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September 1996	State drops fliering charges against 3; 1700 sign petition to repeal ordinance State Attorney explains decision Newspaper box threat abates Army captain court-martialed for resisting human rights abuses in Haiti Activists take over building in Mass. Short bits Have a smoke Build it and they will come Blue Key's Special Rights Drug Stingers Stung Ron Daniels to speak at Florida Coalition conference Oct. 4-6 Why do you think they call it "Corrections"? Repub confab made no sense AFT answers Dole's bash A sustainable vision for Gainesville's future Iguana primary election picks Taxation without representation is still tyranny, say D.C. statehood advocates Gulf War Syndrome: The French troops aren't getting it
October 1996	Quincy mushroom workers march to Tallahassee Oct. 21-24 Anti-fliering petitions to go to Oct. 14 City meeting D&X victory Worker consciousness-raising... What's wrong with work these days? Worker consciousness-raising questions Chattanooga to be site of first national march against racist church burnings Nov. 2 Revoke the Corporation What's all the fuss about the cement plant? Civic Media Center celebrates third birthday with talk by David Barsamian Vote Nov. 5! Nicaragua prepares for elections Chicago counter convention activities covered up by mainstream press Chicago police raid Active Resistance Conference On the Iguana's tenth birthday ...Iguana's eye view of the role of alternative press UF parking plan encourages use of public transport
November/ December 1996	Corporate welfare exceeds $100 billion, speaker says, and U.S. has 127 billionaires Jean-Bertrand Aristide speaks Tuesday, October 1 Quincy mushroom workers take their case to Tallahassee Vets to protest U.S. Army's torture school at Ft. Benning, Georgia Nov. 16 Roll Call of Assassins Nicaragua reports Nov. 13 & 15 http://www.sjmercury.com/drugs/ on CIA Write-in voters beware Detroit newspaper strike pits reporters against profits Florida Regents vs. Unions California passes medical marijuana initiative Anti-fliering update Keep the University of Florida OFF Mount Graham!!
January 1997	Filmmaker Michael Moore tells corporate America "Downsize This!" 61 arrested protesting School of Americas Cement plant foes seek help in clean air fight Standard English causes communications problem in Ebonics debate Court fight concludes with defeat of anti-gay charter amendment Prisoners sentenced to extra years for protesting execution of Ziyon Yisrayah Ziyon Yisrayah and Ajamu Nassor: political prisoners executed by Indiana Legal system battles threat of bare-breasted woman Game of law blocks democracy
February 1997	Campus NOW speak out exposes rape, sexual harassment, stalking, and male supremacy A Black Panther speaks of the past and future Criticism of welfare reform cut from hearings, news What's the real agenda on welfare reform? Labor Party calls for full employment by law Panel to give first hand accounts of Gainesville Civil Rights struggle Graduate Assistants union plans events for national day of action Local committee shows solidarity with Zapatistas against U.S. and Mexican neoliberal policies Second Declaration of La Realidad (Reality) for Humanity Against Neoliberalism Abraham Lincoln brigade veteran speaks March 4 Hightower cancelled again Benefit for top-free equality Feb. 24 at Civic Media Center
March 1997	County denies appeals, approves cement plant. What now? Gulf War Syndrome: 100,000 U.S.casualties Anti-nuclear activists tour Europe to protest plutonium-powered Cassini space probe Community Growing at Copeland Farm Black Liberation Radio busted Where the jobs are Crones Cradle spring seedling festival March 22 Graduate Assistants United--National Day of Action A British libel trial puts McDonald's on the grill Detroit newspaper strikers: "We'll return but fight on" Korean workers show how to handle a conservative congress Feminists make demands of UF January 29, 1997. UF/SFCC Campus NOW Demands that UF: In Memoriam--Robert F. Williams UF Student Gov't elections: Vote March 25-26
April 1997	Activists: It's not too late to stop the cement plant Teacher tells of Rosewood history Cassini probe would carry 72 pounds of plutonium Labor Party launches campaign to amend the Constitution to guarantee everyone a job at a living wage UF elections mark progress against Blue Key system Students vote money for bus passes Marriage and divorce in the Florida Legislature Our War--What We Did in Vietnam and What it Did to Us, by David Harris Release Silvia Baraldini Comet spotter Hale urges use of science and reasoning skills Earth First! exposes FBI conspiracy
May/June 1997	Chiles veto can stop anti-abortion bills No hitch at border for 7th US-Cuba Friendshipment Druglord Ciba-Geigy pushes Ritalin on kids Anti-nuclear protester imprisoned in Tallahassee Advertisers dictate magazine content U.S. and U.K. jail children of organizers to punish parents Plan to attend Sustainability Summit June 6 & 7 Author investigates CIA complicity in global drug trade Homeless photo exhibit lodges at Thomas Center starting June 14 Groups work for recognition of chronic immune disorders Power deregulation will shock customers & workers
July/August 1997	Unionists from around the South march with Quincy mushroom workers March prompts court action in Detroit strike Jobs bill would put $250 billion into rebuilding America Center for Campus Organizing announces journalism contest winners Gainesville launches home-grown currency The System vs. Geronimo ji Jaga Pratt: Why Fliering fight resurfaces Officers friendly at "Hemp Revolution" Gainesvillians recount anti-gay discrimination experiences article about discrimination sent in by a reader: Cancel Cassini Demo July 26th Clinics win respite from new Florida abortion script law Eternal Hostility: Why God votes Republican
September 1997	City may legalize fliering in some areas U.S. impedes landmine ban Fliering Attacks Gainesville, People Flee!! Oct. 4 rally plans to cancel Cassini space probe "Cancel Cassini" events Future missions slated to carry plutonium Leonard Peltier: American Indian Leader Gainesville Women's Liberation film series Trident protest at Kings Bay Sept. 6 Bus system budget crunch: Changes put off ... for now Welfare cutbacks pit worker against worker What is the Iguana?
October 1997	Young Lords organizing sets example for youth now Run education like a business? For-profit health care makes us sick, say Kentucky nurses Fliering to be allowed near UF--but only on concrete poles Friends defend Lake Alice 1,000 march to halt plutonium-bearing Cassini space probe Bus system additions designed to ease congestion The case for abolishing the Army School of Americas Florida petition circulating for medical marijuana Goodbye to the Gainesville Women's Health Center
November/ December 1997	Million Woman March Sets a tone Free Fred Hampton, Jr. Philippine organizing and struggles should be example to U.S. activists Famine in North Korea; aid held up by political game Micropowered radio movement fights unfair licensing policies City considers adding sexual orientation to anti-discrimination ordinance--again Mexican government backs out of peace, attacks rebels Labor News Buy Nothing Day--Buy Something Day
January 1998	Immokalee workers hunger strike for bargaining rights Feminists protest sexist morning after pill practice at UF infirmary Short bits Fla. NOW Conference in Gainesville Jan. 23-25 NOW's Women of Color & Allies Summit Public Interest Env. Conference March 5-7 No to NATO expansion Cabinet to decide on Lake Alice Jan. 21 Joseph Judge: First-Hand History Jericho March '98 Free Radio Gainesville Manifesto History of Free Radio Gainesville Micropowered radio war escalates Platform Issues of the Million Woman March Reflections on the Million Woman March Million Woman March Mission Statement 2000 protest, 601 arrested to close Army School of Americas Why do they hate us?--Reflections on Chiapas and Florida ACLU Legal Panel calls for cases
February 1998	BLACK HISTORY MONTH Free Radio Gainesville schedule Jericho March '98 Bike ride speaks for bike rights "Do not bomb Iraq" Gainesville-area Women's Liberation Movement pioneers honored in NYC Comments on the 30th Anniversary Honoring of Women's Liberation Organizers Commission votes to broaden City anti-discrimination ordinance Black-owned newspaper firebombed Highlights... Micropowered Radio Teach-in featuring members of 87X (Tampa) Fair Trade or Bust Bus tour hits Gainesville Mexico Solidarity Growing in Gainesville; Next event Friday, Feb. 20 Program to explain Comprehensive Plan review process Civil rights organizer Julian Bond speaks on the work ahead Fidel Castro's welcome to the Pope Grassroots specialist on Gulf War illness speaks Feb. 13
March 1998	Experts try to justify threats to bomb Iraq 27-year political prisoner invites students to join struggle March 27 Jericho rally in D.C. raises freedom banner for U.S. political prisoners Child Care teachers seek "Worthy Wages" U.S. military aids Mexico's attacks on Zapatista movement Fair trade or bust bus visits Gainesville Highlights... The AFL-CIO is convening a statewide rally called "Many Voices, One Movement" in Tallahassee on Tuesday, March 17 In defense of 97X Saturday, April 14 will be a fundraiser for local musician Bike trails blooming in Gainesville Yucca Mountain slated for nuclear waste storage Liberating the airwaves--events & strategies State Road 20 4-laning part of Florida wide road plan
April 1998	UF arrests six for protesting Gulf War chief's honorary doctorate Childcare teachers call for worthy wages Saturday labor history class offered by UF Solidarity Summer School in Chicago Aug. 3-6 Florida women to get constitutional equality? Corporate promotion in schools reaches new low Labor rallies at capital to protect free speech Highlights... State Representative Willie Logan (Opa-Locka) will address Common Cause The A. Philip Randolph museum exhibit is scheduled to open at the Matheson Center The ninth annual Florida Youth Peace Camp will be held in two stages this summer CAMPUS NOW PROTESTS SEMINAR ON PHONY ABORTION DISORDER Jericho '98, the March 27 rally in Washington, DC for freedom and amnesty for all political prisoners USDA moves to make organic food labels meaningless Women tell experiences of rape & sexual harassment at NOW event Campus NOW's demands on rape on campus Man arrested at School of Americas prepares to serve 6-month sentence--Interview with Dwight Lawton
May/June 1998	Event to celebrate Gainesville Women's Health Center . . . "Health Care for People, Not for Profit" was clinic's mission 97X bites the dust Black Radical Congress 94.7 Free Radio Gainesville expands schedule U.S. should pay its United Nations debt Highlights... Stand for Children day 1998 will be celebrated locally on Sunday, May 31 Waco: The Rules of Engagement Lesbian/Gay Pride Week in Gainesville is officially June 7-13 The A. Philip Randolph Travelling Exhibit State buys out farm owners, leaves out farmworkers Critical Mass bike rides: Three riders tackle issues Bill Batlle: Get involved on many levels Maliah Rosenbloom: Make this part of the world safer for bikes Scorpio: On the front line Worthy Wage Day event honors childcare teachers protest in front of Manoucheka "Chica" Thermitus' appeal hearing in April
July/August 1998	Free Radio Gainesville 94.7 stays on the air defying FCC orders "The Big One" hits Hogtown Viva Mexico Night July 17 Ohio McDonalds workers attempt precedent-setting organizing effort City declares 'Workers right to organize' day Aug. 4 event to tell the truth about Florida's welfare destruction program Peltier's medical condition serious Hey 97X-heads! East Timor film & discussion July 14 1% tax is a bad way to pay for recreation
September 1998	Welfare cuts lower area wages, increase pain for jobless Newport in, Hutch in runoff Job Stats: Too Good to be True Family of police killing victim in Archer speaks out Mumia Abu-Jamal's rights as prison journalist were violated, 3 judges agree Legendary IWW comes to life in Gainesville Campus NOW invites participation About that $20,000 for Dan Quayle ... Nudity draws huge media coverage The Sixth Sun: Mayan Uprising in Chiapas ACLU accuses UF of civil liberties violations in Schwarzkopf arrests Free Radio Gainesville 94.7 Schedule Scratching the surface until we bleed U.S. power feeds Mexico's war on the poor Pledge resistance...Radical Rush Sept. 15-18
October 1998	Campaign gathers signatures to get health care for all in Florida Civic Media Center celebrates 5th birthday Sister Helen Prejean spoke to an overflow crowd at the University Auditorium Sept. 17 NAACP exposes local discrimination Clean Air ordinance on Nov. 3 ballot Labor Party exposes privatization scam ...No, the private sector doesn't do it better Revitalize the Public Sector Upcoming... Demonstrators will gather at the Army School of Americas at Ft. Benning in Columbus, Georgia Farmworkers, students, and farmworker advocates will hold a national meeting, "Sowing Seeds of Change" on the weekend of Nov 6-8 Just what are these ghouls cooking up now? There will be a slide show "Steps 4 Experience: South America" Who's waging Class War? Free Radio Gainesville October Schedule Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice links environmental & social justice movements Inside the Civic Media Center Florida Constitutional Revisions on the November 3rd ballot Redesigning University Avenue
November/ December 1998	Hard-fought Clean Air ordinance narrowly defeated... Battle continues against tire-burning cement plant Spitfire tour raises level of debate Will the U.S. execute a journalist? New trial denied to political prisoner on death row Number of Americans without health insurance jumps to 43.2 million Get insurance companies out of health care! Campus NOW protests church's "Hell House" Upcoming... Hempfest set for downtown plaza on Saturday, November 14 The Gator Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Ritalin, the drug prescribed to supposedly hyperactive schoolchildren Gainesville Area National Organization for Women (NOW) "Mobilizing Community Support for Welfare Moms and Children" Civic Media Center conducts membership drive Protest slated for Nov. 21-22 to shut down "School of Assassins" FREE RADIO GAINESVILLE program schedule Coalition seeks to expose & end UF job discrimination Employment Discrimination Survey
January 1999	"They think freedom of speech is only for the rich" Black History Month speakers announced Drop in jobless rate doesn't equal higher pay Medical marijuana petitioners booted from public property Upcoming... The Campus National Organization for Women (NOW) will hold a Rape and Sexual Assault/Harassment Speak Out The Gainesville Commitee for Democracy in Mexico is holding a fundraiser Jan. 17 The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre will perform Nicholas Machiavelli's Independence, a play by Lee Blessing Michael Moore's investigation reveals Awful Truth about Steve Forbes Veterans for peace charge General Schwarzkopf with war crimes Lake Alice development defeated, Bat House saved Farm owners make out like fat rats, Apopka farmwokers get short end of stick Kwame Ture, pan-Africanist teacher and leader, dies at 57
February 1999	Hey Wall Street! Hands off our Social Security Labor Party launches Just Health Care plan Snitch-driven prosecutions and mandatory minimums lead to justice system nightmare Gainesville Committee for Democracy in Mexico conference Upcoming... Impressions of Cuba on the 40th anniversary of the revolution A Living Wage Strategic Planning Workshop will be held Saturday, Feb. 20 The Schwartzkopf Two--two of six protesters who were arrested for chanting "Schwartzkopf Lies, Gulf Vets Die" Firefighfers union members conduct an informational picket in front of City Hall on February 1 Free Radio Gainesville plans to return to airwaves ACLU challenges School vouchers Women of Color conference
March 1999	Why we protest the Miss UF Beauty Pageant Vías Pacíficas/Nonviolent Ways Jennifer Harbury speaks March 31 Free Radio Gainesville 94.7 FM Schedule SouthEast Assoc. of Microbroadcasters (SEAM) forms Women of Color conference Campus NOW criticizes UF's response to rape Does inequality cause overwork? Upcoming... The National Organization for Women is planning a rally in Tallahassee Gay rights events in Tallahassee March 20-22 Angela Davis will be speaking UF Women's History Month Highlights Plotting at the South East 4th Street Community Garden Millions for Mumia: Philadelphia April 24 Cornel West: Race matters Farm worker union calls for Mt. Olive pickle boycott Floridian expelled from Mexico asks for support Conference questions triumphant capitalism Payday lenders get away with usury Florida abortion law increasing restrictions
April 1999	The U.S.-NATO war in Yugoslavia: five myths Free Radio Gainesville collective members announce they're back on the air "Rape" is stated repeatedly on fraternity's videotape, Campus NOW reveals Anti-Racist Action University of Wisconsin students extract anti-sweatshop pledge from chancellor North Florida Carpenters local gets national recognition Labor's view: Why every working family should care about Social Security Human rights lawyer Jennifer Harbury describes U.S. role in Guatemala Truth commission causes U.S. admission Free Radio Gainesville 94.7 FM schedule Upcoming... Michael Moore's new cable series The Awful Truth begins airing on Bravo network The Civic Media Center is proud to host several oil paintings by Vladimir Novikov The Sexual Battery Committee of the Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women is holding Survivors' Art Exhibit '99 Sixty people picketed Kash'n'Karry on NW 13th Street March 18, urging shoppers to boycott Mt. Olive pickles Ichetucknee Save the Ichetucknee concert April 13 Rediscover the ichetucknee Basin Ocklawaha River restoration alert Prison industry and military serve similar purposes, Angela Davis says African American organizations set priorities at Mt. Carmel meeting Community Gardening update Millions for Mumia Philadelphia April 24 Gainesville-Matagalpa sister city project provides hurricane relief Baseball in Cuba
May/June 1999	Delta Chi: Campus NOW calls on prosecutor to press rape charges Social Security privatization schemes are courting disaster, panel agrees Why did they release the Delta Chi video? Diesel school bus to be donated to Cuba by the people of Florida Upcoming... A benefit concert for the campaign to stop the cement plant in Suwanee County The Civic Media Center will host a presentation and discussion on the recent "Millions for Mumia" demonstration Ordinary Soldiers: A Memorial Day Special Jersey County gives workers and residents "right to act" against corporate polluters INS workplace raids used to bust organizing efforts "Made in USA" Kosovo and Yugoslavia bombing: The war NATO wanted Branford resident explains opposition to Suwanee cement plant plan Florida legislature passes parental notification, rejects D & X abortion ban The Florida Coalition for Peace and Justice holds its 10th annual Youth Peace Camp Just Healthcare on the radio
July/August 1999	Florida sends bus full of aid to Cuba Campus NOW starts Consciousness-Raising series Cuba friendshipment crosses border despite U.S. Treasury Dept. threats Juneteenth celebrated with Black Business Explosion Death squads' flack in El Salvador, Clinton's man in Kosovo Police get defensive as NAACP presents recommendations Get on the Sustainable Alachua County Listserv Upcoming... Project Censored on your radio: Every Monday at 12:10 Competitors warm up for a skateboarding contest Class offered: "Women's Liberation: Where Do I Fit In?" Cuban diplomat Felix Wilson talks about his country & his life FDA poised to eliminate labeling of irradiated food East Timor action update Crimewatch chair tears hair, plans network meeting UF/SFCC Campus NOW and Gainesville NOW and others picket the Eighth Judicial Circuit dinner Summer warms up at the Civic Media Center Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil August 7 Farmworkers and Mt. Olive Pickle boycott supporters rally in Asheville, North Carolina
September 1999	Action needed on East Timor 11 Puerto Rican political prisoners freed by U.S. Levy County is latest battleground in Florida's war on medical marijuana patients Contract gains, solidarity bring hundreds into UF Graduate Assistants United union Affirmative Action attacked in Florida Highlights Leonard Peltier denied adequate medical care, pressure needed The second annual Radical Rush IFCO/Pastors for Peace ACTION ALERT on East Timor Project Censored's top 25 stories profiled Mondays Newport proposal passes, County Commission stands up to Florida Rock
October 1999	Democracy at work?! Citizens put searchlight on police misconduct You do have a right to organize Denied a contract for 5 years, workers walk out Union wins UF workers bigger annual raise Police brutality: the cases you don't hear about Justice for Women Now rally Oct. 9 "Outriders" to show Oct. 24 Rosewood exhibit Common Ground VI U.S. policy in Colombia: Backing a death squad government? School of Americas protest Nov. 19-21 Topfree case won on appeal Author to speak on Cuban democracy Nov. 1: Marianne Williamson speaks Colombia lectures United Nations Day Amnesty International conference in Fla. Rave! Greening UF County offers disaster training Anti-sweatshop group seeks full disclosure
November/ December 1999	Affirm Affirmative Action Women rally for equal treatment by the law Graffiti writers say 'no more prisons' We dedicate this last Iguana of the century UF cooks books on rape reports Book details courtoom bias in custody disputes Hempfest '99 focuses on ballot initiative Wayward Council goes full time Karl Marx voted the millenium's 'greatest thinker' in online poll U.S.-Cuba Sister City projects 'come out' WTO decisions: What do they mean? Protest the WTO in Seattle on Nov. 30 Environmentalists and laborers unite! Delaney's backbone MIA on bar closing times SouthWest Organizing Project youth speak out Your Money or Your Life teleconference Nov. 13 George Carlin performs at O'Dome Nov. 22 RTS buys new van for workers American Miseducation
January 2000	"Why did 50,000 people protest the World Trade Organization in Seattle?" Members of Communications Workers of America local 3105 picket in front of the Southern Bell office in Gainesville Nov. 11 Labor Party discussed at Central Labor Council dinner 15,000 protest at School of Americas Department of Buyoffs and Ripoffs Prisoners speak up on conditions inside U.S. prison population to reach 2 million Feb. 15th Abortion speakout January 21 at UF David Rovics in concert January 18
February 2000	Pro-Affirmative Action forces plan to converge on Tallahassee March 7 "Just Health Care" on the radio Feb. 19 Sit-in slows push for "One Florida" plan Manufacturing Consent: Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain WTO protesters share stories of Battle of Seattle February 5th Vegetarian Action Symposium Feb 18-20 Abolish all barriers to abortion, including cost, Campus NOW speaker says International Women's Strike slated for March 8 (or is it?) Groups challenge presidential candidates to "Get On the Bus" with seniors to Canada Vigil to protest U.S.'s runaway inprisonment Peltier film part of national action Health issues ignored by Florida Dept. of Corrections, prisoner charges Clinton lectures the world on labor standards--but what is the state of workers' rights in America? A chance to stop the U.S. push for space weapons
March 2000	Jeb Crow Ichetucknee Cement Plant IMF/World Bank protests planned April 16 in DC Farm workers march for justice Feminist movement makes change, then those in power take credit Journey for Justice calls attention to failed drug war policies Activists protest DARE program in Keystone Heights U'wa tribe blocks oil company exploitation For the love of North Carolina Promoting racism: America's discriminatory dialogue on terrorism City Elections March 14 Hippodrome Cinema: Your place in the dark
April 2000	UF employees fight switch to night shift Corporate financed campaigns . . . Government by the rich, for the rich? Correction Bill Gates' wealth: where did it come from? Mass Action in D.C. opposing IMF & World Bank April 16 Department of Peace?! California homeowner battles Terminix over web site May 1st Organizing Committee plans weekend of events Hey, Y'All, Come on Out to the Jam! Summer Peace Camp Journey for Justice reflections
special A16 issue by local activists who attended the IMF/WB protests in D.C.	A Word on Anti-Copyrights Global Economics 101--Five Things Everyone Should Know about the IMF, World Bank, and WTO The First Amemdment--Amended D.C. from A8 to A15 This is what REVOLUTION looks like! The Cobra in my Belly: Two Encounters with Love and Hate TURN THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN! DC is a pome People who talk about revolution Justice, Freedom, and the Pursuit of Happiness by Gil Marshall Public Statement from Jailed IMF/World Bank Protestors A16 Feedback Why we went to D.C.--A short description of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and their policies Concerned Additional Readings and Newspapers
May/June 2000	HMO regulations won't fix health insurance mess International Monetary Fund and World Bank protests in Washington DC April 16 Ralph Nader runs for president on Green ticket Selling us down the river Civic Media Center's got the (censored) goods "Gainesville--A16": a bonus for subscribers Worker Consciousness Raising Iguana fundraising concert May 20 Vieques: the story behind the protests Nader kicks out reporter for scab paper Locked out Detroit paper workers dog Gannett Corporation Fight against night shift continues at UF
July/August 2000	Ralph Nader & Winona LaDuke launch presidential campaign About 60 people protested the opening of "Hooters" in downtown Gainesville in late May Sharon DeSue, Alberta Hopkins and Sharon Bauer speak on a panel at the Civic Media Center to oppose UF switching custodians to permanent night shift Ocala man takes action July 4th against confederate flag Iguana website provides access to issues old and new County puts universal health care on the ballot How we can win the 6-hour day Albert Nuh Washington Economic human rights on agenda Activist denied law school admission Prison Letter Prison Reform Unity Day is July 15 Guards fight private prisons Cuban travelers share insights & collect aid Out at Work? Drug industry creates sham group to derail prescription drug coverage International actions oppose 'Star Wars' missile defense system Flier Alert!
September 2000	Direct action gets in motion in Ichetucknee cement kiln fight City attempts to make fliering illegal (again) UF custodians fight the continuing "night shaft" Radical Rush Sept 26-29 Lori Tinney, Secretary of Gainesville Area NOW, joins other Alachua County Labor Party members in protesting the Humana insurance company Gainesville activist may take up Cuba's medical training offer Election 2000 rigged? United Electrical Workers vote to endorse Ralph Nader Resistance to corporate domination, repression, mark convention protests Nutrition Network promotes fresh produce and local exchange October is Vegetarian Awareness Month NOW exposes "W." Bush's record on women's rights Tragedy at Pith-la-choc-co The Honorable Shirley Chisholm, former U.S. Congresswoman from NY, was the featured speaker at the Women's Equality Day luncheon Civic Media Center invites memberships
October 2000	Health care crisis: "It's the health insurance companies, stupid." Why are medications so expensive in the U.S.? UF committee meets to consider stopping the "Night Shaft"--but will it? Artist & musician license fee law draws fire Jim Hightower to speak at Common Ground Conference Nov. 3-5 Radical Rush Report over 200 Alachua County Education Association members and supporters marched to the School Board meeting on Tuesday, October 3, to demand that the Board move on negotiating teacher pay scales fairly Charter Amendment One: Clean Air and Water An Enemy of the People "Alachua County Forever" on ballot NOW applauds U.S. approval of Mifepristone (RU-486), the "French Abortion Pill." Campus NOW supports Universal Health Care ballot referendum Selma, Alabama, elects first African American mayor in a tense battle for human rights
November/ December 2000	Time to march on Tallahassee Cement plant protesters lock down for Ichetucknee Irate Floridian joins class-action suit against election And lest we think it's only Florida, read this dispatch from Tennessee: Bamboozled at the voting booth Barring democracy Gainesville chemical plant workers to vote on union UF raises minimum pay, but NOT because of protests Voteless in Florida The crucial missing ballots Students United to Reform Education (SURE) to address school board Dec. 5th Voters support universal health care, elimination of private insurance Join effort for clemency for Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier Cuban diplomats to visit Gainesville in early December
January 2001	Trial of Ocala abortion doctor is political repression, NOW argues December 13 rally in Tallahassee to "Count every vote." Rally to save Ichetucknee George W. Bush arrives with five (Supreme Court justices, that is) Center for Constitutional Rights says respond to election by demonstrating in D.C. Pro-Democracy Week to counter inauguration of president-select Nader statement on Florida electoral situation A Voters' Bill of Rights Representative Lois Frankel, who represents West Palm Beach in the Florida House, speaks at a rally on December 13 in Tallahassee. Forest Service may sign another 20-year Navy contract for Ocala forest bombings Defense nominee Rumsfeld is Star Wars cheer-leader & corporate operative, groups contend Delegates to report on Witness for Peace visit to Columbia Columbia's paramilitaries California power deregulation disaster should be a warning Kemba Smith freed by Clinton Floridian arrested after protest of U.S.'s deadly Iraq embargo
February 2001	Police fatally shoot UF student during traffic stop Turning Point Roadshow on Globalization Feb. 14 Protesters march to proposed site of Ichetucknee cement kiln January 15, near Ft. White Independent media website online for Gainesville UF students aim to make Gator clothing sweatshop-free Farmworkers ask Taco Bell to negotiate on tomato-picking pay and conditions The Real Thing: Coke and the Library of Congress Popular radio co-host resigns from Pacifica news show to protest management actions Abortion provider found guilty of extortion in bizarre Ocala trial Amnesty International and Sierra Club join forces to protect environmental activists Compassion for Animals Action Symposium Upcoming Ichetucknee River Defense events World Economic Forum in Davos brings state of siege to Swiss tourist resort Governing the State University System: Do we really need a Board of Regents? Nike rejects sweatshop label More than just Mother Jones!
March 2001	Florida's public employees fight privatization bill NOW & unions endorse Tom Bussing for mayor Taxation misrepresentation What about corporate taxes? New courthouse just another brick in prison-industrial complex Bush's "real, live Americans" Feminists speak out for abortion and reproductive freedom NOW declares State of Emergency on abortion, organizes march April 22 Momentum flowing to save Ichetucknee Legalization Update Corporate tax dodgers Omran Bus Tour concert and events oppose attacks on Iraq Group forms to block city proposal to cut hundreds of trees in Northeast Park Amnesty International presents AARP holds rally at the capital March 14 Gainesville-Cuba Friendship Network hosts event to launch Sister City Project Murkowski energy bill tranfers tax money to oil corporations to drill on federal land Willie and Lobo, Mesa/Atlantic recording artists, will be in concert Fair trade coffee activist speaks 3/22
April 2001	UF rally calls for unity against racism and discrimination Ichetucknee cement plant: up the pressure Special Master slams Jeb Bush plan for state employees Farmworkers stand up to exploitation--announce Taco Bell boycott Democracy Summer 2001 Feminist Kathy Freeperson dies
May/June 2001	Abortion rights fight kicks into high gear South Carolina longshore pickets face felony charges, jail Women's Liberation class offered this summer Earth Day as corporate holiday A crowd of about 20 unidentified flierers The Gainesville Independent Media Site is up and running again! Pro-democracy convention June 28-July 1 in Philly 21-day Harvard living wage occupation ends UConn sit-in successful Supreme Court rules against California medical marijuana clubs Mayday celebrated in Gainesville Montreal medical team exposes documents on tear gas danger Conference on infoshops May 19th Economic downturn--who benefits? Have you checked out the Civic Media Center lately?
July/August 2001	Citizen's review of police debated at city hearing Union and civil rights supporters of the Charleston 5 Ichetucknee cement kiln protest August 28th in Tallahassee Black community not heard in police matters Why we need a Citizen's Police Review Board Frames from the video of Hecksel's alleged shooting of Corey Rice Bush administration privatizers go wild on federal services Bread and Roses tells story of L.A. janitors' struggle for a union Discussion of human rights ordinances July 29th Exercising our Constitutional rights in the job Katharine Graham, establishment rebel? Nepotism--not just for the Bushes any more Drug industry claims it spends 5 times as much as it does on new drug research and development, report shows Report exposes drug industry's spending blitz to keep prices and profits high Conference on the 2000 and 2002 elections August 18th
September/October 2001	Military documents reveal true goals of "Star Wars" plan As we went to press ... Activist arrested while talking to passersby about U.S. military plans Bus to DC from Gainesville for anti-IMF, World Bank, and Taco Bell protests Smokestack Jeb! announces re-election bid, promises more pollution Workers at cement kiln site lose their jobs for asking for union representation Pipefitter writes of sinkholes at Ichetucknee cement kiln site Doug Gauss helps the Civic Media Center celebrate 8th birthday Florida's pre-election voter-roll purging: Threats to voting rights Short notes Women need more abortion providers! Upcoming abortion rights consciousness-raising Stetson Kennedy to be honored on 85th birthday Radical Rush 2001
November/December 2001	BLOWBACK United we stand? Hidden history of U.S. intervention in Afghanistan Community Coalition Against War and Terrorism forms 911 response This war is illegal Another oil war? A pro-war counter-demonstrator at Universty and 13th St Anti-war protests in DC draw 20,000, police heat If the CIA had butted out ... UF Union defends tuition waivers and fights for health care Charleston 5 free & clear after international solidarity campaign Corporations use terrorism as opportunity to loot the public till Working people to Congress: "Pass real relief, not corporate handouts" Who Is Osama Bin Laden? New USA-Patriot Act allows police agencies to target dissidents of all kinds Army School of Americas protests November 17-18 Double standard on terrorism
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
January/ February 2003	Veterans address current troops on U.S. war in Iraq Who owns St. Francis House? Student groups call for anti-war strike March 5 U.S. cities vote no on Iraq war Anti-war messages carried to the freeway U.S. excised embarassing portions of Iraq weapons report Finally, an Al-Qaeda connection to Iraq Food not Bombs chapter restarting in Gainesville Black History Month ATTENTION PEACE-LOVING CITIZENS OF THE WORLD! Locals tackle "hate radio" Of "Lungos" & "Senoritos": A Colombian view of Venezuela Bush's new tax cut: Another dividend for the rich Women's Liberation: Where Do I Fit In?
March 2003	WAR!? Weekly anti-war actions Peace forces plan instant action locally if U.S. attacks Iraq Gainesvlle anti-war March planned for International Women's Day Protesters in New York at heart of worldwide actions opposing U.S. war Rep. Cynthia McKinney to speak at town meeting on 'Price of War' Mar. 22 Rip that shirt off! AFL-CIO opposes Bush on Iraq war Iran sues US in World Court for helping Saddam kill Iranians Food not Bombs Radical campus groups talk unity The Pledge of Resistance Increase local security: Grow food Buy local campaign Direct action tactics discussed at UF Iguana endorses Brinkman and Lowe for City Commission vote April 8 Officials cover up "Guernica" at UN Weapons inspectors visit Edgewood facility in Maryland Smart bombs not cheap, U.S. whines The Anti-War Case Iraqi defector detailed destruction of weapons, Newsweek reports
April 2003	Supporting the Troops City elections April 8 U.S. Marines turn fire on civilians at the bridge of death Objector tells why he refuses to serve Former Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney blasts Bush administration's war and corruption Leave no child behind--when you invade "My station is a threat to American media control-and they know it" Lie Spotter U.S. forces use of depleted uranium weapons is "illegal" Chomsky film April 7th Get On the Bus!! - ERA Rally in Tallahassee! WHY DOES THE LABOR MOVEMENT OPPOSE THE WAR IN IRAQ? Iraq War Quiz Amendment 2: "Save our Wetlands" Liberty, Freedom & the Public (Access) Demonstration at the NRA convention in Orlando, April 26
May/June 2003	Lies and Damn Lies Florida feminists demand ERA "Where his carnage and his conquests cease he makes a solitude and calls it-peace!" Statewide peace meeting May 31 on next steps for the movement Depleted Uranium danger: Don't ask, don't tell Iraqi scientist targeted unfairly, her U.S. publishers charge US forecast use of depleted uranium weapons in Iraq Department of Peace? Critical resistance meeting May 24 GI Rights hotline in Gainesville Living wages against the law? Medusa: Local artists and community organizations get a head High-stakes tests warp school priorities, group says Right wing agenda for public schools: Video games? International Solidarity Movement members killed by Israeli military Palestinian Film Festival New Michael Moore film to focus on the Bushes and bin Ladens U.S. threatens Cuba, citing Iraq as an example Letter from the Cuban Ambassador When the media fails "Climate of fear" rules Afghanistan Exact Change
August/ September 2003	Bring them home now NOW demands changes after UF axes softball player Wolfowitz: Iraq war was about oil Iraq occupation watch Victims punished, criminals set free, this is the fair law of the "liberators" Washington admits to secret airport list of activists Families want troops home Looking to the future... Colonel attacked by seething spouses Civics lesson Documentary films on media, from Toxic Sludge to Mickey Mouse Radical Rush coming soon UF's board: Bring them home! Palestine: Freedom Summer
October 2003	Protesters to meet Miami FTAA trade meeting November 19-21 Noam Chomsky to speak in Gainesville October 21 Iraqi woman shares story in Gainesville Oct. 25th: March for an end to the occupation of Iraq SDS/Weather Underground veteran to speak WTO beached in Cancún In U.S.-occupied Iraq, labor protest is a crime Palestine report: International Solidarity Movement speaker Oct. 22 Sprawl-Mart; super sized? Congressional watchdog agency finds claims of malpractice insurance "crisis" not substantiated Voting Technology and Elections Radical Rush starts Sept. 30 Protecting the Right to Dissent Heartbroken about our country's actions, ready for a renewed freedom movement Film on 2000 elections theft shows Monday, Oct. 6
November/ December 2003	Feminists campaign for Morning-After Pill access Storm Watch for Miami Nov. 19-21 Conference on "A Question of Race" Kennedy Homes residents want safe public housing USA PATRIOT Act--what does the acronym really stand for? Americans accused of brutal 'punishment' tactics against villagers Israeli pilots protest Students take action for Affirmative Action The first complete reunion of the fabulous Rhythm & Blues Revue Civic Media Center celebrated 10th Anniversary with Chomsky talk "Chomsky and the CMC changed my life" Chomsky: Where's the security in Bush's National Security Strategy? New questions on 1967 Israeli attack on U.S. intelligence ship Eastside Highschool Presents A Midsummer Night's Dream
January/February 2004	Outsourcing our elections Feminists promise civil disobedience to get Morning-After Pill over the counter Bush puts overtime pay and the 40-hour week on the chopping block GI Rights Hotline starting for Florida Bush immigration policy gives employers more power over workers Teach-in: Media and the war in Iraq, Feb. 1 Zapatistas Celebrate Ten Local governments vote for public access TV, but that's just the start Granny D: America's longest night
March 2004	The hidden wounded Group starts "Medicare Road Show" to tell awful truth about new drug benefit law Photo caption story on the Morning-After Pill Rising star behind bars in case of racist injustice Elections Verifiable voting Miami Activist Defense's response to the criminalization of dissent Intelligence failures? Oscar winner "Hearts and Minds" at Hipp April 5th. Haiti: U.S. fanning the flames
April 2004	Feminists march for abortion rights & freedom April 25 Granny D. touring Florida registering women to vote Nationalize Wal-Mart Campus Counterpoise Iraq war veteran publicly refuses military service Haiti's army turns back the clock Insiders speaking out, being heard, despite administration flim-flam 1,500 reasons for marriage equality Common Ground conference April 17-18th It's National Poetry Month!
May/June 2004	An Iraqi reaction to abuse photos One million march for women's reproductive rights Media puts spotlight on abuses, no light on occupation itself Abuse common in U.S. prisons, activists say A note from the editors ... Vanishing Votes Pastors for Peace friendshipment to Cuba Florida voter roll purge: Here we go again Occupation watch Organizers strategize about fight for National Health Insurance Marxism 2004 ACLU leader on PATRIOT Act "Fire the Liar" pickets Journeys with George Medicare drug cards a raw deal for seniors Esther M. Nighbert
July/August 2004	Florida officials back down on voter purge list Fla. College Activist Conference Aug. 6-8 Reservist Camilo Mejia jailed for refusing to participate in human rights abuses in Iraq Released British detainees describe torture at U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay Primary voting August 31 Gainesville Area NOW begins canvassing campaign to get out women's votes Give it back, George: The Ken Lay loot that bought the White House Candidate Bruderly condemns Congress for failing to repeal library provisions of Patriot Act Why the independent politics movement needs a Democrat in the White House "CHOICES" health care measure on Aug. 31 ballot
September/October 2004	The Coming Storm Republicans dupe student voters International election observer team arrives in U.S. Voter ID problems in Florida primaries Florida GOP urged its voters to bypass touch-screen machines as unreliable To Catch a Thief "Words of Choice" puts reproductive rights on stage Michael Moore: Enough with the handwringing! Republican convention: A review Who Seized Simona Torretta? A political arrest, after all John Kerry's testimony against the Vietnam War Voter's guide
November/December 2004	Mandate or Votegate? Crimes in Fallujah Stolen elections? You bet Black Orlando voters challenged Long lines caused by machine shortages--in certain areas Bush's Morality: Electoral terrorism and war on the Hood Ohio: None dare call it voter suppression and fraud Axis of Evil versus the Great Satan Report: Civil rights record of Bush administration abysmal Penny Wheat steps down after 16 years on County Commission Mosque shooting --an Iraqi view
January/February 2005	Who stood up for democracy in Ohio? Nine arrested at the FDA; Morning-After Pill decision pending Bush administration blocks birth control access at every turn Wheels of Justice bus visits G'ville "A Great And Mighty Walk: The life of John Henrik Clarke" Iraq news you won't find in the corporate media Striking unions ask for international support Electoral program of the Iraqi Left Original musical Really Leary hits the stage January 27 George W. Bush and the end of conservatism Honoring the murdered of the SOA Counter-inauguration Jan. 20 Aceh: Indonesian military stands in way of tsunami relief efforts Review: Star of Goliath
March 2005	Iraq war veteran speaks out 'Silent march' of footprints to remember war dead UF & UCF researchers involved in pain weapon studies Social Security privatization: Show me the money Bush budget: All guns, no butter McLibel case--partial victory for free speech against megacorps U.S. Encouraged by ___ Vote: Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite____ Terror Students organize against military recruiters in schools Hadi Saleh, Iraqi unionist, murdered in Baghdad Public Access Television: What's next? Gainesville City Election, Tuesday, March 29th Highlights "The Take" a film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein Social Security isn't the Crisis--Health Care is the Crisis! Civic Media Center events for March
April 2005	Iraqis agree, "U.S. Out" Tasers: police torture weapons County NAACP to tackle black history in schools Interview with Azza Showket Local women to commit civil disobedience by giving out morning-after pill April 19th Bush launches preemptive attack on Social Security Prescription drug advertising: Some advocate return to ban Women's Self-Defense Class Sat. April 16th 2-4 p.m. Good things happening in Venezuela USA #1? Civic Media Center Spring Board with Diane Roberts Civic Media Center -- April Events
May/June 2005	New $550m coal plant? Citizens group urges cleaner alternatives Social Security crisis? If Bush gets his way Health care is the real crisis Bankruptcy in the trust fund? More lies. DON'T LET WAL-MART DESTROY NORTHSIDE PARK! Native Florida radicals speak at CMC event Lebanon--and Syria Voters not a priority for Florida Legislature Art exhibit takes aim at our political-media-military circus Debt slavery: Bankruptcy bill rewards usury A Palestinian prison-state? Smoking gun war plan memo ignored by US press Civic Media Center May/June Events
July/August 2005	Opposition to military recruitment crimps Bush plan for endless war Civic Media Center receives radio license Testimony on War Crimes and the Recent Situation in Iraq Reactionary political Islam and the Iraqi resistance Department of Peace Forum Fair Trade makes it to Florida Iranian elections Quickly buried Iraq news U.S.: Wait, don't interrogate Saddam 82 Iraqi legislators tell U.S. to withdraw No punishment for killing injured prisoner in mosque Voting machines hacked in Leon County People of the United States! We are Unitarian Jihad! Robert A. "Bob" Blume
September 2005	Aftermath of Katrina: Nothing natural about it Anti-war march in D.C. September 24 How can a natural disaster be political? This is how. Iraqnam Who is John Roberts? How the free market killed New Orleans No money for levees--all spent on warNew Orleans People's Committee formed to build anti racist recovery effort New Orleans People's Committee formed to build anti racist recovery effort Voices from the disaster UF must recognize faculty union, court says; Board of Trustees still resistant The FBI Files: Paintings/Collages by Arnold Mesches County buys paperless voting machines Hogtown Justice Stetson Kennedy's 89th birthday party
October 2005	Gas prices Enronized, secret memos show Right to recruit? Citgo BUY-cott Reflections on the September 24 march in DC Workshops set on ex-felon civil rights Hogtown Justice Iraqi feminists condemn draft constitution Why Gainesville should not build another coal power plant Permanent Occupation? Anti-execution speaker Oct. 14 Media panel discussion on Hurricane Katrina: Did the Media Do the Right Thing? The "Armies of Compassion" were AWOL in New Orleans after Katrina
November/ December 2005	Nominee Alito opposes abortion, worker's rights An American Hero 53% say impeach if Bush lied about war Health care, disability benefits at heart of Sprint strike in Ocala 'I treated people who had their skin melted' Chemical weapons in Fallujah Gentrifying Disaster National Lawyers Guild opposes Alito nomination It's a pro-choice, pro Roe v. Wade country The Coal War on Appalachia: Went to the mountaintop but it wasn't there Vine Deloria Jr. passes after a life of seminal work
January 2006	New Orleans' grassroots struggle and rebuild It's not up to the Court Jan. 20-22: Florida NOW Conference Cuba-Venezuela collaboration treats blindness Devolving Florida schools Alligator's anti-Indian cartoon notable for racism and stupidity Democracy shot in Ohio? Sami Al-Arian acquitted of all serious charges Frank Wilkinson, fighter for the First Amendment Seymour Hersh's new book-made possible by the disgruntled Government by Giveaway
February 2006	Put polluting power plant choice to a vote, group says Impeachment? -- a Teach-In Decline of U.S. empire good for the US of A, speaker argues City Elections Picks Can't afford health insurance? Qualifying may get easier for County program HR 676--National Health Insurance bill before Congress New progressive website launched locally Willie and Lobo concert Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on "Our Environmental Destiny" V-Fest Feb 14th - Feb 17th 2006 Corporate deregulation threatens internet Angela Davis speaks at UF on executions and political icons Industrial Workers of the World Organizing in Gainesville Support the Department of Peace After the war Anne Feeney
May/June 2006	HR 676--a bill in Congress for National Health Insurance Women on campus speak out for abortion and birth control June 7, National Day of Action for National Health Care bill HR 676 How to encourage GRU to be energy efficient A CALL TO ACTION What is the "social wage"? What does it have to do with women's equality? Learn about it in a NOW study group, starting in June Stagnant Wages? Made in USA Let's deport immigration myths We Need Alachua General Hospital! City Commission considers domestic partner registry and gender identity protections Local activist arrested while inspecting ballot records in Alachua
July/August 2006	Residents testify: Insurance cos. are blocking our health care Israel attacks Lebanon Correction Healthcare hearing conclusions Free Speech curtailed at Florida's universities and community colleges UF Grad Labor Union reaches agreement with administration on health care benefit Gulf War veteran to speak August 17th at Wild Iris Books Why is candidate Grapski banned from Alachua? Is there a reporter at the Sun? Labor Party speaker on "Why we need a party of our own" The Weather Underground & The American Radical Legacy: A book reading & discussion with Dan Berger Twilight of Democracy author at CMC July 25 Gainesville Area NOW Consciousness-Raising Study Group Series Florida con Salsa The stolen election of 2004
September 2006	SDS meets in Chicago Women: Don't be fooled by the FDA on Plan B Judge finds punitive voter registration law unconstitutional Radical Rush 2006 Department of Peace Walk-a-Thon Students can 'opt out' of giving military their info Cynthia McKinney's Election Night Remarks August 8, 2006 Civic Media Center -- September Events Election picks for Sept. 5th primary New Orleans, one year after the flood
January 2007	Is Bush setting us up for war with Iran? Iran is willing to negotiate, is the U.S.? Bush's new Iran policy - no evidence for IED charges Satire, storytelling, music at the Thomas Center Wed. Feb. 28 Residents mobilizing to block expanded superdevelopment Michael Parenti to speak in G'ville February 21 Peace picketers attacked on 34th & Archer Rd. I'd rather teach peace The slippery slope of market-based medicine Poet Amiri Baraka on the freedom movement and Black art "Negroes With Guns"@ Hipp Feb. 5
March 2007	Acquitted but still in prison, Sami al-Arian on hunger strike April 4 Protest at Blue Cross/Blue Shield Election shocker: Alachua disqualifies all challengers New murder charges against former Black Panthers New York Times hypes Venezuelan threat Project Occupation Upcoming anti-war actions
November/December 2007	An Iraq veteran speaks out against the war Gainesville's Nuclear Future? Gainesville IWW holds benefit for Wobblies attacked in R.I. UF Progressive Caucus forms No End in Sight at Hipp Dec. 3 What distracts us from impeachment? The frame-ups continue Solstice Celebration Dec. 21, new location Riverbend: Bloggers Without Borders... Art at the CMC: What does peace mean to you? 1994-model Dick Cheney predicts disaster if U.S. invades Iraq
January 2008	Iraq war veterans plan Winter Soldier hearing The Ghosts of Cité Soleil, Haiti Defending the constitution is real patriotism New Jersey votes to abolish the death penalty Iguana election picks The Kickstand aims for neighborhood pedal power WGOT 94.7 Low Power FM is on the air Film-makers report from inside the Iraqi resistance “9-11 Truth”—political silver bullet or morass of bullshit? Gaza siege:The lessons of violence Gaza: Israeli peace groups call for urgent action Burger King attempts to roll back farmworker victories
March 2008	Union targets Aramark for repressing workers, ripping off eaters Democracy Now! on the air in Gainesville U.S. veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan wars to tell all Local Winter Soldier Events City actions make homelessness effectively illegal Palestinian activist still in jail, on hunger strike for a third time Motherland Afghanistan: A film by Sedika Mojadidi "Indy Scum" win against Greek power in UF Student Government Greenwater? Films at the Civic Media Center Mondays in March and April Civic Media Center's SpringBoard features Ottón Solís at Matheson Museum Obama glosses Colombian attack in Ecuador; Clinton calls for escalation against Venezuela Look beyond the media on Venezuela Labor and feminist singer Anne Feeney in concert March 15
April 2008	U.S. war veterans speak at Winter Soldier hearing Winter Soldiers' Testimony Iraq vet: Rules of Engagement 'Thrown out the window' 'It's not so much about the mission anymore' Civic Media Center: April Events April 3 rally against homelessness recalls King's last speech Coalition wants UF to engage in socially responsible investing Iguana benefit April 18 features Dave Lippman
May/June 2008	Venezuela: “We never imagined we would see so many changes” Veterans for Peace plan Memorial Day display Making history in Venezuela Progressive resources on Venezuela Oppose Amendment 2 Against the Chain Uncounted at the Civic Media Center May 20 & 27th Signature ad drive calls on candidates to be bold and “stand up to health insurance companies” Democrat Tim Cunha challenges Stearns for Congress Student hunger strike ends but issue won’t go away Iraqi unionists send Mayday message to West Coast dockworkers John Arthur “Jack” Penrod (1913-2008)
July/August 2008	New Florida election rule called "Kafkaesque" August 26, 2008 primary: Vote Byerly, Roy in August 26 primary election Much at stake in Aug. 26 primary Florida farm workers wring concessions from Burger King A boss is still a boss Private health insurance companies:--regulate them or eradicate them? Global Article 9 campaign to abolish war launched in Japan Union asks why UF holds $80 million slush fund during cuts Death of a Gator Nation Loving them to death Florida Sheriff distributes terroristic t-shirts
October 2008	The economic meltdown and what do about it Member of SF 8 faces Florida charges ACORN's response to McCain's smear ad Amendment 2 could strip partner benefits from couples Labor Party to show "Recount" Oct. 28 School tax referendum point-counterpoint Support Mike Byerly Cliff Stearns, No-show Early Voting and Vote by Mail info Iguana's Election Picks October 18th, 2008 Civic Media Center's 15th anniversary celebration events Pennie Diann Foster, 1954-2008

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