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News: Foreign Policy/Empire/Imperialism / Military, Weapons |
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Lawsuit Challenges Stop-Loss Policy |
by darby + dc radio coop
Email: darby (at) mutualaid.org |
07 Dec 2004
Modified: 08 Dec 2004 |
Lawyers representing US soldiers in Iraq and Kuwait filed a class-action lawsuit today to challenge the military's "stop-loss orders." Under stop-loss, members of the armed forces whose terms end or who retire can be forced to remain on active duty for an indefinite amount of time. A related policy allows recently discharged soldiers to be called back to duty.
[shorter piece is news piece, longer one is speakers and a few questions answered at the press conference]  Audio 1 2 |
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News: Foreign Policy/Empire/Imperialism / Globalization/Anti-Globalization |
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Andean Free Trade Meetings Coming to DC! |
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by Tucson, Arizona
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06 Dec 2004
Modified: 07 Dec 2004 |
 Activists protesting the Andean Free Trade Agreement meetings in Tucson, Arizona have learned that the final round of meetings will take place this coming February in DC. |
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News: Labor/Economics/Business / Local News/Neighborhoods |
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UMW Living Wage considers union options from UE 160 |
by Aaron Samsel and James Spady
Email: asams9hw (at) umw.edu |
04 Dec 2004
Modified: 05 Dec 2004 |
 On Friday, December 3, UE 160 members and organizers spoke with twelve workers, eight students, and a handful of faculty members of the University of Mary Washington Living Wage Coalition. They met at the university's physical plant in Fredericksburg, VA to explore the question, “Can state workers unionize?” The answer was a resounding “Yes you can!” |
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News: Environment/Food/Health |
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Video hilites of Dec. 3 Watergate Bhopal demo |
by Mike Flugennock
Email: flugennock (at) sinkers.org |
04 Dec 2004
Modified: 11:34:31 AM |
 The historic Watergate Complex in Washington, DC, is also the reputed hideout of Dow Chemical Board member and criminal accomplice Barbara Franklin, and it's here that the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal chose to mark the 20th anniversary of the chemical gas disaster at Bhopal, India, the worst industrial accident in history, in which nearly 20,000 people died at the hands of the Union Carbide Corporation. Dow Chemical purchased Union Carbide four years ago, but to this day refuses to assume responsibility for the cleanup of the Bhopal accident site, or compensation for the victims. |
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Announcement: Environment/Food/Health |
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Urge Support for DC menu labeling bill |
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by reposter
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03 Dec 2004
Modified: 07 Dec 2004 |
If you are a DC resident or have friends or family who live in DC, action is needed today to help pass DC’s menu labeling bill. The Nutritional Information at Restaurants Act, B15-0387, would require fast-food and other chain restaurants to provide calorie labeling on menu boards and calorie, saturated plus trans fat, carbohydrate, and sodium labeling on printed menus. The Council is expected to vote on the bill soon, so your action is needed now.
Click on this link:
http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/DCMenu to urge your DC Councilmembers and Mayor Williams to support B15-0387, the Nutritional Information at Restaurants Act |
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Rep. Conyers and other Members to Hold Forum on Ohio Voting Irregularities |
by amy
Email: amy (at) indyvoter.org |
07 Dec 2004
Modified: 05:41:56 PM |
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Ohio citizens' groups and representatives from national voting and civil rights organizations will present testimony to Democratic Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary detailing patterns of Election 2004 voting irregularities and voter suppression in Ohio. |
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The Take-- opens at E Street Cinema Friday-- |
by Wasinton Spark
Email: earthamelzer (at) yahoo.com |
03 Dec 2004
Modified: 05 Dec 2004 |
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From the Washington Spark, here is a review of The Take, a film on the recuperated factory movement in Argentina. |
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News: Civil Liberties/Constitution / Civil Rights/Equal Rights |
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Nationwide Effort to Expose Possible Illegal FBI JTTF Spying on Political and Religious Groups |
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by American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
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02 Dec 2004
Modified: 04 Dec 2004 |
Dec. 2, 2004, Washington, DC – Citing evidence that the FBI and local police are illegally spying on political, environmental and faith-based groups, today the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in filing multiple Freedom of Information Act requests around the country to uncover who is being investigated and why.
ACLU: FBI Spy Files |
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News: Housing/Urban Issues/Gentrification / Local News/Neighborhoods |
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Council Vote on Prostitution Bill Delayed |
by darby
Email: darby (at) mutualaid.org |
02 Dec 2004
Modified: 12:08:01 PM |
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A planned vote on a bill that would further criminalize sex work in DC was delayed today, after members of the DC Ciy Council's Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Committee expressed concern for the bill's impact. (A better version of this article will be up soon hopefully...) |
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Activist jailed for holding up protest sign |
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by Common Denominator
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03 Dec 2004
Modified: 10:44:18 AM |
(Published November 29, 2004)
A prominent local senior citizen faces a court trial Dec. 17 for holding up a sign opposing public financing of a new baseball stadium during the public unveiling of the Washington Nationals baseball team's name at Union Station. |
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News: Housing/Urban Issues/Gentrification / Labor/Economics/Business / Local News/Neighborhoods |
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photos from today's baseball rally |
by Brendan Hoffman
Email: bhoffman (at) citizen.org |
29 Nov 2004
Modified: 11:56:54 PM |
 Some photos from today's rally at the Wilson Building against the baseball stadium financing plan.
Two city councilmember's speeches at a rally against the stadium-and the latest on Randall Shelter. WSQT Audio: 1 2 3 |
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