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News :: Civil & Human Rights |
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Be Proud of These City Councils |
by Frank Neff
Email: frank_jo_n (nospam) sbcglobal.net |
19 Nov 2004
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City Councils here, and around the nation, are acting publicly to re-assert our basic civil liberties, spelled out in the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution.
When Congress rushed the USA PATRIOT Act through its chambers shortly after 9/11, some wise members argued against its worst provisions. But the Bush Administration, with John Ashcroft as Attorney General, prevailed. Civil liberties-conscious activists in the Kansas City area and around the nation have been struggling ever since to stop the abuses to which it and other Administration orders and decisions have led.
Patriot Act info [PDF]
USA PATRIOT Act [Wikipedia]
EFF Analysis
Library signs [Librarian.net] |
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News :: Media |
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KC Indymedia is back online! |
by Chuck
Email: chuck (nospam) mutualaid.org |
28 Oct 2004
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We lost our server, but thanks to from many different people we're ready to resume reporting the news deemed unworthy by corporate media. |
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Support KKFI, Your Community Radio Station |
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by KCIndyMedia Editorial Committee |
20 May 2004
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KKFI, the 100,000 watt FM community radio station that started as a Communiversity class some 27 years ago, is back in community hands and needs the support of the public. At this writing the station is in the middle of an on-air fund drive, and Kcindymedia urges its readers to participate |
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News :: Protest, Resistance and Direct Action |
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As Soldiers Die in Iraq, Cheney Does Fundraiser for Graves |
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by Mike |
26 Apr 2004
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Of course, it was a fundraiser for Rep. Sam Graves. For Cheney to raise funds for the soldier's graves would be to acknowledge that they died in this illegal, immoral war he was so hell-bent on waging. |
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Interview :: Civil & Human Rights |
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Mariani-Berg Interview with Internet Radio Project |
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by Michael Murphy |
05 Mar 2004
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9-11 widow, Ellen Mariani, was in Kansas City with her attorney Philip Berg, former Deputy Attorney General for the State of Pennsylvania, for a full day of speaking engagements on Sunday, February 22, 2004. The previous night, Internet Radio Project (www.communityradio.ws) members, Tom Crane, Michael Murphy and Sharon Lockhart had an opportunity to interview them due to a last minute cancellation by KCUR and Walt Bodine. |
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October Surprise, Anyone? |
by Tom Klammer
Email: fairtrader2002 (nospam) aol.com |
29 Feb 2004
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What do you suppose an administration populated and supported by some of the same folks who gave us Iran Contra and the term 'October Surprise' might resort to to hold on to the presidency that they stole in Florida in 2000? |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights |
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Government Repression in Iowa Backfires |
by Chuck0
Email: chuck (nospam) mutualaid.org |
16 Feb 2004
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Anti-war activists in Iowa have fended off an attempt by a federal judge to subpoena documents about an anti-war conference that happened last November at Drake University. |
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Interview :: Peace |
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Interview with Joshua Holst |
by Sam
Email: kcimc2004 (nospam) yahoo.com |
09 Dec 2003
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Joshua Holst is a local filmmaker who just returned from SE Asia. He started out working for an Indonesian foundation. While he was there he taught street children how to plan and produce videos.
During his stay, a cease-fire ended, military operations restarted and Josh spent 5 months filming under difficult and sometimes dangerous conditions. His soon-to-be-completed film documents human rights abuses in the Indonesian province of Aceh. |
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