays, comics and interviews with and by people
involved in creative resistance and radical groups and DIY scenes in
the US.
Roughly, we are looking for people involved with: ARA, animal
liberation, feminism, genderqueer, APOC, youth liberation and
freeskools, infoshops and libraries, bike collectives, newspaper and
(maga)zines, squatting, radical healthcare, DIY sho spaces and
community centers, immigrant rights, street parties, forest defense,
urban greening, free and pirate radio, unions, Food not Bombs, and
prisoners' rights groups. (This list is not meant to be exclusive.
If you are involved with or know about other groups, we'd love to hear
about them!)
We want to collect a group of writings and representations of, and by,
activists from around the United States, people involved in all sorts
of every day resistence. We welcome submissions by people of all
genders, ethnicities, ages, sizes and backgrounds.
(Also, if you'd be willing to interview people you know who do rad things, that would be great.)
Please email
diycollection-AT-riseup.net for more info. The final date for all submissions is May 1. You should be seeing flyers for this around soonish, I hope.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Media
Black and White Photo Workshop
22 Jan 2006
by
Balto Darkroom Coop
Black and White Photo Workshop Sunday, January 29th, 2:00-5:00pm at Progressive Action Center.
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BTL:Filibuster is Last Hope for Opponents of Alito Supreme Court Confirmation
22 Jan 2006
by
Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Interview with Kim Gandy, president of the National Organization for Women, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
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News :: Baltimore MD : Children : Labor : Poverty : Urban Development
IRS Free tax software for preparing your income tax return
21 Jan 2006
(Updated)
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Where did my money go?
Per IRS web site, List and links to Free software for preparing Form 1040 and other tax forms.
Most of the software listed by the IRS allows Electronic Filing (E-File) of your income tax return. Some of the software listed will prepare your State income tax return.
Where is my Refund?
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News :: Media
News Junkie Scott's Blog (1/21/06)
Washington uses Gulf Coast reconstruction to push for dismantling of public education.
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Alito's open-minded platitudes
21 Jan 2006
by
Daniel Borgström
Judge Alito is really slick, like a bar of soap on a bathroom floor. He'd be a great defense lawyer; and if I were in Jack Abramoff's shoes, Alito would be my first choice. As it is, it looks like Alito will be confirmed for the Supreme Court. No question about his qualifications, Alito will be a justice who can work the U.S. Constitution and fit it to Bush's fancy.
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