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CHICAGO WRITER DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT OF EGYPT
"This is the first time in Egypt's modern history that a native Egyptian runs for president of Egypt. Egyptians never had the chance before to run for president, nor elect their chosen leaders freely...
Posted: Thu, Aug 4, 2005 11:11am PDT
SF Supervisors Should Reject Comcast Deal
Tomorrow the Rules Committee will be asked to rubberstamp a deal made by Mayor Gavin Newsom to extend San Francisco’s contract with cable provider Comcast. The Board of Supervisors should renegotiate the contract rather than flushing down the drain the first opportunity in 25 years to fix an awful agreement with a company American consumers rate lower than the IRS. The renegotiations represent an historic opening for strengthening cable workers’ and subscribers’ rights, obtaining Internet acc...
Posted: Tue, Aug 2, 2005 9:53am PDT
EFF :: Indymedia seizure documents unsealed
A number of Italian and U.S. government documents related to the seizure of Indymedia server "Ahimsa" from the UK have been unsealed by order of the federal court in San Antonio, Texas. On Thursday, October 7, 2004, more than 20 Independent Media Center (IMC) websites and other Internet services were taken offline pursuant to a Commissioner's Subpoena. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is representing the interests of Indymedia....
Posted: Mon, Aug 1, 2005 11:09pm PDT
Open letter to KPFA
I am very concerned about the current dissension at KPFA. I’ve been hearing lots of stories, and I’m sure everyone has his/her point of view. I’m personally torn because I don’t dislike anyone at KPFA, although I might know one person better than another. So I thought I would try to foster some unity and provide some assistance with solving the problems and contradictions among the station’s staff....
Posted: Mon, Aug 1, 2005 7:22am PDT
Google Deletes Charles Schwab Securities Fraud Documentation Caches
As you may know I have struggled to put my info regarding Charles Scwab,LOM of Bermuda,and a scam called 'naked short selling' of penny stocks online using various websites and to keep it there.
Indybay is where I uploaded my pdf file of a Charles Schwab and Endovasc 'shareholder agreement' for unidentified 'select clients' of both who are protected by Schwab after Schwab itself was accused by them of 'naked shorting' to cover up this illegal pump and dump and
probable money laundering ope...
Posted: Sat, Jul 30, 2005 7:04pm PDT
KPFA Women's Magazine show this Monday
Tune in this Monday at 1pm to the Women’s Magazine on KPFA radio.
we will be featuring two premiums you cannot live without !...
Posted: Sat, Jul 30, 2005 1:01pm PDT
Don't Give Me No Lip, "What's wrong with Mimicking Corporate Media"
-- A response to Jennifer Whitney's article on indymedia, which can be found here
The spirit of critique and wanting to help move indymedia forward is something I really appreciate. However, Jennifer Whitney's article, "The Good, The Bad, & (sic) The Ugly: "What's the Matter with Indymedia?" is one part critique, and two parts personal axe grinding, three parts "Ra! Ra! UC, NYC, 501-c(3) IMC" . Beyond the fact that the article is so deliberately misleading in ...
Posted: Sat, Jul 30, 2005 11:39am PDT
Saturday, July 30th: Tune in to the Critical Mass Radio Network (audio/x-mpegurl 0.0KB)
Critical Mass Radio Network (CMRN) produces a coordinated monthly broadcast on the last Saturday of each month. CMRN is an international network of community webradio and microradio stations, including the bay area's Enemy Combatant Radio....
Posted: Fri, Jul 29, 2005 7:17pm PDT
Wireless World: Anti-theft RFID clothing
Privacy invading thugs want to track what you wear...
Posted: Fri, Jul 29, 2005 11:34am PDT
Be Careful about BarBQ Brush Bristles
If War were not enough threat, it seems that barbeque brush bristles pose a serious hazard....
Posted: Thu, Jul 28, 2005 4:23pm PDT
Fuck Mainstream Media
The big corporations have their own goals and interests. It’s not really accurate to say that mainstream media speak on their behalf. It’s more to the point to say that they are one and the same....
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2005 10:29am PDT
Norman Solomon Event 7/27 PSA (audio/mpeg 951.5KB)
A :48 Second PSA for Event Tomorrow: NORMAN SOLOMON, BAY AREA AUTHOR AND MEDIA CRITIC, IN SAN FRANCISCO ON JULY 27 TO DISCUSS HIS NEW BOOK "WAR MADE EASY: HOW PRESIDENTS AND PUNDITS KEEP SPINNING US TO DEATH” AND HIS RECENT TRIP TO IRAN...
Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2005 2:14pm PDT
New Latin American Television Network Telesur Officially Launched
Some are calling it Latin America's al Jazeera. This weekend, a coalition of leftist governments, media outlets and movements, led by Venezuela, officially launched Telesur - a new Latin America-wide satellite TV network. We go to Caracas to speak with Andres Izarra, Venezuela's communications minister and president of Telesur as well as attorney Eva Golinger....
Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2005 8:18am PDT
Venezuela-led TV Channel Angers US
CARACAS, July26 , 2005 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has launched a new Latin American television channel to fight “cultural imperialism” from US and European media....
Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2005 8:13am PDT
Welcome Telesur: Notes on Media from Below
The same Commercial Media mercenaries who spent recent years trying to
convince the public that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is not
popular
(and therefore illegitimate) have now changed their tune....
Posted: Sun, Jul 24, 2005 10:40pm PDT
Street Level TV #15 July 2005 (video/mpeg 19.2MB)
Check out the latest episode of Street Level TV, radical television for the Bay Area and beyond. SLTV is produced by Radical Transmissions, an all-volunteer collective in association with Indybay and VAN. Each episode is 58 minutes long and airs on Ch. 29 in SF, Ch. 28 in Berkeley and nationally on Free Speech TV....
Posted: Sat, Jul 23, 2005 7:29pm PDT
Chronicle vs. Counterpunch on Rove-Plame
Sally McCarty pleads with the San Francisco Chronicle to keep up with the Rove-Plame story; meanwhile, Lance Selfa at Counterpunch suggests why the papers like the Chronicle are misdirecting its readers....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2005 5:07pm PDT
Call for Witnessess at anti G-8 protest
I am looking for anyone who witnessed an arrest of me on 23rd street between Valencia and Billet....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2005 3:28pm PDT
CONSUMERS TRAMPLED AS TELECOM INDUSTRY RUNS AMOK
As Congress prepares to rewrite the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a new wave of merger mania threatens US democratic process....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2005 2:31pm PDT