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Oggetto: 	SF Indymedia Weekly News Alert
Data: 	7 Nov 2005 12:33:15 -0000
Da: 	SF Indymedia <sf at indymedia.org>
A: 	italy at indymedia.org



SAN FRANCISCO INDYMEDIA WEEKLY NEWS ALERT
Alert for week ending Sun, November 6 2005
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20 Amazing Facts About
Please distribute the following facts about voting in the United States.
And tell your friends, because their TV won't....
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721743.php
 
The United States of Torture
As if Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo weren�t bad enough, the Bush
administration has added another layer of shame to our national disgrace.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721740.php
 
2 Indymedia journalists detained in Argentina Nov. 4
Urgent: two journalists detained in the repression by the police in Mar
del Plata The Alternative Media Network of Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 4th, 2005
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721738.php
 
Audit says US should repay Iraq
The US should reimburse Iraq up to $208m for work done by a US
contractor, a UN watchdog agency has said.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721735.php
 
Trial Begins for State Agent Indicted on Voluntary Manslaughter
State Agent Michael Walker is finally going to trial for voluntary
manslaugther, in San Jose, California, for the murder of Rudy Cardenas
which took place on Feb 17, 2004. Oct 28, 2005
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721733.php
 
Video of World Can't Wait march in S.F. 11/2/05
Marchers gather in front of City Hall in S.F. and take off. (3 mins.)
(includes video)
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721730.php
 
The South Central Community Garden
The South Central Community Garden in Los Angeles, CA, a 360-plot,
14-acre urban oasis, is scheduled to be demolished and replaced by a
warehouse.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721725.php
 
Must Tookie Be Executed?
This article was written by Kalima Aswad who has spent time on Death Row
and has been in prison for 36 years without a break. It gives an �inside�
view of why the State of California wants to kill Stanley Tookie Williams.
(includes JPEG image)
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721701.php
 
Global Warming Climate Change a Wake Up Call
We are sleepwalking to the end of the earth remember the frogs in warm
water keep turning up the temperature gradually they won't notice until
after it is too late (includes JPEG image)
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721678.php
 
Nov 10: "Disaster Capitalism" with Azibuike Akaba, Rebecca Solnit & Joel Kovel
Thursday, November 10 at 7:00 pm - Disaster Capitalism: Accumulation and
Mutual Aid in the Era of Katrina. A panel discussion with Azibuike Akaba,
Rebecca Solnit and Joel Kovel. New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street,
San Francisco. FREE
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721652.php
 
Rumsfeld's growing stake in Tamiflu
Defense Secretary, ex-chairman of flu treatment rights holder, sees
portfolio value growing.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721650.php
 
Soldier vandal loses again -- Pearcys beat O.J. "Dream Team" attorney
Sacramento vandals of Pearcy anti-war soldier displays, "Your Tax Dollars
at Work" and "Bush Lied, I Died" are finally brought to justice.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721646.php
 
California Community Rally
California Capitol Community Rally to celebrate 150 years addressing
racial bigotry.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721644.php
 
The Science and Politics of Climate Change
The Alameda Public Affairs Forum is pleased to present a program on �The
Science and Politics of Climate Change� with Tom Athanasiou, co-author
�Dead Heat: Global Justice and Global Warming� and Diane Doucette,
Director, California Climate Policy Program at Redefining Progress, on
Saturday, November 19, 2005, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Home of Truth
Center, 1300 Grand Street, Alameda.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721643.php
 
Explosions in Shabaa Farms area
The police explained that one Israeli military tank and artilleries
bombarded for 45 minutes several Lebanese villages adjoining this sector
where 50 shelling fell.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721641.php
 
Protests as Americas summit opens
The Summit of the Americas has begun in Argentina, bringing together the
US president and 33 other regional leaders to discuss free trade and
poverty. The official opening was preceded by protests during which
thousands of demonstrators chanted "Get out Bush".
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721638.php
 
British government and security agencies seek to legitimise torture
The Blair government and Britain�s security agencies are seeking to
legitimise the use of evidence obtained by torture overseas against terror
suspects.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721637.php
 
Analysis: US detainee policies under growing fire
Administration insiders said Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
were the driving forces in the tough policy of holding hundreds, possibly
thousands, of suspect Islamist detainees in a network of former Soviet
prisons in Eastern European nations eager to stay on good terms with the
United States.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721636.php
 
Million Solar Roofs - ACTION ALERT
California's Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is set to vote on the
creation of the largest solar program in the United States.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721631.php
 
Youth say no to war, no to military: The movement to �opt out�
CHICAGO � Youth and students here and across the country are refusing in
ever greater numbers to believe the promises of U.S. military recruiters,
promises like, �You can get any job you want,� and �You can try the
military out for a few months and if you don�t like it you can quit.�
Other favorites include, �You are guaranteed to get $50,000 for college,�
and �You will never see a day of combat.�
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721629.php
 
Rebuild Louisiana rally demands jobs, housing
BATON ROUGE, La. � Sporting union, NAACP and ACORN T-shirts, more than
1,000 rallied here Oct. 29 for jobs, living wages, affordable housing and
public services for south Louisiana. Gov. Kathleen Blanco, the Rev. Jesse
Jackson, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and the Rev. Al Sharpton were
joined by rank-and-file workers and community activists in calling for a
rebuilding program that puts victims of Katrina and Rita first. Speakers
also called on the federal government to supply grants, not loans, to
local governments for basic services.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721628.php
 
BTL:Campaign to Close U.S. Army School of the Americas Attracts...
...Bipartisan Support ~ Interview with Christy Pardew, communications
coordinator of the School of the Americas Watch, conducted by Between the
Lines' Melinda Tuhus
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721622.php
 
Policies on Terrorism Suspects Come Under Fire
The Bush administration's policies for holding and detaining suspected
terrorists came under sharp scrutiny and criticism yesterday after
disclosure that the CIA had set up covert prisons in several Eastern
European democracies and other countries.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721614.php
 
UN Double Standards Again on Display With Syria Resolution
The highly speculative and overtly political Mehlis report relies on
partisan witnesses, does not offer any concrete evidence that Syria was
involved in the Hariri killing and in any event contends only that such
involvement is probable
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721611.php
 
EU promises inquiry into CIA's 'gulag'
Poland and Romania are at the centre of a row over human rights after the
European Commission promised to investigate whether the two nations hosted
secret jails for CIA interrogation of al-Qa'ida suspects
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721610.php
 
Bush faces showdown with Chavez 'the Kid'
Mr Chavez has called the US a "terrorist administration" and accused Mr
Bush of planning to assassinate him and invade Venezuela for its oil
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721609.php
 
Oklahoma infoshop being harrassed by the FBI
Prosecutors are considering felony charges for an OU campus burglary.
�The circumstances of today�s environment caused everybody to look at it
in a worst case scenario framework,� an assistant district attorney says.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721608.php
 
Israel and the Neocons -The Libby Affair and the Internal War
In the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, Wolfowitz and Libby were the
architects of the military strategy for Rumsfeld and Cheney, their bosses.
Douglas Feith established the "Office of Special Planning" to fabricate
the lies to justify the war. Judith Miller, David Frum and Ari Fleisher
served to disseminate the lies and war propaganda through articles,
interviews, press conferences, and speechwriting for President Bush.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721606.php
 
Spy agency faked key Vietnam War data
One of America's spy agencies faked key intelligence used to justify its
intervention in the Vietnam War, it was disclosed yesterday
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721605.php
 
Native People Spearhead Great Bear Rainforest agreement
For enviro-fools like Glen Barry and Ingmar Lee who are opposing First
Nations land use plans...
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721603.php
 
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 11/4/05  ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave
radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and
slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, China, Russia, and
Cuba.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721598.php
 
Forest Activists Protest Against Kimberly-Clark on Civic Center Plaza
Greenpeace staged a unique protest in San Francisco today, placing 30+
toilet bowls with trees down them on Civic Center Plaza. The protest was
directed against tissue paper giant Kimberly-Clark, which uses wood
clearcut from North America's largest ancient forest, the Boreal.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721593.php
 
Heather Rogers launches "Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage"
Author and filmmaker Heather Rogers will talk about her new book "Gone
Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage", a political history of rubbish in
the United States. Joining her will be organizer and activist Monica
Wilson from the grassroots group Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance, who
will discuss recent Bay Area struggles against new garbage incinerators
and the importance of addressing waste disposal issues in the context of
race and class.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721587.php
 
Two Koreas agree to compete as single team at Games
SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea agreed on Tuesday to compete as a
single team for the first time at the 2006 Asian Games, and at the 2008
Olympic Games in Beijing, a South Korean official said.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721579.php
 
Delphi demands US auto workers accept poverty wages
from World Socialist Web Site
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721578.php
 
Guy Fawkes and Te Whiti
Saturday November the 5th marks the 400th anniversary of the arrest of
Guy Fawkes, popularly known as the only person to enter parliament with
honest intentions.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721576.php
 
BTL:Indictment of Vice President's Former Chief of Staff Prompts Demand to...
...Investigate White House Role in Misrepresenting Rationale for Iraq War
~ Interview with John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation
magazine, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721573.php
 
Palestinians hit by sonic-boom air raids
Israel is deploying a terrifying new tactic against Palestinian civilians
in the Gaza Strip by letting loose deafening "sound bombs" that cause
widespread fear, induce miscarriages and traumatise children.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721572.php
 
CIA 'has secret terror jails'
The CIA is holding some of its most important suspect al-Qaida captives
in a network of secret prisons including one at a Soviet-era facility in
Eastern Europe, the Washington Post reports.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721560.php
 
Denver residents vote to legalize small amount of marijuana
Denver voters passed I-100 by a 53 percent to 47 percent margin. I-100
allows for the private use and possession of less than an ounce of
marijuana within the city of Denver by people who are older than 21.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721558.php
 
Funding Cuts May Hurt Homeless (SL Streets)
Efforts by congress to cut federal budget may hurt homeless service
providers and organizations.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721550.php
 
SEIU/UHW Rally at California Pacific Medical Center: Pacific Campus
Chair of the Democratic National Committee spoke to SEIU / UHW members
about their struggle against CPMC (includes JPEG image)
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721539.php
 
Arab and foreign reaction to UN resolution against Syria
Al-Sabah daily denounced the foreign ministers of great powers
internationalizing the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister
Rafik Hariri at a time they kept silent over Israel's prevention in 2002
of international investigators to do their job over inspecting Jenin
massacre in the West Bank, But more than that, Israel dared to expel
neutral observers of international human rights organizations.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721537.php
 
London: demonstration demands end to shoot-to-kill policy
The cold-blooded murder of Jean Charles de Menezes by armed officers on
the London Underground on July 22 this year exposed for the first time
publicly that a shoot-to-kill policy known as Operation Kratos had been
established in secret two years earlier.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721536.php
 
Iraq election to exacerbate slide toward civil war
The electoral alliances that have been formed to contest the December 15
election in Iraq are a further indication that the US occupation is
plunging the country toward civil war
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721535.php
 
Bush faces mass protests, opposition to trade pact in Argentina
Bush is widely regarded as persona non grata in Argentina. Last July, the
mayor of Mar del Plata, Daniel Katz, commented on the upcoming arrival of
the US president by describing Bush as the �most unpleasant guy in the
world.� Attempts were made to get a court order barring his entry into the
country.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721533.php
 
Australian government declares �urgent� terrorist threat
The �urgent� measures, contained in Schedule 1 of the Bill, are draconian
and far-reaching. In the first place, they give the government and its
security agencies far wider powers to arrest and charge people with a
range of terrorism offences by removing the present requirement that the
prosecution prove a connection to an identified, specific terrorist act.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721532.php
 
Iraq Pullout Bad for Israel: Bush�s Aide
The remarks were prepared for delivery via satellite to the annual
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) summit in Los Angeles on
October 30-31.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721531.php
 
US military massacres Iraqi civilians near Syrian border
The buildup of the US military presence on Syria�s eastern border is
coordinated with diplomatic maneuvers by the US to place pressure on the
Syrian government.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721530.php
 
The RIAA Wants to Sue Your Kids
Article details RIAA case where they first sued a mother over allegedly
illegal file sharing. When that didn't work, they sued her teenage
daughter. Story has interviews with the mother and her lawyer.
http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/11/1721493.php
 
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