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Published on Monday, March 8, 2010 by TruthDig.com
Calling All Rebels

by Chris Hedges  read more »

BIGOTRY, HATE GRAFITTI, ARRESTS, PROTESTS, COUNTER-PROTESTS, FREE SPEECH ISSUES, AND MORE AT UC - IRVINE....AND BEYOND
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It's not exactly "get along month" at the University of California Davis.

Let's see. Several swastikas have been found recently around the campus. The Gay and Lesbian Center has been vandalized. Eleven Muslim students were arrested protesting an Israeli ambassador's speech.

Jewish and Muslim students protested each ...other.  read more »

We will host a series of community discussions, each one preceded by an informative meeting, on the causes of the economic crisis and a variety of proposals to deal with it. The 12-part series will occur on a variety of days
(both weeknights and weekend days) over a period of 9 weeks from approximately mid-February to late April. The topics will flow logically from one session to the next to create a comprehensive series, but each session will also stand alone so you can participate in those that suit your schedule.

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Published on Monday, February 15, 2010 by Al-Jazeera-English
Cuba's Aid to Haiti Ignored by the US Media?

by Tom Fawthrop

Among the many donor nations helping Haiti, Cuba and its medical teams have played a major role in treating earthquake victims.

[After the quake struck, Haiti's first medical aid came from Cuba. (Gallo/Getty)]After the quake struck, Haiti's first medical aid came from Cuba. (Gallo/Getty)
Public health experts say the Cubans were the first to set up medical facilities among the debris and to revamp hospitals immediately after the earthquake struck.

However, their pivotal work in the health sector has received scant media coverage.  read more »

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Leana Stormont became (as noted here earlier) the third person subpoenaed by that grand jury in Davenport, Iowa which is out to get animal rights activists however they can. One man, Scott DeMuth has been indicted and is free on bond. One woman, Carrie Feldman, has been locked up since before thanksgiving for heroically refusing to cooperate with the grand jury.

Leana was a graduate student at the University of Iowa at the time of the ALF raid on a lab on campus. That action saw the rescue of 401 animals from the Spence psychology labs in an overnight raid by the ALF. She was a visible animal rights activist at the time and has been on the Feds radar screen ever since.  read more »

Britain Told to Stop "Stop and Search"
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Well now. How will the British respond to the European Court of Human Rights ruling that Britain's stop and search policies in the six counties of northern Ireland are illegal and a violation of human rights. I'll tell you how. They'll ignore it. AFP reports reacting to the ruling, London's Metropolitan Police said that, as the British government is seeking to appeal the ruling, Section 44 "remains in force in specified locations across London". I'd guess that would apply to the occupied north of Ireland as well.  read more »

As Governor Gregoire prepares to deliver her January 12th State of the State Address, students, community activists, the elderly and uninsured will hold a State of Emergency Rally for Basic Health at 11am on the steps of the Capitol Building. Protesters will deliver thousands of signatures on a petition calling for elected official to fully fund Basic Health and other vital human services by taxing the income of the wealthy and the profits of large corporations.  read more »

International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2009

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