[LAAMN] The Nagasaki Principle, The Gathering Apocalypse, Len Chandler and Ross Altman

2006-08-09 Thread Ed Pearl
The Boston Globe via Truthout - Aug 7, 2006 http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080806C.shtml The Nagasaki Principle By James Carroll The Boston Globe Today is the anniversary of what did not happen. Sixty-one years ago yesterday, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The scale of nuclear deva

[LAAMN] Invitation to civil resistance in Lebanon

2006-08-09 Thread Michael Novick
Press Release-Lebanon: An Open Country for Civil Resistance Beirut August 7, 2006 Press Contacts: Rasha Salti, +961 3 970855 Huwaida Arraf, +961 70 974452 Samah Idriss, +961 3 381349 Wadih Al Asmar, +961 70 950780 On August 12, at 7 am, Lebanese from throughout the country and international suppo

[LAAMN] "Headless": Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

2006-08-09 Thread John A Imani
Headless Aug 3rd 2006 | NEW YORK >From The Economist print edition "This part is always screwed up with a conductor, but we've played it perfectly twice," concludes Leon Fleisher during a recent Orpheus Chamber Orchestra rehearsal of Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto. "This is proof that conductor

[LAAMN] "The Northeast Democrat" -- August issue

2006-08-09 Thread Dick Price & Sharon Kyle
The Northeast Democrat Newsletter of the Northeast Democratic Club August 2006 Table of Contents Time for Dirty Hands Is Patriotism for Suckers? Reorgnizing to Win Countdown to Election Day + Our August newsletter focuses on how local Democrats are coming together to win key local and state

Fw: [LAAMN] Dorothy Healey Dies

2006-08-09 Thread John A Imani
I too met Dorothy Healy as a young communist in the LACC Black Student Union. It was through Rose Chernin and the "Committee for the Defense of the Bill of Rights" a CP organization which sometimes availed itself as a source for bail money and/lawyers. John's assessment of her is as I remember

[LAAMN] Awakenings-edited: Voters Ready to Dump Incumbents, Israel's Military Invincibility Dented

2006-08-09 Thread Ed Pearl
Dang, I should remember to send these reports to myself before emailing to this list. Here it is with the 2nd article readable. My apologies. -Ed Hi. There are many ways to connect these reports, but the most intriguing one, to me, is the way critical numbers of people become aware and even mob

[LAAMN] Fd: Insist on a Fair Trial for Annette Auguste and Her Co-Defendants

2006-08-09 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely: August 8, 2006 Half-Hour for Haiti: Insist on a Fair Trial for Annette Auguste and Her Co-Defendants Update: Some good news in the case of Annette Auguste and the five other defendants charged in connection with the December 2003 events at the State University: their

[LAAMN] Update 8/9: Anti-war Calendar for Orange County

2006-08-09 Thread gdjohnson2
CONTENTS: (page down for details on each item) #1 Refusenik Solidarity Network on KUCI 88.9 FM Thursday, 8-9 AM #2 OC Peace Coalition General Meeting Saturday, August 12th in Orange #3 Troops Home Rally in Laguna Hills Saturday, Aug. 12th #4 Dr. Yigal Arens at Cousins Club mee

[LAAMN] Awakenings: Voters Ready to Dump Incumbents, Israel's Military Invincibility Dented

2006-08-09 Thread Ed Pearl
Hi. There are many ways to connect these reports, but the most intriguing one, to me, is the way critical numbers of people become aware and even mobilized despite all the agencies which control public education, perception and opinion. Lieberman's loss can provide that essential spark of possib

[LAAMN] Oaxacan Women take over TV station - from L.A.Indymedia post

2006-08-09 Thread Anna Kunkin
500 Women Take Over TV Station in Bloodless Coup Against State/Corporate Media by reposted Monday, Aug. 07, 2006 at 12:41 PM author: The women of Oaxaca Rock! This is just too good a story not to share. Obviously, the corporate media here has not been interested in telling this tale, as it