There are two new deadlines set in teh stadium controversy: an eviction court hearing on Feb 24, and a March 6 deadline for baseball to accept or reject the deal.

Three councilmembers betrayed the people who voted for the by voting for the stadium after being elected on a paltform to stop it: former mayor Marion Barry,Vincent Gray, and Kwame Brown.

There is now discussion in the community of petitioning the stadium lease to the ballot-and of recall petitions against all councilmembers who voted for the stadium.

Yesterday the Raging Grannies protested outside the 8202 Ga Ave military recruiting office in Silver Spring, MD near DC, demanding to be accepted instead of America's youth.

As the recruiter closed shop(as usual),the Raging Grannies instead blocked the doors, leading to five arrests. Afterwards protestors stayed put another half hour or more to keep the recruiter from re-opening

National Organizations Call for FEMA Structural Change;
Expose Unmet Needs of Children Struggling in Katrina’s Aftermath

20 percent of nurses have left work

UPI reports that some 20 percent of U.S. nurses have left the profession, and 55 percent of nurses surveyed by their professional association said they would not recommend the career to others.

Its not so much that we support political violence,
its that political violence is inevitable if we are to
take revolution seriously. That said I think that the
rest of your question is answered. The problem is
access to real training. Of course we will never have
a force large enough to take a government out but, if
people were taught specific skills, I think the
system could be destabilized. If its destabilized at
home then they will have to deal with internal
conflict rather than slaughtering people all over the
planet.

A collection of radio broadcasts by the populist entertainer of the '20s and '30s. 56 minutes and 26 seconds.

This is a 17min audio piece put together as the outro for the wednesday Indymedia London Newswire Show that goes out on Resonance FM every week. The first 11 minutes include an edited version of an interview made with one of the delegates from the Bolivian Solidarity Campaign who was at last weekends benefit gig. The first section also includes one track recorded live during the gig. The final six minutes are throw away filler design to coincide with the end of the hour long show.

4.33 mins of audio from Reclaim Love 3 (OIL - Operation Infinite Love) held in London Sat 11th before valentine's Day
....reclaiming love from the corporations.
96kbps mono 48 KHz 3.13MB

On Saturday hundreds of people took part in the Reclaim Love 3 gathering at the Eros statue in london.

OIL - or Operation Infinite Love, saw around 600 people dancing together and affirming 'life and love' rather than 'love for sale'...

phone conversation with Patrick Elie in Port-au-Prince about aftermath of election and Haitian people's taking to the streets to demand real results that they believe should put Preval in as President...and more (14:08)