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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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Old Memos Detail Link Of Money To Influence |
by Juliet Eilperin
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18 May 2003
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Formerly secret memos reveal both major parties pimping themselves for corporate campaign cash |
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LOCAL News :: Labor |
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Labor Headlines 5-17-03 |
by Peter Miller
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17 May 2003
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Headlines broadcast during the Illinois Labor Hour, Saturday at 11 am on WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign. UI Sending Out Layoff Notices, Personal Bankruptcy Filings Soar, Union Evicted from Offices for Anti-War Stance, US Uses Secret WTO Court to Force Frankenfoods into Europe, South Korean Truck Drivers Win Strike |
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News :: Protest Activity |
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St. Louis Arrestees All Released, Cops Back-Pedalling From Heavy-Handed Pre-Emptive Tacitcs |
by Mitchel Cohen, St. Louis Greens, via Paul R. UCIMC
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Current rating: 8
17 May 2003
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Saturday, May 17, 2003, 1 pm -
A great big thank you to the activist universe! Police and media were swamped with calls yesterday leading to the release of all arrestees. We just did an interview with NBC demanding a full investigation into police harassment and violation of people's civil rights. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran the story on the front page, and police are back-pedalling as fast as they can. |
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News :: Regime |
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Radiation Is 1,000 Times The Normal Levels Where US Troops Used Depleted Uranium Shells In Baghdad |
by Democracy Now! via rporter
rporter (nospam) newtonbigelow.com (verified) |
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17 May 2003
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A discussion with the Christian Science Monitor's Scott Peterson, who visited four randomly chosen sites in Baghdad and reports that while women and children haven't been warned, US troops have orders to avoid the sites. |
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News :: Protest Activity |
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"The Walk For Democracy" In Maryland |
by Jeanette Wallis
grievancegirl (nospam) riseup.net (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
17 May 2003
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Jeanette Wallis, veteran of the Seattle WTO protests, has been walking across America for 2 years collecting grievances from citizens to hand-deliver to George W. Bush in what she calls "a literal interpretation of the First Amendment right to petition the government for the redress of grievances". |
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Announcement :: International Relations |
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Proudhon And The Speculator's Manual In The Stock Exchange |
by Francisco Trindade
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17 May 2003
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Proudhon and the Speculator's Manual in the Stock Exchange |
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If Bush Was Popular, We Wouldn't Need Polls To Convince Us |
by Matt Peiken
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17 May 2003
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People supported the war and continue supporting this president because it's the choice requiring the least thought, risk and personal commitment. It requires only the willingness not to seek information. Why bother studying issues and motives, sorting out truths from lies, and weighing the financial, human and hidden costs of our government's plans and policies? It's easier not to, really. |
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