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The Trade Union Movement and U.S. Middle East Policy
I introduced this resoluton at my General Membership meeting on 8-15-02. Motions to exclude it from the floor were defeated twice. The opposition argued that it has no place in the Union movement and/or it was anti-semitic....
Posted: Sun, Aug 18, 2002 8:01am PDT
Police used tear gas to break up a crowd of more than 2,000 youths who ran through the dow
Police used tear gas to break up a crowd of more than 2,000 youths who ran through the downtown Black Family Reunion festival Saturday night starting fights...
Posted: Sun, Aug 18, 2002 6:17am PDT
Israel simply has no right to exist
Peace might have a real chance without Israelis' biblical claims
It is the height of hypocrisy to accept the right of return for millions of Jews, from Moscow, Kiev, New York and Toronto, who have never been in this land, and deny this right to [3,7 million Palestinians, who were systematically uprooted from their homes and land by Zionist and Israeli forces. Refugees who, like their ancestors, have tilled this land and still legally own it and have every right to choose to return to it or ...
Posted: Sun, Aug 18, 2002 3:18am PDT
Educate the Portland Hilton
Fill-in with whatever you like . . . on 8.22.02, 4pm - 10pm.
Tel: 1-503-226-1611
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Feedback: http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/feedback/index.jhtml;jsessionid=1BSLAGNIJ3ZZJJ31AOR2MPQ...
Posted: Sat, Aug 17, 2002 11:55pm PDT
Port Of Vancouver Very Active
8/17/02 On afternoon walk at beach just west to from downtown Vancouver my wife and I noticed the for a Saturday the Vancouver Shipping lanes seemed very busy....
Posted: Sat, Aug 17, 2002 9:06pm PDT
Don't Be a Goon for Oil!
Justice, Democracy, Constitutional Rights, Jobs, Dignity,Affordable Housing,etc...NOT WARS!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 17, 2002 8:51pm PDT
Call to Action vs the FTAA from Ecuador
This is a call to action from Ecuador made in May to oppose the FTAA. I just did a quick and dirty translation. The Spanish version follows...
Posted: Sat, Aug 17, 2002 8:33pm PDT
U.S. Aided Iraq despite use of gas
The NYTimes points out as newly discovered 'news' that the U.S. was allied with Iraq and actively supported them militarily during the Iran/Iraq war when Saddam Hussein ordered the gassing of kurdish civilians, a fact cited to support current US military actions against Iraq...
Posted: Sat, Aug 17, 2002 8:07pm PDT
Senator Presses Justice for Enron Indictments
It's amazing that anyone is even bothering to ask why nothing has happened....
Posted: Sat, Aug 17, 2002 7:47pm PDT
Rally to Seek Justice for the Bhopal gas disaster survivors
Seeking justice for the survivors of the Bhopal Gas Disaster, a group of thirty-five Indians, activists and concerned world-citizens gathered for a protest demonstration outside the Indian Consulate in San Francisco.. The rally was held in a show of solidarity and to hold the Indian government and DOW Chemicals accountable for the un-addressed grievances of Bhopal survivors....
Posted: Sat, Aug 17, 2002 7:21pm PDT
Ecuadorans Call For Solidarity with US/Canadian Organizations
Ecuadoran CONFEUNASSC-CNC is calling for interested organizations in the US, Canada and the rest of the Americas to pair up with Ecuadoran orgaizations for the upcoming FTAA summit in Quito...
Posted: Sat, Aug 17, 2002 6:18pm PDT
Alter-net censors its own writer
This appeared on the Alternet.org website on Tuesday, but it has since removed the story without any correction or explanation. WHY? When a million-dollar operation like Alternet backs down so fast, it hurts everybody's freedom!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 17, 2002 6:07pm PDT
PBNBerkeley NOTICE - 8/17/02
Publishing, re-publishing and compiling community news and events promoting peace....
Posted: Sat, Aug 17, 2002 6:06pm PDT
Bush in Orange County Aug 23 5PM - PROTEST THE pRETENDER AND SAY "NO" TO W's WAR
ACTION ALERT: pRESIDENT BUSH will be in Dana Point, Orange County on FRIDAY AUG 23 - 5:00 pm - PROTEST THE pRETENDER AND SAY "NO" TO W's WAR!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 17, 2002 3:09pm PDT