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Yo No Quiero Taco Bell: Farmworker Struggles and the Legacy of César Chavez |
by Catherine Cunningham and Sean Sellers
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31 Mar 2004
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Drop that chalupa! Boycott the Bell!
Taco Bell is a major purchaser of Florida tomatoes. Their enormous purchasing power gives them a unique opportunity to intervene on behalf of farm workers who subsidize corporate profits with sweatshop tomatoes. CIW is asking the fast-food giant to pay one more penny per pound for its tomatoes. This meager increase would nearly double farm workers' wages while costing consumers only a fraction of a penny. For three years, Taco Bell has refused to budge, myopically insisting that slavery and abuse is not their problem. Taco Bell refuses to negotiate with CIW and cannot guarantee that it does not use forced labor in its tomato supply chain. That's why, in the spirit of Chavez, CIW is spearheading a national boycott against Taco Bell. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Media |
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Who Owns and Controls Our Local Media? Find out on Mediageek, Friday, 4/2, 5:30 PM on WEFT 90.1 FM |
by Paul Riismandel
paul (nospam) mediageek.org (unverified) |
Current rating: 3
31 Mar 2004
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On this week's mediageek radioshow we'll do a survey of local media owners:
- who they are
- where they're located
- what else they own
- and what they plan to do...
This is information you won't find by reading the News-Gazette or listening to any other radio station. |
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Stressed Travelers Need Passenger Rail |
by Dave Zweifel
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Current rating: 0
31 Mar 2004
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Our leaders are willing to throw tens of billions at highway construction and several billions to upgrade airports and subsidize air travel. But they can't see their way clear to bolster rail service at a fraction of the cost. |
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â€Terrorismo global“-Diez horas con la globalización(google) |
by Oscar Sánchez Fernández de la Vega (google)-
ofdelavega (nospam) edu.xunta.es (verified) |
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31 Mar 2004
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Oscar Sánchez Fernández de la Vega (google)-Autor del libro “Diez Horas con la globalizaciónâ€(google, indymedia.org, amazon, foro-los retos de la globalización, elcorteingles.es, netbiblo, yahoo...)
1-LO QUE EMPIEZA A ESTAR RAZONABLENTE CLARO
2-PERFIL DEL TERRORISMO GLOBAL.
3-PERFIL DEL TERRORISTA GLOBAL Y SUS DIFERENCIAS
CON EL TERRORISTA LOCAL
4-¿QUÉ HACER?. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Elections & Legislation |
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**ACTION ALERT & UPDATE: Pass Driver's License Bill for Illinois Immigrants** |
by via email
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Current rating: 0
30 Mar 2004
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The future of Driver's Licenses for Illinois immigrants will
be decided on March 31. State Representative Edward Acevedo
will call HB 4003 (Driver's Licenses for Immigrants) for a
vote on Wednesday...We have heard that anti-immigrant opponents are hitting all
legislators VERY hard with phone calls in their districts. It
is important that between now and Wednesday WE call ALL of
our state representatives and encourage them to Vote YES for
Driver's Licenses for all Illinois residents. |
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LOCAL News :: Peace |
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Veterans and Families Speak Out April 1 |
by Ricky Baldwin
baldwinricky (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
30 Mar 2004
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Mother of soldier and former U of I student killed in Iraq joins local veterans in anti-war forum Thursday April 1 at 7PM in the Champaign Public Library Auditorium.
“George Bush killed my son,†she told reporters at the service. |
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Equality Index Catalogues Economic Gap |
by Ralph Nader
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Current rating: 0
29 Mar 2004
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"Over 216 years ago, the authors of the U. S. Constitution counted, for tax purposes, enslaved African Americans as 3/5 or 60 percent of a white citizen. According to the total of the 2004 Index, the status of African Americans is 73 percent when compared to the conditions of their white counterparts." |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : Government Secrecy : Protest Activity |
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Grand Rapids police kept an eye on peace crowd |
by Ted Roelofs (repost)
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Current rating: 0
29 Mar 2004
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You always think "But it can't happen here?"
Veteran Grand Rapids peace activist Jeff Smith said he finds it laughable police consider local protesters a security threat.
"We have no history of doing anything that could be deemed as violent or a threat to anybody. Is this the local police acting independently on this? Are they getting orders or encouragement from other officials?" |
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Clarke and the Media Failures of 9-11 |
by Danny Schecter
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Current rating: 0
29 Mar 2004
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Media programs could not do enough to provide a platform for Administration officials to respond, to get some heat rather than light going, to "balance" the issue rather than advance it with tougher reporting. These interviews aimed to provide Bush supporters with ammunition, not information. |
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