County Workers March for a Fair Contract

''County workers provide many vital services that make Santa Cruz County a better place to live,'' one of the organizers said. ''Many of these services require a level of training and experience that are difficult to quickly replace. Workers are marching for community support to maintain community services by retaining the people who provide them.''

Lecture by Native American scholar and activist Andrea Smith. 1 hour and 16 minutes.

Native American scholar/activist Andrea Smith spoke on the topic of her new book, "Conquest:Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide." Smith was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and is a member of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence.

The lecture took place at the Wealthy Street Theatre in Grand Rapids, Michigan on February 7, 2006.

Audio files where an Irish journalist makes false claims that a small Irish trade union was responsible for organising a demonstration that turned into a riot in Dublin at the end of February 2006. These files are ancillary to an Indymedia Ireland front page feature.

The celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans ended on Feb. 28, the day before the scheduled evictions. Toward the end of an Associated Press article, Katrina evacuee Samuel Spade, who is currently staying in Houston, says, “With them putting on Mardi Gras, without still having not addressed the basic human needs in this city, why that’s just a slap in the face. I can’t go home, but they can have a parade? That’s ridiculous.”

Thousands of Katrina survivors face eviction
By LeiLani Dowell
New York
Published Mar 2, 2006 10:29 PM

New Orleans and the struggle against racism, and poverty during Mardi Gras!

This is an interview with Mayaba Liebanthal a resident of New Orleans, and activist with Critical Resistance, and INCITE.

New Orleans and the struggle against racism, and poverty during Mardi Gras!

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Please play this PSA on your community radio, or internet radio program.

Thank you on behalf of the Bundjulung people.

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A weekly review of news at the intersection of media and democracy.

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In this week's program: A diverse coalition writes an open letter to AOL questioning its decision to implement an "e-mail tax." And Noam Chomsky chastises the mainstream media for ignoring a core question surrounding the occupation of Iraq.

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Lara and Massimo of Banda Zingara speak about the perilous state of Italy and global social problems - as well as the myriad reasons for craic to be had.