Ordinary Americans Propose their Common Sense Ideas

Ordinary Americans Propose their Big Ideas

Three months ago, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) asked Americans to submit common sense ideas on how we can strengthen our economy and improve the day-to-day lives of working men and women and their families. Today, we have a winner...

Here's some of the stories from Indymedia London Radio's weekly broadcast on Resonance FM - taken from UK and Global Indymedia, and this week a few stories culled from the excellant Schnews. Audio from this weeks show is uploaded below
(1hour 40.7MB 96kbps mono .mp3)

Only half these stories were used on the radio show, as there was also a phone interview about the ongoing 2001 Diaz school raid court case in Italy, and a 20 min piece about the High Court challenge of the use of Section 44 of the terrorism act against protestors.

Bush Administration Profiteering From Bird Flu Leads to a Balm from Giliad

Public Citizen's advocate Suzanne Brezovich tells us about the medical trials planned for the flu remedy. Apparently, in order to create a vaccine that works for every kind of bird flu, they have to create a germ. Since a disease of a sparrow is not one that a robin can catch, the Avian Flu, which does not now exist, will have to be created in order to cure it.

The indymedia radio show of the 25th january 2006 from 3cr radio melbourne, australia. features local, nation, regional and global indymedia news features, and activist tech news. 1 hour.

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38:51 minute Audio of State of the Union Protest in Phoenix Az as Bush was speaking of State of the Union in Washington DC. About 150 protesters at 24thSt & Camelback

PS:Better audio after 18 minutes of 38 minute audio

First draft of a "podsafe" song in response to the Genova G8 Diaz School Raid Court Case.

PODSAFE SONG: Puedes Ser Mi Ami

Lyrics:

hey, D
what're ya doin
after the revolution. G D
meet me in miami G D
biscayne and 2nd st A D
we'll tip over that tank D
that friggin scary tank G D
we'll sing and dance upon it. G D
ooh, won't that be sweet. A D

neat

Features a horrific Laura Ingrams mix that can frighten children, Moshe's take on the now infamous Hugo Chavez Descendants-of-the-Same-People-That-Crucified-Christ speech and the evil e-mail from Martin of NIMFM, World Anti-Copyright De facto Policeman.

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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
—Abraham Lincoln
American 16th US president (1861-65), 1809-1865.

Sharing the Wealth: Bonuses for Low-Income Workers

Timbuk2 distributed checks totaling more than $1 million at its Mission District factory to 40 employees participating in its wealth-sharing program.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
—Abraham Lincoln
American 16th US president (1861-65), 1809-1865.

Don't shut down VA hospitales, let more people use them

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
—Abraham Lincoln
American 16th US president (1861-65), 1809-1865.

Workers condemn Ford job cuts
The main US auto union called Ford Motor Co.'s decision to cut tens of thousands of jobs "devastating" and blamed the company management for the failure to protect market share.