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Enemy Combatant Radio's news show can be heard live every Monday from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. on Pirate Cat 87.9 FM San Francisco
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INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL NEWS
The U.S. military now brags of killing over 1,200 people in Falluja since the the assault was launched late Monday. While the US has already claimed victory it is not clear what this means since rebels continue to resist in Falluja and many more have escaped and are fighting the US in other cities across Iraq. US military chiefs claim there are no civilians left alive in Falluja and continue to refuse to let the Iraqi Red Crescent deliver aid. Reporters and refugees describe a situation of utter devastation; Bodies lie in the streets, homes and mosques lie in ruins, and power and telephone lines are down. An AP Reporter who had wanted to stay in Falluja to cover the US attack describes dodging gunfire as he tried to reach the river to escape when it became apparent that nobody in Falluja was safe. He decided to swim ... but changed his mind after seeing U.S. helicopters firing on and killing people who tried to cross the river. The reporter watched horrified as a family of five was shot dead as they tried to cross. Then, he helped bury a man by the river bank, with his own hands. A Fallujan refugee interviewed by Dahr Jamail described horrific scenes in the city, houses that had been razed by countless US air strikes and the stench of decaying bodies. Many people could not leave because they had nowhere to go, and no money. Jamail writes that today dogs were eating bodies on the streets of falluja, so we'll never know how many perished. The UK Guardian reports that fallout from the week-long assault on the city of Falluja has spread to towns across the country. US forces clashed with crowds of resistance fighters in the streets Baghdad, Ramadi, Buhriz, Mosul, Suwayra, and Buquba, a mixed Sunni and Shia town north of Baghdad. Amnesty International has called for an investigation of the bombing of a Falluja clinic on Nov. 9th which killed 20 Doctors and dozens of civilians.
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Black Box Voting, an electronic voting activism group, has launched an election fraud audit in Florida. Three Black Box investigators Bev Harris, Andy Stephenson, and Kathleen Wynne are working in Florida right now. They are initiating hand counts on selected counties that have not fully complied with a Nov. 2 Freedom of Information request, either today for counties using Diebold electronic voting equipment, or tomorrow for other counties.. Both David Cobb of the Green Party and Michael Badnarik of the Libertarian Party will be filing for official recounts in Ohio, along with another fraud audit by Black Box Voting.
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Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue said on Friday that he had ordered his justice minister to obtain an arrest warrant on corruption charges against ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Latortue was installed as the head of an interim government after the
bloody rebellion that, with U.S. assistance, forced Aristide into exile in February.
Aristide was elected for the second time in 2000, but then accused of despotism and corruption and forced into exile after a revolt by former soldiers and death squads, under pressure from
the United States and France.
Latortue and other Haitian officials have publicly accused Aristide of corruption, but no charges have been filed and no evidence made public. Aristide, a former Roman Catholic priest, remains hugely popular among many of Haiti's poorest citizens.
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In Paraguay, Police violently dislocated a group of rural farmers on November 4th who were occupying land in the department of San Pedro. One farmer, Aurelio Espinosa, 55 years old, was killed, and 30 others were detained. This type of confrontation has occurred in various departments in the country. Typically, farmers and their families have been sent to prison, where they have experienced inhumane conditions and treatment.
In just three years, the Paraguayan government has expelled more than 100,000 farmers from their lands in the implementation of mono-agricultural programs to cultivate genetically modified wheat, soy and corn. These farmers are joining the growing number of families in Paraguay without land, now more than 400,000. The government of Nicanor Duata, following the footsteps of past governments, has promised lands to the farmers, but has not followed through on this. He has publically acknowledged that there are 13 million hectares, 32.11 million acres, of ill-gotten land, and that 90% of that land is in the hands of 2% of the population of Paraguay.
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LOCAL
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On Nov. 5, the Oakland Police Department agreed to enact a crowd control policy prohibiting the use of less lethal weapons. These include such weapons as the pepper-spray round that recently killed a woman in Boston when it penetrated her eyeball and skull. Michael Haddad, a civil rights lawyer who helped implement the guidelines, says the new protections for the right to assemble are important because prior to this, the OPD "had no policy. Their policy was anything goes." The new policy was inspired by the incident on April 7, 2003, when police fired wooden bullets, sting ball grenades and shot-filled bean bags at hundreds of peaceful anti-war demonstrators at the Port of Oakland. The new policy doesn't resolve claims for monetary damages by those who were injured as a result of the police action. Federal District Court Judge Thelton Henderson has scheduled those claims for trial in January, 2006.
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The Barrington Collective hosted the 5th DIY, or Do It Yourself Festival on Nov. 13th and 14th. On Saturday, workshops, community tables and live performances were held at People's Park in Berkeley. On Sunday, there were workshops in a variety of locations, such as a cob oven workshop at a berkeley community garden.
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REPORTS
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PSA for http://www.indymedia.us
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On Tuesday November 9th people across california, including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz, protested the U.S. attack on Falluja. Thousands marched in San Francisco, and two armored tanks were called out into the streets of LA to suppress the antiwar demo there. Freak Radio Santa Cruz spoke with protesters at UC Santa Cruz.
INTERVIEWS
People also gathered in Houston, supposedly the heart of Bush country.
INTERVIEWS
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On Wednesday, November 10, hundreds demonstrated at UC Santa Cruz for better wages and working conditions for members of American Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees at the nine University of California campuses and five medical centers. AFSCME members serve food; clean bathrooms, dorms, labs, offices, and hospitals; drive shuttle buses, and park cars.
Workers, UC students and others entered the bargining meeting that was taking place, demonstrating that the community is committed to improving working conditions for UC service workers.
The rally and bargining meeting effectively demonstrated that AFSCME workers, UC students and members of the Santa Cruz community, including Mardi Wormhoudt, the Chair of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, and newly elected Santa Cruz City Council member Tony Madrigal, are committed to improving the working conditions for service workers in the UC system.
AUDIO (UC workers speak)
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AUDIO
In San Francisco, 4,000 locked out hotel workers are negotiating to keep their healthcare and maintain fair wages. Flying pickets are held every Sunday evening, starting at 7 p.m. at Powell and Geary Streets.
On November 13th, Locked out banquet waiters and community supporters gathered outside San Francisco's Palace Hotel to greet socialites arriving in formal attire. Our fearless correpondent, Gino, armed with a baguette and microphone, reports from the front lines.
AUDIO
Upcoming actions to support the workers include a rally on Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. at Union Square.
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On November 8th, Free Radio Berkeley held an open workshop on low power television. If we were on pirate TV we'd be able to show you what this equipment looks like, but you'll have to use your imagination.
AUDIO
The low power TV antennas are only a few inches long, much smaller than FM radio antennas.
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Marie Harrison, Environmental Justice Community Organizer for Green Action, spoke in San Francisco on November 3rd at a post-election protest for healthcare not warfare:
AUDIO
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PSA
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Join us for a special screening of the documentary film About Baghdad on November 21st. About Baghdad is a journey into the hearts and minds of the hundreds of Iraqis encountered by exiled Iraqi poet Sinan Antoon in Baghdad in July 2003. In the simmering heat of Baghdad's summer, Iraqis of various ethnic and political backgrounds and orientations, speak of past horrors and present fears. Sunday, November 21st at 7:30 pm, Station 40, 3030b 16th St, SF. $5–$10 donation. This event benefits San Francisco Bay Area Indymedia.
||||| E.C.R. ||||| TRANSCRIPT |||||
INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL NEWS
The U.S. military now brags of killing over 1,200 people in Falluja since the the assault was launched late Monday. While the US has already claimed victory it is not clear what this means since rebels continue to resist in Falluja and many more have escaped and are fighting the US in other cities across Iraq. US military chiefs claim there are no civilians left alive in Falluja and continue to refuse to let the Iraqi Red Crescent deliver aid. Reporters and refugees describe a situation of utter devastation; Bodies lie in the streets, homes and mosques lie in ruins, and power and telephone lines are down. An AP Reporter who had wanted to stay in Falluja to cover the US attack describes dodging gunfire as he tried to reach the river to escape when it became apparent that nobody in Falluja was safe. He decided to swim ... but changed his mind after seeing U.S. helicopters firing on and killing people who tried to cross the river. The reporter watched horrified as a family of five was shot dead as they tried to cross. Then, he helped bury a man by the river bank, with his own hands. A Fallujan refugee interviewed by Dahr Jamail described horrific scenes in the city, houses that had been razed by countless US air strikes and the stench of decaying bodies. Many people could not leave because they had nowhere to go, and no money. Jamail writes that today dogs were eating bodies on the streets of falluja, so we'll never know how many perished. The UK Guardian reports that fallout from the week-long assault on the city of Falluja has spread to towns across the country. US forces clashed with crowds of resistance fighters in the streets Baghdad, Ramadi, Buhriz, Mosul, Suwayra, and Buquba, a mixed Sunni and Shia town north of Baghdad. Amnesty International has called for an investigation of the bombing of a Falluja clinic on Nov. 9th which killed 20 Doctors and dozens of civilians.
------------------------
Black Box Voting, an electronic voting activism group, has launched an election fraud audit in Florida. Three Black Box investigators Bev Harris, Andy Stephenson, and Kathleen Wynne are working in Florida right now. They are initiating hand counts on selected counties that have not fully complied with a Nov. 2 Freedom of Information request, either today for counties using Diebold electronic voting equipment, or tomorrow for other counties.. Both David Cobb of the Green Party and Michael Badnarik of the Libertarian Party will be filing for official recounts in Ohio, along with another fraud audit by Black Box Voting.
---------------------------
Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue said on Friday that he had ordered his justice minister to obtain an arrest warrant on corruption charges against ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Latortue was installed as the head of an interim government after the
bloody rebellion that, with U.S. assistance, forced Aristide into exile in February.
Aristide was elected for the second time in 2000, but then accused of despotism and corruption and forced into exile after a revolt by former soldiers and death squads, under pressure from
the United States and France.
Latortue and other Haitian officials have publicly accused Aristide of corruption, but no charges have been filed and no evidence made public. Aristide, a former Roman Catholic priest, remains hugely popular among many of Haiti's poorest citizens.
------------------------------
In Paraguay, Police violently dislocated a group of rural farmers on November 4th who were occupying land in the department of San Pedro. One farmer, Aurelio Espinosa, 55 years old, was killed, and 30 others were detained. This type of confrontation has occurred in various departments in the country. Typically, farmers and their families have been sent to prison, where they have experienced inhumane conditions and treatment.
In just three years, the Paraguayan government has expelled more than 100,000 farmers from their lands in the implementation of mono-agricultural programs to cultivate genetically modified wheat, soy and corn. These farmers are joining the growing number of families in Paraguay without land, now more than 400,000. The government of Nicanor Duata, following the footsteps of past governments, has promised lands to the farmers, but has not followed through on this. He has publically acknowledged that there are 13 million hectares, 32.11 million acres, of ill-gotten land, and that 90% of that land is in the hands of 2% of the population of Paraguay.
--------------------------
LOCAL
---------------------------
On Nov. 5, the Oakland Police Department agreed to enact a crowd control policy prohibiting the use of less lethal weapons. These include such weapons as the pepper-spray round that recently killed a woman in Boston when it penetrated her eyeball and skull. Michael Haddad, a civil rights lawyer who helped implement the guidelines, says the new protections for the right to assemble are important because prior to this, the OPD "had no policy. Their policy was anything goes." The new policy was inspired by the incident on April 7, 2003, when police fired wooden bullets, sting ball grenades and shot-filled bean bags at hundreds of peaceful anti-war demonstrators at the Port of Oakland. The new policy doesn't resolve claims for monetary damages by those who were injured as a result of the police action. Federal District Court Judge Thelton Henderson has scheduled those claims for trial in January, 2006.
------------------------------
The Barrington Collective hosted the 5th DIY, or Do It Yourself Festival on Nov. 13th and 14th. On Saturday, workshops, community tables and live performances were held at People's Park in Berkeley. On Sunday, there were workshops in a variety of locations, such as a cob oven workshop at a berkeley community garden.
-----------------------
REPORTS
------------------------
----------------------------
PSA for http://www.indymedia.us
---------------------------
On Tuesday November 9th people across california, including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Santa Cruz, protested the U.S. attack on Falluja. Thousands marched in San Francisco, and two armored tanks were called out into the streets of LA to suppress the antiwar demo there. Freak Radio Santa Cruz spoke with protesters at UC Santa Cruz.
INTERVIEWS
People also gathered in Houston, supposedly the heart of Bush country.
INTERVIEWS
-------------------
On Wednesday, November 10, hundreds demonstrated at UC Santa Cruz for better wages and working conditions for members of American Federal, State, County and Municipal Employees at the nine University of California campuses and five medical centers. AFSCME members serve food; clean bathrooms, dorms, labs, offices, and hospitals; drive shuttle buses, and park cars.
Workers, UC students and others entered the bargining meeting that was taking place, demonstrating that the community is committed to improving working conditions for UC service workers.
The rally and bargining meeting effectively demonstrated that AFSCME workers, UC students and members of the Santa Cruz community, including Mardi Wormhoudt, the Chair of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, and newly elected Santa Cruz City Council member Tony Madrigal, are committed to improving the working conditions for service workers in the UC system.
AUDIO (UC workers speak)
---------------------------
AUDIO
In San Francisco, 4,000 locked out hotel workers are negotiating to keep their healthcare and maintain fair wages. Flying pickets are held every Sunday evening, starting at 7 p.m. at Powell and Geary Streets.
On November 13th, Locked out banquet waiters and community supporters gathered outside San Francisco's Palace Hotel to greet socialites arriving in formal attire. Our fearless correpondent, Gino, armed with a baguette and microphone, reports from the front lines.
AUDIO
Upcoming actions to support the workers include a rally on Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. at Union Square.
--------------------------
On November 8th, Free Radio Berkeley held an open workshop on low power television. If we were on pirate TV we'd be able to show you what this equipment looks like, but you'll have to use your imagination.
AUDIO
The low power TV antennas are only a few inches long, much smaller than FM radio antennas.
--------------------------
Marie Harrison, Environmental Justice Community Organizer for Green Action, spoke in San Francisco on November 3rd at a post-election protest for healthcare not warfare:
AUDIO
--------------------
PSA
--------------------
Join us for a special screening of the documentary film About Baghdad on November 21st. About Baghdad is a journey into the hearts and minds of the hundreds of Iraqis encountered by exiled Iraqi poet Sinan Antoon in Baghdad in July 2003. In the simmering heat of Baghdad's summer, Iraqis of various ethnic and political backgrounds and orientations, speak of past horrors and present fears. Sunday, November 21st at 7:30 pm, Station 40, 3030b 16th St, SF. $5–$10 donation. This event benefits San Francisco Bay Area Indymedia.
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http://www.enemycombatantradio.net
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