June 2008

Univ. of Calif. Commencement Speakers to Cancel Unless UC Workers Guaranteed Fair Contract

June 19, 2008 by Staff

NEWS UPDATE: LA JOLLA – Robert Kennedy Jr., who was scheduled to speak at Thursday’s UC San Diego graduation week celebration, has canceled because he refuses to cross the picket line of 20,000 UC health workers, officials confirmed. This weekend’s nine UCSD graduation ceremonies, which have local speakers, are not affected. Chancellor Marye Anne Fox […]

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Democrats Legalize Bush’s Crimes

June 19, 2008 by Staff

by Robert Parry / June 21, 2008 / Consortiumnews.com House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claims that a key positive feature of the new wiretap “compromise” is that the bill reaffirms that the President must follow the law, even though the same bill virtually assures that no one will be held accountable for George W. Bush’s violation […]

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Gore Vidal: Taking Back the Republic

June 18, 2008 by Staff

Kucinich’s Articles of Impeachment – “the most important motion made in Congress in the 21st century…” Truthdig / June, 18 2008 On June 9, 2008, a counterrevolution began on the floor of the House of Representatives against the gas and oil crooks who had seized control of the federal government. This counterrevolution began in the […]

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Venezuela’s Chavez Asks Colombian Rebels To Seek Change Politically

June 18, 2008 by Staff

By Gary Ghirardi The world media story about Hugo Chávez’s recent proclamation on his weekly television show, that the Colombian revolutionary group, FARC, has become historically irrelevant, has surprised many in the U.S. Government and has been interpreted as an act of political expediency to get the U.S. State department off his back as a […]

Truckers and farmers block roads into Brussels to protest high fuel prices

June 18, 2008 by Staff

The Associated Press / June 18, 2008 BRUSSELS, Belgium: Hundreds of farmers, truckers and taxi drivers blocked roads in and around Brussels on the eve of an EU summit to push leaders for help coping with skyrocketing fuel prices.Convoys of taxis farm tractors and truckers blocked parts of Brussels’ inner ring road Wednesday, wreaking traffic […]

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PETA protest at BIO convention

June 18, 2008 by Staff

by Tanya Sierra / SignOnSanDiego / June 17, 2008 Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested outside the downtown San Diego Convention Center today calling attention to biotechnology companies that experiment on animals. Less than a dozen PETA members held up signs that read “end stone-age animal tests.” The four-day BIO International […]

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Because of Mainstream Media Censorship of Global Protests Against High Costs of Fuel – Here’s the News:

June 17, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

OCEAN BEACH, CA. The San Diego Union-Tribune continues its censorship and blackout of news about the global protests against the high costs of fuel. Okay, there was some news, particularly about what’s going on in South Korea. But by and large, the explosive news from Spain, Thailand, France, the Philippines, Portugal is being censored. Because […]

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Federal Judge Grants Blackwater Okay to Continue Border Training Facility

June 17, 2008 by Staff

City Attorney Aguirre to pursue appeal, says City Council has right to make land-use decisions By Tanya Mannes / UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER / June 17, 2008 SAN DIEGO – A federal judge has granted an injunction to Blackwater Worldwide, allowing the company to continue operating its military training center in Otay Mesa. The company’s permits […]

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Finally, the U.S. Mega-Bases in Iraq Make the News

June 17, 2008 by Staff

The Greatest Story Never Told by Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch.com / Jun 15, 2008 It’s just a $5,812,353 contract — chump change for the Pentagon — and not even one of those notorious “no-bid” contracts either. Ninety-eight bids were solicited by the Army Corps of Engineers and 12 were received before the contract was awarded […]

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Defaced Idaho stop signs with anti-war message for sale

June 17, 2008 by Staff

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — A war protest in which 179 stop signs were defaced by stenciling the word “war” in white letters under the “stop” has morphed into an exercise in free market capitalism. A judge ordered that at least some of the defaced stop signs belonged to the people who vandalized […]

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Bush’s final visit to Britain is overshadowed by violent clashes with anti-war protestors

June 15, 2008 by Staff

By Lucy Ballinger and Benedict Brogan / Mail Online / 16th June 2008 Police and protesters clashed violently last night at a rally against George Bush’s farewell visit to Britain. Two hundred yards from Downing Street, where Mr Bush was dining with Gordon Brown, riot police confronted hundreds of protesters as they threw missiles and […]

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6 Anti-war Protesters Arrested at Sacramento Capitol After “Freeze-in”

June 14, 2008 by Staff

SACRAMENTO – Six people were arrested at a demonstration opposing the war in Iraq today – Thursday about 12:15 p.m. at the State Capitol near Gov. Schwarzenegger’s office.The California Highway Patrol charged the activists with several misdemeanors, including allegedly demonstrating without a permit and illegally entering the Capitol, and released them. The demonstrators have a […]

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Pro-empire Liberals and Pre-emptive Neo-Cons: The 2008 Presidential Election

June 13, 2008 by Richard Nadeau

For years it was impossible to even mention the phrase “American Empire” without being labeled a “left wing extremist,” a term that Bill O’Reilly now throws around to smear more cautious pro-empire liberals like Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama who speaks of the need for more diplomacy and a less aggressive and unilateralist foreign policy. […]

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Americans for Safe Access argues Medical Marijuana case in San Diego

June 13, 2008 by Staff

by Marc Snelling Americans for Safe Access (ASA) attorney Joe Elford was in town Tuesday to argue against the County of San Diego in their attempt to overturn medical marijuana law. A three judge panel heard the case before the crowded courtroom. Elford was joined by Adam Wolfe representing San Diego NORML, (National Organization for […]

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Reader Rant: Supporting youth resistance to militarism, so where’s the peace movement?

June 13, 2008 by Staff

This is the second in a series of Reader Rants – be sure to go on to the accompanying article and its video. San Diego High School Students Are Standing Up to JROTC But Without the Larger Peace Movement’s Support by Rick Jahnkow Over the last 9 months local high school students, supported by a […]

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Maryland Police spying alleged

June 13, 2008 by Staff

Suit claims Maryland State Police surveilled peace activists By Brent Jones / Sun reporter / June 13, 2008 The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland is suing the Maryland State Police to get records it believes may show local authorities aided the federal government in spying on peace activists during several annual protests outside the […]

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Protests over fuel prices continue to spread

June 13, 2008 by Staff

Mon Jun 16, 2008 (Reuters) – Protests against surging fuel prices which have triggered fears of political instability and a global economic downturn expanded in Europe and Asia on Monday, and Colombian truckers said they would join the wave of strikes. Here are some details:

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Supreme Court sides with Guantanamo detainees – again

June 12, 2008 by Staff

By Mark Sherman / June 12, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. In its third rebuke of the Bush administration’s treatment of prisoners, the court ruled 5-4 that the government is […]

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MSNBC Live Vote on Bush’s Impeachment: 89% of nearly 700,000 vote to impeach! (so far)

June 12, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

MSNBC is right now running a Live Vote on whether President Bush should be impeached. As of 9:45 PDT June 12th, 89% of the nearly 700,000 online responders voted “Yes” to impeach. Obviously, there are differences between polls, surveys and online votes, but we find it VERY INTERESTING that so many would vote to impeach. […]

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Protests Against Blackwater – Today from 3 to 5pm

June 12, 2008 by Staff

A demonstration against Blackwater’s new border facility is being held today from 3 to 5 pm down near the border. Go here for details of the demonstration that was held June 11. Go here for announcement details.

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Fuel Protests Intensify Across Asia

June 12, 2008 by Staff

By Choe Sang-Hun / The New York Times / June 14, 2008 Published: June 14, 2008 SEOUL, South Korea – Thousands of South Korean truck drivers went on strike Friday to protest rising fuel prices, threatening to paralyze the country’s ports and challenging the already unpopular government of President Lee Myung-bak.Across Asia, sharp rises in […]

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Gridlocked cities, empty shelves and bloodshed as fury at soaring costs spreads around the world

June 12, 2008 by Staff

World-Wide Protests Mount Over High Cost of Fuel But San Diego Union-Tribune Censors News About Them Editor: Opened up this morning’s San Diego Union-Tribune (6/12/08) expecting to read the latest about all the global protests concerning the high cost of fuel, whether it was the truckers’ strike in Spain, burning tires in Nepal, Italian fishermen […]

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Blackwater’s Private Spies

June 12, 2008 by Staff

by Jeremy Scahill / The Nation / June 5, 2008 This past September, the secretive mercenary company Blackwater USA found its name splashed across front pages throughout the world after the company’s shooters gunned down seventeen Iraqi civilians in Baghdad’s Nisour Square. But by early 2008, Blackwater had largely receded from the headlines save for […]

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At end of 3rd week, OB Rag fund raising sizzles

June 12, 2008 by Staff

OCEAN BEACH, CA. At the end of a three-week fund raising campaign, OB Rag editors have found their efforts sizzling. “Several people responded, and they were great,” explained one editor, “but we’re disappointed that more readers haven’t stepped forward to help us out.” “A couple of old friends did pledge to buy old Rags, but […]

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U-T Reports: 70 Protest Blackwater Facility at Border

June 11, 2008 by Staff

By Tanya Mannes / UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF / June 11, 2008 OTAY MESA – About 70 people, many wearing green “Stop Blackwater” T-shirts, protested Wednesday afternoon across the street from the warehouse facility where Blackwater Worldwide is training Navy sailors in law-enforcement tactics. Tom Lamb, a retired geologist who lives in Deer Horn Valley, held a […]

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Union members to rally nationwide to protest tax giveaways for Big Oil

June 11, 2008 by Staff

WASHINGTON — AFL-CIO working families will rally at gas stations in more than 25 cities across the country this week to protest record-high gas prices.Gas prices reached a national average of $4 a gallon over the weekend. The first protest is Monday in Indianapolis. “Participants will call on Senator John McCain and President George W. […]

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Two dead in Europe fuel protests

June 11, 2008 by Staff

Two lorry drivers have been killed in fuel protests in Spain and Portugal as the hauliers’ strike continues. BBC / June 11, 2008 One was killed in the Spanish city of Granada when he was run over by a van trying to drive through a picket line. The other driver died after reportedly trying to […]

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Stop Blackwater!!

June 11, 2008 by Staff

Stop Blackwater Protest/Rally – Tuesday, June 17, 10 a.m. San Diego Federal Courthouse, 880 Front St. (downtown San Diego/Front and Broadway) Blackwater abused the City of San Diego’s permitting process with a disgusting series of steps shielding their activities from public scrutiny. Then, when their subterfuge was discovered, they circumvented the City by going to […]

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State A.G.’s Office Goes After Rachel Silva, Woman Wounded by Off-duty Officer

June 9, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

Silva & son are wounded by White, an off-duty police officer; she’s charged with felony child endangerment and a host of misdemeanors; Officer White continues to walk OCEANSIDE – It was bound to happen. The way it was all set up. The State’s Attorney General took over the prosecution of Rachel Silva, the woman who […]

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Spanish truckers, in fuel protest, force Madrid gas stations to run out

June 9, 2008 by Staff

Truckers join fishermen as anti-fuel protests begin across Europe By Ciaran Giles / June 9, 2008 MADRID, Spain (AP) – Gas stations in Madrid and the northeastern Catalonia region began running out of fuel Monday as an indefinite strike by truckers began to bite. The protest over soaring fuel costs began at midnight Sunday. Antonio […]

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