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October 4, 2008 - 6:38am -- stevphen
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Starbucks to Require Employee Availability Around the Clock and Cut Workforce in Major National Initiative

September 10, 2008 - 4:47pm -- amoore
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In the Streets

I-Witness Video From DNC/RNC Protests Emily Forman

Emily Forman here, writing from Chicago, finally having escaped from the police-state vortex of the Denver and St Paul presidential conventions. I traveled to Denver and St Paul to work as a member of the amazing I-Witness video collective: http://www.iwitnessvideo.info/news/index.html

August 20, 2008 - 11:21am -- stevphen
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In the Streets

ANTIWAR ACTIVISTS WIN $2 MILLION SETTLEMENT FROM NEW YORK CITY

A group of 52 local activists today announced a $2 million settlement in their lawsuit against the City of New York. The activists were illegally arrested on April 7, 2003 while protesting against the Iraq war in front of a military contractor's offices in midtown. The settlement in Kunstler et al v. New York City follows the dismissal in 2003 of all criminal charges brought against these individuals and four costly years of delays by the City in negotiating an end to the civil lawsuit.

August 8, 2008 - 7:12am -- stevphen
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Independent Media

Kittichai Restaurant Stops Serving Wild Edibles Seafood Over Workers' Rights Concerns

New York, NY- Kittichai, the popular Thai restaurant in Soho, has stopped serving seafood from wholesaler and retailer, Wild Edibles, Inc. over concern for employee rights. Wild Edibles workers and their allies have been campaigning for almost a year to reclaim stolen overtime pay; to compel compliance with workplace laws including the right to support a labor union; and to win a more livable wage as well as a health care and retirement plan.

July 20, 2008 - 4:14am -- stevphen
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Independent Media

Letter from Steve Kurtz to His Supporters July 12, 2008

From the CAE Defense

Dear Supporters,

July 17, 2008 - 11:35am -- stevphen
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Mainstream Media

Rape threats, beatings and racist chants: 15 Italians jailed for abuse of G8 Genoa protesters John HooperThe Guardian

Fifteen Italian police officers and doctors were last night sentenced to jail terms of up to five years after being found guilty of abusing protesters detained during riots at the 2001 G8 summit in Genoa.

Thirty other defendants were cleared of charges ranging from assault to the denial of basic human rights. The judges issued their verdicts after 11 hours of closed-doors deliberations.

June 17, 2008 - 2:04pm -- jim
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In the Streets

Homeless People Shut Out of Sapporo Bus Terminal in Run-up to G8 Summit

Article found at Mainichi Daily News:

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080613p2a00m0na008000c.html

June 14, 2008 - 1:49pm -- jim
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In the Streets

Japanese Police Raid Anti-G8 Kyoto Union Office

http://www.gipfelsoli.org/Home/Hokkaido_2008/5181.html

10th of June before 9 in the morning, 19 police men from Kyoto Prefecture Police Security 3rd department (so called public safety dep.) raided and searched the union office which is used by Rakunan Union, Rakunan Workers Network, Asia Joint Action (Asia Kyodokodo) , (and ) also an house of ‘A’ who is a member of Rakunan Union for the suspect of “fraud related incident” (with an arrest warrant), which is an apparent excuse to crush the movement against the summit.

June 11, 2008 - 8:37am -- jim
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Drug War

A Yippie Veteran Is in Jail Far From the East Village Colin Moynihan, New York Times

It has been more than 40 years since Dana Beal came to prominence as a theoretician for the Youth International Party, known as the Yippies, and embarked on a long career in the world of countercultural politics.

June 11, 2008 - 8:16am -- jim
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Culture

Critical Art Ensemble's Steve Kurtz Cleared of All Charges

Department of Justice Fails to Appeal Dismissal Kurtz Speaks about Four-Year Ordeal

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