Nobel Laureate Saramago Warns of Danger After Bush Reelection

Humberto Márquez, Inter Press Service

CARACAS — U.S. politics over the next four years will be
rooted in patriotism and religion, an 'explosive combination'
that will require Latin Americans to 'arm themselves with
strength, courage and bravery,' according to Portuguese
writer José Samamago, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for
Literature.

Anarchist People of Color Legal Update

On November 16, 2003 a group of people of color
came together to celebrate, enjoy ourselves, and raise
money for Anarchist People of Color (APOC) to recoup
travel expenses. People through out the organizing
community in NYC and beyond were present. Mostly
people of color, mostly young, mostly folks who work
tirelessly in poor and working class neighborhoods
where the work we provide is appreciated and welcomed.
We came together at Critical Resistance, an
organization dedicated to eliminating reliance on the
U.S. prison system to solve social problems. We came
together and danced, talked, reading poetry, and
played music. Just as the celebration reached its
height the unexpected happened and it changed
everything.

The police violently attacked our gathering with no
reason or cause, except to terrorize and brutalize. It
made everything that we work for and believe in that
much more challenging; another obstacle had been put
in the way of achieving peace and justice.

nolympics writes

Over 16,000 Converge at Fort Benning

Many Scale Barbed-Wire Fences and are Arrested While Calling for Closure of US Army’s School of the Americas

Columbus, GA – Over 16,000 people from across the Americas — including actors Martin Sheen and  Susan Sarandon — gathered this weekend outside the gates of Ft. Benning, Georgia in the most diverse demonstration yet of opposition to the School of the Americas (SOA), a combat-training school for Latin American soldiers.

Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced into refuge by graduates of the SOA, renamed in 2001 the Western Hempishere Institute for Security Cooperation or WHINSEC.

Federal Judge Blocks City's Attempt To Halt Critical Mass Ride

NY1

A delay in a judge's ruling has cleared the way for an environmental group to stage another bike ride. The ride by Critical Mass is scheduled for the Day after Thanksgiving, which is already on the city's list of so-called Gridlock Alert Days.

The city wanted the judge to prevent the outing unless organizers obtained a permit, arguing the large number of riders poses a public safety hazard.

But the judge gave the group until November 30, after the ride is scheduled, to respond, and has set a hearing date of December 6th. The same judge allowed the group to proceed with its October 29th ride, saying the city had waited too long to file its objections.

Critical Mass rides take place in hundreds of cities as a way to promote environmentally friendly transportation. The group gained notoriety when police arrested over 250 cyclists on the eve of the Republican National Convention. More than 30 people were arrested in last month's outing.

The NYPD says bikers who break the law will be arrested at the next ride, too. Meanwhile, with the holiday season comes holiday traffic. Friday is the first of nine Gridlock Alert Days in the city ahead of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. The city is urging people to leave their cars at home and take mass transit whenever possible. The next gridlock alert day is next Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving.