The Gainesville Iguana--2002 articles

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January/ February 2002	Palestinian professor railroaded in South Florida campus witchhunt Afghan civilian casualty figures supressed by U.S. 'free press' Foulest media memos Rod Smith v. Democracy NOW Emergency Campaign Plans for Abortion Speakouts This war of lies goes on Refugees left in the cold at 'slaughterhouse' camp Rally Feb. 5 in Tallahassee to stop cuts to education Ashcroft chokes Freedom of Information Act in secret move Walk from Raiford to Tallahassee calls for suspension of executions Animal rights symposium, Feb. 22-24 U.S. policy towards Taliban influenced by oil Hell to Pay To celebrate 15 years of publishing, Iguana holds concert with singing CIA agent
March 2002	Michael Moore's new book narrowly avoids shredder in post 9-11 free speech clampdown Teachers rally. . . . New anti-war paper aims to reach the unconvinced Professor, union organizer, fired by Florida Community College at Jacksonville Friends of Jane Yii . . . . Workshop to address civil liberties and civil rights after Sept. 11 Gainesville peace group CCAWT invites participation Stupid White Men... Oil multinationals threaten Amazon rainforest with drilling Former Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale Nader leads rally in Tampa April 13 Anti-war & anti-IMF protests April 19-22 in Washington, D.C. . . . U.S. Star Wars plans aim for space-based military dominance Enron unit tried for water privatization in Florida City Commission endorsements; vote April 2 in districts 2 & 3 Public Housing
April 2002	Peace activists put their bodies on the line against Israeli army invasion 12 FSU Students Against Sweatshops arrested Fired USF professor to speak on Civil Rights in America after September 11 Vote Barrow, Goldstein in April 16 runoff 1960s Black militant, now Muslim leader sentenced to life in prison in cop-shooting charge Mobilization against war April 20 in Washington Florida farmworkers speak truth to Taco Bell Drug education week advocates sensible drug policies JANICE M. HAHN
May/June 2002	Gainesville's sister cities in Palestine & Israel: Making the connections Hundreds of members of the Service Employees International Union Black teenager targeted, right to speedy trial denied Failing to make the connection Goodnight, Moon Hugo Chavez in '04 Harvard & MIT professors campaign for divestment from Israel Thinktank disputes Bush administration claims of biowar development in Cuba The May 1972 protests in Gainesville
July/August 2002	City Commission: "We ARE the police review board" Jeb appoints terror lawyer to Supreme Court County says no to living wage, okays $100,000 study instead Living Wage advocates resign from County Taskforce in protest Why we need a police review board--another example And another reason we need a police review board Gainesville Area NOW: Women need a Police Review Board A not-so-short history of Police Review Board efforts in Gainesville Nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain: Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Elections roundup for September 10 primary Bus leaving for Cuba Campaign finance reform advisory board forum July 18 Peace delegation travels to Colombia, then Columbus, Ga. Tent city reaches 100th day at FSU De-funded campus papers top Alternative Press Awards Coalition of Immokalee Workers secures conviction against slave holders Patriot Revolution? Cities From Cambridge to Berkeley Reject Anti-Terror Measure Hey! We never stopped organizing
September 2002	War with Iraq? Who's tracking what you read? Radical Rush hits UF and SFCC Instead of war ... Pick your pretext Wait a sec, bin Laden hates Saddam Hussein The embargo continues, but not Iraqi weapons programs, according to ex-UN official Labor day message: CEOs should take a back seat for a change Poll shows widespread distrust of corporations Quarantine IMF & World Bank in DC Sept. 25-29 Help with olive harvest in Palestine Documentary gives voice to the voteless in the 2000 election County races: To use, or to water down, the Comprehensive land use plan Sept. 10 elections: Check your voter card-many precincts have changed Projet MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE project comes to Gainesville What Alan Lomax meant to me and all the world A Tribute to Alan Lomax
October 2002	No mandate for war Documentary exposes Jeb Bush administration subversion of elections UF attempts to abolish faculty union Voter Guide for November 5 Florida friendship bus in Guantanamo, Cuba Critics of Bush and Cheney May Be Too Generous National Lawyers Guild chapter forms in Gainesville Tony Mazzocchi: 1926 - 2002 Bush administration promotes nuclear revival U.S. Involvement in Colombia's War: One Man's Story
November 2002	Democratic dismay U.S. already bombing Iraq Weekly anti-war signholding Military resisters and conscientious objection Phase two of Bush's war plan rumbles ahead as world leaders ignore anti-war outcry Open Letter to the Democratic Party UF students organize Palestine Awareness Week Do I Divest? Members of the neo-Nazi group "White Revolution" planned to hold a rally in Gainesville UF staff rushing to sign authorization cards to keep their union and their contract Gay and Lesbian Community Center in Gainesville Terra e Teto: The Movement for Land and Roof Anti-abortion campaigners planted 100 crosses on the Plaza of the Americas County passes resolution critical of the USA PATRIOT Act Feminists, unionists to protest Wal-Mart Center for Security Policy investigates finances of peace groups Gift memberships to the Civic Media Center double your giving Civic Media Center November/December events

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