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No Peace, No Work: ILWU Shuts Down West Coast Ports on May Day

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On International Workers Day, 25,000 rank and file members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union took the day off--and shut down every US West Coast port to call for an end to the US wars

Torch Farce Mocks Democracy

Last week's Olympic Torch visit to San Francisco made a mockery of human and civil rights.

'No War' in the Streets of SF

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On Wednesday March 19, the fifth anniversary of Bush's attack on Iraq, people again went to the streets of San Franciso to protest and take direct action against continuing US occupation and atrocitie

Malik Speaks, Part 2

This is the second part of Malik Rahim's talk on Saturday, January
12, at the Unitarian Church in New Orleans:
“We were the first to serve the Vietnamese community, the Native

Class Action Suit: LSU Illegally Shut Down Charity Hospital

A class action suit filed in New Orleans today alleges that LSU illegally shut down the city's Charity Hospital, thus denying health care services to tens of thousands of the poor and uninsured in

Malik Speaks, Part 1

Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground, spoke today about its past,
present and future at the Community Breakfast in the Unitarian Church
in New Orleans.

Abandoned In New Orleans, 2

More connections between abandoned buildings and death, HUD/HANO's
mystery corpse, what's up and what's going down with FEMA trailer
parks in the city, true and false costs of homelessness.

Abandoned In New Orleans

Three reports in Saturday's Times-Picayune had three things in
common: abandoned buildings, abandoned people-and death. In all three
stories neglect played a leading role,

Feds Turn Up Heat On HUD Boss Jackson

A report today in the online publication Government Executive details mounting evidence from federal investigations linking HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson to scandals in New Orleans-including the demo

The Day After the Day After

On Saturday, things weren't what they seemed at City Hall, Duncan
Plaza, and in the Times-Picayune. And a $12.8 million HUD payoff?
Two days after New Orleans City Council and Police Department

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