Where dirty green eyed boys walk like men in the streets and stooped old women with henna-red hair fill the doorways, and there is a donkey and a paint chipped bicycle tied to every post.

Talluza is also a village that has consistently suffered 24hr curfew and constant harassment at the hands of Israeli soldiers dispatched from a nearby military base. Where humvees race through the streets before dawn, where young girls are young girls are threatened at gunpoint, and young men disappear. Where schoolchildren are detained, and bread trucks are turned away. Talluza is a village occupied, and the villagers want to know why.

At 5:55PM, there were 5 officers on bicycles; 2 officers on motorcycles; 1 cruiser with 1 officer; 2 undercover cars, one with 1 officer, one with 2. So a total of 11 officers, and 5 expensive automobiles "guarding" the public from 5 sodden but spirited cyclists preparing for "Critical" Mass. The Camaro Cruiser followed the mass for two blocks and then turned off to pursue other matters (perhaps even public safety, but no prior evidence suggests this).

A few blocks later the mass informed a taxi that it was driving without lights on, then continued for a merry and unpoliced ride of downtown and then onto the eastside, with shouts of "We're not blocking traffic, We are traffic!" and "If you love you're car, Set it free!", picking up 2 more riders early on for a grand size of 7(!).

Yes, the occupation fills me with a heart-wrenching guttural rage that makes my face twist up involuntarily if I think about it too much. Yes, sometimes I feel like an angst-ridden adolescent, crushed under the weight of the helplessness that I feel towards this madness, this sadistic arbitrary cruelty that I am powerless to stop, wanting to scream until I am hoarse and skin is stained red with hot tears, wanting beat my fists against the wall until they bleed. Yep, the occupation sucks, and it gives you sick, drowning feeling if you let it, but so does everything, if you let it, because I have known that feeling for years. Certainly, I find the political climate inside the United States no less horrifying, and no less aggravating. My palms have known the crescent-shaped fingernail imprints of exasperation for a long time, but you just can't walk around that way forever. The Palestinians don't(and certainly the soldiers don't, they let their tasteless Israeli techno ring loud and clear from every mountainside). You still have to live life.

[ J20 - Anti-Inauguration Day of Action website ]

I spent last Saturday night on the picket line, where about 60 mental health care workers are striking the Parry Center, allegedly an inpatient treatment center for about 36 pretty mentally disturbed kids, ages eight through 14 years old. I use the word "allegedly" quite specifically, because whether the Parry Center is a treatment center, as its managers allege or is something else, is exactly what this strike is about.

I got hooked into doing some picket duty through the familiar route. The union on strike is SEIU Local 503, my old union, and home of most of my friends. So a friend asked me what I was doing on Saturday night, and could I help picket? I said, "Sure!" (the American Saturday night party scene is vastly over-rated anyway.)

previous feature stories: [ Parry Center protest at ODS building downtown (12/17/04) | Update on the Parry Center Strike, Day 11 (12/11/04) | Call for Support for Parry Center Strike; Photos from Monday's actions (12/1/04) | Day 2 of the Parry Center Strike (11/30/04) | Group of Concerned Citizens Occupies Parry Center Offices (11/29/04) ]

Neither The Oregonian nor The New York Times have covered the topic in depth. Even the Nation only ran a simplistic piece by David Corn, who pooh-poohed the vote protest and echoed the Boston Globe in making the issue seem only of importance to internet conspiracists.

A movement of frustrated voters has risen around Oregon. "Clean Vote" sprang from the Multnomah County Democrats, with the catalyst being activist Bill Dodds. Portland's Action Speaks is a non-partisan group, which sprang from the efforts of Code Pink and others, with the principal spokesperson of Johnny Marie. Truth-in-Voting is active in Eugene, and has published a guest column in the Eugene Register-Guard.

These groups rallied at our state capitol on both Dec. 12 and 13, in synchronicity with the national vote protest movement. The Sunday event (Dec. 12) coincided with the "51 Capitol March" protests at the federal capital and other state capitols, and attracted over 200 people from around the state. Katy Eymann, activist and wife of Secretary Bradbury, was one of the many speakers; she pointed out that Oregon is one of only six states in the nation that do not have a lawsuit pending over vote irregularities!

[ Portland Alliance ]

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We are glad to report that plans for this year's MLK Day March and Rally are proceeding very well. We look forward to an exciting afternoon of provocative speakers, inspired artwork and music.

We will gather in the Central United Methodist Church, located on Woodward Ave. and Adams (just south of Comerica Park), at Noon. We will then march thru downtown to the Labor and Underground Railroad Monuments at Hart Plaza, before returning to the Central United Methodist Church for an afternoon rally featuring a broad array of peace activists, community organizers, progressive clergy, students and artists.

This case is highly political, and Mr. Arrow is repeatedly and constantly referred to in the corporate media as an 'Eco-Terrorist'. Although Judge James Redden, in his ruling on the 2001 arson case against Jacob Sherman, stated that "The term 'terrorist' is not to be used in reference to this case or the defendants," the FBI and the Corporate Media continue to sell news by branding Mr. Arrow as an Eco-Terrorist.

Tre Arrow Audio Interview From Hospital Bed | Tour Dates & information | Holiday Fast & Greeting from Tre at www.trearrow.org

Bearknoll Timber Sale is 531 acres and located in the White River watershed. Bearknoll is very diverse, with 12 species of conifers in the planning area, more than in most areas of Mount Hood. Bearknoll is located on the transition between Eastern and Western forest habitats and rests between low and middle elevations, with even Ponderosa Pine and Pacific Yew growing a few feet apart.

"I just got back from the rally in Boston at Faneuil Hall. There were about 400 people there and many fine speakers. Perhaps the most exciting news is that David Lytel, the founder of ReDefeatBush, said that senator Barbara Boxer said she WILL step up to protest the vote. This of course elicited a lot of cheering. You can report that I (and about 400 others) saw and heard David Lytel say this loud and clear. Whether it will actually happen remains to be seen, but he certainly seemed to believe it close to 100%.

[Read More] || Vote Cobb Website || Brian Lehrer Show "Recount Update" ||

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[ Pancakes for Public Power! fundraiser | Central Portland PUD website ]

Eugenics originated in Great Britain but it took root and flourished first in the United States decades before it was implemented in Nazi Germany. The first eugenic sterilization bill in the United States was introduced in the Michigan legislature in 1897. It was publicly supported by at least one eminent U-M alumnus--Clarence A. Lightner--but it was not adopted.

Victor C. Vaughan was Dean of the U-M medical school from 1891 until 1921, served on the Michigan State Board of Health for many years, was President of the American Medical Association from 1914 until 1915, and served on the Advisory Council of the American Eugenics Society from 1923 until 1929. Thanks, in part, to the determined advocacy of prominent national figures like Vaughan, the Michigan legislature did adopt a sterilization law in 1913.

If you've been holding back on writing stories or want to bolster your basic reporting skills, this is a great opportunity. Several longtime Indypendent staffers as well as journalists from Democracy Now, Free Speech Radio News and The Norwood News will be helping out with the workshop. All classes are free. Limited spaces available. For an application, email workshop@indypendent.org or call 212-684-8112. Don?t hate the media. Become the media!

During this time 10 Senators came forward (including Ron Wyden), came forward and spoke about the horrible problems in Ohio and elsewhere! In the house even more came forward to speak against the electoral votes from Ohio. Again I cannot emphasize enough on how historic this action was.

In the end both chambers defeated the challenge.

HOWEVER, IT WAS CENSORED. DURING THE BOXER PRESS CONFERENCE, which was framed as a series of questions about all the different levels of fraud, CSPAN TWO CUT AWAY FROM HER, MUTED a Senator's voice to nothingness, and an anonymous voice came on and described "at this time, Senators and Representatives are moving to their respective houses, etc." and we saw several minutes of senators and representatives walking over, without anything actually going on, while someone made a decision to remove Sen. Boxer's statement from the visual live record, and move her to a smaller MUTE screen in the bottom left-hand corner while we saw silent Congress people walking, and walking, and walking. The walking had very important sound coverage. Sen. Boxer did not!

'Sean4489' writes: John Kerry is a piece of shit
Why the hell did I vote for that piece of shit? How convienient for John Kerry to be overseas supporting the troops rather than fighting for Americans' right to vote. This is a feeble attempt by JK to try to avoid the vote fraud issue and still appear to be fighting for democracy (ie, staying out of the controversy so he can run again in 2008). Well, I for one will not vote for JK, and I will tell others to do the same. I should have voted for Nader.

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DETROIT — As the New Year dawns, the specter of state receivership has raised its head in the debate over Detroit’s fiscal crisis, hot on the heels of a similar recommendation for the Detroit Public Schools.

“A state-appointed receiver could operate in the practical world, apart from politics,” said Nolan Finley, editorial page editor of the Detroit News Dec. 12. “The receiver would have the freedom to cut spending until it matches revenues by laying off city and school workers, eliminating services and closing schools, selling assets and going to court to force work rule changes.”

Department of Buildings Confirmed No Certificate of Occupancy Issued For Pier 57; Mayor Intervened To Halt DoB From Releasing Further Information; Links Between DoB and HRPT Come To Light

HRPT Sent Formal Complaint Letter To NYPD About Use Of Pier 57; NYPD List Of Modifications To Pier Does Not Include Clean-Up Of Contamination

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Radical Reference Skill Share. Monday, January 10 at 7:30 pm.

IMC Wide Open House. Tuesday, January 11 at 6:00pm. Want to get involved with Indymedia but not sure how? Members of various IMC working groups will be on hand to talk to the NYC community about Indymedia.

Indypendent Community Reporting Workshop. Saturday January 15, 22, and 29 at 2pm.

IMC movie night. Monday, January 17 at 7:00 pm. Get ready for the GWB inauguration! Double screening of 2000 counter-inaugural flicks including IMC-Video's "Not My President".

"Clearly, by demanding a recount and an investigation into the widespread irregularities with the presidential vote in Ohio, the Green Party paved the way for today's challenge to Ohio's Electoral College votes," said Cobb.

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Another group met at the Multnomah Center, about a mile away from Gabriel Park. This Unity Rally, as it was called, drew a crowd in excess of a 1000 people, I would estimate. The Multnomah Center event featured numerous speakers, including the new mayor Tom Potter and County Commissioner Serena Cruz, ministers and members of minority communities, as well as a few musical interludes. Each event provided people the opportunity to protest racism and hate in a manner more in harmony with their own temperament and philosophy. Both sought to defend the neighborhood from invasion and spoke out for diversity of culture, race and religion. Whether in your face, or at a rally celebrating diversity with strong words and music, the community gathered together in their different ways and stood vocal and defiant against racism and hatred.

Aceh, the province on the westernmost tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, was right near the epicenter of the largest earthquake and was also impacted by the largest Tsunami waves. The coastline of Aceh was shattered, countless villages were wiped off the map, and much of the capital, Banda Aceh, was flattened. The Indonesian government has confirmed over 100,000 deaths in the country; most of these dead are in Aceh.

Because of its corruption and its repressive attitude toward the Acehnese, the Indonesian government cannot be counted on to provide proper assistance. According to a report from one independent journalist in Banda Aceh, much aid is piling up unused at military bases and airports. He also reports that every night military forces are looting those homes still standing in Banda Aceh.

The teach-in will cover the impact of the tsunami on Aceh as well as how the history of Aceh's oppression has affected the present situation. The event is free, but it is also a fundraiser for grassroots Indonesian and Acehnese organizations doing relief work on the ground in Aceh, so bring your checkbook.

Meet at the pavillion in Hawthorne Park, corner of Jackson and Hawthorne streets in Medford at 11:00 am. March to Vogel Plaza for a rally at 12:00 noon.

Wear black and bring a colorful scarf.

Parking available at Tinseltown. Carpools available from Ashland at 10:15 am from the Shop N Kart parking lot, 2268 Hwy. 66. For more information contact Peace House at 482-9625 or Citizens for Peace & Justice at 773-1680.

AUDIO of Teach-In Jan 8 - Part of 1 of 3 parts || AUDIO of Teach-IN Jan 8 - Part 2 of 3 parts || AUDIO of Teach-In Jan 8 - Part 3 Additional Articles and Links: || "How Not to Win.." || ETAN || Human Rights Watch - Documents and articles || WALHI ||

Most disturbing, though, was the role played Chertoff, while Assistant Attorney General for the DOJs criminal division, in the rounding up and imprisonment of hundreds of Muslim-American immigrants in the aftermath of September 11. The Justice Departments own Office of the Inspector General issued a scathing report in the summer of 2003, alleging that many immigrants who had no connection to the terrorist attacks of September 11 languished in federal lock-up for months at a time under an official no bond policy that actively opposed their release.

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Now, as we usher in the President for a second term in office, it's time to ask whether he has lived up to Dr. King's legacy. On his watch working people and poor people, disproportionately people of color, lost ground.

"Every American deserves to be an owner of the American dream," said President Bush, but a great racial divide remains. If Bush wants to make this a nation where we can all be owners, he should be asking "WWMLKD?"

Cover photo: Edgar Mata and David Gochfeld

We call on you to join us at our Annual Regional Tacoma March and Rally in Solidarity with Leonard Peltier. Unite with us then, in an expression of the real Interests of the American People that are peace, justice and well-being of all. Change will take one step at a time, but in order to revoke the polices of war and greed and the forced submission of the people to the interests of a few, that change must begin here at home -- and it includes justice for Leonard Peltier.

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If Wild Oats can be pressured to change a policy about what type of traps they use for rodent problems by animal rights groups surely they can change a policy on how they treat workers who wish to be represented by a union. If it were not for mine and about a dozen others open and public display of union activity I would not have been fired for following managements own policy of discounting spoiled produce at $.10 per pound.

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The industry is presently committing genocide in Appalachia, destroying a people more ancient than the nation, and hiding it behind the ecocide that so many Americans have come to accept as the cost of doing business. Our struggle with the coal barons has been ongoing since the late 1800's. They have murdered our people, burned our homes, robbed our children's future, and denied our basic human rights, while the U.S. government has turned a blind eye. Now it has come to this: mountain top removal threatens to end our existence forever, the finishing touch to culture genocide.

Mountain Justice Summer is a direct call to action for the people to stand up to the attempt at destruction of a people and a cultural heritage i.e., mountain range removal. We must have your help to fight. Others ask for your money. We need you. With a little help we can break the back of this massive destruction that lays waste to our Appalachia communities. We are asking for volunteers to dedicate a summer to our efforts. We see our call to action as an emergency plea, in desperate circumstances -- to rachet up the resistance to the atrocity of Mountain Range Removal before it's too late.

More info at: [ www.mountainjusticesummer.org | NJS Newsletter ]

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Sam Adams has verbally said that he would like to attend, but nothing in writing has been seen yet.

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In 1996, Webb wrote a series of articles ("Dark Alliance") for the San Jose Mercury News reporting that, in the 1980s, "a San Francisco Bay Area drug ring sold tons of cocaine to... street gangs of Los Angeles and funneled millions in drug profits to an arm of the contra guerrillas of Nicaragua run by the Central Intelligence Agency" and the "cocaine that flooded in helped spark a crack explosion in urban America... "

The "contra guerrillas," of course, were the Reagan administration CIA-nurtured darlings who sought to overthrow Nicaragua's leftist Sandinista government.

The story, obviously, was huge. Too huge, as it turns out, for certain powerful sensibilities. The disinformation machine soon was cranked up full tilt, and shortly after the series' publication, the Big Three in American newspapers -- the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post -- shamefully dedicated time and column inches attacking the veracity of Webb's assertions instead of pursuing the story. His professional coup de grace was administered by his own editor, Jerry Ceppos, who journalistically ran for cover and left the Pulitzer-winning reporter twisting slowly, slowly in the wind.

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This article was taken from the LA Times by the Oregonian, but the editors should keep in mind that just because an article finds it's way into one of the "papers of record" that's no reason to go ahead and print it.

[ more article by JR ]

Now that Critter is out I can't help but wonder why I am still here. We were arrested at the same time, charged with the same offenses. Up until the very end he & I refused to cooperate with the state. Yet, the state in Critter's case decided that the exact same fire was only "conspiracy to commit arson" and "possession of destructive devices".

I've half a dozen theories as to why things played out the way they did. The one fact I know is not once did the state offer to treat my case as Critter's. I'm doing 17 years more for the same actions and same evidence. 22 years for actions that hurt no one and caused less than $50k in damages.

Besides an education on this particular timber sale, hike leader Rolf Skar also provided information on the ecology of forests in winter. At 4000 feet in elevation, this hike was in snow, and it snowed during portions of the field trip. Forests in the winter have their own particular magnificence, and the ecology of these areas at this time of the year provide a whole new perspective on the interdependence of species, flora and fauna, in Nature. Though severely curtailed due to the cold and shortness of the day, there is still much activity in the winter forests. The drama of life and death, of feeding and being fed upon, all continue as during other times of the year, but with a flavor particular to winter.
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5 houses were visited by the activists, Tuesday night. They yelled into a megaphone the about the horrible injustices against animals that the employees were guilty of. Further activists continued to chant. Neighbors came out to inquire as to why there were people yelling at a house, and were given much information about who their neighbors are. For more information about OHSU visit www.vivisectioninfo.org/ohsu/

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• Protest TVS
• Gabriel Park, SW
• Saturday, Jan. 15th
• Directions to Park

The city of Portland passed an anti-hate resolution on January 5th. So call and email them and demand that they stand by it and address this issue with something other than police to protect the fascists. This is our city, let's do something about it.

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Modern eugenics originated in Great Britain but it took root and flourished first in the United States decades before it was implemented in Nazi Germany.1 The first eugenic sterilization bill in the United States--perhaps, in the world--was introduced in the Michigan legislature in 1897 by Representative W. R. Edgar, M.D., a Republican, who seems to have been unduly vexed by "that pernicious habit 'Onanism' " i.e., masturbation. The bill passed in the House and failed in the Senate by only six votes. It provided for the involuntary "asexualization"--removal of the gonads--of "persons, whether male or female" being discharged from the Michigan Home for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic, recidivist felons, and rapists.2 It was later publicly supported by at least one eminent University of Michigan (UM) alumnus--attorney Clarence A. Lightner.3

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Stop the FDA from legalizing contamination of the food supply with more experimental GE crops! Comment on the FDA Food Contamination Guidelines The closing date for comments is January 24, 2005

* Send in your comments to the FDA today - see below for a sample response
* Urge your Government to object to the proposals

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The program format consists of news analysis by the Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy, a feature interview with a social change organization, activist, or educator, and a wrap-up with a calendar of community events. This week's show features an interview with Calvin College professor Randal Jelks who talks with Catalyst Radio about Africa and Globalization. Current and past episodes of Catalyst Radio can be downloaded and listened to at the audio archives section of the Catalyst Radio website.

Each person in these photo's represents more than 100 civilians killed by U.S. Aggression in Iraq.I hope these photo's are inspiring to the american resistance.

The Biscuit fire burned through many reserves that are home to ancient trees that have experienced fire for millennia. In total, the Bush Forest Service is planning to log 6,300 acres of these old-growth reserves as part of the so-called "Biscuit Fire Recovery Project." Old-growth reserves are special places normally set aside from logging to provide a safety net of habitat for sensitive wildlife species.

[ Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center ]

previous posts about the struggle in the Mattole: [ on pdx indymedia | on Indybay ]

[ North Coast Earth First! ]

The new issue is the eighth issue of the Ann Arbor-based political journal and focuses on the theme of "Education." Articles deal with topics such as eugenics at the University of Michigan, disability rights, standardized testing, No Child Left Behind, growing up Black in Ann Arbor, and more.

View the entire issue in pdf form: Critical Moment Issue #8 (pdf)

DETROIT — Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s anti-war legacy, metro Detroiters will rally Jan. 17 at Central United Methodist Church in downtown Detroit, and then march to the labor and Underground Railroad monuments in Hart Plaza.

“Dr. King linked the devastation wrought by what he himself called the imperialist war in Vietnam to the destruction of our cities,” said the president of United Auto Workers Local 2334, David Sole, who organized the march.

Following a successful open house on Dec. 11, Detroit NOISE, the reformed Detroit chapter of the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network, is getting ready for business.

GLSEN is a nationwide organization that works to make public schools safer places for LGBT youth. According to Detroit LGBT activist Robert Clark, Detroit's chapter has been taking that fight right to the top.

• Vegan Bake Sale
• Wednesday, Jan 19th, 2pm
• People's Co-op Farmers' Market
• 3029 SE 21st Ave
• All proceeds go to Tre

Thank you Tre, and thank you to all of the supporters who do whatever they can to bring justice to his life.

[ Tre Arrow Legal Defense Fund ]

"Keep Alive the Dream" reminds us all, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did so eloquently and so powerfully, that "we are all bound together in a single garment of destiny. The setbacks of September 11, 2001, remind us that "What affects one, affects us all", and that "a Freedom is never free". The indomitable spirit of the American people must keep their own dreams alive by being ever the more responsible and active in the pursuit of justice and hard-won freedom and democracy.

Celebration begins at noon until 7:00 pm and asks just a donation of $5.00 or three cans of food. Go to www.worldartsfoundation.org for a list of performers and speakers.

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The PCLF has been doing work from which we all benefit, and it's time to give something back. While working to moniter the police and discourage more police abuses and murders, the PCLF has been targeted with fines amounting to more than $1000.

Come enjoy some revolutionary entertainment to support community power and police accountability! Spoken word by Rochelle Hart (First OR black woman slam champ), and featuring many special guests.

Earlier Feature: Portland Community Liberation Front Targeted by PPD for Copwatching Nov 12th '04

Seymour Hersh unloads another bombshell in this week's issue of the New Yorker, writing that the U.S. has placed teams of special forces in Iran to scout out potential military targets for a future military attack. "The Administration has been conducting secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran at least since last summer. Much of the focus is on the accumulation of intelligence and targeting information on Iranian nuclear, chemical, and missile sites, both declared and suspected. The goal is to identify and isolate three dozen, and perhaps more, such targets that could be destroyed by precision strikes and short-term commando raids."

Perhaps even more important than the specific allegations about Iran are the relevations Hersh provides about Pentagon control of covert operations.

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The next show the riotfolk played was at the IWW Hall, at 6th and Burnside. This show was more intimate and benefited the IWW Hall and the back2back cafe. [ pictures I audio ]

All of the music they brought with them is being made available for free download at indytorrents.org. Currently, you can download music from Ryan Harvey, Ethan Miller, Anna Roland, Tom Frampton, and Evan Greer. In short time, the music of Brenna Sahatjian and the show at the IWW Hall will be made available for download. Keep your eyes open.

Despite the coating of ice Portland recieved Saturday, practically shutting down the city till midday Sunday, a good number of volunteers have been showing up at Free Geek to take part in the effort. An organized process and a step-by-step set of relatively simple instructions is allowing even those unfamiliar with computer hardware to take part productively. By the end of Saturday, 55 machines had been assembled and tested. The goal is a total of 100 of these diskless terminals, with 50 going to Bolivia, and 50 to Venezuela.

[ Other stories about LPFM posted to pdx indymedia ]

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As governor of Nebraska, Johanns was the chairman of Governors Biotechnology Partnership, which calls itself nonpartisan while heavily promoting biotechnology. He also went against family farmers and sided with agribusiness on a variety of farming issues while governor. This article gives more information about his positions on biotech, agribusiness, and free trade, as well as information on Monsanto's current legal troubles and battles against farmers.

[ Northwest Resistance Against Genetic Engineering | pdx imc GE topic page | Biotech IMC ]

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There will also be a local anti-Bush rally in Jersey City, NJ.

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The series is streamed on the Deep Dish Website. All twelve programs will be aired at the Pioneer theater in the East Village (3rd St and Ave "A") for four nights January 19-22nd. (3 programs each night). The Real Face of Occupation will also be featured at a special screening on February 12 at 5:15 PM in the Museum of Modern Art. Deep Dish TV is also exploring collaborations for it's proposed new series From Attica to Abu Gharib.

The second annual Detroit MLK march & rally drew over one thousand people who paid tribute to the anti-war and social justice legacy of the late civil rights leader.

On Monday, January 17, People Against Police Violence held an awards ceremony on the Martin Luther King, Jr's holiday. [PAPV MLK Tribute photos | audio ]

The presence of such a mega-casino will not only increase costs to Oregonians due to ruined lives from gambling addiction. It will also:

• Bring to the Gorge town of Cascade Locks a building five times the size of a Wal-Mart, visible from the Pacific Coast Trail.
• Pollute Oregon, Washington, and the Columbia Gorge Scenic Area with thousands of additional cars every day.
• Threaten this national treasure with unchecked sprawl and misuse.

[ Friends of the Columbia Gorge ]

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'Camilo Torres' writes: I don't feel like I have any great insights to offer on how we can move forward right now...

However, here's something I do know: ... Fear is contagious, but so is courage.

One of my most vivid experiences of this was in Seattle in 1999. I'll never forget how we surrounded the King County Jail where hundreds of our comrades were locked up, and how the call went out for people to blockade the front doors of the building. This was after a week of massive police brutality against thousands of peaceful protesters. Many of us were understandably fearful of the police reaction if we heeded the call. Suddenly, out of the crowd, an eighty year old woman in a wheelchair wheeled herself to the front. The energy in the crowd was electric. Five thousand hesitant people suddenly had a single thought and a single resolve: If she could do it, why not me? How could I not??!

There will be an emergency meeting tommorrow night at the Cascadia Rising infoshop 6:30pm at 1540 SE clinton --- we need lots and lots of help with things like fundraising for legal support. Please come and help support your comrades!! Related Article: Rally at courthouse tomorrow (1/21) noon

I've posted some photographs here that I hope will provide a feeling of the event

Portland Morning Banner Drops
[12:06pm] - The Association for Cascadian Liberation successfully dropped banners from several bridges around Little Beirut between 8 and 10 am, despite heavy police presence. read more >>

more, from first part of day: [ An old woman speaks (1:00pm) | Downtown PDX Update (1:31pm) | One arrest at PSU Students for Unity (2:56pm) | 3:30 @ Burnside & Park Ave. -Hundreds Gathered Already (3:51pm) ]

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The program format consists of news analysis by the Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy, a feature interview with a social change organization, activist, or educator, and a wrap-up with a calendar of community events. This weeks show features an interview with GRIID director Jeff Smith, who recently traveled to Guatemala to learn more about the effects of the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Current and past episodes of Catalyst Radio can be downloaded and listened to at the audio archives section of the Catalyst Radio website.

A group of workers and community supporters (including two pastors) headed up to the 17th floor to speak with Peter Northrup. AFter the door was slammed in their face, they sat down and refused to leave. Eventually, all were arrested and charged with trespassing. Overall, it was a great action. Let's hope that the Parry Center gets the message and decides to settle this strike.

As we say in the Call to the Beloved Community:

“Three years after 9/11 the wounds of people, inflicted upon one another and on our earth long before the Twin Towers fell, have clouded our minds and hardened our hearts. In the name of fighting terrorism we have made the world less safe. By meeting violence with ever-greater violence we have ended or ruined the lives of thousands of young people and tens of thousands of Iraqi children, women and men. Engulfed in a quagmire from which there seems to be no exit, we are a polarized people. The divide between rich and poor is greater than at any time in the past 60 years.”

After the rally, a march took to the streets, stopping traffic in all directions, marching with a police escort. Buses, taxis, and cars creeped slowly along behind the march. At one point, the march left its proposed route to go down an alley, to represent no more back alley abortions. The march then hit a steep incline that went on for two blocks. The Seattle Bike Police came around the corner, and began to bike up the hill, but some began to peter out and had to walk their bikes midway in exhaustion. (It was just a fun side event to watch.) The march blocked traffic in downtown Seattle for approximately 30 minutes.

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First, before I get carried away, kudos to you Mayor for stating that the city is ready to buy PGE and take it away from the Texans. Good Job!!!

Now the police--having studied hundreds of hours of videotapes of police behavior from the August 22, 2002 protest (A-22) and the March 2003 (I-war) protests, from my viewpoint, I believe the police have improved somewhat in their tactics with protestors and demonstrations. At the A-22 and I-war protests, the police were complete brutes. They were driven by Kroeker's plan and directive to militarize the police and make them in effect an occupying army--in some ways, eerily similar to our own army in Iraq.

This last protest, I noticed that, at least from my perspective, that no pepper spray was used for crowd dispersal and no rubber bullets, sage weapons or other such arsenal was used as well. Bravo!! I also might add that I feel a tad bit responsible for the omission of these weapons having just cashed the $300,000 check you sent to my office the other day while I total up my attorney fees in anticipation of the next check I will hopefully be recieving from the city...

related: [ Team of Activists and National Lawyers Guild Attorneys Bring City of Portland to its Knees (12/1/04) ]

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Also this week: a recap of the in-hog-uration; more on Alberto "Torture Boy" Gonzales; Condoleeza Rice's hearings; Pentagon plans for a "gay bomb" to fight the "War on Terror"; Bush denies being "born with a silver foot in my mouth"; meteorites on Mars; monkey news, and so much more.

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In the Fri, Jan 21 edition of the Portland Tribune, FBI Special Agent Robert Jordan tries to sell us on the importance of our continued participation in the Portland Joint Terrorism Task Force. His arguments weren't very compelling for me.

[ previous posts about the JTTF ]

• Tim Wise, Book Release / Forum
• Monday Jan 24th, 7 pm
• Reading Frenzy
• 921 SW Oak St
• (503)274-1449

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January, 28 at 7:30
$5-$10, no one turned away
Idle Kids Bookstore, 3535 Cass. Detroit.
Food and Sabino Canyon hunt sab video included

Across the country, the Bush administration has set its sights on silencing dissent. We must be willing to help our fellow warriors when they are under attack, or no resistance movement can survive. This event is to support two activists who are currently suffering government harassment for their work to protect the Earth.

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In light of the last US presidential election, the next four years will stand under the sign of continuous wars. Nothing will change even in 2008 regardless of who is elected president. The largest supposed opposition party will not dare to effectively oppose the present government line because it essentially depends on the gifts of large corporations. The Democratic Party is afraid of posing as "unpatriotic" or even worse as "too soft on terrorism". The democrats know that millions of Americans are ready to bear the burdens of war, even of a "dirty war" instigated under pretexts and with one of the worst motives: greed.

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