SouceCode - Grass Roots Organizing

Anti-Flag "War Sucks, Let's Party"

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:31:45 -0700

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Punk Rock activists Anti-Flag sing for peace. They were in England and talked to officials who later agreed to pull British troops out of Iraq. Let's get this band to DC......

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Stop the War: GI Resistance

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:20:52 -0700

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GIs are risking careers and freedom to come out against the war. Military families are protesting. Hundreds of thousands of everyday people are taking to the street to help end the war. In this segment, first-hand images from a military operating theater in Germany that show exactly how much pain this war is causing soldiers. Plus, Ehren Watada, Vets for Peace, Appeal for Redress, and Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, and Dennis Kucinich.

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Baghdad Update-Dahr Jamail Reports

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:42:24 -0700

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Independent reporter Dahr Jamail takes you to the streets of Baghdad at the end of the fourth year of the Iraq War, where US trained death squads are dumping bodies daily, and where the growing sectarian violence coupled with the military conflict is creating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. See for yourself what the Death Squads are doing to citizens.

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Dahr Jamail

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Silja Talvi with the Sentencing Project

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:45:55 -0700

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There is a growing bi-partisan movement to repeal the unfair and racist mandatory sentencing guidelines that have filled U.S. prisons to overflowing, creating a market in bodies-in-beds that pays big for private prison corporations. Join In These Times reporter Silja Talvi and Michael Mauer from The Sentencing Project to find out more.

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Grassroots Success in Memphis

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:57:05 -0600

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Come to Memphis, where a remarkable collaboration between students, churches, schools and labor, organized by Grassroots Leadership, kept the Corrections Corporation of America from bringing a private prison to town. This project models how you can do the same in your neighborhood.

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Come to Memphis, where a remarkable collaboration between students, churches, schools, and labor, organized by Grassroots Leadership, kept the Corrections Corporation of America from bringing a private prison to town. This project is a model of what you can do in your own neighborhood.

Producer/Author:
Malia Bruker

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Resist War Now

Thu, 10 May 2007 11:20:12 -0600

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As Year Five of the War on Terror begins, resistance is rising. In this episode, Dahr Jamail takes you to the streets of Baghdad for an exclusive look at what the Death Squads are doing to citizens. Meet the GI Resistance movement: Ehren Watada refuses to serve, and many active-duty soldiers and marines are signing the Appeal for Redress. Highlights from January's March with Susan Sarandon and Jane Fonda. Plus, anti-war music from Anti-Flag. STOP THIS WAR NOW!

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Private Prisons: Commerce in Souls

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:37:18 -0700

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Corruption and collusion are nothing new for private prisons, but back-room boosts from the Department of Homeland Security, are raising the stakes. SourceCode looks inside the private prison boom, and at the growing opposition to this state-administered slavery. In These Times reporter Silja Talvi talks with The Sentencing Project, and Grassroots Leadership shares their success story in Memphis. Plus, a multi-media community arts project where former inmates create moving images while they tell their stories.

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El Inmigrante

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:59:51 -0600

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EL INMIGRANTE is a documentary film that examines the Mexican and American border crisis by telling the story of Eusebio de Haro a young Mexican migrant who was shot and killed during one of his journeys north. Check out this short excerpt below and visit www.elinmigrantemovie.com for more info.

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Humanitarian Aid is not a Crime

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:56:26 -0600

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The No More Deaths campaign is a movement of persons and organizations of faith and conscience who have come together to stop migrant deaths in the desert. They take action to save lives, and fight for changes that will end the horrific, daily loss of life on our southern border. But 2 of their members are awaiting trial for the crime of medically evacuating 3 people in critical need of attention. If they are found guilty, they could face 15 years in prison.

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Students unite in LA

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 11:00:38 -0600

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As the immigrant community stands up in the streets for their rights, the youth of the community is following the call and taking the lead on marches of their own. Daffodil Altan of New America Media reports on the recent high school walkouts in LA.

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Immigration Emergency?

Wed, 24 May 2006 11:42:08 -0600

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Are you going to sit by drinking latte while your government begins rounding up the 12 million? 30 Billion in 2006 is being spent, regardless of any new immigration bill. And no surprise, it's being forked over in large part to Halliburton's KBR for "immigration emergency" plans now being executed to detect, detain and deport any immigrant without papers, and anyone who helps them. Don't want a prison camp in your backyard? Speak up now. This episode: SourceCode investigative reporter Joe Richey on the Department of Homeland Security's ongoing build-up of detention and removal camps. What's an immigration emergency and who's calling for one? Update on No More Death's Shanti and Daniel - awaiting trial for providing humanitarian aid to border crossers. New America Media's Daffodil Alton reports on student protest in LA. Wake up folks, they're legislating an enforced intolerance and bigotry into your country. Don't let them do it.

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The Watchdogs vs. CEMEX

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:51:06 -0600

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What would you do if a toxic factory set up shop in your backyard? This group of local activists is taking on the multinational company CEMEX.

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What do you do when an international conglomerate sets up shop in your backyard, pours pollutants into the air and water, and buys its way out of any environmental fines in the pursuit of profit? You don�t ignore it and hope it�ll go away, and you don�t fool yourself that the struggle will be easy. Come to Lyons, Colorado, where, despite a lack of official support, one group of neighbors is taking on a money-making factory.

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Natural Capital w/ Hunter Lovins

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:52:02 -0600

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Natural Capitalism is an economic theory that claims to take �everything valuable into account,� not just the bottom line. SourceCode's Tom Henwood talks to alternative economist Hunter Lovins about how the way we have created wealth since the Industrial Revolution, no longer applies�.

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Hunter Lovins on �natural capitalism��.an economy that attempts to take everything of value into account � including human resources and living systems.

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Latin America's Economic revolution

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:52:43 -0600

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SourceCode brings you an exclusive report from the recent World Social Forum in Venezuela, where indigenous people are fighting international coal companies, and where Chavez is promising to shift the oil wealth to the people�..

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Hugo Chavez, Medea Benjamin, and the Venezuelan attendees of the World Social Forum in Caracas. Topic: economics.

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Capitalism vs Environment

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:58:57 -0700

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Is an environmentally sustainable economy, possible? Hear from Hunter Lovins on �natural capitalism��.an economy that attempts to take everything of value into account, including human resources and living systems.
Then, what would you do if a toxic factory set up shop in your backyard? One group of local activists is taking on the multinational company CEMEX.
Artist Roxy Paine and critic John Yao present an installation piece addressing industry�s devastating impact on land
And first, an exclusive report from the recent World Social Forum in Venezuela where indigenous people are fighting international coal companies, and where Chavez is promising to shift the oil wealth to the people�..

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Hurwitz vs. the Trees

Wed, 8 Mar 2006 18:30:32 -0700

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Bay Area Headwaters Coalition fights against Charles Hurwitz, who took savings and loan cash and bought up the redwoods. Find out how you can help!

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State of the Oceans

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:25:08 -0600

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SourceCode collaborates with Mother Jones Magazine for a special episode on the State of the Oceans. Join Mike Robbins for a look at how the fishing industry, which regulates itself, is destroying the fisheries and endangering our food supply. Dr. Pauly on the need to protect the ocean, with a park system. And Paul Watson flies the Jolly Roger as he rams Japanese whalers and takes on seal hunters in an effort to save the ocean's wildlife. Plus, a gripping video from Britain's Environmental Justice Foundation, from a coastal village in Africa terrorized by illegal fishing corporations.

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Get Pombo Out Now

Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:02:39 -0600

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Richard Pombo is at the top of many groups' lists.....as the 21st century's most dangerous enemy of the environment. Not only is he pro-enterprise at the cost of the environment, he's pro-business at the expense of the people in his own district. Kelpie Wilson wants you to be able to put a face to the man who is single-handedly trying to dismantle the environmental protections that took 30 years to put in place.

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Ruckus Society - Civil Disobedience

Fri, 26 May 2006 15:07:57 -0600

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Join John Sellars of the Ruckus Society - to find out about the history and practice of non-violent civil disobedience.

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The Ruckus Society has been teaching people tactics of nonviolence resistance for years.....visit their website for more information.

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Edward Abbey - Glen Canyon Dam

Fri, 26 May 2006 15:06:51 -0600

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Filmaker Christopher McLeod's documentary of the birth of EarthFirst!, with Edward Abbey at the Glen Canyon Dam.

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When Edward Abbey went to the Glen Canyon Dam to drop a banner, EarthFirst! was born. And we're grateful filmmaker Christopher McLeod was there to record it. Please visit his website and check out (and support) his work. www.sacredland.org

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#1 Terrorist Threat?

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:15:53 -0700

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Immediately after 9/11, the fbi labeled the radical environmental movement as the "number one domestic terrorist threat". In Dec 05 and Jan 06, using surveillance tactics only made 'legal' under the patriot act and the presidential war-powers rights-grab, the feds indicted almost a dozen people suspected of being environmentalists. One of them is now dead. Criminalization of dissent - what are you going to do about it?

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In late December, 05, a nation-wide sting rounded up activists. All suspected as environmentalists, and accused of arson. Surveillance tactics were used that have only become 'legal' under the patriot act. What's new about this is that under the Patriot Act, these people, if they are convicted of arson, are now classified as terrorists, and all rights of citizenry can be stripped. Come to Prescott, Arizona, where the Catalyst Infoshop was raided by the feds. Meet Ilse Asplund, former EarthFirst!er who has done time for actions of civil disobedience. Mark Potok from the Southern Poverty Law Center calls the feds' labeling of environmentalists as the number one domestic terrorist threat ludicrous, and points instead to the radical right wing militias. How do you feel about this kind of criminalization of dissent? We suggest: outrage.

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Enemies of the Environment

Tue, 6 Jun 2006 09:59:26 -0600

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Three pro-enterprise men - a politician, a crooked businessman, and a radical right-winger, are waging the most damaging war against the environment in US history. Meet the writer of the worst anti-environmental legislation Richard Pombo; and Charles Hurwitz, who is trying to make a quick buck on the last of the ancient redwoods, and who used profits from the S & L scandal to buy up the trees; and Ron Arnold, father of the Wise Use movement, who thinks that property is a civil right.
SourceCode partners with www.truthout.org on the Pombo story - visit their site and read Kelpie Wilson's in-depth coverage!

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Eco Dissent/Not Terrorism

Tue, 6 Jun 2006 10:02:00 -0600

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In George Bush's America, if you're an environmentalist, you're a terrorist. SourceCode examines civil disobedience under the Patriot Act. Come to Prescott, Arizona, where a recent sting resulted in the death of one person accused under the new definition of terrorism. Hear from a former Earthfirst!er on why she took direct action against a power company. ACLU and Center for Constitutional Rights tell you what risks you face in defending the environment. Ruckus Society makes a case for nonviolent civil disobedience. And a video of the first monkeywrenching action with Edward Abbey at the Glen Canyon Dam.

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Climate Change: Forget the Feds

Fri, 26 May 2006 15:24:35 -0600

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What do you do when the top level leaders in your Country refuse to comply with international agreements about global warming? You make them irrelevant and work locally. This episode, meet the Mayors, who are making sure their cities meet or beat Kyoto greenhouse gas emmission reductions. Hear from Daphne Wysham about the hidden victims of carbon trading (which we just found out is managed by the World Bank. go figure). Find out what the international youth movement is doing about climate change. And travel to the Arctic with the Cape Farewell artists and scientists.

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World Can't Wait

Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:43:31 -0700

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Report: World Can't Wait

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You gotta ask yourself why you didn't hear about this from your commercial media....? SourceCode wants you to know about World Can't Wait. On November 2 thousands rallied in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and DC to protest the Bush administration and its policies. Protests took place in over 60 other cities, hundreds of high schools, and at least 40 college campuses. Over 200 schools nationwide participated in walk-outs. Many college and high school students joined in often defying threats and outrageous attempts to stop them. In Minnesota, high schools in the area got calls from the governor's office informing them about World Can't Wait and asking them to stop their students from participating. In the face of all of this, these students felt they had to take the future into their hands--as one high school student in Chicago said, "We're being part of history and when future generations look into the open history books and say, hey, what did you do on that day, I can say, I was there."

May 1 Action!

Wed, 24 May 2006 11:47:27 -0600

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also, support No More Deaths

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May 1, 2006: Call to Action! www.immigrationsolidarity.org

"El Gran Paro Americano 2006" "The Great American Boycott 2006"

"Un dia sin immigrante" "A day without an immigrant"

Nationwide General Immigrant Strike!
Wear White T-Shirt at May 1st!

We are clling No Work, No School, No Sales, and No Buying, and also to have rallies around symbols of economic trade in your areas (stock exchanges, anti-immigrant corporations, etc.) at May 1st to protest the anti-immigrant bill.

On May 1, we will wear "white" a T-Shirt and/or white arm bands, we can paint and write our political demands (and creative arts) at the T-shirt go to rally, protest, strike, vigil, work or school--we will have a ocean of white T-shirts with our political demands from east coast to west coast, at the street, work place, school, bus station & store... and our voice will be LOUD AND CLEAR AND CANNOT BE SILENT FOR EVER!

Activist Nation: Ella Baker Center

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:24:27 -0700

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The Ella Baker Center marches in Stockton, CA.

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The Ella Baker Center is working to close the California Youth Authority prisons, which are notorious for their human rights abuses.

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Download: Where Are Your Rights?

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:15:05 -0700

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Jim Hightower on Corporate Personhood; Richard Grossman on eroding civil liberties; Rachel Meerapol from the Center for Constitutional Rights; and meet John graham, who found himself on a terrorist no fly list with no way out.

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Help stop war profiteering!

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:14:26 -0700

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Sick of war profiteering? Find out what you can do!

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Think that one person can't make a difference? Check out halliburtonwatch.org to see how Charlie Cray is taking on Halliburton.

CorpWatch has some of the most in-depth coverage and analysis of the corporate presence in Iraq, as well as info on corporations around the world. Check them out at corpwatch.org.

Whistleblowers like Bunnatine Greenhouse are essential to holding companies, governments and administrations accountable for their mistakes. Find out more about employees who have risked their jobs and reputations at The National Whistleblower Center's website.

Rights/Exception - sc205

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 10:41:32 -0700

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Since 9/11 the bush administration has created a State of Exception, where the Constition and human rights are being suspended "in order to save them". Jim Hightower, Richard Grossman - activist and author, Rachel Meerapol from the Center for Constitional Rights talk about rights; meet John Graham who found himself on a terrorist list; the Ella Baker Center; Bernie Sanders.

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Download: Election Fraud

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 15:26:16 -0700

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Update on 2004 Voting Fraud Cases. Hear from Sherole Eaton, election official in 2004 in Hocking County Ohio, she blew the whistle on a Triad employee who dismantled a voting machine before the recount; also New Mexico citizens who's electronic votes disappeared before their eyes and who are still sueing to get their votes to count.

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Voting Fraud = No Democracy. Here's what's up with last election's most controversial lawsuits. Native people and hispanics whose votes did not count; democratic counties that mysteriously went republican; and voting machine employees blatantly manipulating computers before election results were tabulated. This should shock you, and cause you to call your local election officials to demand a verifiable voting process in your town.

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Activist Nation: No More Deaths

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:59:05 -0600

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NO MORE DEATHS works rescuing those lost at the border. They put humanitarian concerns above everything else. Join them.

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Dangerous Ideas: Rufino Dominguez

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:59:14 -0600

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Native people from Mexico, Central and South America are doubly estranged when they enter the United States. In this segment, Eduardo Stanley interviews Rufino Dominguez for an update on the Oaxacan community.

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Help Fight Environmental Racism!

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:48:48 -0700

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Help Fight Environmental Racism!

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AMIRI BARAKA
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WHYS (Nobody Knows
�� The Trouble I Seen)
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If you ever find
yourself, some where
lost and surrounded
by enemies
who won't let you
speak in your own language
who destroy your statues
& instruments, who ban
your omm bomm ba boom
then you are in trouble
deep trouble
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own boom ba boom
you in deep deep
trouble

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probably take you several hundred years
to get�
out!

Visit AmiriBaraka.com

Activist Nation: Food Not Bombs

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:10:47 -0600

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Food Not Bombs provides needed food when official agencies failed in New Orleans.

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Meet the grassroots folks at Food Not Bombs, who as a distributed social network were able to keep people alive, completely outside of official channels. Change is possible. DIY.

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Download: Sacrificial Zone?

Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:42:58 -0700

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Call for opening a national dialog on Racism and Classism in America, after Hurricane Katrina.

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Join longtime activists Malik Rahim, Amiri Baraka, Damu Smith, Dr. Beverly Wright as they help frame a national dialog on race and class in America.

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Community/The Stranger: sc207

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:20:25 -0700

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SourceCode looks at America's shifting demographics - how the institutionalized threat of terrorism combined with an uncertain economy has created a climate hostile to immmigrants. The advent of the REAL ID Act, increasing restrictions on legal immigration, growing small-town xenophobia, and renegade self-appointed border patrols are, however, matched by grass-roots groups assisting immigrants, even at great personal risk. We'll take you undercover with the Minutemen, as well as on a rescue mission with No More Deaths.

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New Orleans/Sacrificial Zone: sc206

Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:20:42 -0700

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Accusations of racism and classism in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina demand we open these issues to public debate. Join Amiri Baraka, Damu Smith, Dr. Beverly Wright, Malik Rahim, Food Not Bombs, and many survivors.

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Get involved to STOP THE WAR!

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:35:43 -0700

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Get involved to STOP THE WAR!

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Veterans for Peace

www.veteransforpeace.org

help them end the use of warfare as a means to solve conflict, and help ensure all returning veterans get the help they need

Code Pink

www.Codepink4peace.org

Code Pink is working for peace

Gold Star Families for Peace

www.gsfp.org

It's the work of women like Cindy Sheehan that may finally bring national attention to the human cost of the war in Iraq.