Day August 11, 2004

I’m backpacking I’ll be in the High Sierras backpacking Wednesday-Sunday at Kings Canyon-Sequoia National Park. The trailhead is at 9,000 feet and we’ll do a pass at 11,000,then go up to a plateau at 11,500 where there’s lots of lakes. The…

Protest Bush in Santa Monica tomorrow Bush will be at the airport for a fundraiser dinner. ANSWER volunteers who have been handing out flyers in Santa Monica say the response has been overwhemingly positive, so this street corner demo could…

US HQ attacked in central Baghdad Rocket-propelled grenades and mortars have hit the headquarters of US-led occupation forces in Baghdad. Another bomb targeted a US convoy travelling in a street next to the Palestine and Sheraton hotels. During the night…

UfPJ abandons West Side Highway rally plan From their listserv WE ARE MARCHING! On August 29, United for Peace and Justice will hold a massive, impassioned, peaceful, and legal march past Madison Square Garden, the site of the Republican Convention,…

Crude oil jumps to record after Iraq cuts shipments to tankers “There is no limit to how high crude oil can go,” said Carl Larry, an associate director of energy futures at Barclays Capital Inc. in New York. “There is…