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LOCAL Review :: 911

Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11

Firefight is a gripping account of the courage and humanity of firefighters at the Pentagon on 9/11, but it is marred by a flawed account of American Airlines Flight 77.
 

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LOCAL News :: DC Radio Co-op, Free Speech Radio News, WPFW : Drugs : Environment/Food/Health : Miscellaneous

July 4-Stoners march, Critical Mass,-and N-word sign(Lafayette Pk) provokes controversy

On July 4th, at least 500 advocates of hemp legalization, maybe 1,000, marched from the white house to the Mall for a concert. They left behind a raging controversy over a lone protester's sign deemed racist by many. Later, 50 plus bikers took to the streets for a July 4thy Critical Mass.

Download audio:Pot Parade
dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/9/pot_parade.mp3
 

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News :: Anti-War/Peace

The Great Rwanda "Genocide Coverup": US/UK involvement

Everyones seen Hotel Rwanda. What they may not be aware of is that the 'genocide' in Rwanda in 1994,which had its origins with the assassination of president Habyarimana (a Hutu), seems to have been carried out by now president Kagame.
Whereas Habyarimana was backed by France and Belgium, Kagamas supporters are UK and US....the same pair who have been attacking Zimbabwes government. The evidence is that the pentagon enabled the assassination of president Habyaimana to facilitate 'regime change' in Rwanda. This implicates US and UK govts in genocide.
THATS NOT ALL. There is evidence US interfered in the ICTRs investigations, as reported by australian policeman-turned-lawyer Michael Hourigan.
www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/02/09/1170524298439.html
 

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Announcement :: Anti-War/Peace

Direct Action for Direct Democracy: Shut Down the Republication National Convention

POG adopts Sector 1 and will blockade 7th and Wall Streets
 

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LOCAL News :: Civil Rights/Equal Rights : Immigration : Labor/Economics/Business

Fotos From the Hotel Workers Rights Protest

July 2nd, 2008, there was a protest against Columbia-Sussex and defend the rights of hotel workers in Crystal City VA.

Here are a few photos from that event
 

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News :: Foreign Policy/Imperialism : Iraq : Media

The Shortwave Report 7/4/08 Listen Globally!

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.
 

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News :: Human Rights

David Gray complains about the use of music as torture in the “War on Terror”

Singer-songwriter David Gray has taken a brave stand by complaining about the use of his music as torture by the US military in "War on Terror" prisons in Guantánamo, in Iraq, and in secret prisons run by the CIA.
 

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LOCAL News :: Local News/Neighborhoods

Shaw ANC Commission Decries Poor Library Design Process

ANC-2C, in the heart of Ward 2's Shaw neighborhood has made a public declaration decrying the poor design process for the new Watha T. Daniel / Shaw Library.
 

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LOCAL News :: Environment/Food/Health

ICC:New Bridge, more suppliers found, Security hiked under fire

Here is the status of ICC construction as of July 2:
1: A new bridge is up over Shady Grove Road
2: land is being cleared from Ga Ave
to a temporary connection to Route 28
3: Most condemned Cashell homes flattened
4: Three more suppliers have been found
5: Security has been increased as Inter County
Constructors feels the heat of public
opposition

VIDEO: Montgomery County Councilmember Marc Elrich calls for construction moratorium
www.youtube.com/watch
 

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Commentary :: Globalization/Anti-Globalization

ARROYO-BUSH PARTNERSHIP IN THE "KILLING FIELDS" OF THE PHILIPPINES

Via the corrupt Arroyo regime, Bush/Pentagon's intervention in the "killing fields" of the Philippines is bound to resurrect the Furies of the Filipino-American War of 1899-1902 and allow David Fagen to settle accounts with his slave-masters.
 

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