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Bush Delivers Sixth State of The Union President Bush delivered his sixth State of the Union address at a time when he is facing some of the lowest approval ratings of his presidency. With his address, Bush hoped to lift his political standing and give a boost to his Republican allies in Congress who will be facing tough mid-term elections in November. However, the speech was noticeable for its absence of grand proposals to address the many challenges that the country faces. Among his few proposals, Bush called for a 75% reduction...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 7:13am PST
US tax agency targets poor The Internal Revenue Service’s taxpayer advocate recently revealed that the agency froze tax refunds owed to hundreds of thousands of poor Americans, labeling them fraudulent. Refunds were withheld by the IRS without notifying taxpayers that their claims were under review, thereby eliminating any opportunity to respond to the agency....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:40am PST
Oregon Democrats, GOP join forces against independent candidates “The American political system is profoundly undemocratic. The two-party system perpetuates itself by seeking to exclude from the ballot all independent alternatives, especially those on the left. It does so through of a welter of election laws that impose arbitrary and prohibitive signature requirements for independent and third-party candidates, deadlines for filing nominating petitions that are designed to block rather than facilitate ballot access, and a corporate-controlled media that sy...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:39am PST
Maoists kill 20 in Nepal offensive Seventeen policemen and three army personnel were killed in bloody overnight clashes with Maoist rebels in western Nepal....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:33am PST
Sorry State of the Union 
Several hundred people gathered in Union Square on Tuesday, January 31, during George Bush's State of the Union Address....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 2:33am PST
Thousands "drown Out Bush's lies" during State of the Union speech 
San Francisco (January 31, 2006) - Thousands converged on Union Square in the heart of San Francisco’s shopping district earlier this evening in order to “Drown Out Bush’s Lies!” during Bush’s State of the Union address....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 11:50pm PST
60 minute hate in union square SF 
The effigy is dragged down again!! how much more time before the real thing??...
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 10:14pm PST
DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICAN MESSAGE SIMILAR The Democratic and Republican candidates for the California 2006 elections makes big promises to Californians but their messages are similar and provide little hope for change....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 9:44pm PST
Bush's Comparisons Between Marriage Fairness and Dirty Politicians Off The Mark President Bush delivered his fifth State of the Union
address before a joint session of Congress tonight, outlining many
challenges facing our country but not forgetting the need to appease
extremist groups....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 9:08pm PST
Alito Confirmation Threatens Fairness Proving Need to Look Toward 2006 Elections Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the
following statement as the Senate confirmed Judge Samuel Alito's
nomination to the Supreme Court....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 6:24pm PST
Alito confirmed to US court A sharply divided US Senate has confirmed Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, backing a second conservative nominated by George Bush, the US president, in his effort to move the nation's highest court to the right....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 9:29am PST
Gore Vidal Delivers State of the Union In advance of President Bush’s state of the union address later tonight, author Gore Vidal delivers his own traditional state of the union address. We hear Vidal speak about patriotism, the NSA domestic surveillance programs, corporate America, Presidential powers and more....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 9:26am PST
"BUSH STEP DOWN" -- on the side of BERNAL HILL TODAY!!!!!!! LOOK UP!!! 300 ft. long "BUSH STEP DOWN" on Bernal Hillside (S.F.) this Tuesday morning....
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 8:09am PST
Listen Closely (State of the Union) So when you’re listening to President Bush speak, think about what his previous proposals have really meant to working people like us...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 9:46pm PST
VENUE CHANGE!!!: Sorry State of the Union SpeakOut! Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:00pm
Lefty O'Doul's*
333 Geary Blvd...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 9:23pm PST
What happens to www.brasil.indymedia.org ? What happens to www.brasil.indymedia.org ?
Why it does not work right now?...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 7:57pm PST
Seattle Anti-Imperialist Committee Statement on "World Can't Wait" 
The following is a statement from the Seattle Anti-Imperialist Committee on "World Can't Wait" (WCW), the organizers of tomorrow's "Bush Step Down" protests....
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 7:32pm PST
Alito fililbuster fails 25 to 72. 19 of the 43 Democrats defected. A new dark age begins. The vote to cut off debate was 72-25. Democrats needed 41 votes to prevent the Senate from ending debate on Alito's nomination....
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 4:32pm PST
Hear Rabbi Michael Lerner Speak Feb. 16 on Reclaiming America from the Religious Right 
Rabbi Michael Lerner, who the Washington Post once called "the guru of the Clinton White House", will speak Thursday, February 16, at the Veteran's Hall in Santa Cruz at 8 PM, introducing ideas from his new book The Left Hand of God: Taking Back our Country from the Religious Right. Tickets are $5-$20 donation, sliding scale, with no one turned away for lack of funds. Purchase tickets in advance from the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV), 423-1626. Receive a free ticket when yo...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 10:05am PST
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