The Superiority Conceit of the West Crumbles (tags)
When people in the West are confronted with the knowledge that the feeling of their own superiority was a deception or swindle, the awakening will surely be traumatic. We should not gloat because the people who have never known anything but western propaganda are deceived and defrauded
Occupy This: Covert Torture Here in California (tags)
Robotic implants and non-lethal weapons are being used to 'control' activists and other political targets. They can create violence, symptoms of mental illness and make you sick in your own home.
Asking for Your Blessing (tags)
In honor of Martyrs Memorial Day.
Covert Torture of Political Activists: It Happens Here (tags)
A victim of political targeting in California compares his experiences to those of a human rights activist from Bhutan.
Covert Torture of Political Activists: It Happens Here (tags)
A book by acknowledged torture victim who was a Bhutanese political activist sheds light on covert acts being used here on activists. Recently it was discovered that Ernest Hemingway was a FBI surveillance object. He suffered from depression, sexual impotence and eventual suicide. Was this the result of his ties to Fidel Castro? This book from Bhutan was analyzed by a USA activist/victim.
Do all living creatures have to face death? (tags)
How then are we to explain about the very existence of living creatures that have, since they first emerged 3.8 billion years ago, never come to the end of their life process? Therefore, the claim that all living creatures must experience death is one that still needs to be thoroughly proven
beliving in the power of love (tags)
love
The War Prayer & Grandma's Battlecry (tags)
As the latest Hitler in the White House goes before his gang of warlords at West Point instead of Congress as this country because increasingly fascist on December 2, 2009 to promote yet another blood for oil war, it is worth remembering Mark Twain's "War Prayer" and the peacenik response, "Grandma's Battlecry."
March 21st Hollywood Peace March or The Revolution Will Not Be Organized (tags)
A re-cap of the peace march that was held on Hollywood Blvd on March 21st, 2009 complete with photographs of the day.
Mission and Evangelization (tags)
God calls us to resistance and solidarity. The world exists in the light of grace. The eyes of the world must be opened to its possibilities. As the moon has no light in itself, the church does not exist for itself. God is not necessary but more than necessary.
Amnesty International started posting satellite images on the Internet of villages in Sudan's conflict-ravaged Darfur on Wednesday in a bid to pressure Khartoum to allow U.N. peacekeepers into the region.
Cooking the Books: U.S. Banks are Giant Casinos (tags)
This is not good news.
EYEWITNESS REPORT Oaxaca, MX 10/29/2006 (tags)
Eyewitness report from Oaxaca!
Arise, arise Children of the Light (tags)
May all come to know the greatness that exists within...
It takes much more courage to resist war than to answer the call of those who would send you.
LET US NOT FORGET THE ENEMY (tags)
Understanding the Korean anti-US struggle.
Eyes Wide Open at Arlington West (tags)
Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee’s widely-acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq War joined Arlington West last Sunday. Each and every Sunday since February 15th 2004, this memorial is set up on the sand just north of the pier at Santa Monica Beach. We've been putting up this memorial as a way to acknowledge the costs and consequences of the addiction to war as an instrument of international policy. Similar to the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C., we've a weekly updated placard listing all the fallen American military personnel since the U.S. invaded and occupied Iraq to the present day. People read the names, ages, rank, hometown and circumstance of death, write their name on a piece of paper along with any thoughts or sentiments and attach this to any cross along with a flower. In addition, we've also a sign to acknowledge the fact that if we were to put up a cross for each Iraqi person killed the numbers of crosses would fill the entire beach. As we have no way of knowing the various faiths or philosophies of the many who have sacrificed their lives fighting for their illusions, the simplicity of a cross is used as a marker. Arlington West is a place to mourn, reflect, contemplate, grieve, and meditate, and to honor and acknowledge those who've lost their lives and to reflect upon the true cost of war.
No cause for concern.... (tags)
Condoms have been shown by no less than 138 studies (reviewed by 38 FDA experts) to be 'no proven protection against stds' but little has been released to the public about there life threatening dangers. However the trade and medical press is filled with new reports of the massive health risk from internal exposure to vulcanized latex. Here are a few of the problems the condom user faces.
Three Women: Thoughts on Transformations, International Women's Day 2005 (tags)
The following article was written for International Women's Day. It was posted on the L.A. Writers Collective new blog, and also appears on the latest issue of the Revolutionary Worker
Humboldt Sheriff's pepper spray attack blinds collective vision (tags)
When Humboldt Sheriff deputies Q-tip swabbed chemical pepper spray into the eyes of forest defenders, the collective vision of people everywhere was blinded with searing pain. People who see the problems caused by corporate logging (Maxxam/Pacific Lumber) are using their bodies to protect the trees. The pepper spray eye swabbing response by the Sheriffs shows their fear of our collective vision, they want people to be blinded to the truth..
Would you believe it, should someone tell you that at this very moment you are experiencing a number of pasts simultaneously? No doubt your immediate response would be, "That's just absurd!" But doesn't it ever occur to you that the stars you see in the sky are actually in their past condition, not in their present condition? Does this not mean at present we too are experiencing "a number of pasts" of the stars?
A Poem for IMCs from Zack de La Rocha (tags)
I was handed this piece of paper from Zack on the streets of New York. I am posting this for him. It's a moving poem for all the tireless work done by volunteers for the Indymedia network.
I have finally published the names and the structure behind the harrasment campaign against me.
COUNTRY JOE AND THE FISH! (tags)
These poems were actually songs of protest from the 60's psychedelic band out of Berkeley California, Country Joe and the Fish. The Fish produced some of the greatest protest music of that period, and their infamous "Feel Like I'm Fixin To Die" song epitomizes the dark humor, anger, and hope of the 60's antiwar movement. The lyrics offered here were of course written about America's war against Vietnam, but the words are timeless and easily apply to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. If you don't know this band... do yourself a favor and find a cd by them.
DID YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW TRAVEL TO CANCUN FOR THE WTO? Important health notice (tags)
Many folks travelled from around the world to Cancun to protest the WTO. Many of those same people will be returning home tired, energized, impassioned and with RED EYES, from a virus that causes pink eye, or conjunctivitis. Read here for information on treatment, as well as how to prevent spread to others.
Condoms contain known Teratogen (tags)
A teratogen is any medication, chemical, infectious disease, or environmental agent that might interfere with the normal development of a foetus and result in the loss of a pregnancy , a birth defect , or a pregnancy complication .
Our warrior class sits and waits, humbly pouting and holding back tears in the desert sand. Sitting ducks in a Turkey Shoot.
Who exactly are the paranoid anti-Americans? (tags)
Those who spy shall be spied upon.
Laura Bush afraid of Poets (tags)
The First Lady (wasn't that Eve?) was afraid to continue with a Whitehouse poetry reading when it turned out that most of the poets don't like murdering children. The URL tells part of the story. Sam Hamill's poem here tells it all.
Help Ireland Throw a Spanner in the works of the GATS Machine. (tags)
Help Ireland Throw a Spanner in the works of the GATS (http://www.gatswatch.org/index.html) Machine. A call to action Ireland (http://www.indymedia.ie/article133/) to anti-GATS campaigners worldwide.
There is a new proposal called HR5031. This new law prohibits the issue of ANY type of visa to Iranian nationals. This is how the situation that young Iranian eduacted immirants are facing.
It's the SA.
Fellowship
Drawing by a young Palestinian Girl living in the Israeli occupied West Bank.
Czech Abuses in Jails: PROTEST! (tags)
The main reason for this message is that people who have been arrested are having an extremely hard time in jail. Many people of all nationalities are being beaten. Over 900 have been arrested. About 2/3 are Czech. There are reports of broken arms, teeth knocked out, black eyes, and sexual abuse.
With millions of eyes on the protest area prior to Rage where were the speakers?