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Peaceful Demostrator Punched by Scientologist at Los Angeles Event (Oct 13 2008 09:21 GMT)
A peaceful demonstration on L Ron Hubbard Way turned ugly when a member of the Church of Scientology punched a protester without provocation. This isn't the first time L Ron Hubbard Way has attracted notice. Assaults, weekly street closures for Scientology parties, a recent death and now this incident focus attention on the shadowy cult of Scientology.
Transportation, Land Use and the Environment: Election Forum 2008 (Berkeley, Mayor) (Oct 13 2008 08:42 GMT)
Fourteen environmental groups active in Berkeley and the East Bay sponsored an election forum on Transportation, Land Use and the Environment for candidates for Berkeley City Council and Mayor. This is the first (Mayoral) forum.
STOP THE WALL STREET FALSE "NATIONALIZATION" TAX MONEY BAILOUT OF FAILED BANKS! (Oct 13 2008 04:48 GMT)
The working people must fight the new capitalist Wall Street scheme to rip off even more of their tax money and bail out Wall Street further with U.S. government purchase of preferred stocks without voting rights of failed Wall Street banks.
MOXIE Stages Topical Play "Bleeding Kansas" (Oct 13 2008 04:15 GMT)
MOXIE, San Diego's women-run feminist theatre, is presenting Kathryn Walat's "Bleeding Kansas," a dramatization of one of the bloodiest political conflicts in American history: the fight in 1855-56 over whether Kansas would become a free or slave state. This dress rehearsal for the Civil War wrenched the country apart and, in MOXIE's hands, becomes powerful, vivid, well-acted drama. "Bleeding Kansas" plays through Sunday, November 2 at Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Boulevard in University Heights, San Diego.
Marriage: Some Good News, More Bad News (Oct 13 2008 04:11 GMT)
The October 10 Connecticut Supreme Court decision endorsing marriage equality for same-sex couples was good news, but it was far overshadowed by the devastating new poll results on Proposition 8, which seeks to overturn the similar ruling last May by the California Supreme Court. Not only has Yes on 8 taken the lead, but they've done so by organizing younger voters - whom marriage equality supporters had assumed would be a bulwark of their coalition.
Let's Have a New President November 5 (Oct 13 2008 04:09 GMT)
With the U.S. economy in free fall, this country doesn't have the luxury of waiting until January 20, 2009 to swear in the winner of this year's presidential election, This post presents a modest proposal for installing the election winner in the White House immediately, so he can get to work on fixing the economy right away.
The United States of America Files For Bankruptcy! (Oct 13 2008 03:43 GMT)
After taking on more than 14 trillion in Federal debt, the housing market in the United States dropped 40%, and the United States was burdened with another 10 trillion dollars in mortgage debt. The FED's spending did not stop there, another 2 trillion was spent bailing out banks and 1 trillion spent bailing out corporations. US treasuries faltered and failed as global wealth funds dumped the dollar. US treasuries plunged and tanked and melted down::::
Concluye el Foro Social de las Américas en Guatemala, cobertura del Indymedia Guatemala (Oct 13 2008 02:43 GMT)
Concluye el Foro Social de las Américas en Guatemala. Consulta la cobertura en la página del Centro de Medios Independientes de Guatemala.
AJLPP Supports JFAV Mass Actions (Oct 13 2008 01:44 GMT)
Bailout the Filipino Veterans, Not the Corrupt Capitalists! The AJLPP urgently calls on the US Congress focused on the Senate to call a conference committee to pass the veterans bill, AJLPP West Coordinator Arturo P. Garcia announced. In this regard the AJLPP supports the Justice for the Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) in its call for nationwide mass actions against blatant racism and struggle for for veteran rights.
Los Angeles artist paints John McCain and Sarah Palin as Batman characters (Oct 13 2008 01:13 GMT)
Los Angeles based artist paints John McCain as "Two Face" from the Batman series. The acrylic painting on wood is 4' x 8'. He also paints Sarah Palin as the Joker. This image is also acrylic on wood, 2' x 4'. The son of a prominent Republican official, the artist wishes to remain anonymous.
After the Meltdown, A Saner America (Oct 12 2008 23:22 GMT)
The VIX has gone off the charts in recent days: that's the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Volatility Index, which measures the ups and down of the stock market. It also is regarded as a measure of the fear factor working in the capital markets. Nobody in the securities business has seen anything like it.
Noam Chomsky: Exposing the Un-Democratic Face of Capitalism (Oct 12 2008 23:21 GMT)
The simultaneous unfolding of the US presidential campaign and unraveling of the financial markets presents one of those occasions where the political and economic systems starkly reveal their nature.
Siege Day 4 10/12/08 US Navy Strafes SF to Celebrate Columbus Genocide Day (Oct 12 2008 23:12 GMT)
On October 12, 2008, traditional Columbus Genocide Day, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., the Navy's Blue Death and the Canadian Snowbirds terrorized San Francisco, with the Blue Death criss-crossing the City from San Francisco General Hospital to the Bay, flying over St.
THE MOST RIDICULOUS CAMPAIGN IN MEMORY (Oct 12 2008 18:55 GMT)
ON THE EDGE...
Tijuana March Remembers Slaughtered Students (Oct 12 2008 18:43 GMT)
Several hundred young Mexicanos and Mexicanas took to the streets to remind their countrymen and the world that they would not stand by while their country marched back to those dark times; when governments could massacre peaceful protesters and their families.
Militarizing the "Homeland": NORTHCOM's Joint Task Force-Civil Support (Oct 12 2008 18:41 GMT)
more documentation of the coming martial law
"The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power (Oct 12 2008 18:28 GMT)
Tariq Ali, novelist, historian, political campaigner, and editor of "New Left Review" spoke at the Islamic Cultural Center in Fresno on September 28, 2008. Ali said that Pakistan is in the throes of a new crisis: daily battles on the Afghan border, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the farcical and grotesque succession ceremony. Tariq Ali sold copies of his latest book at the event. "The Duel:
Canada's Tar Lobby: Tar Sands Lobbyists Focus on US Democrats (Oct 12 2008 18:22 GMT)
Canadian oil executives attending the Democratic National Convention issued thinly veiled threats to the Obama campaign, stating that tar sands oil would be shipped to China if a new administration in Washington imposed restrictions.
"Capitalism has degenerated into a casino" (Oct 12 2008 18:05 GMT)
Greed has destroyed the world's financial system. Spiegel Online spoke with Nobel Laureate Yumus about the profit motive, social consciousness and what should be done to end the financial crisis. Profit should not be the only reason that businesses exist.
Los Angeles artist paints John McCain and Sarah Palin as Batman characters (Oct 12 2008 17:55 GMT)
October 11, 2009. Los Angeles based artist paints John McCain as "Two Face" from the Batman series. The acrylic painting on wood is 4' x 8'. He also paints Sarah Palin as the Joker. This image is also acrylic on wood, 2' x 4'.
Guantanamo SERE Standard Operating Procedures posted for the first time (Oct 12 2008 00:57 GMT)
D. STRIPPING (1) Stripping consists of forceful removal of detainees' clothing. In addition to degradation of the detainee, shipping can be used to demonstrate the omnipotence of the captor or to debilitate the detainee. Interrogator personnel tear clothing from detainees by firmly pulling downward against buttoned buttons and seams. Tearing motions shall be downward to prevent pulling the detainee off balance.
Attack on U.S. Embassy in Yemen Linked to Mossad (Oct 12 2008 00:34 GMT)
Dubai, Oct 8 (IANS) A terrorist cell busted in Yemen last month after a suicide attack on the US embassy there had links with an Israeli intelligence agency, the state-run Saba news agency reported.The report, quoting an unnamed source, said investigations and data retrieved from a computer seized from the cell, showed there was correspondence between the Islamic Jihad group's deputy leader Bassam Abdullah Fadhel Al-Haidari and an Israeli intelligence agency. Saba quoted the source as saying that the correspondence between the two sides included a request from the Israeli side to implement terrorist attacks inside Yemen.
The 12 of October (Oct 12 2008 00:11 GMT)
Then, to celebrate the 12 of October? Nothing
Palin's Pot Problem (Oct 11 2008 23:53 GMT)
Why should other Alaskans be arrested for something Sarah Palin once did with impunity?
Call for Volunteers for Prop K (Oct 11 2008 23:51 GMT)
Volunteer to walk precincts and attend events with 'Yes on Prop K!' We have a ton of stuff planned to get out the word and keep the "Yes on Prop K" message loud and visible throughout the city.
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