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166 [lbo-talk] biz ethics/slavery/groups/constitutional -- rank: 411

From: ravi <gadfly at exitleft.org> miles responds to my question: > As often as I bring up examples of hunting and gathering tribes to > illustrate that our social arrangements are neither necessary nor > universal, the anthropological research supports Justin's point: > h & g societies tend to be intolerant of diversity (if ...

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Author:	Charles Brown
Date:	Fri Sep 3 08:06:48 PDT 2004

167 [lbo-talk] sense of proportion (was" Yobs in uniform) -- rank: 404

... I watched a documentary on KQED investigating the subject of police brutality in SF. According to that source, of the entire SF ... fraction, indeed, were responsible for virtually all citizen complaints of brutality. The source also stated that these individuals had a strong ... individuals. I think this situation is fairly typical of most police departments across this country - the abuses are rather sporadic, and ... powers that be, but who definitely do not represent the police force as a whole. Needless to say that such abuses ...

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Author:	Wojtek Sokolowski
Date:	Mon Aug 22 11:29:36 PDT 2005

168 Calif prison guards win another -- rank: 404

... STATE PROSECUTE GUARDS Justice: Organization's clout is apparent as brutality cases remain under the jurisdiction of county district attorneys. By ... plan that would have allowed California's top cop to police the state's vast prison system died a quiet death ... down on rogue guards. The bill would have removed prison brutality cases from the purview of local prosecutors and placed them ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jul 19 09:15:30 PDT 1999

169 Fw: [anarchism] CALL TO ACTION: THE EVOLUTION OF A MOVEMENT -- rank: 404

Joe R. Golowka End the American Police State! Anarchist FAQ - http://www.infoshop.org/faq "Freedom without ... privilege and injustice, and socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality." -- Mikhail Bakunin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lakota" <lakota at disinfo.net ...

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Author:	Joe R. Golowka
Date:	Sat Aug 5 19:46:01 PDT 2000

170 [lbo-talk] Re: Beaten Black Man's Death a Homicide (Cincinnati) -- rank: 404

Dear List: Wojtek writes: > I think that NAACP and other "black civil rights groups" would spend their resources more effectively if they focused on changing the behavior of certain black males instead of crying "wolf" each time these males get in trouble with the law. What specific behavior are you referring ...

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Author:	BklynMagus
Date:	Thu Dec 4 12:24:18 PST 2003

171 Fw: Thoughts on the Meaning of the Philly Protest by Leslie Cagan -- rank: 404

-----Original Message----- From: Michael Eisenscher <meisenscher at igc.org> To: Solidarity4Ever at igc.topica.com <Solidarity4Ever at igc.topica.com> Date: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 10:28 AM Subject: Thoughts on the Meaning of the Philly Protest by Leslie Cagan >Plese feel free to pass this along to other... >--------------------------------------- >THOUGHTS ...

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Author:	Andrew English
Date:	Tue Aug 15 17:33:33 PDT 2000

172 Convention Demonstrators Are Held on Very High Bail -- rank: 399

... with eight misdemeanors. Bail for three other defendants whom the police considered ringleaders of the street protests was set

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Sat Aug 5 13:59:16 PDT 2000

173 [lbo-talk] two views of the French riots -- rank: 399

New York Times - November 9, 2005 Get French or Die Trying By OLIVIER ROY Paris THE rioting in Paris and other French cities has led to a lot of interpretations and comments, most of them irrelevant. Many see the violence as religiously motivated, the inevitable result of unchecked immigration from Muslim ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Nov 9 07:38:27 PST 2005

174 [lbo-talk] UMass Boston tussle -- rank: 399

... at Boston was arrested Thursday and charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest after an altercation with a recruiter ... the head" for their antiwar views. Shouting ensued, and the police were summoned to restore order. Mr. Van Der Meer did not respond to a telephone message seeking comment. Police officers on the Boston campus declined to comment. A UMass ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 7 09:42:59 PDT 2003

175 [lbo-talk] Droning on: the rise of the machines -- rank: 399

Droning on: the rise of the machines by Anthony Allen Marcus, Ananthakrishnan Aiyer and Kirk Dombrowski http://www.springerlink.com/content/lk30583pl725792n/?MUD=MP Five activists have been sentenced for their role in a protest against U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan at a New York military base last ...

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Author:	CHRISTOPHERR CARRICO
Date:	Wed Jun 13 11:41:33 PDT 2012

176 [lbo-talk] Oakland General Strike Call -- rank: 399

... protesting the bank-driven economic crisis were brutally attacked by police from 18 Bay Area agencies on Tuesday Oct. 25. Mayor ... in the port against anti-war protesters in 2003. That police attack was even criticized by the UN Human Rights Commission ... Billy Kepo'o was hit in the hand by a police Oakland teachers march in solidarity with Occupy Oakland, Oct. 26 ... vet, Scott Olsen, was hit in the head with a police projectile, causing a fracture and putting him in critical co

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Author:	Angelus Novus
Date:	Fri Oct 28 12:41:49 PDT 2011

177 latest from Philly -- rank: 399

... phillyimc.org> BREAKING NEWS Wednesday, August 2nd, 2000 3:00pm Police have been seen sending arrest squads to the area around ... their bags dumped at the Roundhouse. 2:45pm Sixty riot police are converging on 6th and Race. 2:35pm Tactical teams ... at 7th and Arch. 2:27pm At 12th and Race, police cornered IMC reporters, prevented them from reporting, tried to disable ... reporter in the face. 2:22pm Two reports of plainclothes police officers following IMC reporters. 2:15pm One person was harrassed by police at 7th and Race for not having ID. There is ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Aug 2 13:08:15 PDT 2000

178 [lbo-talk] Wash. Post 8/10/07: For some in Oakland, editor's death shows subversion of black activism -- rank: 399

... no single killing in decades. It was not just the brutality that stunned the city. To some, the suspect's ties ...

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Author:	Rick Kisséll
Date:	Fri Aug 10 14:42:35 PDT 2007

179 [lbo-talk] Saddam-Lite -- rank: 399

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/16/1089694565543.html?from=storylhs Hard man for a tough country Sydney Morning Herald July 17, 2004 His enemies say he was an assassin for Saddam Hussein. Now Iyad Allawi is accused of personally executing prisoners. Paul McGeough examines the dark background of ...

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Author:	Bill Bartlett
Date:	Fri Jul 16 07:41:44 PDT 2004

180 Beeson & Singer/ prenatal diagnosis -- rank: 397

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > > The Thalidomide Victims Association of Canada (TVAC) is an > organization representing approximately 125 Canadians born disabled > as a consequence of the drug Thalidomide. TVAC provides non-monetary > programs and services, education, and advocacy for its members. > Members of the Association call themselves "Thalidomiders". > I don't think Gregor ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Aug 8 17:28:40 PDT 2001