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Civil society groups denounce Singapore government, IMF-WB for barring activists Freedom from Debt Coalition - Philippines 2006-09-13 11:26 PM

Jubilee South and the Freedom from Debt Coalition of the Philippines, two of the proponents and lead organizers of the International Peoples Forum vs the IMF and World Bank, denounce the latest move of the Singapore government to prevent the exercise of freedom of speech and peaceful assembly. (image/jpeg)

French Arrive for Mumia! Protest Thurs., by Hans Bennett Hans Bennett 2006-09-11 4:57 PM

Pam Africa and other supporters has written up their own City Council Resolution to counter the previous one condemning French support for Mumia and are going to present it at Philadelphia City Hall for the City Council opening session first thing in the morning this Thursday, September 14. Africa emphatically urges people to arrive that morning to show support for the new resolution. (image/jpeg)

*Privatized Prisons Are A Booming Big Business* Ytzhak 2006-09-08 7:00 PM

The United States of AmeriKKKa imprisons more of its citizens than any other nation on the planet. Currently almost two and a quarter million persons languish in local, county, state and federal prisons. Looking at the AmeriKKKan gulag we see some very disturbing trends aside from the disproportionate incarceration of people of color. Investments in the prison industrial complex, prison construction, privatization of prisons and public policies that encourage incarceration over intervention and treatment are fueling the rise of prison construction and incarceration at a time when even according to FBI statistics major crimes are decreasing! ...This, for example, is why longer mandatory sentences are worth so much to private prison stocks. A prisoner in jail for twenty years has a twenty-year cash flow associated with his incarceration, as opposed to one with a shorter sentence or one eligible for an early parole. This means that we have created a significant number of private interests — investment firms, banks, attorneys, auditors, architects, construction firms, real estate developers, bankers, academics, investors among them— who have a vested interest in increasing the prison population and keeping people behind bars as long as possible. (image/jpeg)

Potential NSA wiretaps in Oregon Green Scare case? Family & Friends of Daniel McGowan 2006-09-08 4:02 PM

Prosecutors in the Oregon 'Green Scare' case are stalling in their response to motions filed by defense counsel regarding whether there are potential NSA or FISA wiretaps used in the states' prosecution of defendants Daniel McGowan, Jonathan Paul, Nathan Block and Joyanna Zacher. A hearing before the judge is set for October 31st but the question remains, what is the prosecution hiding and what does the government fear is in those potential wiretaps? (image/jpeg)

Quinta MegaMarcha photos and SlideShow: Por un Oaxaca Mejor ~Bradley 2006-09-07 2:57 PM

SlideShow of photos taken on September 1st, 2006, during Oaxaca's 5th MegaMarcha which started in the community of San Felipe and ended at the zócalo in the center of Oaxaca City. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets and marched to demand the immediate departure of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO), liberation for political prisoners, the cancellation of 70 government arrest warrants for people involved in the leaderless Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO, by its Spanish initials) movement and the desire for popular governance. (4:22 minutes / 6.5 MB) (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

The World’s Original Wildlife Warrior Michael Hornby 2006-09-07 4:12 AM

a real Environmentalist! (image/jpeg)

Mass Civil Nonviolent Resistance Don Muller 2006-09-06 7:39 PM

Invitation to join nonviolent direct actions with NCNR on Tuesday, September 26th, or Declaration of Peace on Wednesday, September 27. (image/jpeg)

US education fails again... tj 2006-09-02 11:31 PM

students are severely uneducated when it comes to matters of draft and counter recruitment related issues. (image/png)

Vote Peace lawn signs now available! VotersForPeace.us 2006-08-30 1:11 PM

Tell your neighbors and the politicans about the growing voting block for peace, and against wars of aggression. (image/jpeg)

Swissvale and Edgewood Youth Stand Up Police Harassment Morgan 2006-08-29 1:50 AM

On Saturday around 50 people protested Swissvale and Edgewood Police treatment of people of color and youth. (image/jpeg + 8 comments)

Think Outside the Bomb - NYC Conference Andrew 2006-08-22 7:00 PM

From November 4-5, young people from throughout the northeast will converge at PACE University to organize for a nuclear-free world. The conference is being sponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, with support from Educators for Social Responsibility (ESR) Metropolitan Area and People's Action for Clean Energy (PACE). The conference will focus on nuclear disarmament, nuclear energy, and the hazards of the nuclear fuel cycle — as well as the connections between these issues. (image/jpeg)

DR. LEO CASINO DR. LEO CASINO 2006-08-21 9:55 AM

THE STORY OF A PITTSBURGHER WHO RETURNS AND FINDS THE CITY IS A PLACE HE NO LONGER KNOWS. (image/jpeg)

Co-op Will Get Union Election Worker Freedom 2006-08-11 11:36 AM

By Melissa Meinzer - Pittsburgh City Paper, August 10, 2006. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Benicio del Toro calls for respect for Cuban sovereignty Señor 2006-08-10 10:55 AM

Hollywood actor, Benicio del Toro, winner of an Oscar for best supporting actor in Traffic, by Steven Soderbergh, has called for respect for Cuban sovereignty. Del Toro, an actor of Puerto Rican nationality, added his voice to the 3,780-plus intellectuals and artists from more than 50 countries who are condemning the aggressive and interventionist tone of the George W. Bush government toward Cuba. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

Bechtel-Bettis Action Photos marie 2006-08-08 2:12 PM

Photos from August 6 - On the anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, activists in Western PA marched on the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin. The march to Bettis was part of three days of education and action to expose U.S. nuclear hypocrisy and confront Bechtel Corporation, the region's largest war profiteer. (image/jpeg)

No Blood for Oil - Sign the Voter's Pledge Ted Glick 2006-08-03 12:05 PM

"No More Oil Wars-- Clean Energy Now!" This popular sentiment must find expression in government policy, and it is our job this fall to make every candidate running for Congress understand that this is what our people want. We should be circulating the VotersForPeace Pledge which declares that those signing "will not vote for or support any candidate for Congress or President who does not make a speedy end to the war in Iraq, and preventing any future war of aggression, a public position in his or her campaign." We must make visible this popular desire for peace, a rapid transition to clean energy and justice. (image/jpeg)

East End Food Co-op Workers Union Files for NLRB Election Worker Freedom 2006-08-02 8:08 AM

East End Food Co-op Workers Union Files for NLRB Election (image/jpeg)

Philippines: AKBAYAN leads protests over SONA of lies, lies, lies AKBAYAN Partylist 2006-08-01 10:46 PM

AKBAYAN (Citizens' Action Party) today joined the various groups which trooped to the streets to express opposition to the State of the Nation Adress (SONA) of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA), saying GMA's SONA promises will not make up for the fact that she is the center and crux of the country's crisis right now. (image/jpeg)

Emergency Protest Against Israeli Terror pictures rachel 2006-08-01 8:44 PM

pictures (image/jpeg + 5 comments)

"Feared Disciplinarian Spudy Retires After 36 Years" at Penn Trafford Rako 2006-07-26 2:52 AM

School Beatings are Banned. A Principal Retires. Coincidence? (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

WORLD PEACE FORUM DOCUMENTARY DVD pumpkinhead 2006-07-25 4:07 PM

The Think Peace Documentary Film Project to release DVD of the World Peace Forum. (image/jpeg)

The State of the Philippine Education Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) 2006-07-25 8:40 AM

Getting “Dumb & Dumber” under Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (image/jpeg)

In Braddock, Resistance to the Mon-Fayette Grows Morgan 2006-07-24 10:53 PM

Spelled out vertically, in letters ten feet tall on Braddok Avenue last Friday was the message: NO M-F-X, no to the Mon-Fayette Expressway. (image/jpeg + 5 comments)

Irish Hunger Strike 25 Anniversary Chicago Hunger Strike Commemoration 2006-07-23 1:50 AM

The CHSCC is hosting a commemoration on the 12 August in Chicago, IL. We are urging those supporters and comrades who are interested but can't attend to submit ads to our commemorative journal. The money we raise is going to aid the dependents of current Irish Prisoners of War. (image/jpeg)

East End Runaround - Co-op workers fear their union effort will be consulted to death Worker Freedom 2006-07-21 11:01 AM

By Melissa Meinzer - Pittsburgh City Paper, July 20, 2006 (image/jpeg)

“The First Nazi City in America” Juan Santos 2006-07-18 7:04 PM

This isn’t South Africa under Apartheid; it’s not the Deep South under Jim Crow. It’s not Nazi Germany, or 1984 . It’s Hazleton Pennsylvania, USA- population 31,000. The year is 2006 in the Common Era: 514 years since the white invasion of the Americas. (image/jpeg + 12 comments)

Anti-sweatshop All-star at PNC Park matt toups 2006-07-13 6:54 PM

Daniel Ellsberg: Vietnam, Iraq and the Voters' Pledge Daniel Ellsberg 2006-07-10 8:18 PM

The goal of this coalition is to build a base of antiwar voters that cannot be ignored by anyone running for office in the United States. We want millions of voters to sign the pledge and say no to pro-war candidates. (image/jpeg)

Earth First! blockades Virginia coal plant EF! 2006-07-10 2:37 PM

Early this morning, activists with Earth First! and Rising Tide North America set up a non-violent blockade of American Electric Power's (AEP) nearly 50 year old Clinch River coal fired electric facility. Emitting millions of pounds of pollutants yearly, the Clinch River coal plant threatens the health and lives of thousands of downwind residents and the surrounding environment. Burning coal is not only a primary factor behind global climate change, but also drives the expansion of large scale strip mining. Large scale surface mining destroys forests, streams and communities as it alters the Appalachian landscape forever. (image/jpeg)

Co-op or Co-optation?The IWW drive at East End Worker Freedom 2006-07-07 7:48 AM

By Charlie Deitch - Pittsburgh City Paper, July 6, 2006 (image/jpeg + 7 comments)

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