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The UN has recently released a report on poverty in the United States which states that the poorest sectors of the American population live in Third World conditions. This, of course, is a little discussed fact in self-deluded Amerika (Man at Camp Casey NYC yesterday: "What if you told poor people in ( Read more... )

Poll: Bush approval dips below 40 percent

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9279799/

WASHINGTON - President Bush’s job approval has dipped below 40 percent for the first time in the AP-Ipsos poll, reflecting widespread doubts about his handling of gasoline prices and the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Nearly four years after Bush’s job approval soared ( Read more... )

...there may be nothing normal about New Orleans, because the floodwater, spiked with tons of contaminants ranging from heavy metals and hydrocarbons to industrial waste, human feces and the decayed remains of humans and animals, will linger nearby in the Gulf of Mexico for a decade ( Read more... )

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This is insane. They're just aying this so openly:

Gov. Kathleen Blanco called the looters "hoodlums" and issued a warning to lawbreakers: Hundreds of National Guardsmen hardened on the battlefield in Iraq have landed in New Orleans.

"They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded," she said. "These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are ( Read more... )

poverty is increasing, fewer people hav health care and people are making less money, according to business week.

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/006681.html

Interview with one of the promoters on radioActive sanDiego:
archive on radio.indymedia.org

More at www.music-versus-guns.org

Sir ( Read more... )

So it looks like the kind of police state violence that protesters have been experiencing for so many years is finally reaching its ugly fingers into mainstream parts of society in the United States.

At a Rave this weekend, members of the US Military conducted a raid of the event complete with barking dogs and violent arrests.

Watch This Movie ( Read more... )

I was trying for a bit to get other Mir based IMC's to put a link in their navigation that says "Help Support IMC Software" and links to this page:

http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Devel/MirNeedsAndRequests

maybe the text of the link can be improved.

unfortunately, i haven't seen it on any imc's except for ours, san diego. translation would help