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Singer Melissa Etheridge Has Cancer, Cancels Tour
Melissa Etheridge abruptly cancelled her concert tour after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
In a media statement, the singer's publicist said that the 43 year old singer will begin immediate treatment....
Posted: Sat, Oct 9, 2004 12:50am PDT
Nix Gay Marriage, Calif. A.G. Tells Court
Domestic Partnerships yes, gay marriage no, California's attorney general told a San Francisco Superior Court Friday....
Posted: Sat, Oct 9, 2004 12:48am PDT
Civil Liberties Update
1) DHS Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: Legislative Update
2) ICE Says Special Registration Not Over
3) DHS and FBI Launch "October Plan"...
Posted: Sat, Oct 9, 2004 12:16am PDT
Ellen's 'Coming Out' Made Most Positive Impact on Society According to NCOD Survey
Ellen's 'Coming Out' Made Most Positive Impact on Society According to 'National Coming Out Day' Survey; Most Respondents Support Exposing Hypocritical Politicians; Colin Farrell and Hillary Top List of Those We'd Like to be Gay...
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2004 11:21pm PDT
Congressional Leadership Puts Far Right Ideology Ahead of Military Women's Health
House and Senate conferees dropped a provision from the Department of Defense authorization bill that would have ensured access to abortion services for servicewomen and military dependents who are victims of rape or incest....
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2004 11:17pm PDT
NYT Reporter To Be Jailed For Not Outing CIA Agent While Robert Novak Faces No Charges
New York Times reporter Judith Miller faces jail for refusing to testify.
Ms Miller, who gathered material for a story but never wrote one, was held in contempt by a judge in Washington....
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2004 9:42pm PDT
Nobody Is Blocking World Peace, But You
This poem is a call to arms. Either we progressives rethink our strategy from top to bottom, and retool our non-existent plans, or the war lords will steam-roller us. If you doubt my word, please consult current progressive RESULTS....
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2004 7:07pm PDT
The FBI Is Waging War On Americans
The FBI has been waging war on Americans for decades. Occasionally their illegal and unconstitutional activities have been curtailed by congress and the courts. Now that there is no separation of powers, the FBI and it's anti-American Attorney General, John Ashcroft, have pulled out the stops and are escalating their offensive....
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2004 7:05am PDT
Beyond State and Paid Labor
"Basic security is the positive answer to the crisis of the capitalist work society. The far-reaching un-coupling of labor and income contradicts essential premises of the capitalist exploitation logic and contains a dynamic that points beyond the system...
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2004 5:21am PDT
Poll Shows At Least 5 Percent of U.S. High School Students Identify as Gay or Lesbian
Poll Shows At Least 5 Percent of U.S. High School Students Identify as Gay or Lesbian; Poll Also Finds Anti-Gay Language is Rampant; 66 percent Report Using Homophobic Language...
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2004 12:29am PDT
Panel: DeLay's golf outing for energy executives looked improper
AUSTIN - The U.S. House ethics committee's rebuke of Majority Leader Tom DeLay this week focused on an issue never raised publicly before: the appearance of impropriety created by an exclusive DeLay fund-raiser for energy executives held just before he served on a conference committee dealing with major energy legislation.
The ethics committee said the Sugar Land congressman gave the small group of executives direct access at the 2002 fund-raiser, a golf outing, and that a memo written by ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 11:00pm PDT
Tell the truth about Reinstating the Draft and Who Is Really Fighting the War in Iraq
Punkvoter.com to Congress: Tell the truth about reinstating the draft and who is really fighting the war in Iraq....
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 10:20pm PDT
Deck Stacks Against The Docks
Knowing that “accidents” occur on the docks, rank-and-file longshoreman Diego Martinez took the stand Sept. 22 to testify about election fraud at Newark Local 1235 of the International Longshoremen Association (ILA)......
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 8:16pm PDT
Roll Back The Rents! Tenant Housing News From Around The Nation!
Update on on some of the latest housing news from around the country!...
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 5:47pm PDT
Ronald Reagan's Legacy
"For the richest 1%, the Reagan tax cuts were pure elixir.. Reagan's budgets slashed social spending. Domestic discretionary spending was the special target.. Hardest hit were programs for low-income Americans.. Subsidized housing lost 80.7% of its support.."...
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 3:43pm PDT
ACT NOW--NEW PATRIOT ACT
Act today -- House is voting on H.R. 10, trying to sneak in "PATRIOT Act II" powers under the guise of responding to the 9/11 Commission (which didn't endorse this legislation)....
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 2:38pm PDT
Latest Revelations on next "9-11"
She has figured out the next major 9-11 style attack will be on Novemeber
1st or 5th with nukes in various locations (although there is also a
possibility of a "rush" job on October 8...
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 1:46pm PDT
FBI seizes Global Indymedia Servers. Reasons Unknown.
FBI took the hard drives of Global IMC servers in the USA and the UK...
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 1:41pm PDT
SPECIAL TASER EDITION of Cmties United vs. Police Brutality Newsletter
This special edition of the CUAPB newsletter will explore areas of interest
related to the use of the electric stun weapon known as the Taser. Touted
by its manufacturer and revered by law enforcement agencies as a "less
lethal" alternative, we are just starting to see the practical effects of
widespread use of these devices...
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 1:16pm PDT