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3016 [lbo-talk] Leon Letwin (1929-2015) -- rank: 106

An expert on evidence, civil procedure and constitutional law, Leon Letwin was on the faculty of UCLA Law School for more than fifty years. A lifelong social justice activist, he pioneered law school affirmative action programs, was an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War, and was at the forefront of defending ...

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Author:	Joseph Catron
Date:	Tue Jul 14 12:30:51 PDT 2015

3017 Next WB meeting in an African nation? -- rank: 106

... is crying to Bush for Federal money to pay for police overtime etc. Maybe he wants to hire some of his ...

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Author:	Max Sawicky
Date:	Fri Aug 10 20:08:02 PDT 2001

3018 Field Marshal Dolan -- rank: 106

["something of a cross between Lenin and Woody Allen?" Where do they come up with this crap! I can't imagine the genetically engineered clone of Vlad and Woody going to work for that racist hack of a mayor Richard Riordan. Perhaps that's where Dolan learned that he could ...

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Author:	Jeffrey St. Clair
Date:	Wed Dec 15 10:07:10 PST 1999

3019 WB meets its critics -- rank: 106

[from the WB's daily clipping service] IMF AND WORLD BANK TO MEET ACTIVISTS. The International Monetary Fund and World Bank have agreed to a public debate with leading anti-globalization activists during the organizations' annual meetings in Washington next month, reports the Financial Times (p.1). The debate, in ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Aug 20 08:37:21 PDT 2001

3020 Contemporary FBI repression/surveillance/LeonardPeltier/Left unity -- rank: 106

Michael: Could you post this for me on PEN-L and LBO and anywhere else it might usefully fit? Thanks very much! Hunterbear WEBSITE ADDITIONS AT LAIR OF HUNTERBEAR Hunter Gray [Hunterbear] Our large website -- Lair of Hunterbear www.hunterbear.org -- is constantly being up-dated and feathered-out. Our website ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Fri Aug 31 07:47:33 PDT 2001

3021 [lbo-talk] deadly force -- rank: 106

... html Dec 10, 2009 6:11 am US/Eastern Audio: Police OK Woman's Killing Of Intruder Okla. Man Shot, Killed ... Woman's Home Entire Horrifying Incident Recorded On Call With Police Dispatcher CUSHING, Okla. (CBS) Billy Riley, 53, was shot and ...

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Author:	Dennis Claxton
Date:	Thu Dec 10 16:12:06 PST 2009

3022 [lbo-talk] the politics of framing -- rank: 106

Behind the Privatization of the UC, a Riot Squad of Police November 27, 2009 By GEORGE CICCARIELLO-MAHER [...] Particularly egregious in ... that since the students knew they would be met with police violence, they would themselves be responsible for creating that violence ... repeatedly to the occupiers, insisting that there had been no police violence, no rubber bullets, and no injuries outside the building ...

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Author:	Eric Beck
Date:	Tue Dec 8 14:38:25 PST 2009

3023 US pulls out peace envoy as Israel kills four in Gaza raids -- rank: 106

Well, that sends a strong signal to the Israeli terrorists: kill people and we'll ... leave. CK Sunday December 16, 7:46 AM US pulls out peace envoy as Israel kills four in Gaza raids A frustrated United States announced the recall of its Middle East peace envoy after Israeli forces ...

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Author:	Chris Kromm
Date:	Sat Dec 15 17:04:02 PST 2001

3024 UN Security Council Stresses "the Need for a Substantial International Presence in East Timor after Independence" -- rank: 106

M2 PRESSWIRE February 1, 2001 HEADLINE: UN Security Council extends UNTAET mandate to 31 January 2002 Urging further delegation of authority to the East Timorese people in the Territory's transition to independence, the Security Council this afternoon extended the current mandate of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Wed Feb 7 00:43:41 PST 2001

3025 'Miami Mayor Spends Night in Jail' -- rank: 106

... on the case Thursday, encouraged by radio stations who claimed police were persecuting the mayor because of his criticism of the ...

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Author:	Carl Remick
Date:	Thu Feb 8 22:17:44 PST 2001

3026 IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 217, PRESEVO PEACE PLAN REJE CTED/- Guerrillas Reject Serbian Peace Plan -- rank: 106

Michael Pugliese wrote: > >WELCOME TO IWPR'S BALKAN CRISIS REPORT, NO. 217, February 9, 2001 > > > >PRESEVO PEACE PLAN REJECTED Albanian guerrillas operating in southern > Serbia > >reject Belgrade peace proposals amid renewed fighting. Dragana Nikolic > >reports from London > But Radio Free Europe *loves* the Presevo guerrillas. Check out this bizarre commentary from ...

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Author:	Seth Ackerman
Date:	Fri Feb 9 12:23:51 PST 2001

3027 British Bombs & Hong Kong Disneyland -- rank: 106

... some artillery shells may get carried there and buried undetected, police said Monday. The bombs could cause ''fairly extensive'' damage if ... over the weekend,'' McWhirter said from his office at the police Explos

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Fri Feb 9 16:03:40 PST 2001

3028 [lbo-talk] Black scholar arrest angers Obama -- rank: 106

... When on the receiving end of verbal disrespect, are the police > justified in making an arrest when no other law has ...

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Author:	Jordan Hayes
Date:	Sat Aug 1 13:29:14 PDT 2009

3029 Greenspan, Fischer -- rank: 106

James Heartfield wrote: > > In Europe, the Green Party is the proper inheritor of the curious > radicalism of the generation of 68 and its more morbid off-shoot, the > Red Army Factions. Outwardly militant and extreme, the RAF located the > problems of West German capitalism as the domination of Germany by > American ...

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Author:	Johannes Schneider
Date:	Sun Jan 7 23:52:48 PST 2001

3030 Fw: SNET: [Fwd: Inauguration protest summary] -- rank: 106

Looks like this Gun nut, Mr. Smith, on the SNETNEWS list at topica.com, is watching the IAC listserv to do CI all the other lefties about to desend on Washington, D.C. About halfway through this is the IAC viewpoint(?) on the various political forces that will be protesting from ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Mon Jan 8 10:25:21 PST 2001