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Tod Satterthwaite Sees Red -- Again
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23 Mar 2001
Urbana Mayor Tod Satterthwaite, who is fast becoming the Joe McCarthy of our little town, has begun seeing red in our city council elections again, this time in Ward 5.
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Disney’s lack of respect for human rights exposed at ISU
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23 Mar 2001
Here at ISU we have a student group, United Students Against Sweatshops, and have been protesting Disney’s college program since Spring ’00 trying to create a dialogue between ourselves and Disney about sweatshop abuse and what Disney is doing. This week Wednesday, Disney held their recruiting session and we had 30 people protesting this event.
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More info on Disney protest at ISU
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22 Mar 2001
Here is a response I got from one of my friends who was at the protest.
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It's not over yet! The latest on the Save our Trees Campaign
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22 Mar 2001
The media is leading us to believe that the fight is over with Illinois Power. Dont trust IP yet- we can't let our guards down. They have every intent to rewrite a proposal, and they have yet to collaborate with the citizens.
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Wal-Mart- not wanted here.
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22 Mar 2001
The new Super Wal-mart developing in Savoy is not coming into this community with open arms. Two IMC reporters do some investigating in the aftermath of the February 24th vandalism, in the interest of representing voices of opposition.
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IP Withdraws Tree-Trimming Plan
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22 Mar 2001
The CU News-Gazette is reporting today that Illinois Power is withdrawing its controversial "vegetation management" tariff in repsonse to overwhelming public ouctry.
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Family and Community Activity Center Planned for North Champaign
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13 Mar 2001
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Over two dozen activists and community leaders met on Wednesday, March 7, 2001 to discuss the creation of a "Family and Community Activity Center" that would serve the residents of North Champaign. Planning will be ongoing and the public is welcome to attend future meetings or contact the author or Angela Wiley (awiley (at) staff.uiuc.edu) for more information about the project.
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Tonight on WBAI: Banamex Sues to Censor Narco.News
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21 Mar 2001
Tonight at 1.30 am EST Narco News Editor Alberto Giordano will talk about the efforts of Banamex (Bank of Mexico) to censor the website Narco.News by means of a libel lawsuit. Join the discussion by calling 212.209.2900 or joining in online at http://reclaimthe.net/forum.
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Human Rights and Free Speech suppressed at Illinois State University
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21 Mar 2001
Disney is suppressing freedom of speech and trampling over students' rights.
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Human Rights Radio Back on the Air in Springfield!
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21 Mar 2001
The pioneering Springfield, IL microradio broadcaster Mbanna Kantako was raided by the FCC and local authorities twice last year, after operating his unlicensed Human Rights Radio for more than ten years. I just received word from his frequent spokesperson Mike Townsend, a University of Illinois-Springfield professor, that Kantako is back on the air.
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