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textBeyond Petroleum: UC Berkeley Sells Out to Energy Giant by Prof. Miguel A. Altieri & Eric Holt-Gimenez
With royal fanfare, British Petroleum just donated big money in research funds for UC Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, and the University of Illinois to develop new sources of energy—primarily biotechnology to produce biofuel crops. This comes on the anniversary of Berkeley’s hapless research deal with seed giant Novartis ten years ago. However, at 500 million dollars, the BP grant dwarfs Novartis’ investment by a factor of ten. The graphics of the announcement were unmistakable: ...
Posted: Mon, Mar 19, 2007 8:57pm PDT
textCosta Rica's Last Stand: Widespread Resistance Halts Implementation of CAFTA by Rubble
While the passage of the Central American Free Trade Area (CAFTA in English, TLC in Spanish) is a distant memory in the public political debate, implementation of the treaty continues to meet organized, spirited opposition in Costa Rica. In the US, activists are standing in solidarity with continued opposition and resistance....
Posted: Thu, Mar 15, 2007 5:45am PDT
textWelcome to Rossport, Ireland. Population: Pipeline by Hannah E. Dobbz
In June of 2005, in a village called Rossport in Northwest Ireland, residents began to notice an unusual number of trucks carrying pipeline on their roads. There were so many trucks, in fact, that it was sometimes impossible to travel anywhere as these giant lorries could fully eclipse the narrow country lanes....
Posted: Thu, Mar 15, 2007 12:41am PDT
textBan Ki Moon condemns terrorist attack in Iran by hasannasrullah.com
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon Wednesday condemned the terrorist bomb attack against a bus passengers in Iran's Zahedan city that claimed 13 lives and wounded some others....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 1:16pm PST
textReport from Oaxaca by Luciente Zamora and Nina Armand
First report from two Revolution correspondents who are now in Oaxaca as part of a delegation whose mission is to bring international attention to the situation in that southern Mexican state....
Posted: Wed, Dec 27, 2006 9:52am PST
textWhat is Howard Dean playing at? by Curious12
The British Guardian newspaper reports that Tony Blair's Labour party is to draft in US midterm election architect Howard Dean to help them win elections next year....
Posted: Sat, Nov 11, 2006 4:36am PST
textCalifornia, USA will be hit with a Earthquake in the next 12-18 months 8.7 to 10.5. by Mike Romano
You can't drill for oil off the coast of California, without causing irreversable earth changes from the San Andreas Faultline to the Pacific Coast, from San Diego County Line to Bay Area San Francisco....
Posted: Sun, Oct 29, 2006 10:13pm PST
textMeasure O is Good for the Asian Community by New American Media (reposted)
This November, Oakland voters will have an opportunity to vote on Measure O, which will greatly improve Oakland elections. Measure O will increase voter turnout, save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, and improve the quality of political campaigns. Asian communities in Oakland will greatly benefit from the passage of Measure O....
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 5:50pm PDT
textQuebec indépendantistes maintain Conservatives in office by wsws (reposted)
In a parliamentary vote on September 19, in which the very survival of Canada’s minority Conservative government was at stake, the Bloc Québécois, the pro-Quebec independence party in the federal parliament, distinguished itself from the two other opposition parties by approving the Canada-US softwood lumber agreement....
Posted: Mon, Oct 2, 2006 6:12am PDT
text9/11: Pathetic "Left" Disinformation by John Doraemi
The ravings of Alexander Cockburn / CounterPunch (among others) and the Limits of Permissable Discourse Concerning 9/11...
Posted: Sun, Oct 1, 2006 12:39pm PDT
textUnion Job Openings by SEIU - United Healthcare Workers West
SEIU United Healthcare Workers - West, a progressive and growing union (formerly SEIU 399 and SEIU 250), has 130,000 members in California. We are caregivers from every sector of the industry, united to win better care for our patients and better lives for our families and ourselves. We are seeking Field Representatives/Organizers to represent and organize health care employees in all sectors of the California health care industry including: hospitals, nursing homes, home health, clinics, an...
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 5:26pm PDT
textFood Fight: Federal, State and Local Powers Wrestle for Control over Food by Michael Leonard
Whatever your feelings about the dangers of genetically modified organisms, the state and federal governments recent legislative efforts to disempower local communities are truly frightening. Two specific areas of debate are the extent of local government’s control over the crops in their communities, and the information that consumers are given about the food they buy. These decisions will impact agriculture from seed to store shelf....
Posted: Thu, Aug 24, 2006 3:43pm PDT
textA Positive Failure: The end of the WTO Doha Round talks by Nico Rahim
To the dismay of many in the corporate media, the WTO Doha Round failed in late July. For the progressive and radical communities there was no ground lost, yet no ground gained. However, there are positive attributes to the failure. The representatives from the Global South stood against the trade representatives from the developed nations and would not give into economic bullying....
Posted: Wed, Aug 23, 2006 11:56pm PDT
textBattle of the Ballot: Mexican Election’s Legitimacy in Question by Alex Ratner
A month since the July 2 Presidential election produced a virtual tie, Mexico is in full crisis. By a mere 0.58% of the total vote, the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) declared Felipe Calderón, the candidate of the ruling conservative party (PAN), to be president-elect. The center-left PRD candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)– both in the courts and in the streets–has vigorously challenged the validity of the official count, and claims the whole electoral process was illegitimately...
Posted: Wed, Aug 23, 2006 11:53pm PDT
textTHE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT by FARRELL WINTER
Fictional story 1013 words long. Thinking person's unsympathetic spoof of current administration in global warming crisis. Darkly humorous. Additional stories: "FutureNow," "FutureThen"...
Posted: Sun, Aug 6, 2006 2:31pm PDT
textCat N Fiddle and The Upper Caste Snobs Are Ready To Rumble with MOBILE AUDIT CLUB..report by Kurt Brown--Saint Ram Bone
A time to point at those pointing their noses in the air. Do you too get tired of economic warfare? We are losing and I am ready to form our political party with a military wing so that I can fly out of this pen, planet W earth and their prison state of the USA and their dominion, those who have invaded and taken the Americas from Americans. Read of Mobile Audit Club's latest adventure and take note. DO NOT THREATEN US...
Posted: Sun, Jul 2, 2006 10:55pm PDT
textLessons from COINTELPRO: Building a Movement in the Face of Repression by Claude Marks and Kelah Bott
Recent crackdowns on the animal rights and environmental justice movements have left many activists feeling that their communities are under siege. From the prosecution of the SHAC 7 to the arrests of thirteen individuals for arsons committed over a ten-year span, a war is being waged against these movements by the U.S. government....
Posted: Sun, May 7, 2006 7:38pm PDT
textBlack Out: The City Sponsored Gentrification of Bayview Hunters Point by Matt Gereghty, Fault Lines
An interview with Longtime resident and Greenaction organizer Marie Harrison....
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2006 7:04pm PDT
textThe War on the Poor by Lynda Carson
"War on the Poor" from Fault Lines, issue 15...
Posted: Thu, Apr 13, 2006 11:14pm PDT
textHelp Distibute Fault Lines! by Fault Lines Collective
The latest issue of Fault Lines, the newspaper of the Bay Area IMC, is fresh off the presses. We need your help getting it out on the street in the Bay Area and beyond....
Posted: Fri, Nov 18, 2005 2:55pm PST
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