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Earth First! Organizers Conference 2005 February 19-22 Southern Arizona beast 2005-01-23 8:38 PM

EF! North America organizes two gatherings a year: the Summer Round River Rendezvous, which is more of a jamboree and orientation to EF!, and the Organizers’ Conference and Winter Rendezvous- a strategy and organizing event. We hope that folks will arrive on Friday afternoon and stay until Monday’s day of action. (image/jpeg)

Photos from J15 Black Voices for Peace Anti-War Rally marie 2005-01-18 11:23 AM

Saturday, January 15, 2005, Black Voices for Peace (BVFP), an African American anti-war organization, and Black Radical Congress (BRC), a progressive Black activist organization held a special anti-war protest to expose the negative effects of the War against Iraq on the African American community. The protest, which commemorated Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., featured a range of speakers including local African American leaders and members of the Pittsburgh peace community. The protest took place on the corner of Highland and Penn Avenues in East Liberty from 1:00p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

PAPV Jan 17, 2005 Pictures gwen 2005-01-18 12:26 AM

People Against Police Violence held an awards ceremony on Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Exploring Black History Asale 2005-01-17 11:09 AM

This event will explore the history of members of the Afrikan diaspora dating back to ancient Egypt. There will be an answer and question session at the end of the lecture. It will be an exciting and informative event, with the support of exhibits. There will also be educational books, films and audio available for sale. (image/jpeg)

Scandal: Did Expatriate & SoldierVote COUNT? CultureJamCleveland 2005-01-16 9:04 PM

U.S. CitiZeNs; ON The FrontLines Of Int. Relations- DID Expat. & SoldierVote get Left Behind?... A Pivotal, Hotly contested 'election of a lifetime' spurring Worldwide interest saw OverSeas Voters registration increase fourfold as these Americans are the Country's spokespeople, and best face forward. Recalcitrant insistence on conflict creating perpetual war, was on the table for We Decide, you saw the BillBoards reminding US whose Will was to be measured- The People's! RiP van Winkle Voters came out of the woodwork, contributing herculean volunteer efforts & enthusiasm were unprecendented and encouraging. NEVER in U.S. Presidential politics have MASSIVE crowds shown up to endorse an incumbent. But to throw out, Reject malfeasence and Get Rid of incompetence! The 51st state, as American's abroad were called because of it's swing potential, an estimated 4million civilians and 500,000 military, of course many in dubious, difficult, dangerous and DeaDly situations, it's numbers giving it an impact larger than the 24 smallest states. Participation was cool this time, many expressing eager desire to voice their vote. Also though, a haunting anxiety that the systemic flaws characteristic of confusing procedures and snafus investigated by the GAO in previous efforts at smooth and fair election process run by a mosaic of federal & state agencies would DisCount NOT AcCount accurately the absentee Vote. Expatriates tend heavily liberal, outnumber military significantly and the soldiers especially rank and file were said to be more mixed, varied not so monolothic, or predictable as usually seen said veterans of multiple elections. However, the pentagon, which for some reason took over from the state department, the handling of ballots, was criticized for registration websites not working, unequal mishandling of the CivilianVote, absentee ballots mailed late in 8 of 15 swing states, ballots hard to get, too many hoops to jump through and doubts whether they would get back in time, count and be honored fairly as a private firm owned by a republican donor and of the reelection team, was handling ballots historically counted at local levels. Typically 8% of absentee votes are discarded, with Bush possibly winning the popular vote by 2-3%, HOW assured at Legit can we be? when you also ADD the percents lost of provisionals thrown out, the undervotes thrown out, unequal distribution of election hardware, not random in the stunting of turnout toward one of the choices, including GAINS from unreal certification of results with more votes than voters, when the long lines were in the democratic precints!. Registration going up, up, UP Machines going DOWN, down, down, dOH! What level of fraud is sufficient to BeSmirch Confidence? Reports below abound of systemic pre-election suppression and NOW BlackOut and silence of OverSeas results are Signs of a Sinister Scandal. These OverSeas American's are ambassadors, this vote should not be treated cavalierly but be traceable, honored and COUNTED, foreigners, frontlines in someone elses HomeLand, they REALLY understand Vote or Die. I asked my roomate for a historical quote which could speak to this unseemly realization, scenario we've allowed to happen? She said there is NONE, because it has never happened before. So I say, an UNprecendented, UNheard of, UNfair, UNacceptable, UNnatural Results can only be Remedied, Adjudicated, Balanced by SomeThing that hasn't happened before a, -NewVote to Ameliorate this WaterShed MoMent! POST AS COMMENTS WHAT YOU'VE HEARD, FOUND OUT, RESEARCHED ON THE ACCURACY & VALIDITY OF OVERSEAS VOTE COUNTS. NO SoldiersVote Left Behind! ***** (image/jpeg)

Steelers Fans Against the War Quinten 2005-01-15 9:20 PM

Steelers: 16-1. Weapons of mass destruction found: 0. (image/jpeg + 3 comments)

J20 DC Anarchist Resistance Update # 3 - 1/11/05 and Pictures NYCIC 2005-01-12 4:15 PM

A summary of anarchist anti-inaugural events and actions., and photos from the last one. (image/jpeg)

Appalachia Apocalypse: The human face of Mountain Justice Summer Bo 2005-01-11 3:16 PM

There is a not only a dreadful ecological toll to Mountain Range Removal--but it has a human face as well. This is a call to action. The picture is of Jeremy Davidson, 3, was killed when a boulder was dislodged by a bulldozer and came crashing through his bedroom from a Mountain Top Removal site. He was crushed in his sleep. The picture was taken by Michael Williamson. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

What Constitutes Life? Clint Clark 2005-01-06 10:19 PM

For a long time now, millions of Homo sapien colonies have been very disappointed in the brain members of their colonies, especially in the last 8,000 years. They have been crying out, by way of stress and illnesses brought on by stress, "Why have you abandoned instinct, sight, sound, and smell, and placed so much more value on what is heard?" (image/gif)

SOT Harrisburg Trip Photos david 2005-01-06 5:07 PM

A few photos from the January 4, 2005 Save Our Transit Trip to Harrisburg. [video to follow] (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Dan Kennedy, Premier Media Critic of the Bloggers: "Cardiac Kids" (Cheney AND Bu Alex King 2005-01-06 3:55 PM

Dan Kennedy of the Boston Phoenix, in his Friday, Jan. 7 column, reports on the story about President Bush wearing a device for a heart problem in an article titled: Cardiac kids - Internet speculation about Bush’s and Cheney’s health poses a media dilemma." http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/dont_quote_me/multi-page/documents/04383304.asp (image/jpeg)

Le Pommier Is Naughty to Animals Voices for Animals 2005-01-05 2:24 PM

Local animals rights group, Voices for Animals, protests Le Pommier with a Christmas twist in their ongoing campaign to remove foie gras from all menus in Pittsburgh. (image/jpeg)

Indynewswire Reflection on Reclaim The Commons ~Bradley 2005-01-05 3:28 AM

Colombia: The Embera Katío indigenous people fight multinationals Noticia Indepemdiente Colombia 2004-12-30 2:42 AM

Four hundred Embera-Katio indigenous people have come to Bogotá from their distant lands in Cordoba near the Caribbean Coast of Colombia to demand that the Colombian government meet with them concerning the construction of the second hydroelectric dam on their lands. The first dam, ‘Urra 1’, flooded 7,400 hectares of land in 1999, destroying the rivers which were the source of food, transportation, and culture for the Embera-Katio people. Now the multinational (Canada, Sweden and Russia) company Urra plans to construct a second dam which would flood many more hectares. (image/jpeg)

AN EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION! MOUNTAIN JUSTICE SUMMER JOHN CONNER 2004-12-29 10:28 PM

For anyone who loves the Mountains (image/jpeg)

HELP! EveryDay AmeriCAN Heroes URgently Needed for Duty-Defending a Just Future... CultureJamCleveland 2004-12-29 8:25 PM

...& Constitutional Self-GOvernance ---TIME for All Concerned Citizens to report for Historic Duty and STAND Up with courageous resolve-For We are on-the-cusp of redemption, my friends!Ballots? SchMallots! We NEED to Vote NOW, with our voices, eyes,ears and feet in this New Year. Get Ready for 1/3/05 to 1/6/05 Join in this dynamic FLASH! SmartMob MoveMent in spirited Defense of genuine Representative Democracy. The Law, the Future, common sense and decency are ON Our Side and The PeopleUnited in exciting solidarity are ready to BRING IT ON!, to those who corrupt, disparage and mock our Right to free, fair and VALID Elections. Either- ticket or the media is not authorized to accept it on the people's behalf if it does not follow clean worldwide standards,a studied, honest legal assesment shows 2004 to be suspect, questionable frustratingly problematic in its planning, conduct and now-audit. Since the CorpMedia has almost zilch credibility as an objective news source it is the EveryDay People's duty to become and originate a New Medium which breathes life, rarified air into the communications sphere and DeCONtaminates the poisoned, polluted atmosphere of responsible public discourse. Conscientiously aimed at motivating, maturing and moving Consensus Reality Forward-closing the Wisdom Gap. Can't you see Boris, slyly grinnin',(the raw exit poll data withheld inside his overcoat) smacking his fist in his palm, threatening, "What part of, it's over, don't you understand?" With Abu Gharib, Gitmo ethos prevalent & lurking, the shameful media is acting much like an agressive interrogater, enforcer- foisting a fraudulent, sham election onto the MassPsyche, and to caring, FreeThinkers & justified Vote Defenders, akin to Psychological torture. First they tell us that it is the most important election in our lifetime, then Andrew Card nervously, unilaterally calls the election, in lieu of earned merit, for his boss. The media doesn't study it, analyize it, or do their job and in a concerted campaign, echo in unison-GET OVER IT. (remember Hussein capture? newspapers, websites, networks, punditz-LIKE A RAT,Like a Rat, like a rat) Who gives the orders for these negative thought-spores? THIS indocrination, chicanery, ridicule is obvious and THE ULTIMATE fear and hopeless-based trauma CONDITIONING TO MANUFACTURE ALIENATION and TIMID ACCEPTANCE FOR THE END OF DEMOCRACY. News org's spreading thought-viruses violate the BirthRight freedom- Cognitive Liberty and the sovereignity of individuals freedom to think independently, fairly, honestly as sentient agents SEEKING the promotion of The Good. Personally, I could give a hoot if the media doesn't care about their own credibility or respect Words=Conduits of Spirit, I know where to find solid information-but they are disturbing and stunting, brainwashing those who don't have time or strength to discover different solutions that shine light on hidden, nefarious motives, in effect selling short the Human Race, preventing wisdom, growth and Delaying the Rennaissance! Nevertheless, Intuition, word-of-mouth and heart-based gnosis IS very powerful and contagioUS and shall overcome, their adavantage of mass-produced reality bytes courtesy of Monopolies aggresively overwhelming dominance and destruction of sacred Nature- in all it's forms and favoring profit OVER people, machine OVER man, subterfuge OVER SunShine transparency- truly archaic modus-operandi for a successful species. This post shares recent tough essays, VoterGate2004 artifacts, documents and correspondence to emBOLDen and build your networks, flyers for historic rallies and Hands-to-Work-Hearts-to-God HOMEmade, protest=protect SIGNS* ENOUGH! No heavy-handed, top-down reality control can stop this beautiful calling-WE know what happened and we have to arREST this corruption-Democracy yearns to STAY UP past it's bedTIME! (image/jpeg)

military salute in USA became Nazi salute rexcurryDOTnet 2004-12-29 8:15 PM

The infamous straight-armed salute came from the military salute and the pledge of allegiance to the flag in the USA (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

PITTSBURGH-AREA CO. AT CENTER OF GEORGE BUSH "BULGE" CONTROVERSY C L Hallmark 2004-12-27 6:47 PM

George W. Bush apparently is wearing a medical device for "persons at risk of cardiac arrest." It is a LifeVest wearable defibrillator, made by the LifeCor Co., 12 mi. NE of Pittsburgh, in the Ride Industrial Park off Route 28 in Blawnox. He started using it sometime after his January 2002 fainting spell, which was attributed to choking. Based on photos showing him wearing the device, one can conclude the fainting was due to atrial fibrillation (AF), which his father also had. (image/jpeg)

Turkey Wants Death Penalty for 18 Year Old Female Poet!! James F. Harrington an American Muslim 2004-12-20 8:26 PM

I was shocked but not surprised to hear this sickening news from the great Muslim country of Turkey. For much too long Turkey has been an ass kisser to the United States and Great Britian and their Puppet Master, Israel. The Turkish government has banned the public wearing of the hijabs on women. Now it seems Turkey can't prove her loyality to the goons in Washington, London and Israel enough!!! (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Time Magazine Names Person of the Year Truth Teller Man 2004-12-19 12:41 PM

Time Magazine Names Person of the Year (image/jpeg)

Public Transit Fare Hikes, Service Cuts and Lay-Offs to start on February 1st david 2004-12-16 5:24 PM

Today, December 16th, the Port Authority Board of Directors settled on a proposal that will raise fares and cut service. It goes into affect on February 1st. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

U.S. Attorney Drops Ellerbe's Civil Rights Case david meieran 2004-12-15 8:56 PM

On December 13, the US Attorney's office announced that it has dropped the civil rights case concerning Michael Ellerbe, a 12-year old boy who was shot in the back and killed by Pennsylvania State Police in Uniontown on Dec 24, 2002. (image/jpeg)

Rooftop Films is Accepting Submissions for the 2005 Summer Series Dan Nuxoll 2004-12-14 2:27 PM

ROOFTOP FILMS, ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT Fully INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVALS IN NEW YORK, IS ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2005 ROOFTOP FILMS SUMMER SERIES. ROOFTOP FILMS SHOWS NEW SHORT AND FEATURE LENGTH FILMS OUTDOORS ALL SUMMMER LONG. SUBMIT YOUR FILMS NOW! (image/jpeg)

New York Art Shuttered After Bush Monkey Portrait Mark Bradleo Yokim 2004-12-14 2:05 PM

NEW YORK - A portrait of President Bush using monkeys to form his image led to the closure of a New York art exhibition over the weekend and anguished protests on Monday over freedom of expression..." (image/jpeg)

Environmentalists Expose "Victoria's Dirty Secret" Michael Croland 2004-12-12 6:47 PM

Victoria's secret mails out 395 million catalogs each year from virgin fiber paper with little or no recycled content (image/jpeg + 6 comments)

Quantum Physics: ElectShun2004 NOT Written in Stone, Keep Working to FIX It! CultureJamCleveland 2004-12-11 3:40 PM

We have entranced ourselves and fallen under a self-created spell if we imagine that the past exists in a solid, objective way. To quote Wheeler “It is wrong to think of that past as ‘already existing’…..the past has no existence except as it is recorded in the present.” When we become convinced that the past exists in a solid way, we solidify it in our imagination as being that particular way, which will thereby create compelling evidence that proves the rightness of our point of view (that the past really is that way). When we imagine that the past is a particular way, for example, this conviction effects our present moment experience AS IF the past really was that way, which just confirms to us our conviction that the past REALLY IS that way, which just makes the past seem even more AS IF it really was that way, ad infinitum.This is to fall into a self-created and infinitely self-confirming feedback loop that is synchronistic and atemporal in its operation and thereby has the nature of a self-fulfilling prophecy. We have unwittingly literally hypnotized ourselves by our own power of effecting reality by the way we observe it...KEEP PUSHING AND FIGHTING, We are 'lifting the veil' OFF this fundamental issue and steadily breaking through into consensus reality- at the Ohio Capital last saturday the response from motorists was OverWhelming! ALSO, official Government document, Declaration of Intent to Nullify Ohio's Electors as chosen by biased Blackwell and send another set of electors representing the "Will of The People" (image/jpeg)

STAND DOWN Emerging Theocratic Dictatorship DAILY PROTESTS in Columbus CultureJamCleveland 2004-12-06 8:21 PM

Everyday this week people are gathering and marching around the Ohio Statehouse to maintain citizen survelliance on a brazen attempt to steal an election, in effect ending Democracy and installing one-party rule. Articulate attorney Cliff Arneback, from Alliance for Democracy(co-founded by Ronnie Dugger-from The Nation Magazine) is leading a lawsuit that will overturn the Ohio election, WITHOUT a Recount, as evidence from southern Ohio will show that votes were moved from Kerry's column directly into Mr. Bush's. He started his speeches last Saturday by saying," First of all I begin by saying LAW AND ORDER IS ON OUR SIDE." This is not partisan, as an investigator one is obligated to follow the leads and uphold the law* very critical when voting rights and laws are trampled upon and the Election2004 is proving to BE undeniably a Sham. Show up to support this action, speak out to support the recount, stop Blackwell, insist he step aside and show up to HELP make the crackpot Big Media do their job and get with the program instead of deviously trying to program with perception management by establishment apartchicks and 'head space for rent" propagandists. Paid to sell Death in Iraq and now for whatever reason afraid to tell us something is terribly wrong with our democratic process and hiding the fact that we now live, work and breathe in a de-facto Dictatorship, friendly, charming, campy and with a sly smile, THOUGH! (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

CodePink Buy Nothing Day action cpfp 2004-12-04 1:23 PM

On November 26, twenty people gathered outside Kaufmann's department store Downtown to say "no to consumer spending and to the war." (image/jpeg)

County Council Shouting Match over Transit Danny P 2004-12-02 8:15 PM

At the Budget and Finance committee meeting of county council on December 2nd, 2004, the committee decided against having money for Port Authority in the budget they were recommending to the County Council. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

N24 transit rally photos marie 2004-11-29 2:20 PM

Photos from the November 24 rally to save public transit. (image/jpeg)

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