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Gay and black rights in Cincinnati, and Cincy's battle for Olympics 2012 |
by Cincinnati sheep
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31 May 2001
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Reuters today, May 31 2001, reports on Cincinnati's chances of getting the Olympics in 2012: "Cincinnati's bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games faces an uphill battle following last month's race riots, the city's main lobbyist said on Thursday."
In many people's opinions Cincinnati's chances were already minimal due to Cincinnati's UNIQUE official position concerning gays. |
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Denver Grand Jury Targets Chentex Union Supporters |
by Daisy Pitkin, Campaign for Labor Rights
CLRmain (nospam) afgj.org (unverified) |
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31 May 2001
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Last December, as a part of a U.S. national effort to support union organizing at the Chentex factory in Nicaragua, members of the Denver Justice and Peace Committee organized a peacful protest at their local Kohl's store. Now one activist is in jail with others on the way as a result of repressive police and investigative tactics. |
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Amnesty International Report on USA Covering events from January - December 2000 |
by Amnesty International
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31 May 2001
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Amnesty International USA executive director William Schulz states, "The United States stands in the same shameful death penalty league as China, Iran and Saudi Arabia. This executioners' quartet was responsible for 88 percent of all known state killings."
Editor’s Note: These are apparently the "democratic values" that we are defending by our continued support of the government of Saudi Arabia and for the admission of China to the World Trade Organization. |
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No End in Sight for Mideast Violence as Israel Rejects Freeze on Settlements |
by Between The Lines' Scott Harris
betweenthelines (nospam) snet.net (unverified) |
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31 May 2001
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Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Hussein Ibish, communications director with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, who assesses provisions of the Mitchell plan and the prospects for a cease-fire and renewed negotiations. |
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Supreme Court OK of Arrests for Petty Offenses Violates Constitution |
by Ribert DeCarli via Progressive Review
bob (nospam) austinlawyer.com (unverified) |
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30 May 2001
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Editor's Note: If we didn't need citizen's review boards for police before, we certainly need them now to supervise their vastly expanded powers. ML
[From a petition by attorney Robert DeCarli for a Supreme Court rehearing in the Atwater case, involving a woman arrested without a warrant for a minor traffic violation.]--Sam Smith |
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San Francisco's Lesson Urbana Can Learn From |
by sfbg via anon
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30 May 2001
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Editor's Note: San Francisco may be a lot bigger and further west than Urbana, but the lessons to be learned from the failures of San Francisco's development policies hold certain truths that are universally applicable, including here in Urbana. Does the following sound familiar? |
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U.S. Gets "Failing Grade" Protecting Gay Students |
by Human Rights Watch
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30 May 2001
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Editor's Note: Hmmm, this is another trend that all those armed police in schools that we have these days doesn't seem to be helping. |
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