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IBM workers prepare to virtually strike
sounds like fun!
link for directions to start secondlife: http://tinyurl.com/ypzyq7
Avatars of the world, unite!
Italian union's virtual demonstration against IBM launches new world of job actions.
Dateline: Monday, September 03, 2007
by Derek Blackadder
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Katrina - 2nd anniversary, part deux
Community organizations and public housing residents from across the nation, along with Miami Workers Center and Power U Center for Social Change, stormed the Housing Agency of New Orleans (HANO) office at around 12:30 PM today. The organizations we are acting in solidarity with displaced residents of New Orleans public housing. HANO, under federal ( Read more... ) -
Second anniversary of Katrina
I'm not sure how to respond to this letter, but it's thoughtful and about the occasion ( Read more... ) -
Living in fear, a follow up
Movie spans Vietnam‘s north-south divide Staff and agencies
19 August, 2007
By BEN STOCKING, Associated Press Writer 8 minutes ago
HANOI, Vietnam - A new breed of characters has replaced the old communist heroes on Vietnam‘s big screens: hustlers and dancing ( Read more... ) -
U.S. Backs Free Elections, Only to See Allies Lose
way too ironic.
August 10, 2007
Memo From Dubai U.S. Backs Free Elections, Only to See Allies Lose
By HASSAN M. FATTAHDUBAI, United Arab Emirates Aug. 9 - Lebanon’s political spin masters have been trying in recent days to explain the results of last Sunday’s pivotal by-election, which saw a relatively unknown candidate from the opposition ( Read more... ) -
Budget impasse
I don't write very often, but sometimes you just gotta share. I knew that California hasn't passed its budget, but I didn't know why. Well, here's the reason.
from the NYT:
A $145 billion budget, due on June 15, was approved by the State Assembly on July 20, but it has languished in the Senate, where Republican lawmakers are holding out for cuts ( Read more... ) -
US social forum!
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LOP
check out this cool video about the work of laotian organizing project in richmond!
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Stanford sit-in
Call the President's Office at 650.723.2481 BEFORE 5PM!
Stanford students hold sit-in at president's office
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/22/BAGDDPVEE14.DTL
(05-22) 13:38 PDT STANFORD UNIVERSITY -- Eleven Stanford ( Read more... )
