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Mexican Farmers Face Police in Fight |
by Kursten Phelps
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12 Jul 2002
Modified: 13 Jul 2002 |
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SAN SALVADOR ATENCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Hundreds of machete-wielding farmers protesting the government's plan to take their land for a new airport outside Mexico City prepared for a showdown with police Friday, a day after taking seven hostages during clashes that left 30 people injured. |
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Labor Hour Headlines, 7-13-02 |
by Peter Miller
peterm (nospam) shout.net (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
13 Jul 2002
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Headlines as broadcast during the Illinois Labor Hour, saturdays at 11 a.m. on WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign. Canadian public strike, Corporate Crime Surges, Fast Track Proceeding, UPS Blames Losses on Teamster Strike Threat |
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Gee, you think we should discuss police brutality soon? |
by marco
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Current rating: 0
12 Jul 2002
Modified: 11:32:14 PM |
NY City has a police brutality hotline.
(646)336-6789
Should there be one in every city?
Is this as epidemic as it feels?
Sure seems like it! |
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Green Party Candidate Condemns Bush |
by Estabrook for Congress Committee
jroth (nospam) carlforcongress.org (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
11 Jul 2002
Modified: 12 Jul 2002 |
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Carl Estabrook, Green Party candidate for Congress (IL-15), joins other Greens to warn of damage to rights, security, and the economy in Bush's protection of corporate and government criminals. Greens cite Enron-like abuses in Harken and Halliburton, rollback of "whistle-blower" protection, and undermining of International Criminal Court. |
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Bush's past business dealings come back to haunt him |
by Barry Grey
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Current rating: 0
09 Jul 2002
Modified: 12 Jul 2002 |
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Bush's own business career exemplifies all of the features-greed, dishonesty, recklessness, self-enrichment at the expense of shareholders, employees and the general public-that characterized the stock-market-fueled boom of the 1990s. In Bush, these are combined with ignorance and the worst forms of nepotism and cronyism. |
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A Strange Kind of Freedom |
by Robert Fisk
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Current rating: 0
12 Jul 2002
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Inside the First Congregational Church of Berkeley, the Californian audience had been struck silent. Dennis Bernstein, the Jewish host of KPFA Radio’s Flashpoint current affairs program, was reading some recent e-mails that he had received from Israel’s supporters in America. Each one left the people in the church —Muslims, Jews, Christians — in a state of shock .. |
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Bookmobile Visit Marred by Harrassment from City Police and Downtown Business |
by Paul Riismandel
paul (nospam) mediageek.org (unverified) |
Current rating: 0
01 Jul 2002
Modified: 12 Jul 2002 |
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How does Urbana work to revitalize downtown? By fining and harassing a visiting exhibition of books, that's how! What follows is my first-person account of what happened. As the co-organizer of the Bookmobile visit and the accompanying events I want to express openly how absolutely embarassed I am for Urbana's treatment of our guests. |
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Ignoring zionists war crimes |
by Michael Jansen
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Current rating: 0
12 Jul 2002
Modified: 09:41:33 AM |
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No One should be surprised by the decision taken last weekend by the Israeli government in support of a bill which bars Palestinian citizens of Israel from buying houses in Jewish communities and bans them from acquiring parcels of state-owned land. This practice has existed since the creation of the state. |
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Charges Dropped Against Ohio Senator's Constituents |
by Ohio Working Group on Latin America (via ML)
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Current rating: 0
11 Jul 2002
Modified: 10:49:52 PM |
This good news comes on the heels of an earlier story about this sad tale of Senator Mike Dewine's (Ohio) constituents who were arrested when they insisted on, after two years of trying to arrange a meeting with him about US policy in Colombia, speaking with him. This link takes you to the earlier story:
http://www.ucimc.org/front.php3?article_id=6445&group=webcast |
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