Bob Morris @ Mar 26th 2003 09:08 - Category: Unfiled ;
Peace & Freedom Party back on California ballot
Congratulations to the Peace & Freedom Party.
They had lost California ballot status because of declining registration. So they launched a massive registration drive and are now back on the ballot!
Bob Morris @ Mar 26th 2003 08:55 - Category: Unfiled ;
Two L.A. peace rallies this weekend!
African Americans against War in Iraq
Community Forum & Rally (part of a nationwide action)
Saturday March 29
11 am
Leimert Park (Crenshaw and Vernon)
info
Downtown LA March & Rally
Sunday March 30th
12 noon
Assemble at Pershing Square (6th and Hill)
March to the Downtown Federal Building
info
Bob Morris @ Mar 26th 2003 08:41 - Category: Unfiled ;
Cheney daughter - human shield in Baghdad???
That’s right, Dick Cheney’s daughter, Mary, may be heading to Baghdad to be a human shield.
Bob Morris @ Mar 26th 2003 08:35 - Category: Unfiled ;
The Basra “uprising”
British military has reported a “mass uprising” in Basra of residents against Saddam. It is important to note that 1) the uprising has not been confirmed by any other source and 2) the report came at the end of a bad day for the Brits and just in time for the evening news.
Now comes this unsurprisng “news”; No sign of Basra uprising this morning, - if, in fact, it ever actually existed at all.
Bob Morris @ Mar 26th 2003 00:09 - Category: Unfiled ;
Some info about civil disobedience
Civil disobedience (CD) is a time honored and effective tactic. It is most effective when planned in advance - and not when it is done spontaneously. Be smart, plan ahead, and if you are going to do CD, do it at a well planned time with lots of other people.
Tell people you are going to do it, such as friends, family, and the National Lawyers Guild (NLG). The NLG can help, but here in LA, for example, they are so swamped defending CD cases they only have time to help those who told them in advance they planned CD.
Some of the following may seem obvious, but is still worth noting.
In general, do not engage in CD if you have any warrants, old unpaid tickets, have a Green Card or uncertain immigrant status, are on probation, parole, or (in California) have any strikes against you.
Also, make sure you have no drugs or weapons on you, A Swiss Army Knife could be considered a weapon. No backpacks (so the police can’t put something in it). If you are young, they may try to plant drugs on you, this apparently happened in Westwood on Wednesday night.
You should have ID on you. All you have to tell the police is your name, address, and “I want to speak with a lawyer”. Nothing more.
If you do anything but stand up and walk when the police ask, such as squirming, kicking, or even going limp, you can be charged with resisting arrest, which can be serious.
Have friends with cameras nearby. In a Sunday arrest in Hollywood, the police arrested a man saying he tried to grab a gun from an officer. However, the NLG has a video of a senior officer trying to stop that officer from clubbing the man they arrested! And the video shows no gun being grabbed.
The civil rights movement used CD to great effect. So did those struggling against apartheid in South Africa. CD is powerful. It is most powerful when it is done by hundreds (or thousands) of people who have planned in advance what they are going to do.
Be smart. Plan ahead. Be effective.
Bob Morris @ Mar 26th 2003 00:08 - Category: Unfiled ;
War porn
“With their jazzy graphics, fact boxes and breathless statistics, the military pundits are everywhere. But aren’t they enjoying themselves a little too much? And who wants to know all this stuff anyway? Could sex have something to do with it, wonders Emma Brocke”
I’m finding most of the war coverage sickening. Wow, what a cool bomb that MOAB is, and look at Bahgdad get lit up when lots of bombs explode at once. Aren’t we studly!
Much of our media seems to think this is a video game they can play with (when they get done cheerleading the war and reading Pentagon press releases as “news”, that is.)
Ah well, with the Pentagon feeding you info, then you can run stories about how bitchin’ the bombs are and not have to do any actual investigative reporting or think pieces. Ain’t life grand!
Then you’ll need to ask them for more war porn.
Bob Morris @ Mar 26th 2003 00:00 - Category: Unfiled ;
Senate votes to gut Bush tax proposal
“With our country at war, the last thing President Bush wants is a mutiny — but that’s exactly what he just got.
This mutiny isn’t taking place on the battlefield, nor does it have anything to do with foreign policy. Rather, the Senate just gutted the administration’s cornerstone piece of domestic policy: the proposed tax cuts.
In a remarkable vote Tuesday afternoon, the Senate hacked away at President Bush’s proposed $726 billion tax cut and instead voted 51 to 48 in favor of a $350 billion tax cut. “
Excuse me, but why is there ANY tax cut?
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