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WHERE THE ARAB AND MUSLIM COMMUNITY WILL STAND ON SEPTEMBER 24 4 unity 2005-07-22 5:24 PM
Statement by Arab and Muslim organizations on the September 24 anti-war demonstration in Washington, DC (text/plain)

Condoleezza Rice Makes Surprise Visit to Lebanon Mark dameli 2005-07-22 3:26 PM

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to volatile Lebanon under heavy guard Friday to encourage a new democratic government outside Syrian control. (image/jpeg)

Protest the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings: CALL FOR DIRECT ACTION:: Sept. 23-25 mobilization for global justice 2005-07-22 12:04 PM
Block the Bank! Fight the Fund! Reclaim Our Communities! Confront Economic Violence and Corporate Capitalism during the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings September 23-25, 2005 :: Washington DC :: Call for DIRECT ACTION (text/plain + 1 comment)

BTL:The Downing Street Memos and Valerie Plame-CIA Scandal Reveal a... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-07-22 9:45 AM
...White House Bent on Misleading Public on Rationale for Iraq War ~ Interview with John Bonifaz, constitutional attorney, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Resistance is NOT futile! Michael Boldin 2005-07-21 5:13 PM
Fighting federal tyranny (text/html)

Mobilization for Global Justice Mobilization for Global Justice 2005-07-21 2:10 PM
Block the Bank! Fight the Fund! Reclaim Our Communities! Confront Economic Violence and Corporate Capitalism during the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings September 23-25, 2005 :: Washington DC :: Call for DIRECT ACTION (text/plain)

Karl Rove Getting Leaked On -- By Grand Jury! Clayton Hallmark 2005-07-21 1:42 PM

President Bush now says he will fire for convictions, not mere leaks. The consensus of lawyers is that Karl Rove will be indicted by the grand jury now in session in Washington, DC, in the Valerie Plame outing case -- and not for what you think. Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald appears to have a slam-dunk case under Title 18, Sec. 641, USC (which is NOT about outing a covert agent) just as the DOJ did for leaker Jonathan Randel, who got a year in prison. Karl Rove was abandoned by both of his parents -- the man he called Dad left home, Rove found out "Dad" wasn't his father after all (his aunt and uncle "outed" this at the dinner table), and his mother committed suicide. (image/jpeg)

Pennsylvania initiates a vicious attack on the poor stephen donahue 2005-07-21 11:30 AM
Four dead so far thanks to dirty new law passed by the PA General Assembly and signed by Gov. Rendell. (text/plain + 22 comments)

(pdf) new poster for aug. 6th peace action at the software engineering institute vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-07-20 10:49 PM
pdf of new poster for aug. 6th (application/pdf)

Court Nominee A Defender Of GTMO Illegality And Of Mountaintop Mining Decapitation Coalition Against Roberts 2005-07-20 2:01 PM
Roberts has ruled against the rights of Guantanamo prisoners illegally detained. He has written briefs supporting mining company decapitation of mountains. He is hostile to civil rights (text/plain)

A Letter to American Troops In Iraq (BKH) brent herbert 2005-07-20 12:48 PM
Time to support our troops by bringing them home... (text/html)

THESE WEAPONS ARE POINTED AT YOU! leslie oliver 2005-07-20 11:44 AM
STill don't believe they have the technology to choke a man or cook/radiate his insides from afar? Think again. And they're already doing it! REad my account and Jesus Mendosa (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for July 18, 2005 Indymedia Radio Collective 2005-07-19 4:27 PM
# An interview with the site coordinator for National Student Partnership's Pittsburgh Office # as Car Free Day approaches, and builds support from the Pittsburgh City Council, we'll hear from last month's conference organized by Car Free Pittsburgh (audio/mpeg)

subMedia releases first DVD/Zine on Bit Torrent subMedia 2005-07-19 10:41 AM
Independent Media Group subMedia (http://submediatv.com) has released its first DVZ (DVD/Zine) ‘‘Molotov’’ as a free download on the Bittorrent network. subMedia founder Franklin Lopez made the announcement last week, after the last ‘hard copy’ of ‘‘Molotov’’ was sold to a costumer in Norway. (text/plain)

Economic Treason - What Kind of Country Destroys the Job Market for Its Own Ci Messenger 2005-07-18 5:45 PM
author: PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS, CounterPunch, July 15, 2005 - The June payroll jobs report did not receive much attention due to the July 4 holiday, but the depressing 21st century job performance of the US economy continues unabated. (text/html)

Thoughts on the London Bombings Gary Sudborough 2005-07-17 3:15 PM
A few thoughts about the London bombings that will definitely not appear in the corporate media. (text/plain)

BTL:Bombing of London Transit System Renews Debate on How to... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-07-17 12:39 PM
Effectively Fight Terrorism ~ Interview with Rahul Mahajan, author and commentator, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Rustbelt TV: New Episode, Summer 2005 Pittsburgh IMC Video Working Group 2005-07-16 11:08 PM

The Pittsburgh Independent Media Center is pleased to present a new episode of Rustbelt Television. Rustbelt TV brings news from the grassroots, news from outside of the corporate media to a new audience. It is based upon Rustbelt Radio, the weekly radio show that airs every Monday at 6pm on WRCT-FM 88.3 Pittsburgh and on Saturdays on WVJW-FM 94.1 Benwood in the Wheeling, West Virginia area. (image/jpeg)

A MOM'S FYI: Opposites Detract df 2005-07-16 11:02 PM
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(mp3) interview: mosque fire bombed in liverpool vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-07-15 3:16 PM
AUDIO IS LOCATED AT >>> http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=13262 (text/plain)

Garfield Weed and Seed program faces federal cutbacks, local criticism Andalusia, Rustbelt Radio 2005-07-15 9:51 AM
Rustbelt Radio's report on the Federal Weed and Seed program in Garfield, the Bloomfield Garfield Corporation, and interviews with Garfield residents. audio: 18:26 in either mp3 or ogg vorbis format. (audio/mpeg + 4 comments)

Populist #7 Franklin 2005-07-14 11:36 PM
Constitutional Democracy as a Protection against Internal Hostilities - continued (text/html)

British Commando Units Seal off Israeli Embassy in London in Wake of Attacks sorcha faals 2005-07-14 1:27 PM
Russian Intelligence reports circulating in the aftermath of a series of bombings in Britain’s Capital City of London are showing that Elite Commando Units of the British Army have sealed off and may have entered into the Israeli Embassy in London in an attempt to detain the Israeli Security Attachment assigned to former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is currently in the British Capital, and as we can read as reported by the Associated Press News Service in their article titled "Netanyahu Changed Plans Due to Warning" (text/plain)

U S Begins Long Awaited Crackdown on American Jews of Massive Israeli Spy Networks sorcha falls 2005-07-14 1:22 PM
Being kept hidden from the American public, and according to Russian Intelligence Analysts, is that the United States Intelligence Organization the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has begun a crackdown against Jewish peoples living in the United States, but suspected of being a part of what is being described by Russian Security Forces as “the largest spying operation ever discovered in America”, and as we can read as being confirmed by the Israeli Haaretz News Service in their article titled "Something is bothering the FBI" and which says; (text/plain + 3 comments)

examples of hate speech various zionists 2005-07-14 1:11 PM
"We Jews, we are the destroyers and will remain the destroyers. Nothing you can do will meet our demands and needs. We will forever destroy because we want a world of our own." (You Gentiles, by Jewish Author Maurice Samuels, p. 155). (text/html + 5 comments)

Border Crisis Jonathan Morse 2005-07-14 12:35 PM

Weekly Cartoon from Dirt Worshiping Heathens Sketchbook... http://home.comcast.net/~shajon/index.html (image/jpeg)

Rumour Mongering - turning the tables on the Capitalist Media brent herbert 2005-07-14 10:51 AM
Or how to create a media system which is a public utility, instead of a capitalist brain washing outfit, in really easy steps... (text/plain)

BTL:Despite Earlier Denials, Presidential Adviser Karl Rove Played Key Role in... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-07-14 9:28 AM
...Illegal Disclosure of CIA Agent's Identity ~ Interview with Robert Jensen, professor of journalism at the University of Texas, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

LONDON - TERRORISM ORDERED BY THE STATE do 2005-07-14 8:38 AM
IS FECIT CUI PRODEST : Blasts could boost Blair's support ! (text/html)

Minister survives Beirut car explosion Mark dameli 2005-07-12 6:40 PM

A powerful bomb blast wounded pro-Syrian caretaker Defence Minister Elias Al-Murr and killed two people north of Beirut on Tuesday, security officials said. (image/jpeg)

Rustbelt Radio for July 11, 2005 Indymedia Radio Collective 2005-07-12 1:28 AM
Welcome to this week's edition of Rustbelt Radio, the Pittsburgh Independent Media Center's weekly review of the news from the grassroots, news overlooked by the corporate media. The show airs every Monday from 6-7pm on WRCT 88.3FM in Pittsburgh, PA and every Saturday from 5-6pm on WVJW Benwood, 94.1 FM in the Wheeling, West Virginia area. On today's show... * Weed and Seed, a federally funded law enforcement and community redevelopment program may cut the Garfield program's budget. We will hear from representatvies of Weed and Seed and Garfield Residents * Part Two of an interview with Just Health Care, a community group working to bring about universal health care coverage in Pennsylvania. * and we'll hear reactions to last week's bombings in London; from Londerers on the street on the morning of the attacks, as well as from Fox news commentators in the US. (audio/mpeg)

Atlanta Hosts Competeing Convergences spooners_ghost 2005-07-11 9:48 PM

Anarchists, anti-capitalists and anti-authoritarians gather in Atlanta for two "separate but equal" convergences: (image/jpeg)

Protests Slowed But Important During June D. Burbeck 2005-07-11 12:02 AM
LA, DC, Santa Cruz and Sacramento held demonstrations in front of the KTLA TV station, the Washington Post, the Santa Cruz Sentinal and the Sacramento Bee, respectively, to protest the "NO COVERAGE" of the Downing Street Minutes. (text/plain)

(mp3 ) from the rainbow gathering to london vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-07-10 12:19 PM
great audio clip, give it a listen, use on yr pirate / internet radio station (text/plain)

BTL:Military Base Closings Force Communities to Plan for... Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2005-07-10 9:32 AM
...Sustainable Economic Development ~ Interview with Joanne Sheehan, of the War Resisters' League, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

ENMOD: Cornerstone To Climate Change and Behaviour Modification soyld 2005-07-08 10:57 AM

Prime Comp: Global Warming a carefully crafted propaganda buildup for intentional melting of the icecaps with tesla tech and particulate plasma technologies, to get at the oil and other natural resources beneath. England and America made the Deal With Russia in the 80' s. Bush and most like them, especially the whacko xtian cultists like in AZ, are NOT Americans. (image/jpeg)

Richard Berman AD 2005-07-07 8:06 PM
Richard Berman claims to help the average consumer. In fact, he works for corporate America. (text/plain)

33 dead in London blasts Ted / Guardian UK 2005-07-07 1:28 PM
· At least 33 dead as bus and tube hit · Blair condemns 'barbaric' attack · Claim by al-Qaida group · Emergency hotline: 0870 1566 344 (text/plain)

Statement by the Communist Party, USA on today’s attacks in London National Board - Communist Party USA 2005-07-07 1:26 PM

BTL:Bush Call to 'Stay the Course in Iraq' Echoes Pronouncements Made During... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-07-07 8:47 AM
...Vietnam War ~ Interview with Ray McGovern, retired CIA analyst, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH IS NOW IMPEACHABLE Messenger 2005-07-07 12:54 AM
This is from the Portland IMC: author: Joseph Hillier The evidence of brutality, torture, murder, corruption, conspiracy, and complete contempt for all standards of human decency that is certain to come out during the impeachment of Bush and his high administrative officials will forever discredit the evil neo-con, capitalist, corporate, militarist ideology. (text/plain)

Civil Rights Film Released After 2 YRS of Suppression! kalitara 2005-07-06 11:10 PM
LIBERTY BOUND, shunned even by organizations like MoveOn.org and Democracy Now!, has finally found the distrubution it deserves on Free Speech TV! (Dish Network 9415) Thursday, July 7th - (EST) 2am, 9am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm, 9pm (text/html)

Johnny Got a Gun - Protest Song Johnny's Dad 2005-07-06 10:27 PM
By: Johnny's Dad (Please distribute freely) (text/plain)

Pittsburgh Critical Mass video (quicktime mov) Matt Toups 2005-07-06 6:52 PM
Edited video of June 2005's Critical Mass ride in Pittsburgh. 250+ riders! interviews and music. Click on the video link below to watch or download. (quicktime version) (video/quicktime)

BS ALERT CONCERNED CONSUMER 2005-07-06 5:23 PM
The Center For Consumer Freedom have several websites (ActivistCash.com, BMIscale.com, NeoProhibition.com etc..) and runs commercials to inform and protect us from "the growing fraternity of food cops, health care enforcers, militant activists, meddling bureaucrats, and violent radicals" but are in fact a fake front for corporate America and FOX news that want us to buy their products (oh and die from diabetes, cancer, heart disease and liver failure.) (text/plain)

Make Visible What's Happening snowshoefilms 2005-07-06 3:24 PM
Part 4 of a series of interviews with Dr. Rosalie Bertell. "I think the ordinary person if they acutally know that thier [useable] air and thier land and water is disappearing would be concerned... Our major job is to make visible what's happening document it as best we can and let people see." Dr. Bertell talks about the threats to the planet. An environmental epidemiologist for nearly 40 years, she's also a member of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart. She is what's known as a credible source, someone who should be listened to carefully. Parts 1, 2 and 3 online at www.snowshoefilms.com (video/quicktime)

Review of the Venezuelan Revolution: a Marxist Perspective HOV 2005-07-06 1:24 PM
Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution (text/plain)

Pittsburgh Critical Mass video (avi) Matt Toups 2005-07-06 10:54 AM
Edited video of June 2005's Critical Mass ride in Pittsburgh. 250+ riders! interviews and music. Click on the video link below to watch or download. (video/x-msvideo + 5 comments)

Kick Clear Channel's Quinn Off Air Anna Hridaaya 2005-07-05 3:22 PM
End the takeover of Pittsburgh air waves by war profiteer pawns (text/plain + 63 comments)

Ireland’s Place In The Struggle Against Imperialism EIRE NUA is the answer! Patrick 2005-07-04 6:31 PM
Talk delivered by RSF Vice President Des Dalton at the Alternative G8 Summit in Edinburgh On July 3, 2005 (text/plain + 1 comment)

(mp3) blast furnace radio travels to the national rainbow gathering in west virginia vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-07-04 3:57 AM
A SHORT AUDIO CLIP OF OUR TRIP 5 HOURS SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH TO THE NATION GATHERING OG THE RAINBOW TRIBE (text/plain)

A Mom's FYI: Reality Bites DF 2005-07-04 12:57 AM
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White Washing War Crimes, by Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal 2005-07-03 9:02 PM

Who will solve these war crimes? (image/jpeg)

Killer Coke's deadly policies exposed Bryan G. Pfeifer 2005-07-03 2:50 PM

The Student Coalition to Cut the Coca-Cola Contract—with over 20 organizations representing 5,000 students at the University of Michigan—dealt the latest blow to the multi-billion dollar corporation... (image/jpeg)

July 8 Anti-G8 East Coast Convergence Update #1 mjs 2005-07-03 12:21 PM
please foreward widely and indiscriminently !!!!!!!!!! And now for all the juicy details concerning the events leading up to the Rally Against Massey Energy and the International Day of action against the G8 and the Root Causes of Climate Change in Richmond on July 8 Remember to check our website for updates: www.mountainjusticesummer.org/richmond/ (text/plain)

What Pittsburgh Needs quinten 2005-07-02 9:01 PM

What happens in a country with bike lanes (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

CAFTA Passes U.S. Senate; Campaign for House Begins Sparkplug 2005-07-02 12:09 PM
CAFTA can be defeated if people act now. (text/plain)

Unduly Unauthorized Unrepresentatives of the Rainbow Gathering Hold 2nd Press Conference Karin 2005-07-02 11:14 AM
On Tuesday July 5 at 9 AM, a second “Rainbow” court is scheduled for gatherers who missed the first court date. Once again, the Cranberry Mountain Visitor’s Center is being transformed from an educational nature facility to the court of a federal magistrate and more people will be tried for camping in the woods. (text/plain)

Unprecedented Raids by US Intelligence Forces Shake Global Mossad Spying Network sorcha faals 2005-07-01 4:55 PM
The bloodied trail, including the terrorist events of September 11, 2001, begins with the stealing by Mossad Agents implanted in the United States stealing a computer program named Prosecutor's Management Information System (PROMIS), and as we can read as reported by the American reporter Michelle Malkin in her article titled "America's spy software scandal". (text/plain)

Rally to Raise the Minimum Wage Shannon Tibbetts 2005-07-01 4:53 PM

On June 22, 2005, people from all over Pennsylvania gathered in Harrisburg to support pending legislation to raise the minimum wage. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

National Student Partnerships: Open to Everyone! Shannon Tibbetts 2005-07-01 1:16 PM
This is an introduction to National Student Partnerships, a student-driven organization that links community members in need with the resources they need to become self-sufficient and successful. (text/plain)

Congress Members File Freedom Of Information Act Request to White House AntiChimp 2005-07-01 7:25 AM
Congress won't let Downing Street Minutes fade away. (text/plain)

Show the Causality number everyday and protest war! Spread the word! Jay Alexander 2005-07-01 3:18 AM
Websites for more info Casualties as now http://icasualties.org/oif/ Military Fatalities in Iraq, by location, over time. http://www.obleek.com/iraq/index.html Tampa Bay VFP at http://www.geocities.com/tampabayvfp/Chapter119.html (text/plain)

Hacker Activist Raided by FBI re: ProtestWarrior.com, publishes Hacktivist zine HackThisSite.org 2005-07-01 12:20 AM
Chicago FBI agents raided and seized all electronic equipment in Jeremy Hammond's apartment in an investigation regarding the hacking of ProtestWarrior.com. HackThisSite.org has published a hacktivist magazine describing their experiences and what they've learned over the past year regarding online security culture. (text/plain)

Populist #6 Franklin 2005-06-30 10:04 PM
Constitutional Democracy as a Protection against Internal Hostilities (text/html)

The Fix is In - American Media Ignore Downing Street Memo Messenger 2005-06-30 6:59 PM
Over the last month, the American media has studiously avoided a story that has dominated the rest of the world. A leak transcript of a meeting with the British Prime Minister well before the invasion of Iraq showed that the US had decided to go to war even though it had no proof of weapons of mass destruction. Mainstream media argue that there is no news, that the American people already knew that the Bush admistration was mistaken. Conservative talk show hosts continue to deny that there are any problems. In a small, cramped room in the Capitol, Cong. Conyers held hearings on the Downing Street Memo. Ralph Nader, the Green Party and Rep. Maurice Hinchey call for impeachment. (text/plain)

The Boy in the Bubble Does Not Bounce; The I-Word Goes Public AntiChimp 2005-06-30 5:54 PM
Declining approval ratings plus support for impeachment spell trouble for Bush. (text/plain)

Did George W. Bush Steal America's 2004 Election? Messenger 2005-06-30 4:43 PM
A post-election headline from the Akron Beacon Journal cites a critical report by twelve prominent social scientists and statisticians, reporting: "Analysis Points to Election ‘Corruption': Group Says Chance of Exit Polls Being So Wrong in '04 Vote is One-in-959,000." Citing "Ohio's Odd Numbers," investigative reporter Christopher Hitchens, a Bush supporter, says in Vanity Fair: "Given what happened in that key state on Election Day 2004, both democracy and common sense cry out for a court-ordered inspection of its new voting machines." (text/plain)

WSJ Op-Ed Deflates Bush's Nation-Building Experiment AntiChimp 2005-06-30 2:18 PM
Even some at the Wall Street Journal are starting to recognize the futility of Nation Building. (text/html)

Hey Kids!! It's Uncle Tom!! SAA 2005-06-30 1:37 PM
Just a thought. (text/plain)

Republican Rep: Iraq tied to 9/11 After All AntiChimp 2005-06-30 8:16 AM
Rep. Hayes aggravates the deception. (text/html)

DHS kicks off new offensive against activists Urban Guerrilla Liberation Front 2005-06-29 10:45 PM
in a recent online ruse to draw out elf/alf/uglf (Environmental Liberation Front/Animal Liberation/Urban Guerrilla Liberation Front)supporters, sympathisers, activists and organisers by the Department of Homeland (in)Security (DHS)JTTF by planting a false flag post on New York City's Independent Media website. (text/plain)

Nearly 9,000 U.S. troops dead? A NATIONWIDE CALL FOR INFO FROM SURVIVORS. peaceseeker 2005-06-29 9:49 PM
Has the Bush administration drastically understated the U.S. military death count by redefining "death"? The following article suggests that it has, and it calls for a nationwide campaign to honor deceased service members by naming and counting them. (text/plain)

Rustbelt Radio for June 27, 2005 Indymedia Radio Collective 2005-06-29 3:50 PM
* A bill currently in Harrisburg could raise the minimum wage across the state of Pennsylvania to seven dollars and fifteen cents. * We talk with representatives of the Pittsburgh-based Just Health Care Campaign * the BioDemocracy conference in Philadelphia met in opposition to the Biotechnology Industry Orgranization's meetings; Rustbelt has a report. * and we hear from Iraqi Labor Leaders on their speaking tour stop last week in Pittsburgh (audio/mpeg)

Permaculture and Peak Oil Harry Goldsmythe 2005-06-28 12:21 AM
Peak Oil and Permaculture explains the dynamics of the impending peak in global oil production and the implications for Australian society. Declining energy availability will spell the end of global economic growth and the consumerist culture it supports. (text/plain)

Corruption in "Good Ol" North Carolina? AY 2005-06-27 1:50 PM
Is there a “Good Ol Boy” Network in North Carolina? (text/plain)

Bring Stonewall to Santorum gwen 2005-06-27 1:48 PM

On Saturday June 25th, between two and three dozen activists said "No" to Santorum on a variety of issues, including his bigotted attitudes towards gays and people of color and his maintaining private offices which are closed to the public. (image/jpeg + 7 comments)

Se agrava salud de presos políticos en huelga de hambre tras 43 dias,,libertad ahora siemprefrio@chile.com 2005-06-27 2:01 AM

POR LA LIBERTAD DE PABLO VARGAS, CLAUDIO MELGAREJO, HARDY PEÑA Y FEDOR SANCHEZ A 43 DIAS DE INICIADA HUELGA DE HAMBRE... CARTA ABIERTA ESCRITA CON LA ESPERANZA DE CONSTRUIR LA LIBERTAD. Esta mañana es muy fría en Santiago, la gripe me ha tomado prisionero y no se si hacerle un comunicado o un motín. En cualquier caso tengo la sensación que esta gripe, este dolor de articulaciones, esta peste,es una buena peste. Como voy a comparar el momentáneo bienestar de un día sin gripe en la cárcel a una vida con gripe en libertad. ¡Viva la gripe, viva el smog,viva el tráfago, viva la libertad!¡Que viva la libertad en todas las esquinas! es y ha sido en el último período nuestro grito y sincopado blues de combate. Así lo hemos escrito, cantado y parafraseado en nuestras interacciones libertarias.Pero la libertad no florece con la lluvia del invierno, necesita una primavera de voluntades y cuatro estaciones de inteligencia y buenos movimientos. Oportunos, audaces.Nuestra pequeña estrategia, articular gestión y denuncia, movilización y convocatoria de solidaridades correcta pero microscópica. Somos pocos, somos frágiles, somos un grano de arena en un mar de seres ciudadanos demandantes. Atomizados por el maleficio enemigo y por nuestro propio egocentrismo; somos, ensuma, un pueblo que como otros camina y aprende, y seca más de lo necesario. Hoy tenemos una tarea urgente, tarea dramáticamente urgente y tremendamente contenedora de todo lo que alguna vez dijimos y soñamos.Hoy la libertad, la palabra, el encuentro, la posibilidad utópica de dar a cada hombre y mujer unlugar y un pedacito de felicidad en la historia,tienen ahora nombres concretos. Seis nombres, seis vidas, varios de ellos hombres que dejaron de ver el sol cuando aún no cruzaban el umbral de la adultez,piden ahora un gesto nuestro. Quisiéramos pensar que es un último gesto, el rito final antes de sentarnos a la mesa como iguales. Antes de batir nuestras diferencias y nuestros conciertos cara a cara.El lunes 16 de mayo, los cuatro condenados a cadena perpetua por ley antiterrorista, mis hermanos, han comenzado una huelga de hambre indefinida. Esta no es una decisión fácil y menos arbitraria y se explica al constatar que, a casi un año de promulgada la ley deIndulto General, su situación aún no solución definitiva.Acaso todo el mundo ha olvidado el llamado quehiciera el ejecutivo, presionado por una huelga de hambre de más de 70 días, para votar aquel proyecto así como la decisión parlamentaria de aprobarlo y elcompromiso claro y explícito del Ministro del Interioren términos de que los prisioneros que no fueran beneficiados, serían objeto de medidas alternativas.Hoy parece que nadie recuerda que hay seis hombres condenados al olvido de por vida.Nuestros compañeros continúan presos y tras 14 años decautiverio, ponen una vez más, sus vidas como testimonio e instrumento de su decisión inquebrantablede ser libres. Hardy Peña Trujillo, Claudio Melgarejo Chávez, Fedor Sánchez Piderit y Pablo Vargas López exigen que las autoridades políticas cumplan supalabra. Demandan al Ejecutivo que otorgue sumaurgencia a un Proyecto de Ley que les permita, a lomenos, obtener la libertad condicional. Igualmentehacen un llamado urgente al Senado a votarfavorablemente este proyecto; tal como lo hizo el último 07 de junio la Cámara de Diputados.Frente a esta huelga sólo nos queda hacer realidadnuestras palabras, derrumbar los muros con solidaridad activa y dar palabra y cuerpo a nuestros amigos y hermanos prisioneros. Ellos han escrito, sus amigos y familiares, en los muros de esta ciudad su historia y nosotros hemos asumido la tareade dar a su palabra y experiencia eco y presencia másallá de esos muros. Llevarlos al mundo, al futuro, a la libertad. El gobierno de la indiferencia y el poderno podrán apagar sus voces. Mañana sus rostros, sus palabras, sus gritos rebeldes y honestos, su poesía profunda y sus trazos de gesto hondo, señalarán ladignidad y la miseria humana con una indagatoria espeluznante. Como podremos entonces escapar a la memoria. Como podremos entonces decir YO no sabía.Aprendí en la prisión que no es necesario trazar un mapa o imponer una estrategia para convocar humanidad.Hoy sobre la mesa de la urgencia pido tu mano y por tu intermedio la solidaridad crítica y libre de aquellos que como tú, han debido partir para poder vivir. Solo te pido que juntos demos a mis hermanos la misma oportunidad de caminar. No se que más decir, me apena,me avergüenza un poco tener que explicar porqué nopodemos dejar entregados a su terrible suerte a estos hombres que con el sacrificio de la carne, aspiran atener lo que muchos de nosotros despreciamos cada día.Ayúdanos amigo mío, así lo hiciste conmigo, seamos máslibres en su libertad. Pedro Rosas A. Santiago de Chile 24 de junio de 2005. Reenvía este mensaje a tus contactos SI APOYAS ESTA CAUSA cukacl@yahoo.com colectivolibertadpp@chile.com (image/jpeg)

WYEP's Mike Sauter Replies (sort of) Chris Holm 2005-06-26 5:21 PM
While waiting for Mike Sauter's response, a glimpse of the dialog we have had so far. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Food Not Bombs Throws 25th Anniversary Gathering in Philly homefries 2005-06-26 3:44 PM

On June 16th and 17th -- days prior to the national "Biodemocracy" convergence against biotechnology -- people from around the U.S. and elsewhere gathered in Philadelphia to strategize and reflect on a free food project called Food Not Bombs. (image/gif)

Bikefest / June Critical Mass Matt Toups 2005-06-25 11:11 PM

June 24, 2005: the largest critical mass ever in Pittsburgh! Crowd counts ranged from 200-300. Bikefest a success! (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

Santorum and Spector's voting record this year-HORRID FYI 2005-06-25 10:22 PM
This is a list of the votes cast by them since 1/06/05 on selected issues. Just look at these votes. Is this what you want? It's despicable! Their complete voting record is available at: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_109_1.htm (text/html)

What If George Was One Of Us? AntiChimp 2005-06-25 10:02 PM
How would George Bush fare in today's public schools? (text/plain)

Race and National Origin at Pacifica Why You Should Care Tom Gomez 2005-06-25 5:46 PM

Turn on your radio. Spin the dial. Companies like clear channel and Cox own well in excess of 3000 broadcast outlets. That's how most of us get our information. Pacifica exists to counter that. It has only 5 stations, but in major cities, With $400,000,000 in assests and 16 million in yearly budget the foundation is the single most valuable asset of the left. Under one vision it would move to the right, under another it would recruit activists to actually create media. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Critical Mass! peppy 2005-06-25 12:21 AM

On June 24th 2005, around 250 people took part in the monthly bicycle event known as Critical Mass. This months was particularly special as it was part of Bike Fest! (a ten-day festival of bicycle related events). (image/jpeg + 15 comments)

August 6th / hiroshima day 60th anniversary at Software engineering institute (SEI) vincent / blast furnace radio 2005-06-24 10:12 PM
july 14th 7pm is the next aug. 6th coalition meeting at tesa d'oro on highland ave. included is two posters and an info poster (application/pdf)

Website Up for Anti-G8 East Coast Convergence mjs 2005-06-24 6:12 PM
www.mountainjusticesummer.org/richmond MOUNTAIN JUSTICE SUMMER INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ON THE ROOT CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, EAST COAST CONVERGENCE AGAINST MASSEY COAL AND MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL Noon July 8th Monroe Park--Richmond, VA On July 8th as the rulers of the eight most powerful nations meet in Scotland to decide our fates, communities around the world will take to the streets to fight back against the fossil fuels industry’s devastation of our Earth and its people. (text/plain)

EXPOSED - Center for Consumer Freedom AL 2005-06-24 6:05 PM
The Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) (formerly called the "Guest Choice Network") is a front group for the restaurant, alcohol and tobacco industries. (text/plain)

Monsanto's Bt corn Disaster: Burden not Boon to Agriculture Greenpeace Philippines 2005-06-24 9:22 AM
The Greenpeace report challenges Monsanto's claim that Bt corn is the answer to poverty. (text/plain)

BTL:Shortage of Nurses in U.S. Connected to Cost-Cutting, Restructuring and... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-06-24 7:40 AM
...Disrespect ~ Interview with Suzanne Gordon, author and journalist, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

Car Free Conference: "The Effects of the Auto Age on our Communities and our Lives&qu George Brittenburg 2005-06-23 9:46 PM
Free Conference on "The Effects of the Auto Age on our Communities and our Lives" to be held June 26th at the Garfield Activity Center (text/plain)

Iraqi Labor leaders visit Pittsburgh david 2005-06-23 9:25 PM

On Tuesday, June 21st, representatives from two Iraqi labor unions visited Pittsburgh. (image/jpeg)

Youth Against Hate (ARA Network Conference) 2005! ARA Toronto 2005-06-23 8:53 PM
From August 5th – 7th, ARA Toronto will be hosting Youth Against Hate (ARA Network Conference) 2005! The conference is slated to take place in downtown Toronto, and promises to be attended by hundreds of anti-fascist / anti-racism activists from across Canada, Quebec, the First Nations, and the United States. (text/plain)

The Port Authority Cuts Service stephen donahue 2005-06-23 4:28 PM
Cuts were implemented on June 19, 2005. Riders to rally on June 29, 2005. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Cumann na Saoirse Náisíunta re-launches website Sean 2005-06-23 1:51 PM

Cumann na Saoirse Náisíunta re-launches website (image/jpeg)

12 BIODEVASTATION ACTIVISTS ARRESTED! peacehq 2005-06-23 1:44 PM
A dozen protesters were arrested at the Biodevastation protests in Philadelphia this weekend. They are all still in jail, and need your help to get out. (text/plain)

Supreme Court Gives Away Your Property Rights AntiChimp 2005-06-23 11:13 AM
The Supreme Court has just issued yet another body-blow to the private citizen, and to the basic principle of property rights. (text/plain)

Philly Bio Arrestees need your help! amelia 2005-06-23 1:02 AM
bail funds needed (text/plain)

ZAPATISTAS ON RED ALERT TINKU 2005-06-22 5:32 PM
ZAPATISTAS CALLING ON ALL THEIR SUPPORT BASES TO DISCCUSS COURSE OF ACTION (text/plain + 1 comment)

File sharing's future UPI 2005-06-22 4:50 PM
Capitalists try to squelch free online file sharing of music -- our right -- through court action! (text/plain)

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