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News: Peace
Muslim GI appeals for release
Submitted by: sm / 15 Sep 2004 Publisher: al-Jazeera
An American soldier who was imprisoned for refusing to fight against fellow Muslims in Iraq has said the US army has a moral duty to release him.
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News: Civil & Human Rights
US Arabs, Muslims victims of bigotry
Submitted by: sm / 15 Sep 2004 Publisher: al Jazeera
Muslim and Arab Americans are being made victims in their own country by America's use of racial profiling.
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News: Elections & Legislation
Pennsylvania AIDS Activist Disrupt President Bush at Small, Private Battleground State Campaign Appearanc
Submitted by: sm / 11 Sep 2004 Publisher: Progressive Newswire
CHALFONT, PA - September 9 - In three waves of interruptions, seven AIDS activists disrupted President Bush's campaign appearance at the small venue of Byers Choice factory in the suburbs of Southeastern Pennsylvania. The AIDS activists held signs reading: "BUSH: GLOBAL AIDS LIAR" and "$30 BILLION FOR AIDS NOW!" while chanting "Bush lies, people die, $30 billion for AIDS now."
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News: Labor
No Answers for Kin of Mexican 9/11 Victims
Submitted by: sm / 11 Sep 2004 Publisher: Lisa Adams, AP
SAN PABLO ANICANO, Mexico - A paycheck stub, a phone record, a money transfer receipt � all they needed was some piece of paper to prove their loved one existed. Yet for families of Mexican migrants killed in the Sept. 11 attacks and seeking compensation or just a death certificate, even those small requirements have been impossible to meet, especially if the victims were in the United States illegally.
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News: Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police
Deputy in Golden Shooting Back on Duty
Submitted by: sm / 06 Sep 2004 Publisher: The Pensacola Voice-Diana Pajoud
Escambia County Deputy Charlie Griffith Jr. was returned to duty July 27th, three weeks after the shooting death of Joseph Golden. However his family complains that they found out through the rumor mill.
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News: Prisons : Protest Activity
Jail Crisis for Protesters from the RNC
Submitted by: Scott / 05 Sep 2004 Publisher: NYC Indy Media
A State Supreme Court judge today ordered the city to release hundreds of people who had spent as many as 48 hours or more in jail and found the city in contempt of court after it failed to comply. Most of the people had been swept up in mass arrests on Tuesday, August 31, the day of nonviolent direct action to confront the Republican National Convention. Many claimed they were bystanders not connected to any protest.
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Announcement: Elections & Legislation
Take the Red/Green Pill -- Join the Green Alliance
Submitted by: Yoshie Furuhashi / 03 Sep 2004 Publisher: Critical Montages
Discontent that the Green Party missed a great opportunity to capitalize upon a giant gulf between the pro-war Democratic Party elite and anti-war rank-and-file Democrats and other voters on the left in 2004? Angry with the Democratic Party's undemocratic violation of voting rights of supporters of Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo and other candidates on the left? Want a political party that grows out of, and in turn helps grow, social movements on the left? Join the Green Alliance.
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News: Civil & Human Rights : Protest Activity : Right Wing
NYC Independent Media Center Investigated by Justice Department
Submitted by: Brent / 30 Aug 2004 Publisher: New York Times
The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation and is demanding records regarding Internet postings by critics of the Bush administration that list the names of Republican delegates and urge protesters to give them an unwelcome reception in New York City.
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