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Toward Freedom: Please read on and complete either our Questionnaire or Survey. Toward Freedom 2005-03-20 9:42 AM
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Trouble in the Ranks duko 2005-03-19 8:47 PM
p>Private Jeremiah Adler wrote home on his sixth day in Army boot camp:</p> <blockquote> <p>"’I am so fucked up right now... I feel that if I stay here much longer I am not going to be the same person anymore. I have to GO. Please help... Every minute you sit at home I am stuck in a shithole, stripped of self-respect, pride, will, hope, love, faith, worth, everything. Everything I have ever held dear has been taken away. This fucks with your head... This makes you believe you ARE worthless shit. Please help. By the time you get this, things will be worse.’"</p> </blockquote> <p>Shortly after writing this, his unit was scheduled to ship out, and Jeremiah went AWOL (absent without leave).</p> (text/html)

March 19th press release march 19th media team 2005-03-19 8:45 PM
PITTSBURGH JOINS 765 COMMUNITIES TO SAY "END THE WAR. REBUILD OUR COMMUNITIES." (text/plain + 1 comment)

BTL:Failure of Bush Administration's Clear Skies Initiative Activates... Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2005-03-19 8:53 AM
...Regulations to Weaken Environmental Enforcement ~ Interview with John Walke, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's clean air program, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

London Times Says it Garnered 'Clear Evidence' that Syria Assassinated Hariri MARK DAMELI 2005-03-18 2:36 PM
A British newspaper has claimed to have found "clear evidence" that Syria assassinated ex-premier Rafik Hariri in an attack that has plunged Lebanon into political chaos. (text/plain)

Roadless Summer roadless summer 2005-03-18 2:19 PM

Pittsburgh & 725 Communities Say "End the War!" United for Peace and Justice 2005-03-18 12:19 PM
This weekend, on the two-year annivesary of the Iraq War, Pittsburgh will join at least 725 other towns and cities around the U.S. in calling for the troops to come home now. (text/plain)

Message to the Peace Marchers in Boston/NYC from the Bolivarian Circles Bolivarian Circles of Aragua State 2005-03-18 8:41 AM
Hands Off Venezuela (text/plain)

BTL:Washington-Installed Haitian Government's Detention of... Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-03-18 7:22 AM
...Political Prisoners and Human Rights Violations Stirs U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters to Action ~ Interview with Congresswoman Maxine Waters conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

BALOCH NATIONALISM, FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES Free Balochistan Movement 2005-03-17 11:11 PM
BALOCH NATIONALISM, FAVORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE NEED FOR A MORE DYNAMIC NATIONAL PARTY LEADERSHIP (text/plain)

New Pentagon plan to conquer nations, secure oil, advance globalization, militarize space Peacemonger 2005-03-17 11:00 PM
Need some motivation to march for peace this Saturday and to keep working for peace every day? Then please read the following. And please forward it far and wide. (text/plain)

NE Ohio Protest Warriors plan to crash Pittsburgh Demo apple crumble 2005-03-17 2:30 PM
My alter-ego got a message from the NE Ohio Protest Warriors, inviting me to come along to pittsburgh to support the president and counter a "hate group". Seems they missed the news that there are alot of demos being organized in NE Ohio - or maybe they just want to get out of town for a while. their message is included below. (text/plain + 1 comment)

Nader -- Restarting the Anti-War Movement reposted 2005-03-16 6:48 PM
author: RALPH NADER Political movements require momentum, they need to consistently build and aggregate. When they take a lengthy break from organizing and stop the momentum it is difficult to re-start. (text/plain)

Plot Against Free Speech on CMU Campus Exposed! A Student 2005-03-16 1:12 PM
Email Document - Cheap Plot by Hillel JUC. Also uncovered by the Post-Gazette at: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05074/471598.stm (text/plain + 1 comment)

Iraq War Factsheet available for upcoming protests Signalfire 2005-03-15 5:18 PM
An 'Iraq War Factsheet', put out by the Signalfire Media Project, is available for folks to print out and distribute at upcoming anti-war actions. (text/plain)

Bush sending propaganda to local news Messenger 2005-03-15 1:42 AM
This is an article from the NYC IMC by FreePress.net: Stop the propaganda sent by the Bush administration to your local news channels! (text/plain)

Press Conference to Announce March 19th tmc 2005-03-14 1:46 PM
Press Conference to detail March 19th protest and related events (text/plain + 28 comments)

Two Arrested at Bush Protest Quinten 2005-03-13 11:13 PM
Two Pittsburgh residents were arrested last Monday during a protest against a visit by President George W. Bush. The president visited a local family support center and spoke briefly at the Community College of Allegheny County's North Side branch. He was in town in part to present an award for volunteerism to Jennie Roth, a junior at La Roche college. (text/plain + 7 comments)

The Social Security Distraction Game populist 2005-03-13 8:18 PM
Just a big distraction from their real agenda - endless imperialism. (text/html)

MOVE and Animal Abuse Lori Allen 2005-03-12 9:51 PM
MOVE and the Abuse of Animals (text/plain)

BTL:Connecticut Set to Become 2nd State to Pass Same-Sex Civil Union Bill Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-03-12 6:30 AM
Interview with Ann Stanback, president of the group Love Makes a Family, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

*PRICELESS*!: Israeli history professor rhetorically gives the ADL 'the *finger*' JA 2005-03-11 5:08 PM
Hebrew University Israeli history professor Moshe Zimmerman compares Israel's IDF (military) to the Nazis! Conservative kneejerk gadfly Jewish ADL -- Zionist domestic spy & harassment organization -- head Abe Foxman butts in, as usual, to demand apology. (Many prominent Jews, both contemporary and historical figures, have compared Israel/Zionism/IDF to *NAZIS*!) Israeli history professor Moshe Zimmerman retorts: "Regarding the involvement of ... [Abe] Foxman in the affair, he says, "I don't have to respond to every barking dog in the street"! A comment that's long overdue! (text/plain + 42 comments)

Support Conyers on Impeachment - link here to email Messenger 2005-03-11 4:37 PM
Ralph Nader told the nation to support Rep. Conyers who is considering moving forward on impeachment hearings. Only people of his state can contact his DC office, emails are filtered. (text/plain)

BTL:Bush Administration May Reject Ratification of... Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2005-03-11 6:41 AM
...International Tobacco Control Treaty ~ Interview with Derek Yach, one of the principle drafters of the International Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

BTL:Peace Process Bound to Fail if Israel Expands West Bank Settlements Between the Lines' Scott Harris 2005-03-10 8:19 AM
Interview with Dr. Jeff Halper, coordinating director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris (text/plain)

An appeal for solidarity concerning the threathening demolition of a Palestinian house Astrid Essed 2005-03-09 8:50 PM
Underlying information is revealing not only a highly condemnable event, but especially symbols the Israeli policy of mass land and house-exproprations within Israel at the cost of a great number of Israeli Arabs. (text/plain)

Sign Petition- Save Housing Assistance Programs Roll Back The Rents 2005-03-07 8:58 AM
Sign Petition To Save Low-Income Housing Programs! (text/plain)

CRITICAL MOMENT Calls for Submissions CM 2005-03-06 12:12 PM
CRTICAL MOMENT is an Ann Arbor, MI-based radical politics journal. CM is released every other month and distributed for free throughout the Southeast Michigan area. Each issue deals with a specific theme. The content of the paper is based on submissions received through our open submissions process. CM invites you to submit your writing for possible publication in upcoming issues of CM. Read below our Calls for Submissions for our next two issues: the Environment (May/June) and Religion & Spirituality (July/August). Questions can be sent to momentboard at umich dot edu . Visit us online at criticalmoment.org (text/plain)

John Negroponte, William Brownfield and Death Squads Inc. Cort Greene 2005-03-06 11:11 AM
Hands Off Venezuela (text/plain)

BTL:Grass-roots Campaign Organizes U.S. Citizen Support for Kyoto Protocol to.. Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus 2005-03-05 8:23 AM
...Control Global Warming ~ Interview with Tom Stokes, of the Climate Crisis Coalition, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

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