LOCAL Announcement :: Peace
Nov 14: Author of Palestine, Israel and US Empire Speaks in Chicago
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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Globalization
Security Alert: Omali Yeshitela and Uhuru delegation determined to attend Sierra Leone workers conference despite martial law.
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12 Nov 2009
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Uhuru News
For more information call: 727.821.6621
Supporters of human rights for African people alerted to protest if the government attempts to deter the delegation.
Be prepared to take action! Call in to the US, British and Sierra Leone embassies—numbers below! Watch Uhuru News for timely updates on this situation.
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LOCAL News :: Civil & Human Rights : Environment : Globalization : Labor : Protest Activity
U.S. Chamber to Small Business: GO AWAY!
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12 Nov 2009
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Dave Kraft, NEIS
Environmentalists and labor challenge the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's predatory agenda
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Drugs : Globalization
Swine Flu Vaccine? Just the Facts
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11 Nov 2009
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Petros Evdokas, petros@cyprus-org.net
Medical imperialism impacts on oppressed and poor communities the hardest. Usually white and affluent communities have enough knowledge and social power to fight back, or to seek alternative~complementary medical options; it's the native, the poor, the occupied communities and people of colour who are most vulnerable to medicine's worst abuses.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Housing : Labor : Protest Activity
ABA, You're the Worst: 3-part show next Labor Beat
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11 Nov 2009
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Larry Duncan
Chicago and Evanston cablecast details. Starts Thurs., Nov. 12
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LOCAL Announcement :: Protest Activity
Nov 12, 9am: Protest CTA fare hikes, service cuts, layoffs!
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LOCAL News :: Miscellaneous
Mexico Solidarity Network/Centro Autonomo event, Sun. Nov. 15
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10 Nov 2009
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Jenny
Mercado de Navidad (Christmas market) in support of Zapatista cooperatives in Chiapas, and artisans in Oaxaca.
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Will the Great Depression Be Repeated?
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10 Nov 2009
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D. Eckert and H. Zschapitz
Global trade fell 30 percent three years after the crash. The US gross domestic product shriveled 40 percent. In 1932, every fourth American was without a job. In Germany, industry produced half of what was produced three years before.
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LOCAL Announcement :: Peace
Afghanistan "Surge" Announcement Coming Soon?
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10 Nov 2009
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Chicago Committee to Bring the Troops Home Now
There were some press reports last night indicating that President Obama may be announcing his troop surge into Afghanistan as soon as TODAY (Tues., 11/10).
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The Coming U.S. Budget Attack
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09 Nov 2009
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Workers Action
The United States is moving backwards...fast. State budget cuts are decimating essential health and social services; public education is being destroyed; the social safety net is in tatters. To make matters worse, all of this is occurring when the loss of jobs stands at a twenty-six year high with no end in sight.
But this is only phase one.
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