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INFOSHOP NEWS DAILY BRIEF
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August 16, 2006
WEBSITES OF THE DAY
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Eddie Hatcher: Native American Political Prisoner
eddiehatcher.blogspot.com/
Radical Graphics
www.radicalgraphics.org/
QUOTE
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"When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much
happier if it is called 'the People's Stick.'"
-- Mikhail Bakunin, Statism and Anarchy (1873)
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TODAY AT INFOSHOP NEWS
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CrimethInc.: Federal Infiltration and Repression—What It Means, What to
Do, What Not to Fear
www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php
Africa: Reports expose fraud of G8 pledges of aid and debt
www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php
Waste survey exposes extent of plastic pollution in Manila Bay
www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php
National Lawyers Guild Condemns Starbucks Over Termination of Union
Co-Founder Daniel Gross
www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php
Victoria Anarchist Book Fair: September 9 & 10
www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php
New action and protest planning list for American anarchists
www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php
Paul Virilio: Another dupe of the 'War on Terrorism"
www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php
Memorial Statement for Murray Bookchin (NEFAC)
www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php
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FROM THE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA
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CounterPunch :: Real Photo Fakers: Real War Crimes
www.counterpunch.org/cook08162006.html
The US media and the London terror scare
www.wsws.org/articles/2006/aug2006/medi-a16.shtml
Food Not Bombs activist detained in Poland
www.indymedia.org/en/2006/08/844827.shtml
Illinois: TAs and GAs Demand Fair Pay, Healthcare as Contract Expires
www.ucimc.org/feature/display/133288/index.php
Indymedia UK: War over? An Ongoing Crisis in Lebanon
www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/08/347318.html
The Ruling Class Loves Terrorism So Much They Married It
phoenixinsurgent.blogspot.com/2006/08/ruling-class-loves-terrorism-so-much.html
WSM Supports Direct Action Against RAYTHEON in Derry
www.anarkismo.net/newswire.php
Three Ways (Out of 100) That America's Screwing Up the World
www.alternet.org/story/40175/
CALENDAR
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August 18 - 20, 2006
Twin Oaks Communities Conference
www.twinoaks.org/community/communities-conference/index.html
August 19-20, 2006
Bowling Green, Ohio: Great Lakes Anarchist Gathering
www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php
August 25-27, 2006
Virginia: Twin Oaks Women's Gathering
www.twinoaks.org/community/women/index.html
August 27, 2006
Boston: First Annual, Sacco and Vanzetti Memorial Parade
August 27, 2006, 2-7 p.m.
NYC: Daniel McGowan Music show benefit
Location: Fabric House, 239 Central Avenue, White Plains, NY
with Erik Peterson (Mischief Brew), Armed Metropolis, Project Citizen
Evan Greer, Ryan Harvey, Slug's Revenge and Whiskey Smile.
Download flyer. Contact:
jonwilkesbooth (at) gmail.com
September 8-10, 2006
Victoria B.C. Canada: Victoria Anarchist Bookfair
September 8-10, 2006
San Diego: Roots of Resistance: Summer Skill Share and Organizing Camp
www.organiccollective.org
September 29-October 2, 2006
Minneapolis: Stopping Merchants of Death: Strategic Conference for
Grassroots Activists
www.warresisters.org/smod
More events can be found at Infoshop News (news.infoshop.org) or at the
Infoshop calendar:
www.infoshop.org/calendar.html
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