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News :: Labor |
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Precedent Setting Agreement Reached, Mt. Olive Pickle Boycott Over |
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by FLOC |
17 Sep 2004
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 After five years of a public action boycott by the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFL-CIO (FLOC), it has reached a precedent setting agreement with the North Carolina Grower’s Association (NCGA) and the Mount Olive Pickle Company... |
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News :: Media |
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Knoxville First Amendment Radio (KFAR 90.9) Raided by the FCC |
by Abigail Singer
Email: abigail (nospam) riseup.net |
15 Sep 2004
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 At roughly 10:00 am this morning, three federal agents from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Atlanta offices, accompanied by three US Marshalls, broke into the KFAR radio station in South Knoxville and confiscated all of its equipment, knocking Knoxville's community voice off the air. |
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News :: Environment |
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Local Environmental Activists Urge City to Reconsider Spraying Neighborhoods with Pesticides |
by Chris Lugo
Email: christopher_lugo (nospam) yahoo.com |
14 Sep 2004
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 No Spray! Nashville activists gathered today at the entrance to Lentz Public Health Center with a message for local health board officials, "Don't Spray My Neighborhood." City officials are planning to begin spraying pesticides in residential neighborhoods beginning Wednesday, September 15th because they say they have found one mosquito that was a carrier of the West Nile Virus. Last year the city spent $70,000 spraying pesticides in local neighborhoods between August and October. City Officials claim it is the most effective way of containing West Nile Virus, which they say is a public health hazard. |
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Making the World Safe for Fascism: Free Speech and the Worship of Civil Liberties |
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by prole cat |
07 Sep 2004
Modified: 02:03:15 PM |
 As leftists we question or reject the sanctity of many sacred American institutions... My argument is not that the principle of free speech has no value, for it does… Instead, I argue that the right to free speech is only one right among many, and that when we raise free speech above all other rights we play into the hands of our political enemies. (First published in issue #3 of The Dawn, an anarchist communist newspaper from Oakland, California, in September of 2004.) |
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My Prison Reflection |
by Judy Pilgrim
Email: jmaep (nospam) comcast.net |
02 Sep 2004
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 Recently Don Beisswenger was questioned by the assistant warden as to what he was going to do upon his release. Don said he would do the same as before he entered prison. “I will fight the issues of poverty here and in Latin America and the reasons those problems exist.”
What has the government proved by this incarceration of Don? Nothing. A fine man was put into federal prison for six months for six steps. He has not been silenced—his cause is the same—to close the SOA/WHINSEC until an impartial investigation has been completed. The issue revolves around those who have been brutalized by graduates of the School of the Americas. However, his imprisonment has also highlighted the inequities of the prison system —prisoners who should not be imprisoned, but who could work, contribute and serve their sentences alternatively. Their families and communities would help them by being there for emotional support, and the families would have a breadwinner available. |
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News :: Peace |
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Dr Arun Gandhi of Memphis Visits Israel/Palestine to Encourage Nonviolent Resistance Movement |
by Am Johal
Email: am_johal (nospam) yahoo.ca |
12 Sep 2004
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 Dr Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has been a resident of Memphis, Tennessee for many years. Dr Gandhi is a global citizen who is dedicated to his grandfather's vision of nonviolent resistance and peace. His work is known internationally through the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence. Last week he visited Israel and Palestine in the hopes of starting a non-violent resistance movement. |
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News :: Peace |
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One Hundred Protesters Gather at Nashville's Opryland to Protest Bush Visit |
by emma
Email: progressive_calendar (nospam) yahoo.com |
31 Aug 2004
Modified: 06:33:34 PM |
 For the second time in as many days, members of the Nashville Peace Coalition and broader peace community stood in public witness to the policies of the republican administration towards war and to the odious presence of the resident thief in Nashville Tennessee.
The corporate media circus was there in full regalia running around getting sound bites here and there and peaceful folks were gathered on the streets mostly holding peace signs and a few folks were holding kerry/edwards signs. The cops were there to make sure that no one walked on the street and everybody had a good time yelling at the president as the military style black van motorcade drove by. . .read more for a full story of the August 31st Bush Bash. Photos by Al Levenson. |
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Tennessee Environmentalist John Johnson Arrested at Republican National Convention Protests |
by Katuah Earth First
Email: efactivist (nospam) yahoo.com |
30 Aug 2004
Modified: 31 Aug 2004 |
 Katuah Earth First! activist John Johnson was arrested Friday in New York City while protesting the Republican National Convention. During the peaceful march towards Madison Square Gardens, a float was set on fire and police around the area began arresting protesters.
According to eye witnesses, the police were “aiming low,” but still striking protesters who resisted arrest. Amid the 100 to 150 people arrested was John Johnson, a long-time activist with Katuah Earth First! |
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