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PIX: Arundhati Roy, Boots Riley
Pictures of Arundhati Roy in conversation with David Barsamian, in Berkeley, CA, 18 Aug, 2004.
Also with Boots Riley (of The Coup) and Amy Goodman (of Democracy Now!)...
Posted: Fri, Aug 20, 2004 5:43pm PDT
Boo!SSH scares me, astute essays hinting at OtherWorlds, OtherWays
"True sanity entails in one way or another the dissolution of the normal ego, that false self competently adjusted to our alienated social reality...and through this death a rebirth, the ego now being the servant of the divine, no longer its betrayer." —R. D. Laing Ronnie Laing's profound dictum leaves us with many poignant questions regarding the true nature of the psychic lives of so-called ordinary Americans and our ability to function in this corrupt and crumbling empire. In sho...
Posted: Fri, Aug 20, 2004 2:43pm PDT
Making the U.S. Safer for Opium Dealers, Terrorists and Neocons
Since the Bush-Cheney Gang invaded Afghanistan in 2001, the opium industry has grown to $2.3 billion a year. When the Taliban was in charge, the trade was almost totally suppressed. During the 80s and early 90s, when Ronald Reagan and “Daddy” Bush were running the U.S., the Mujahedin, which morphed into al-Qaeda, received hundreds of millions of dollars in funding from the CIA, including plastic explosives, enough to blow up “half of NYC...”...
Posted: Fri, Aug 20, 2004 6:28am PDT
Wal-Mart to Run for President of U.S.
WalMart Announces Its Write-In Campaign For President of the United States
Candidate to Also Bid for Nomination of Natural Persons Party the Evening of September 1 at Studio Z in San Francisco...
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 9:56pm PDT
Anarchist-affiliated websites down this morning
When I got up this morning, I saw that sf.indymedia was down and there was a post to the newswire of this site saying that it might be fed-related (that post is "hidden")....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 9:17am PDT
Venezuela: U.S. NED Funded Exit Poll Co. Lied About the Election Results!
August 19, 2004
Americas Watch Special Investigation
Part of Peace No War Network
URL: http://www.PeaceNoWar.net...
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 1:00am PDT
Keep Wal-Mart Out of Oakland
Tell Mayor Brown to Keep Wal-Mart out of Oakland!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 7:54pm PDT
Nepal Maoist Execute Reporter
Thap was kidnapped in Dailekh (500 km west of Kathmandu) by Maoist troops who accused him of spying for the government. Among 10 charges against him was one of helping to organise a ceremony to honour King Gyanendra in April. The leaflet, signed by "Comrade Ranajeet," the local party secretary, said he was executed after being found guilty of spying....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 5:35pm PDT
Phone numbers, addresses, and e-mails of over 1600 RNC delegates!
Today we are releasing a list of delegates to the 2004 Republican National Convention. This list includes the names, address, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of RNC delegates in addition to what hotel each one is staying at during their invasion of New York City....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 2:45am PDT
Worker-owner Opportunity at 6th Street Books SF
Worker-owned business is an effective mode not only of personal economics but also an individual part in efforts to shift the global economy toward regional stability and economic sustainability. So why, then, is Tommy at Sixth Street Books having trouble finding people who want to enter into a worker-owned book shop/lunch stop/education & entertainment venue?...
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 12:28am PDT
8/29, SF: Really, Really Free Market
Sunday, 29 August 2004, 2 - 5 PM
Sharon Meadow, Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
(near JFK Dr. & Kezar,...
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 11:53pm PDT
Defense Contractors Wage War On Arab, Muslim and Anarchist Americans
First Draft:
Recent reports of FBI harassment of activists have gone national. The FBI has been visiting activists, their neighbors, families and employers in a bid to intimidate those planning on protesting the political conventions. These events are reaching the news now because these latest FBI actions are face to face and in person. Under such circumstances it is impossible for the FBI to hide themselves behind anonymity....
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 9:44am PDT
Globalization and Employment
Corporations often repress falling purchasing power and the weak domestic economy by takeovers, foreign investments and exports. The neoliberal myth that increased profits lead to more investments and more jobs must be cleared away....
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 5:51am PDT
Maybe next Olympics should be held at American Prisons?
Maybe next Olympics should be held at American Prisons?...
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2004 12:05pm PDT
Venezuela: Chavez won! and other articles
Local, US and international news... every day!...
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2004 3:11am PDT
Guy Debord on capitalist food
Article by Guy Debord (1985) on food in capitalist society. First time in English translation....
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 4:10pm PDT
Is a US Economic Collapse Due in 2005?
"The world has been flooded with cheap dollars.. What is clear now is that this unsustainable effort is likely to come to an end sometime in 2005, just after the elections, regardless of who is President."...
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 9:22am PDT