Day September 27, 2002

DC Police Chief accused of personally beating a non-protester Government worker tells radio station WTOP that Chief Ramsey attacked his girlfriend who was bicycling to work.  Check the charming manner of the chief during the interview.  What a thug.

Huge anti-war demonstration in UK planned for Sat. The largest anti-war protest in decades will happen tomorrow in London. Check UK Indymedia for details and news as it happens.

DC protests – sleazy police tactics.  What a surprise. KPFK reports that police in DC were deliberately arresting observers at the demonstrations.  This included lawyers from National Lawyers Guild who were there as observers only, as well as other groups of lawyer-observers. National…

It’s time to blogburst on Iraq! A seriously good idea from Barry at Amptoons.  Let’s use blogs to pump huge amounts of anti-Iraq war mail to Congress and the media on Oct. 7. Let’s participate in a “blogburst” to generate…

Russia: no proof of Iraq-Bin Laden link The Russian foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, today rejected British and US attempts to link Iraq with the al-Qaida terrorist network.Mr Ivanov said he remained unconvinced about the extent of President Saddam’s weapons programme…