Articles submitted through the open-publishing system for January 2008

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Jan 02 2008
Food Not Bombs Tips for Police Harassment

Feel free to redistribute to protect the freedom of the commons.

Jan 03 2008
No Olympics on Stolen Land!

With the 2010 Winter Olympics scheduled to occur on unceded Coast Salish, St’at’imc and Squamish territory in two years, the spectacle surrounding them continues to wreak havoc on Indigenous people, poor people, and the Earth. In the spirit of resistance to colonialism, with the 2010 Olympics as a main target, Kanahus Pellkey of the Native Youth Movement and Native youth Dustin Johnson are touring throughout the Great Lakes and East Coast in January and February 2008.

Jan 04 2008
The Shortwave Report 1/4/08 Listen Globally!

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.

Jan 04 2008
Why Impeachment is "off the table"

The REAL Reason Bush and Cheney Will Not Be Impeached

Okay, folks, you can stop scratching your heads in bewilderment and wringing your hands in despair. Here's the REAL reason there will be no impeachment proceedings against any of the administration:

Jan 04 2008
Should You Be On A Government Watch List?

Government’s words “may pose a suspected threat to national security” are so vague one can’t wonder if that could” apply to stopping individuals wanting to fly to an anti-war or environmental protest.

Jan 05 2008
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazi

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BETWEEN THE LINES THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 11, 2008

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1) Hugo Chavez and Supporters Reflect on Constitutional Referendum Loss

Interview with Bart Jones, journalist and author, conducted by Scott Harris

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2) Commission Allows Sentence Reductions for Crack Cocaine Offenses

Interview with Jasmine Tyler, deputy director with Drug Policy Alliance, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

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3) Former Professor Walks from Boston to Washington, Advocating Bush, Cheney Impeachment

Interview with John Nirenberg, former college professor and dean, conducted by Scott Harris

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4) This week's summary of under-reported news compiled by Bob Nixon

* President Bush's $150 million initiative involving 42 Justice Department task forces to investigate human trafficking has filed only 150 criminal cases nationally and could only identifiy 1,400 trafficking victims across the U.S.
* A new anti-abortion campaign seeks to pass state level constitutional amendments granting "personhood" to fertilized eggs, as well as to outlaw certain types of birth control methods which block the path of a fertilized egg.
* The Change to Win labor alliance, founded by Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, has improved cooperation among unions for organizing initiatives.

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Jan 06 2008
Federal Judge Grants ‘Pro Bono’ Counsel

Native from Peru has been in custody of U.S. ICE since 2004

Jan 06 2008
Racist attack against 250 Rroms in Rome

The burnt sheds 250 Rrom citizens had take shelter in the sheds, living in very harsh conditions. The fire broke out suddenly and spread with unprecedented speed throughout the sheds of the derelict warehouses.

Jan 06 2008
Cut Drug Ads from TV!

Should the pharmaceutical industry be permitted to reap endless profits at our expense and at the detriment of our children?

Pharmaceutical Advertising on TV Should be Banned

At the least, those drug ads must be rated for parental guidance with the option to block them.


We Americans know that the U.S. Pharmaceutical industry and its companies spend huge amounts of campaign contributions and provide many perks to our elected officials at the national and state levels. We also know that they spend BILLIONS in advertising their prescription products on TV at all hours of the day.

Our government does a marvelous job of censoring our news media when needed, objecting to books deemed inappropriate for our children's education, and often striking-out against certain Hollywood productions it deems a threat to our democracy or detrimental to our children's viewing.

So, why on earth are pharmaceutical companies permitted to advertise irresponsibly so many dangerous and/or sex-oriented products on TV all through the day and night?

Could it be the BILLIONS of dollars network companies get for the advertising. Could it be the strong lobby the drug industry has in Washington D.C.?

Has anyone questioned what goes on in a small 6-year old child's impressionable mind when he or she see all those commercials for drug medications? You know, those like the ones for Herpes or Erectile Dysfunction.

Has anyone in Congress had to explain to their own small children what those "illnesses" are and why people have to take so many medications for so many varied and different reasons?

Have you noticed that the commercials tell us that if we have certain general symptoms we should ask our doctor if we can take medicines whose side-effects possibly could cause issues like nausea, vomiting, erections beyond 14 hours, cancer, blindness, sexual dysfunction, liver or kidney damage, etc., etc.?

Plain and simple, the pharmaceutical industry is being permitted by our government and network media programming to push drugs onto the American people --- whether or not they REALLY need such medication.

Shouldn't it be the doctor who determines our medication AFTER we have been diagnosed with an illness?

Shouldn't it be the responsibility of the health care industry to provide Americans with guidelines for PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE so that we don't succumb to any of those illnesses?

Shouldn't our children be protected from seeing such explicit commercials all hours of the day during their television viewing?

Furthermore, on one hand we tell our children that it's bad to take drugs and that they should stay away from using them and yet we are showing them a permissive society pushing drugs for any symptoms from headaches to sexual diseases.

In addition, we are raising and approving a society of neurotics and drug-users and due to such ongoing long-term medication will develop further illnesses that may become even more critical in nature.

It's time to stop such provocative advertising that is being pushed into our homes without any censoring or blocking options.

Is it right for our children to be bombarded by these ongoing drug commercials?

It's time to place a hold on drug advertising on TV. Our children need protection from viewing them every day, all day!

Jan 06 2008
Artsist Don Iarussi Bikes2 end Montana racism

Artist Don Iarussi MFA has spent the alst 8 Months in Montana and has experienced racism that is out of the anals of 1960; south. he will Bike Across the USA to Bring Awareness to Montana , Racism.

He is also writing a book titled "Whitelandia" and has posted a web page
www.whitelandia.tk

Jan 08 2008
The CPP-NPA-NDF “Hit List”

It is essential to understand the real scope of the assassination policy of Left activists pursued, after the 1992 crisis, by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), its military arm, the New People’s Army (NPA) and its politico-diplomatic arm, the National Democratic Front (NDF).

Jan 08 2008
Iraq: Hail Caesar?

It would come as no surprise, if an entire generation of Iraqi boys were born to bear the name of Caesar Saadi Al-Jibouri, the Iraqi soldier who recently killed three American soldiers after seeing them kicking down the door of a house in Mosul and assaulting a pregnant woman.

Jan 10 2008
An Open Letter To All Representatives

Our Congressional Representatives should be put on notice for not representing We-The-People

Jan 10 2008
"Collateral Damage" of the War in Iraq

Children as "Collateral Damage" of the War in Iraq

Jan 10 2008
Juez Federal Permite Consejería Gratuita

Nativo de Perú ha Estado en Custodia por el Departamento de Migración de los Estados Unidos Desde el 2004

Jan 11 2008
The Shortwave Report 1/11/08 Listen Globally!

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.

Jan 13 2008
Picket protests repression of striking miners

Protesters at Mexican consulate NEW YORK, 12 January -- The attack by over 800 state and federal police and Mexican army soldiers, aimed at dislodging striking miners from Cananea (Sonora state), was answered with a protest picket in New York. In front of the Mexican consulate, some 20 demonstrators proclaimed their solidarity with the mineworkers, who have been on strike since July 30 against terrible safety conditions at the Cananea complex and against government attacks on the workers.

Jan 13 2008
How S.1959 Could Prohibit Guns for Americans

“The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act."

S.1959 does not provide sufficient public oversight to ensure the “Commission” does not target innocent Citizens and organizations because they supported a lawful cause opposed by the Government.

Jan 14 2008
Does Lance Armstrong really have a big heart?

Lance Armstrong, 7 times winner of the tour de France, has agreed to join Israel in its celebrations marking 60 years of Independence in 2008.

Jan 15 2008
January 21st: Oppose the Lynch Mob Racists!

A white supremacist groups has announced plans to march in Jena, LA, on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday. The January 21st Committee is calling on people of all nationalities to come to Jena to oppose this.

Jan 15 2008
The Most Corrupt Companies on Earth?

The Bush administration is launching a new government agency that will rely heavily on private security contractors to conduct surveillance in the U.S.

Jan 16 2008
"Wake It! Shake It!......(1/13)

"Wake it! Shake it! Drag it out and break it!" That was Ken Kesey in Sometimes a Great Notion. 1/15 The Queer Kennedys take the stage! Sound the alarm in Zion! Don't eat the smokes!



Jan 16 2008
A Unified Field Theory

Unifying Gravity and Electromagnetism

Jan 17 2008
January 2008 U.S. Immigrant Alert! Newsletter

Immigrant Rights Movements for 2008-- Latest Information, and What You Can Do

Jan 17 2008
Corruption in Finland - Finnish Chancellor of

The Finnish Chancellor of Justice is currently investigating for
possible irregularities and discriminatory treatment after the Swedish
School of Social Science released documents relating to their decision
to reject an internationally renowned SPACEPOL expert's candidacy for a
limited track researcher position. According to SPACEPOL CEO Gunnar K.
A. Njalsson, the released documents expose a process of candidate
evaluation riddled with inconsistencies and lack of academic integrity.

Jan 17 2008
Foundation for a Drug-Free World Reaching Out

The Foundation for a Drug-Free World is reaching out to patrons of Ybor City , a popular gathering area in Tampa Bay, Florida, with the booklet "The Truth About Drugs". When people learn the truth about what drugs do and how their bodies and lives will be harmed if they do drugs, they are more likely to avoid a life of drug addiction and ruin.

Jan 17 2008
Super Heroes!

Spooner is a 297 foot tall Coast Redwood located near Scotia, Ca WOW! With gusts up to 55 miles per hour, it takes a lot of courage and dedication to stay HUNDREDS of feet in the air during hail, thunder, lightning, and severe winds. Even though mother nature and her fury tests treesitting activists, they stay strong in their cause.

Jan 18 2008
The Shortwave Report 1/18 Listen Globally!

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.

Jan 18 2008
SDS Days of Action Against the War in Iraq

Students for a Democratic Society call for any and all student and youth based organizations that are opposed to the war in Iraq to mobilize their memberships, their campus, their community and hit the streets for the week of March 17-21, with March 20, the fifth anniversary of the war, as the focal point.

Jan 18 2008
Super Heroes of the Redwoods

Spooner is a 297' tall Coast Redwood, approx 2000 years old! WOW! With gusts up to 55 miles per hour, it takes a lot of courage and dedication to stay HUNDREDS of feet in the air during hail, thunder, lightning, and severe winds. Even though mother nature and her fury tests treesitting activists, they stay strong in their cause.

Jan 19 2008
9/11 Truth Explosion: N.Y. Times Best Sellin

The Shell Game Cover “. . . they [the majority of Americans] shall come to realize what I now realize… that the 9/11 Truth Movement are the real patriots in 21st century America!"

-- Steve Alten, New York Times Best Selling Novelist
(author of “The Shell Game”)

SEE: THE SHELL GAME TRAILER ON 911 COVER UP:
 http://youtube.com/watch?v=OioYWUmRcuw


In the 9/11 truth movement we have seen heroes step forward and risk their livelihoods, their reputations . . . everything, in the name of truth. Today another hero has stepped forward to put it all on the line for truth. A New York Times best selling author has taken the big leap, and written a scalding truth telling novel, that can change everything. PLEASE HELP HIM HELP US, HELP 9/11 TRUTH, HELP AMERICA!!

Jan 19 2008
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazi

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BETWEEN THE LINES THE WEEK ENDING JAN. 25, 2008

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1) Despite Reduction in Violence, Iraq Remains Dangerously Volatile

Interview with independent journalist Dahr Jamail, conducted by Scott Harris

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2) National Global Warming Teach-In Aims to Inspire Student Activism

Interview with Eben Goodstein, founder and director of Focus the Nation, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

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3) U.S. Media Hostile to John Edwards' Anti-Corporate Campaign Message

Interview with John Nichols, Washington correspondent with the Nation magazine, conducted by Scott Harris

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4) This week's summary of under-reported news Compiled by Bob Nixon

* The war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor resumed in early January in The Hague.

* Chicago prosecutor Mark Pera is waging an insurgent primary election campaign against conservative Democratic congressman Dan Lipinski.

* Philip Agee, a former CIA officer who wrote a book in 1975 exposing U.S. covert operations, died Jan. 7, in Havana, Cuba.

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Jan 20 2008
Persecution of the gypsies in Italy on BBC

Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. On Sunday December 13th, Rokker Radio spoke about the situation of the gypsies in Italy, the European Parliament Resolution of November 15, 2007 – denouncing the racial persecution being carried out against them by the Italian institutions – and the tragedy of the Rrom families after the camp clearances.

Jan 20 2008
Lo que Mumia Abu-Jamal nunca aprendió

En vísperas de la proyección del documental En Prisión Mi Vida Entera en el Festival Sundance, la batalla por la vida y libertad de Mumia Abu-Jamal se intensifica en los medios de comunicación y en las calles de ciudades lejanas mientras él espera un fallo crítico de un tribunal federal.

Jan 20 2008
What Mumia Abu-Jamal Never Learned

On the eve of the United States premiere of In Prison My Whole Lifeat the Sundance Festival on January 20-25, the battle for the life and freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal heats up in the news media and the streets of far-flung cities while he awaits a crucial appellate court ruling.

Jan 20 2008
Misery + Barbarism = Capitalism

The truth is that capitalism, in spite of claims to the contrary, is a system historically at the end of its road, a decadent system, dissolute and bankrupt, which, for close to 40 years, has seen a period of overt economic crisis marked by convulsions, of dire consequences for the working-class.

Jan 20 2008
20 Bozemantes Brave Cold & March For MLK

The weather was blistering cold with 17 below windchill with a fresh coating of snow over the unshoveled downtown Bozeman sidewalks.

20 Bozeman residents braved the cold to march from the Imperial Hotel on Main Street where marchers met in the parking low to march to the Bozeman City Library to enjoy hot cider, the music of Vocalist Hannah Thrornburg accompanied by Tyler Van Dyken.

Jan 21 2008
Hunger for Home; Darfur Refugees Live In Exil

A first person narrative of the refugee camps for Darfur genocide survivors.

Jan 21 2008
Oz Uranium Venture Dumps Waste in Park

Police Uncover Waste at Mount Gee Alleged environmental contamination at the Mount Gee Uranium deposit in the far north of South Australia is being investigated by the SA Government and the Environment Protection Authority (EPA). (ABC News Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:25pm AEDT).

Jan 21 2008
Vote PSL in 2008!

The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a newly formed working class party of leaders and activists from many different struggles, founded to promote the movement for revolutionary change and to fight for socialism--a system where the wealth of society belongs to those who produce it, the working class, and is used in a planned and sustainable way for the benefit of all.

The PSL is proud to announce that our party is fielding a slate of candidates in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections: Gloria La Riva for President and Eugene Puryear for Vice President. In various cities across the country, the party will also run local candidates, including Iraq war veteran Michael Prysner, who is running for Congress in Florida.

Jan 22 2008
Elizabeth Beckett: Her Untold Story

Student of the British Constitution -
83 year-old Elizabeth stands alone against our Treasonous Government
Will you look the other way?

Jan 22 2008
“We The People”

Have we as a people actually reached our potential to embrace equality, justice, freedom, and liberty for all in our nation?

Jan 22 2008
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Jan 22 2008
UC Berkeley Planning to cut more greenspace!

317 trees planned for removal Is it right for the UC to remove some of the last remaining greenspace?

Jan 23 2008
Are We Voting for Change?

Do we really want change on Capitol Hill? We say we do, so why aren’t we looking for it?

Jan 23 2008
Stop Gaza Genocide - Sign Petition

This was taken from WHATREALLYHAPPENED: Does it take gas chambers before we do something for the Palestians?

How far does Israel have to go to prove to the world that they are conducting a holocaust against the people of Gaza? How many deaths, and by what method are required to fit that particular definition? No, there are no gas chambers in Gaza. No, there are no crematorium in Gaza. But YES, there have been mass murders, targeted assassinations, starvation, deprivation of every essential needed to survive… including food,the lack of water, electricity, medical supplies, medical facilities, heating oil for homes, and diesel for transportation.

Jan 23 2008
anarchist people of color national gathering

self-determination self-empowerment anarchist people color gathering 2008

Jan 24 2008
Confederate Monument Denton, Texas: End Racis

Confederate Monument Denton, Texas: End Racism & Violent Military History In One Click by Aron Duhon 1/23/2008

Jan 24 2008
"Nosotros La Gente"

¿Hemos nosotros, como gente, alcanzado nuestro potencial de enfrentar igualdad, justicia, libertad y libertad para todos en nuestra nación?

Jan 24 2008
"Nosotros La Gente"

¿Hemos nosotros, como gente, alcanzado nuestro potencial de enfrentar igualdad, justicia, libertad y libertad para todos en nuestra nación?

Jan 25 2008
The Shortwave Report 1/25 Listen Globally!

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Jan 25 2008
CPP pursues a violent course vs other left

Communist Party of the Philippines pursues a violent course against its left opponents

Jan 25 2008
New Theatre Piece Covers JFK to 911

From JFK to 911 - Play charts the rise of the Military Industrial Complex.

A South African playwright, living in Connecticut, has won a British
'Freedom of Speech' play competition, for a work dealing directly with
the assassination of JFK, the rise of CIA and the Military Industrial Complex, and 9/11.

Jan 25 2008
March for Rodney Reed

Free Rodney Reed Family and friends of Rodney Reed, an innocent man on death row in Texas, will march and rally on Saturday, February 2nd to demand a new trial for Reed.

Jan 25 2008
White Lapdog Media Protects Roger Clemens whi

It does not take a rocket scientist to see what is going on in sports today. We saw how CBS, Various White Sports Writers and announcers rushed to the aid of White Native Texas Pitcher Roger Clemens. It is clear that part Owner of the Houston Astros AAA team the Round Rock Express. A team whom i was a camera operator for, until I objected about ant semitism, anti gay, anti semitic, hate filled comments in the broadcast and production booth at the Dell Diamond.

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Jan 26 2008
Are V.A. patients being used and abused

Do some teaching Drs. treat V.A. patients in a way they would not treat private patents for fear of legal actions? Read the following letters to the Chief of staff at PDX VA along with comments made on a medical student chat board and you decide.

Jan 26 2008
Sud Ribelle trial: calling for 50 jail years

English version of supportolegale communicate

Jan 27 2008
Think Peace DVD

Think Peace DVD Where were you on February 15, 2003? New film looks at modern day Peace Movement.

Jan 27 2008
Another Fraudulent November Election?

Another Fraudulent November Election On the Horizon?

Americans Need To Learn From Haitian Politics — Quickly!

Jan 28 2008
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazi

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BETWEEN THE LINES THE WEEK ENDING FEB. 1, 2008

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1) U.S. Intensified Bombing Campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan Breed Fear and Hatred

Interview with Foreign Policy in Focus columnist Conn Hallinan, conducted by Scott Harris

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2) Reproductive Rights Issue Missing in Presidential Campaign

Interview with Gloria Feldt, former president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

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3) Issues of Race Injected Into Primary Election Battles

Interview with the Rev. Graylan Hagler, Plymouth Congressional United Church senior pastor, conducted by Scott Harris

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4) This week's summary of under-reported news

Compiled by Bob Nixon * Trade unions are highly critical of Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo Mozilo's potential $115 million retirement package if Bank of America buys the mortgage company, which was at the center of the subprime loan crisis.

* A Stanford University computer scientist has devised a system called National Popular Vote as a realistic alternative to the distortions created by the Electoral College. The plan has been endorsed by over 750 state legislators and passed in 13 legislative bodies.

* President Bush is has exempted controversial U.S. Navy sonar training exercises off California from the Coastal Zone Management Act, which was designed to protect marine mammals, including whales.

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Jan 28 2008
Nor' Easter Call for Submissions

The Northeast Anarchist Network (NEAN) is happy to announce the launch of
the Nor'Easter, our quarterly newspaper.

Jan 28 2008
Save Sulukule! (Rroms in Turkey)

Urgent campaign to save Sulukule (Turkey) and protect the oldest Rrom community in the world.

Jan 29 2008
Friends of Animals & Environmental Law Clinic

Washington, DC -- Today, Connecticut-based advocacy group Friends of Animals, together with the environmental clinic at Denver University’s Sturm College of Law, petitioned the Secretary of the Interior to domestically and internationally protect tropical birds most wanted by pet traders.

Jan 30 2008
Roanokes City Jail's 3 Monkey's Modern Tale:

Roanokes City Jail's 3 Monkey's Modern Tale: Don't See, Don't Hear, Don't Tell, and DON'T COME TO MY JAIL...
That is in essence the Good Captain Moore (and echoing Sheriff Octavia Johnson)'s message of the Man in Charge of Roanoke's City Jail to Pastors Wayne Jones I, Director of Pastors Against Injustice.

Feb 01 2008
The Shortwave Report 2/1/08 Listen Globally!

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February 2008 >> << December 2007