This is a commentary about the use of plain-cothed police at demonstrations. It notes the difficulty in differentiating between police and potential agitators. The article calls on the police to operate solely in uniform at future demonstrations.

This is a consolidation of articles covering the November 2 "Reclaim the Streets" action and November 3 Post-Election action.

Interview with Michael Klare, director of the Peace and World Security Studies program, at Hampshire College, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus

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The Austin Indymedia Collective would like to formally invite you to an IMC gathering. IndyConference is a skill-share/conference/network building event to be held in Austin, Texas February 18th-20th, 2005.

15 million new voters were registered in one of the most massive get out the vote drives ever, through the citizen efforts of grassroots organizing and exemplified the beauty and need to continue towards participatory democracy. A large majority were planning to try to have their votes recorded for Kerry/Edwards. Amazingly with all the widespread disgust and discontent, Bush/Cheney added almost 10 million votes from the 2000 debacle, 49mil to 59mil while the Democrats only increased 2mil from 53(Gore/Nadar) to 55. Here are some reports and analysis that point toward proving what the Media reported cannot stand up to an audit, verification, certification of a fair, free honest and legitimate election. This scripting, trickle-down reality control makes a mockery of citizens time and efforts to ensure the process respects the sanctity of the vote.

The Christian Right

THE PATRICK CRUSADE