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#803

From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Sat Jan 24, 2004 5:15 pm
Subject: What's News at Frontlines: New articles

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FRONTLINES, the newspaper of the Left
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

New Articles just published!

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The Gonzalez Campaign: A Necessary Balance-sheet
By Carlos Petroni

We have purposely delayed this balance-sheet. We wanted the main actors
of the drama to speak for themselves before we spoke about them and the
historic events of the last three months of last year's political life
in the City.

Read the complete article at:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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For a Green Presidential Campaign in 2004
By Howie Hawkins

"I have no interest in a third party candidacy. None," says Kucinich. "I
want to do it the other way -- bring third party candidates into the
{Democratic] Party and get support in the primaries."
-- Ruth Conniff, "The Peace Candidate," The Progressive, April 2003

[Kucinich] recently told the Cleveland Plain Dealer: "The Democratic
Party created third parties by running to the middle. What I'm trying to
do is to go back to the big tent so that everyone who felt alienated
could come back through my candidacy."
-- CounterPunch, April 2003

Read the complete article at:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com
+++

Greens speak up: The Regime We Must Change is Bipartisan
By Howie Hawkins and Ron Ehrenreich

Can peace and freedom activists resist wars abroad and repression at
home by supporting a presidential candidate who supports war and
repression?

One would think that the answer to that question would be obviously no!
Yet Paul Street and Michael Albert answer yes in the November 2003
Syracuse Peace Council Newsletter.

Read the complete article at:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com
+++
Bush's Iraq: an appointocracy

Washington wants carefully selected groups to do its bidding. Iraqis
marching in the streets want the vote
By NAOMI KLEIN

'The people of Iraq are free," declared U.S. President George W. Bush in
Tuesday's Stateof the Union address. The day before, 100,000 Iraqis
begged to differ.

They took to the streets of Baghdad shouting "Yes, yes to elections. No,
no to selection."

Read the complete article at:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com
+++
The Avocado Declaration (Part1)
By Peter Camejo
INTRODUCTION

The Green Party is at a crossroads. The 2004 elections place before us a
clear and unavoidable choice. On one side, we can continue on the path
of political independence, building a party of, by and for the people by
running our own campaign for President of the United States. The other
choice is the well-trodden path of lesser-evil politics, sacrificing our
own voice and independence to support whoever the Democrats nominate in
order, we are told, to defeat Bush.

Read the complete article at:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com
+++
George Bush will have caused the poisoning of hundreds of thousands
By Frederick Sweet

When this war ends, George Bush will have caused the poisoning of
hundreds of thousands more humans than he said Saddam Hussein poisoned.

In its 110,000 air raids against Iraq, the US A-10 Warthog aircraft
launched 940,000 depleted uranium shells, and in the land offensive, its
M60, M1 and M1A1 tanks fired a further 4,000 larger caliber also uranium
shells. The Bush administration and the Pentagon said there is no danger
to American troops or Iraqi civilians from breathing the uranium oxide
dust produced in depleted uranium (DU) weapons explosions.

Read the complete article at:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

Coming soon:

* New print edition of Frontlines.

* We will be dramatically updating our Spanish language pages

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#804

From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Mon Jan 26, 2004 8:03 pm
Subject: February 22: SF Conference for a New Progressive Left Movement

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*** Please, forward, print, copy, distribute widely ***

San Francisco: Announcing the First Conference
For the City's New Progressive Left Movement

Let's Organize the Left behind the Matt Gonzalez campaign

Sunday, February 22, 2004
9 AM - Registration and Breakfast served on the premises
10 AM - 5 PM - Conference proceedings
Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street
(Between Valencia and Guerrero)

Don’t let the energy and possibilities of the progressive left movement behind
the Matt Gonzalez candidacy disappear.

Help organize a new Progressive Left and Independent Movement in San Francisco
to participate in community struggles, in the unions, the antiwar movement and
to train and select candidates for local Elections.

The conference will include discussions and workshops on organizing around
issues affecting immigrants and people of color, trade union work and candidates
and propositions for upcoming elections.

We will also discuss how to enhance and support the most prominent points of the
Gonzalez campaign's progressive platform.

Position papers and draft resolutions will be forwarded to all registered
participants in advance of the conference. Draft papers along the lines of this
call to discuss at the conference are welcome.

A coordinating body will be voted on at the Conference.

If anything was proven in the Mayoral runoff election, it was that the local
Democratic Party political machine is an integral part of the Democratic Party
of Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Lieberman et al who mobilized vast resources to
support neo-liberal candidate Gavin Newsom and tried to destroy the emerging new
progressive movement behind the candidacy of Matt Gonzalez.

If you agree with:

• If you agree with breaking with the bi-partisan political regime of both the
Democratic Party’s and Republican Party’s leaderships and creating a new
progressive left and independent political movement.
* If you agree to campaign to register voters as Greens, P&FP or decline to
state and to set up an ongoing organization unifying Greens, socialists, working
class activists and people of color outside the two-party structures.
* If you agree that while working on issues with Democrats (war and peace, some
social issues, propositions, etc) is worthwhile, the movement should not waste
its energies trying to reform one of the two parties of the ruling elite and
thus should not work, support or encourage candidates running as Democrats
• If you agree with raising a local platform including municipal power;
non-citizens voting rights; progressive taxation; opposition to war, occupation
and the Patriot Act; economic development of working class neighborhoods;
reparations for Bayview Hunters Point; tenants’ rights and rent control;
workers’ rights; accessible housing for working families, people of color and
immigrants; IRV, and neighborhood control through elected neighborhood councils
…
• If you agree with choosing progressive left candidates democratically rather
than by top-down appointment or self-appointment and having those candidates be
accountable to the movement rather than vice versa...

...Then you are encouraged and welcomed to help organize
  and participate in this critical conference.

Organizing Committee Meetings Every Saturday at 6 PM
If you’re interested in participating, please call (415) 452-9992
Or e-mail to: alternative@...


SPACE IS LIMITED SO WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND REGISTERING NOW,
WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CONFERENCE.


FILL OUT AND MAIL / FAX / E-MAIL YOUR REGISTRATION FORM TODAY!

Name_______________________________

Address____________________________

Phone______________________________

E-Mail: ___________________________

(Your e-mail will be included in the Discussion list-server for the conference)

 Yes, I would like to be involved in the organizing of the Conference:

  Please, find enclosed check/money order for $10 for registration (fees
cover space rental, food and materials for the conference. No one will be turned
away for lack of funds)

  Please, find enclosed a donation of $______ to help with the registration
of people who cannot afford the registration fee.

Make checks/money orders to
(Provisional account):
Frontlines
3311 Mission Street, Suite 25
San Francisco, California 94110

Initial list of endorsers:

Frontlines newspaper; Immigrant Rights Movement (MDI); trade union activists in
ATU, SEIU and other unions; Mission District Greens; Left Party; Immigrant Labor
Organizing Committee; SF Bayview newspaper; Arabs Building Community; All
Islanders Gathering As One (AIGA-1); Maurice Campbell, chairperson Bayview
Hunters Point Community First Coalition; SF Green Party; Conscious Sound
Collective, SF; Seiji Carpenter, pollster and others. Please, fill in the form
above to be included in our list of endorsers.

For more information and/or send your registration:
Telephone: (415) 452-9992 OR (510) 289-8375
FAX: (415) 337-5113
E-Mail: alternative@...
Organizing Committee

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#805

From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:12 am
Subject: Newswire updates from Frontlines newspaper

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FRONTLINES, the newspaper of the Left
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

Just Published!

Daily news updates from the US, Latin America and the world in addition
to our unique coverage of local and left politics.

Read our "Newswire" section.  We update it every day.

Last articles published:

Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional
By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a portion of
the USA Patriot Act that bars giving expert advice or assistance to
groups designated foreign terrorist organizations.

The ruling marks the first court decision to declare a part of the
post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism statute unconstitutional, said David Cole,
a Georgetown University law professor who argued the case on behalf of
the Humanitarian Law Project.

Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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An End of Evil: The twisted Worldview of Richard Perle and David Frum

The US has invaded two countries during the course of one presidential
term. The US government is also embarked in the most ambitious crusade
to curtail democratic rights at home.

There is no doubt in anyone's mind that the building of "American
Imperium" is on at full speed.

Perhaps the greatest challenge for those now alive is to trust that the
neoconservatives mean precisely what they say. It is a difficult task,
for what they are saying seems so "contradictory that nobody could carry
it out" as the liberals used to say of Hitler's plans in the 1930s.

Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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While the World looks the other way: Storm brewing in Papua
By Tom Benedetti

A storm is quietly but rapidly gaining force in an overlooked corner of
the world. Papua (formerly West Papua or Irian Jaya) is being ravaged in
an escalating program of repression by the Indonesian military.

Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

+++
More deaths caused by Indonesian's Army in Aceh offensive
More deaths in Aceh offensive
Military operation has left 1300 rebels dead since last May

Eleven people have been killed, including a soldier who shot himself
after gunning down two civilians, in the latest violence in Indonesia's
Aceh province.

Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Report: The right of return for Palestinians
by Abdul-Ilah As-Saadi

Refugees have their right to return denied by Israel

The question of Palestinian refugees has been one of the core issues
facing negotiators in the Middle East peace process.

Back in 1948, the UN passed a now famous resolution, Resolution 194,
which stated:

"The refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with
their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable
date."

Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Labor Notes: California Grocery Strikers Hold
Month Three: California Grocery Strikers Hold Firm
by N. Renuka Uthappa
January 2004
Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

The southern California grocery strike entered its ninth week as
negotiations between United Food and Commercial Workers officials and
the three giant grocery chains allied against the union-Vons/Pavilions,
Albertsons, and Ralphs-broke down five days after they resumed on
December 2.
Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Opinion: Misleaders' Strategy Undermines Grocery Strike
By Charles Walker

On December 19, 2003, negotiators for the United Food and Commercial
Workers union (UFCW), representing 70,000 southern California strikers,
announced that that very day they had offered $350 million in
concessions in health care costs over three years to settle the
strike/lockout involving three major grocery chains, but the chains
rejected the offer.
Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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As we said before: Bush, Cheney and Powell lied about WMDs in Iraq
Kay Says Iraq Likely Had No Banned Arms
By KATHERINE PFLEGER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The former top U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq said Sunday
he believes Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) had no weapons of mass
destruction before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. David Kay said the
challenge for the United States now is to figure out why intelligence
indicated that the Iraqi president did have them.

Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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#806

From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:20 am
Subject: Gonzalez campaign's and other articles in Frontlines

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FRONTLINES, the newspaper of the Left
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

Just Published!

The Gonzalez Campaign: A Necessary Balance-sheet

This Election Changed the Political Landscape in San Francisco. The
Perspectives for the Left
By Carlos Petroni

We have purposely delayed this balance-sheet. We wanted the main actors
of the drama to speak for themselves before we spoke about them and the
historic events of the last three months of last year�s political life
in the City.

Read the complete article at: http://www.sf-frontlines.com
+++
For a Green Presidential Campaign in 2004
By Howie Hawkins

"I have no interest in a third party candidacy. None," says Kucinich. "I
want to do it the other way -- bring third party candidates into the
{Democratic] Party and get support in the primaries."
-- Ruth Conniff, "The Peace Candidate," The Progressive, April 2003

[Kucinich] recently told the Cleveland Plain Dealer: "The Democratic
Party created third parties by running to the middle. What I'm trying to
do is to go back to the big tent so that everyone who felt alienated
could come back through my candidacy."
-- CounterPunch, April 2003

Read the complete article at: http://www.sf-frontlines.com
+++
Greens speak up: The Regime We Must Change is Bipartisan
By Howie Hawkins and Ron Ehrenreich

Can peace and freedom activists resist wars abroad and repression at
home by supporting a presidential candidate who supports war and
repression?

One would think that the answer to that question would be obviously no!
Yet Paul Street and Michael Albert answer yes in the November 2003
Syracuse Peace Council Newsletter.

Read the complete article at: http://www.sf-frontlines.com
+++
Bush's Iraq: an appointocracy
Washington wants carefully selected groups to do its bidding. Iraqis
marching in the streets want the vote
By NAOMI KLEIN

'The people of Iraq are free," declared U.S. President George W. Bush in
Tuesday's Stateof the Union address. The day before, 100,000 Iraqis
begged to differ.
They took to the streets of Baghdad shouting "Yes, yes to elections. No,
no to selection."


Read the complete article at: http://www.sf-frontlines.com
+++
The Avocado Declaration (Part1)
By Peter Camejo

INTRODUCTION

The Green Party is at a crossroads. The 2004 elections place before us a
clear and unavoidable choice. On one side, we can continue on the path
of political independence, building a party of, by and for the people by
running our own campaign for President of the United States. The other
choice is the well-trodden path of lesser-evil politics, sacrificing our
own voice and independence to support whoever the Democrats nominate in
order, we are told, to defeat Bush.

Read the complete article at: http://www.sf-frontlines.com
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Camejo's Avocado Declaration (Part 2)

OPPOSITION IS RISING

Opposition is rising against Bush. The massive overwhelming majority of
the world is against Bush's war policies. The resistance to the
occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the inability of the U.S. media
and government to prevent the world from hearing the truth about these
events, is weakening Bush's standing. The corporate interests and their
media apparently want to make a great effort to get Bush elected, but if
this becomes too difficult, the Democratic Party will be prepared to
appear as an "opposition" that will continue the essence of Bush's
policy with new justifications, modifications and adjusted forms.

Read the complete article at: http://www.sf-frontlines.com
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George Bush will have caused the poisoning of hundreds of thousands
By Frederick Sweet
www2.iraqwar.ru

When this war ends, George Bush will have caused the poisoning of
hundreds of thousands more humans than he said Saddam Hussein poisoned.

In its 110,000 air raids against Iraq, the US A-10 Warthog aircraft
launched 940,000 depleted uranium shells, and in the land offensive, its
M60, M1 and M1A1 tanks fired a further 4,000 larger caliber also uranium
shells. The Bush administration and the Pentagon said there is no danger
to American troops or Iraqi civilians from breathing the uranium oxide
dust produced in depleted uranium (DU) weapons explosions.

Selective memory and a dishonest doctrine
By Noam Chomsky

All people who have any concern for human rights, justice and integrity
should be overjoyed by the capture of Saddam Hussein, and should be
awaiting a fair trial for him by an international tribunal.

An indictment of Saddam's atrocities would include not only his
slaughter and gassing of Kurds in 1988 but also, rather crucially, his
massacre of the Shiite rebels who might have overthrown him in 1991.

At the time, Washington and its allies held the "strikingly unanimous
view (that) whatever the sins of the Iraqi leader, he offered the West
and the region a better hope for his country's stability than did those
who have suffered his repression," reported Alan Cowell in the New York
Times.

Read the complete article at: http://www.sf-frontlines.com
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Also read our daily updated "Newswire" section

Visite nuestras p�ginas en espa�ol.

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#807

From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:45 am
Subject: FRONTLINES en Espa�ol (nuevos art�culos)

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FRONTLINES, el peri�dico de la Izquierda
Ahora tambi�n en espa�ol!

Para leer la secci�n en espa�ol, vaya a nuestro sitio:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com y apriete / pinche donde dice "En Espa�ol"
o "Frontlines en Espa�ol."

Vis�tenos seguido ya que ahora publicamos todos los d�as nuevos
art�culos.

En Espa�ol: Bolivia: Se acab� la Tregua. La COB llama a la huelga
general
COB convoca a la huelga general
Fuente: Eco Noticias Bolivia

La tregua ha llegado a su fin. Un ampliado nacional de la Central Obrera
Boliviana (COB) instruy� ayer a todos los sindicatos y organizaciones
populares del pa�s iniciar una huelga general indefinida dentro de 20
d�as, si es que el gobierno neoliberal de Carlos Mesa no atiende las
demandas sociolaborales y, por el contrario, lanza medidas econ�micas
contrarias al pueblo.

Lea el art�culo completo en Frontlines en espa�ol:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index
&catid=4


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En Espa�ol: Bolivia: Las Tesis de Pulacayo de 1946

El �mpetu revolucionario que tra�a el proletariado minero hizo que en
noviembre de 1946, en el Congreso de Pulacayo de la FSTMB, se votaran
las "Tesis" presentadas por los delegados del POR, a pesar de que no
eran mayor�a.

Las hist�ricas Tesis de Pulacayo planteaban un programa revolucionario
para los mineros, la clase trabajadora y el pueblo de Bolivia. Comienzan
sosteniendo el rechazo a la colaboraci�n de clases, junto con la lucha
contra la burgues�a, los terratenientes, el imperialismo y el fascismo.
Levantan un conjunto de reivindicaciones transitorias, orientadas hacia
la toma del poder.

Lea el art�culo completo en Frontlines en espa�ol:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index
&catid=4

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En Espa�ol: La guerra del Gas: Un an�lisis de la Revoluci�n Boliviana
Por Roberto Herrera

Por Orson Mojica
Art�culo publicado con autorizaci�n de la Revista de Centro Am�rica,
Nro. 9, Diciembre 2003,, revista del Secretariado Centroamericano del
PRT de Nicaragua, el PT de Honduras y el PRTC de Costa Rica. La
publicaci�n de este art�culo se realiza para fomentar el intercambio y
debate internacional y sus conclusiones no necesariamente reflejan las
del Comit� Editorial de Frontlines

Si ha existido un pa�s en Am�rica Latina, donde la lucha de clases ha
sido particularmente cruenta, donde la burgues�a muestra en cada momento
su disposici�n a defender por las armas su propiedad y donde la clase
obrera y los campesinos han demostrado una y otra vez su potencial
revolucionario y la evidencia que son la parte m�s sana y la �nica
productiva de la sociedad capitalista en descomposici�n, ese pa�s es
Bolivia.

Lea el art�culo completo en Frontlines en espa�ol:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index
&catid=4

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En Espa�ol: La Cuesti�n Ind�gena
Por Roberto Herrera

Art�culo publicado con autorizaci�n de la Revista de Centro Am�rica,
Nro. 9, Diciembre 2003,, revista del Secretariado Centroamericano del
PRT de Nicaragua, el PT de Honduras y el PRTC de Costa Rica. La
publicaci�n de este art�culo se realiza para fomentar el intercambio y
debate internacional y sus conclusiones no necesariamente reflejan las
del Comit� Editorial de Frontlines

Lea el art�culo completo en Frontlines en espa�ol:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index
&catid=4


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En Espa�ol: Evo Morales: en sus propias palabras

Bolivia
Entrevista a Evo Morales
"Mi propuesta de socialismo es respetando la propiedad privada"
Eduardo Tagliaferro
Diario P�gina 12, Argentina

El cansancio se nota en su voz. Por esta vez modifica su rutina de
atender a la prensa solamente entre las seis y las ocho de la ma�ana y
accede a conversar con "P�gina/12".

Lea el art�culo completo en Frontlines en espa�ol:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index
&catid=4

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En Espa�ol: Irak: �Un "�xito catastr�fico" para el imperialismo?
Por Orson Mojica

Art�culo publicado con autorizaci�n de la Revista de Centro Am�rica,
Nro. 9, Diciembre 2003,, revista del Secretariado Centroamericano del
PRT de Nicaragua, el PT de Honduras y el PRTC de Costa Rica. La
publicaci�n de este art�culo se realiza para fomentar el intercambio y
debate internacional y sus conclusiones no necesariamente reflejan las
del Comit� Editorial de Frontlines

Desde agosto del 2002, la administraci�n Bush hab�a tomado la firme
decisi�n de derrocar al r�gimen de Sadam Hussein.

Para invadir Irak, Bush necesitaba una justificaci�n �cre�ble� ante el
mundo y por eso orden� a las agencias de inteligencia exagerar los
informes sobre el arsenal de armas qu�micas y de destrucci�n masiva que
el propio Estados Unidos hab�a proporcionado, en los a�os anteriores, al
ej�rcito iraqu�.

De esta manera el imperialismo norteamericano e ingles pusieron en
marcha la maquinaria de guerra m�s poderosa de la historia de la
humanidad, en contra de Irak, una naci�n debilitada no solo por los
efectos de la guerra contra Ir�n (1980-1990), el posterior bloqueo
imperialista impuesto durante mas de una d�cada por la ONU, sino tambi�n
por la propia dictadura de Sadam Hussein, que reprim�a violentamente a
los chi�tas y a las minor�as nacionales, colocando a la naci�n iraqu� en
un callej�n sin salida.

Lea el art�culo completo en Frontlines en espa�ol:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index
&catid=4

+++
En Espa�ol: �Impulsemos una Campa�a Internacional por el Regreso
Inmediato de las Tropas en Irak!

Tomado con autorizaci�n de la Revista de Centro Am�rica, Nro. 9,
Diciembre 2003, publicada por el Secretariado Centroamericano del PRT de
Nicaragua, el PT de Honduras y el PRTC de Costa Rica

El acontecimiento pol�tico y militar mas importante de este a�o, fue la
invasi�n imperialista contra Irak. El imperialismo norteamericano se ha
sacudido el polvo de la derrota militar en Vietnam (1975), blande su
garrote y amenaza a todos los pueblos del mundo.

A pesar de su agresividad, las cosas no marchan tan bien para el
imperialismo en el mundo. La oposici�n a la guerra imperialista en Irak
gener� una oleada de movilizaciones en todo el planeta, las mas fuertes
y masiva despu�s de las grandes movilizaciones de masas que ayudaron a
la derrota militar del imperialismo yanqui en Vietnam. En el propio
Irak, a pesar del r�pido triunfo militar del imperialismo, opera una
guerrilla de los grupos de la resistencia que, en condiciones muy
adversas, ataca constantemente a las fuerzas ocupantes.

Lea el art�culo completo en Frontlines en espa�ol:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index
&catid=4

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#808

From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:53 am
Subject: RE: Newswire updates from Frontlines newspaper

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From: Alternative [mailto:alternative@...]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 7:12 PM
To: alternative@...
Subject: [FrontlinesNewspaper] Newswire updates from Frontlines
newspaper

FRONTLINES, the newspaper of the Left
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

Just Published!

Daily news updates from the US, Latin America and the world in addition
to our unique coverage of local and left politics.

Read our "Newswire" section.  We update it every day.

Last articles published:

Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional
By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a portion of
the USA Patriot Act that bars giving expert advice or assistance to
groups designated foreign terrorist organizations.

The ruling marks the first court decision to declare a part of the
post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism statute unconstitutional, said David Cole,
a Georgetown University law professor who argued the case on behalf of
the Humanitarian Law Project.

Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

++++
An End of Evil: The twisted Worldview of Richard Perle and David Frum

The US has invaded two countries during the course of one presidential
term. The US government is also embarked in the most ambitious crusade
to curtail democratic rights at home.

There is no doubt in anyone's mind that the building of "American
Imperium" is on at full speed.

Perhaps the greatest challenge for those now alive is to trust that the
neoconservatives mean precisely what they say. It is a difficult task,
for what they are saying seems so "contradictory that nobody could carry
it out" as the liberals used to say of Hitler's plans in the 1930s.

Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

+++
While the World looks the other way: Storm brewing in Papua
By Tom Benedetti

A storm is quietly but rapidly gaining force in an overlooked corner of
the world. Papua (formerly West Papua or Irian Jaya) is being ravaged in
an escalating program of repression by the Indonesian military.

Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

+++
More deaths caused by Indonesian's Army in Aceh offensive
More deaths in Aceh offensive
Military operation has left 1300 rebels dead since last May

Eleven people have been killed, including a soldier who shot himself
after gunning down two civilians, in the latest violence in Indonesia's
Aceh province.

Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Report: The right of return for Palestinians
by Abdul-Ilah As-Saadi

Refugees have their right to return denied by Israel

The question of Palestinian refugees has been one of the core issues
facing negotiators in the Middle East peace process.

Back in 1948, the UN passed a now famous resolution, Resolution 194,
which stated:

"The refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with
their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable
date."

Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Labor Notes: California Grocery Strikers Hold
Month Three: California Grocery Strikers Hold Firm
by N. Renuka Uthappa
January 2004
Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

The southern California grocery strike entered its ninth week as
negotiations between United Food and Commercial Workers officials and
the three giant grocery chains allied against the union-Vons/Pavilions,
Albertsons, and Ralphs-broke down five days after they resumed on
December 2.
Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Opinion: Misleaders' Strategy Undermines Grocery Strike
By Charles Walker

On December 19, 2003, negotiators for the United Food and Commercial
Workers union (UFCW), representing 70,000 southern California strikers,
announced that that very day they had offered $350 million in
concessions in health care costs over three years to settle the
strike/lockout involving three major grocery chains, but the chains
rejected the offer.
Read the complete article and others in "Newswire":
http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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As we said before: Bush, Cheney and Powell lied about WMDs in Iraq
Kay Says Iraq Likely Had No Banned Arms
By KATHERINE PFLEGER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The former top U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq said Sunday
he believes Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) had no weapons of mass
destruction before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. David Kay said the
challenge for the United States now is to figure out why intelligence
indicated that the Iraqi president did have them.

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Date: Tue Jan 27, 2004 7:44 am
Subject: Poll: Which country poses the greatest WMD threat in the Middle East ?

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The choices:

  Iran
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  Israel
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Date: Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:35 am
Subject: Kerry Wins N.H. Primary, Dean Second, Clarke 3rd

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Kerry Wins N.H. Primary, Dean Second, Clarke 3rd
By AP and other agencies and Kim Locker from Frontlines

MANCHESTER, N.H. - John Kerry, who increasingly is looking as the
favorite of the Democratic core leadership, overpowered Howard Dean and
went to win New Hampshire's primary Tuesday, scoring a second-straight
campaign victory to establish the four-term senator as the Democratic
Party's presidential front-runner.

"It's an enormous victory, a huge turnaround," Kerry told The Associated
Press. "We were written off for months, and plugged on and showed people
the determination we have to defeat President Bush."

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Date: Wed Jan 28, 2004 9:01 pm
Subject: 1st. Conference for a New Progressive Left Movement in SF

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A message from the Organizing Committee
San Francisco: Announcing the First Conference
for the City's New Progressive Left Movement

Let's Organize the Left
Behind the Matt Gonzalez campaign

Sunday, February 22, 2004
9 AM - Registration and Breakfast served on the premises
10 AM - 5 PM - Conference proceedings
Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street
(between Valencia and Guerrero)

We invite you to the list to discuss papers

and documents and proposals for the conference.

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San Francisco: Announcing the First Conference

for the City's New Progressive Left Movement

Let's Organize the Left

Behind the Matt Gonzalez campaign

Sunday, February 22, 2004

9 AM - Registration and Breakfast served on the premises

10 AM - 5 PM - Conference proceedings

Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street

(between Valencia and Guerrero)

Don’t let the energy and possibilities of the progressive left movement behind the Matt Gonzalez candidacy disappear.

Help organize a new Progressive Left and Independent Movement in San Francisco to participate in community struggles, in the unions, the antiwar movement and to train and select candidates for local Elections.

The conference will include discussions and workshops on organizing around issues affecting immigrants and people of color, trade union work and candidates and propositions for upcoming elections.

We will also discuss how to enhance and support the most prominent points of the Gonzalez campaign's progressive platform.

Position papers and draft resolutions will be forwarded to all registered participants in advance of the conference.

A coordinating body will be voted on at the Conference.

If anything was proven in the Mayoral runoff election, it was that the local Democratic Party political machine is an integral part of the Democratic Party of Al Gore, Bill Clinton, Lieberman et al who mobilized vast resources to support neo-liberal candidate Gavin Newsom and tried to destroy the emerging new progressive movement behind the candidacy of Matt Gonzalez.

If you agree with:

• If you agree with breaking with the bi-partisan political regime of both the Democratic Party’s and Republican Party’s leaderships and creating a new progressive left and independent political movement.

* If you agree to campaign to register voters as Greens, P&FP or decline to state and to set up an ongoing organization unifying Greens, socialists, working class activists and people of color outside the two-party structures.

* If you agree that while working on issues with Democrats (war and peace, some social issues, propositions, etc) is worthwhile, the movement should not waste its energies trying to reform one of the two parties of the ruling elite and thus should not work, support or encourage candidates running as Democrats

• If you agree with raising a local platform including municipal power; non-citizens voting rights; progressive taxation; opposition to war, occupation and the Patriot Act; economic development of working class neighborhoods; reparations for Bayview Hunters Point; tenants’ rights and rent control; workers’ rights; accessible housing for working families, people of color and immigrants; IRV, and neighborhood control through elected neighborhood councils …

• If you agree with choosing progressive left candidates democratically rather than by top-down appointment or self-appointment and having those candidates be accountable to the movement rather than vice versa...

...Then you are encouraged and welcomed to help organize and participate in this critical conference.

SPACE IS LIMITED SO WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND REGISTERING NOW,

WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CONFERENCE.

FILL OUT AND MAIL YOUR REGISTRATION FORM TODAY!

Name_______________________________

Address____________________________

Phone______________________________

E-Mail: ___________________________

(Your e-mail will be included in the Discussion list-server for the conference)

Yes, I would like to be involved in the organizing of the Conference:

Please, find enclosed check/money order for $10 for registration (fees cover space rental, food and materials for the conference. No one will be turned away for lack of funds)

Please, find enclosed a donation of $______ to help with the registration of people who cannot afford the registration fee.

Make checks/money orders to

(provisional account):

Frontlines

3311 Mission Street, Suite 25

San Francisco, California 94110

Initial list of endorsers: Frontlines newspaper; SF Green Party; Immigrant Rights Movement (MDI); trade union activists in ATU, SEIU and other unions; Mission District Greens; Left Party; Immigrant Labor Organizing Committee; SF Bayview newspaper; Arabs Building Community All Islanders Gathering As One (AIGA-1); Maurice Campbell, chairperson, Bayview Hunters Point Community First Coalition; Conscious Sound Collective, SF; Seiji Carpenter, pollster and others. Please, fill in the form above to be included in our list of endorsers.

For more information and/or send your registration:

Telephone: (415) 452-9992 OR (510) 289-8375

FAX: (415) 337-5113

E-Mail: alternative@...

The Organizing Committee Meets Every Saturday at 6 PM

If you’re interested in participate to organize the Conference, call or e-mail us.

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Date: Wed Jan 28, 2004 9:51 pm
Subject: Newswire from Frontlines - 1/28/04

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FRONTLINES, the newspaper of the Left
http://www.sf-frontlines.com


Suicide Car Bomb in Baghdad Kills Three, Wounds 10; Violence increases
as Elections are Debated
By Joseph Logan

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with more than
400 pounds of explosives into a Baghdad hotel where an Iraqi minister
and foreigners were staying on Wednesday, killing three people.
Labor Minister Sami al-Majoun was unhurt in the attack. A South African
contractor and two Iraqis were killed and at least 10 others wounded in
the blast which ripped the front off the three-storey Shaheen Hotel.

"We were at our post when a car came rushing at us. We opened fire on it
but couldn't stop it and then it blew up," said Abdulamir Kraybot, a
bodyguard for the minister.

Read the complete article at:
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le&sid=567

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Dominican Strike Shuts Down Businesses
By PETER PRENGAMAN, Associated Press Writer

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Businesses shut down, schools closed
and streets emptied for a 48-hour strike Wednesday to protest the
Dominican Republic's worst economic crisis in decades.

Police fired warning shots to disperse protesters who pushed flaming
barricades into the streets. A similar strike in November left six dead.

Despite pleas from President Hipolito Mejia to spare the country another
economic blow, more than half the nation's major businesses closed and
some government workers stayed home.

The strike comes amid criticism over Mejia's re-election bid and his
failure to improve the country's deteriorating economy.

In the past year, inflation has topped 42 percent, the Dominican peso
has lost more than half its value against the U.S. dollar, and the
unemployment rate has risen to more than 16 percent.

Read the complete article at:
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le&sid=566

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Kerry Wins N.H. Primary, Dean Second, Clarke/Edwards 3rd
By AP and other agencies and Kim Locker from Frontlines

MANCHESTER, N.H. - John Kerry, who increasingly is looking as the
favorite of the Democratic core leadership, overpowered Howard Dean and
went to win New Hampshire's primary Tuesday, scoring a second-straight
campaign victory to establish the four-term senator as the Democratic
Party's presidential front-runner.

"It's an enormous victory, a huge turnaround," Kerry told The Associated
Press. "We were written off for months, and plugged on and showed people
the determination we have to defeat President Bush."

Commentators highlighted the help Kerry received from Senator Kennedy
and other mainstream Democrats.

Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina and retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark
had their own race for third. Clarke finally seemed to defeat Edwards
for one percentage point, but Edwards gained in the last count,
apparently winning the 3rd. slot for about 200 votes.

Read the complete article at:
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From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:45 pm
Subject: FRONTLINES: Latest articles / Ultimos articulos publicados (English-Spanish)

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FRONTLINES, the newspaper of the Left

El peri�dico de la Izquierda

English / Spanish

Publish daily online / Diario en la Red

Monthly in print / Publicaci�n mensual impresa

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

Latest articles published in English and Spanish

Ultimos art�culos publicados en Ingl�s y Espa�ol

Feature Articles:

The Gonzalez Campaign: A Necessary Balance-sheet

For a Green Presidential Campaign in 2004

Greens speak up: The Regime We Must Change is Bipartisan

Bush's Iraq: an appointocracy

The Avocado Declaration (Part1)

Camejo's Avocado Declaration (Part 2)

George Bush will have caused the poisoning of hundreds of thousands

Selective memory and a dishonest doctrine

NEWSWIRE:

We select news of interest for activists from around the US and the world.� We update this section daily. This is a sample of the latest articles published:

� Alexander Cockburn: Does New Hampshire Mean Anything? Nervous Dems Beg Nader Not Run (Jan 29, 2004)

� Dean's campaign in crisis: from frontrunner to underdog, turns right (Jan 29, 2004)

� Prisoner swap gives Palestinians joy, presitige to Fundamentalists (Jan 29, 2004)

� Suicide Car Bomb in Baghdad Kills Three, Wounds 10; Violence increases as Elections are Debated (Jan 28, 2004)

� Dominican Strike Shuts Down Businesses (Jan 28, 2004)

� Kerry Wins N.H. Primary, Dean Second, Clarke/Edwards 3rd (Jan 27, 2004)

� US soldiers, Iraqi civilians, cops and CNN employees killed today in Iraq (Jan 27, 2004)

� Peru's unpopular leader on a knife edge in 2004 (Jan 26, 2004)

� Peru warns of threat of Bolivia-style protests (Jan 26, 2004)

� Bolivian Labor Federation Calls General Strike (Jan 26, 2004)

� Part of Patriot Act Ruled Unconstitutional (Jan 26, 2004)

� An End of Evil: The twisted Worldview of Richard Perle and David Frum (Jan 26, 2004)

� While the World looks the other way: Storm brewing in Papua (Jan 26, 2004)

� More deaths caused by Indonesian's Army in Aceh offensive (Jan 26, 2004)

� Report: The right of return for Palestinians (Jan 26, 2004)

To read the articles in English follow the links in blue above or go to: http://www.sf-frontlines.com

Ultimos art�culos publicados en Espa�ol:

Argentina: El desaf�o de Castells, dirigente del MIJD

Argentina: Libres! Gracias a la campa�a masiva fueron liberados los presos de la UTD de Salta

Bolivia: Lecciones de la insurrecci�n
	Brasil: Nace nuevo partido de Izquierda
Bolivia: Se acab� la Tregua. La COB llama a la huelga general
Bolivia: Las Tesis de Pulacayo de 1946
En Espanol: La guerra del Gas: Un an�lisis de la Revoluci�n Boliviana
La Cuesti�n Ind�gena
Evo Morales: en sus propias palabras
Irak: �Un "�xito catastr�fico" para el imperialismo?

�Impulsemos una Campa�a Internacional por el Regreso Inmediato de las Tropas en Irak!

Para leer los art�culos en Espa�ol, siga los eslabones de los art�culos arriba o vaya a http://www.sf-frontlines.com y “clic” en la palabras “En Espa�ol”

Visit us often as we publish daily!

Vis�tenos seguido ya que publicamos todos los d�as!

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From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Sun Feb 1, 2004 8:32 pm
Subject: FRONTLINES, Newswire and Feature articles

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http://www.sf-frontlines.com

In print every month, daily online

Latest articles Published in our Newswire:

We select the articles and information of interest for our readers from around the world.

To read the articles, click on the link below or go to: http://www.sf-frontlines.com

· Iraq: Twin blasts rock Kurdish parties' offices, killing provincial Governor and dozens more, 200 wounded (Feb 01, 2004)
· 14,000 Demonstrate in support of Grocery workers on strike (Jan 31, 2004)
· India-Brazil: Cementing the South-South alliance (Jan 31, 2004)
· More carnage in Iraq: attacks kill 3 US GIs and 10 Iraqis (Jan 31, 2004)
· Bush refuses to call inquiry into WMD (Jan 30, 2004)
· Lula: Alliance of Brazil. India and South Africa?

(Jan 30, 2004)
· Kerry among top recipients in Congress from the corporate world (Jan 30, 2004)
· Sam Husseini: How many people will die because of this "mistake" Senator Kerry? (Jan 30, 2004)
· Working class candidate for London's Mayor: 'We live here too!' (Jan 29, 2004)
· Alexander Cockburn: Does New Hampshire Mean Anything? Nervous Dems Beg Nader Not Run (Jan 29, 2004)
· Dean's campaign in crisis: from frontrunner to underdog, turns right (Jan 29, 2004)
· Prisoner swap gives Palestinians joy, presitige to Fundamentalists (Jan 29, 2004)

Latest Feature articles:

San Francisco: Announcing the First Conference for the City's New Progressive Left Movement

Let's Organize the Left Behind the Matt Gonzalez campaign

Don’t let the energy and possibilities of the progressive left movement behind the Matt Gonzalez candidacy disappear.

Help organize a new Progressive Left and Independent Movement in San Francisco to participate in community struggles, in the unions, the antiwar movement and to train and select candidates for local Elections.

Call for the Conference, Information and Registration form below:

Support the Southern California Grocery Strike
	*By Gene Pepi* LOS ANGELES, California - Since October 11,2003 70,000 Southern California Grocery workers, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), have been conducting what has become the longest strike/lockout in the history of the grocery industry.

The Gonzalez Campaign: A Necessary Balance-sheet

This Election Changed the Political Landscape in San Francisco. The Perspectives for the Left
By Carlos Petroni

We have purposely delayed this balance-sheet. We wanted the main actors of the drama to speak for themselves before we spoke about them and the historic events of the last three months of last year’s political life in the City.

Read these articles and more at: http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Date: Sat Feb 7, 2004 11:35 pm
Subject: fwd: Discussing local and national politics at POLIFACTICS

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Discuss National and Local politics in the only progressive discussion
board in San Francisco: POLIFACTICS

You can use your own name or be anonymous.

Go to:
http://pub111.ezboard.com/bsfpolifactics

SOME OF THE THREADS GOING ON NOW:

* Gonzalez Campaign: A Necessary Balance-Sheet
* 1st. Conference for a New Progressive Left Movement
* Democratic Party Presidential Primaries
* Ackerman's fake public school lifting
* Peskin hopes to take $$$ from poor neighborhoods
* Will Berkeley beat SF on IRV implementation?
* D3 Supervisorial Election: Who's afraid of Aaron Peskin?
* Bush investigates his own crimes, critics cry wolf
* All Discussions about candidates for the DCCC
* CCSF Board Election (Nov. 2004
* D9: Is Ammiano running again, using a loophole in the law?
* D5 Supervisorial Election: Untouchable Gonzalez?
* Alioto, once again making a fool out of herself
* What /Who is a Progressive?
* D2 Supervisorial Election: Would Micaela make it?

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From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Sun Feb 8, 2004 10:00 pm
Subject: FRONTLINES: Ultimos art�culos publicados en Espa�ol

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FRONTLINES, el peri�dico de la Izquierda

Se publica diariamente en la red y mensualmente en forma impresa

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

En Espanol: ULTIMOS ARTICULOS PUBLICADOS

* Invaden 2 mil ex braceros rancho de Fox y logran cita en Bucareli

Pasaron sobre 70 elementos del Estado Mayor; "�salgan de mi casa!", gritaba una hermana del mandatario
MARTIN DIEGO RODRIGUEZ CORRESPONSAL

Rancho San Cristobal, Gto. - Al menos 2 mil integrantes del movimiento Alianza Braceroproa, procedentes de 16 estados, allanaron hoy s�bado este rancho, propiedad de la familia del presidente Vicente Fox, en demanda de la devoluci�n de 10 por ciento del salario que les fue descontado durante su trabajo en Estados Unidos, de 1942 a 1967.

* La Decadencia de Nicaragua
Por Victoriano S�nchez
Publicado con autorizaci�n de Revista de Centro Am�rica

Han transcurrido m�s de 12 a�os desde la derrota electoral del FSLN, en 1990, hecho pol�tico que puso fin a la revoluci�n de 1979. En ese per�odo post revolucionario, se han sucedido tres gobiernos: el de la Sra. Violeta Chamorro (1990-1996), el del Dr. Arnoldo Alem�n Lacayo (1996-2001), y el del ingeniero Enrique Bola�os (2001-2006).

* Brasil: Nace nuevo partido de Izquierda

* Argentina: El desaf�o de Castells, dirigente del MIJD
Reproducido con autorizaci�n del peri�dico El Trabajador Nr. 57, de la organizaci�n Convergencia Socialista (Argentina)

* En Espanol: Argentina: Libres! Gracias a la campa�a masiva fueron liberados los presos de la UTD de Salta

* Bolivia: Lecciones de la insurrecci�n

* Bolivia: Las Tesis de Pulacayo de 1946

* La guerra del Gas: Un an�lisis de la Revoluci�n Boliviana
Por Roberto Herrera

* La Cuesti�n Ind�gena
Por Roberto Herrera

* Evo Morales: en sus propias palabras
Bolivia: Entrevista a Evo Morales
"Mi propuesta de socialismo es respetando la propiedad privada"
Eduardo Tagliaferro
Diario P�gina 12, Argentina

* Irak: �Un "�xito catastr�fico" para el imperialismo?
Por Orson Mojica

* �Impulsemos una Campa�a Internacional por el Regreso Inmediato de las Tropas en Irak!

* Una Definici�n Marxista: �Qu� son Cuba y Fidel?

Vis�tenos a menudo, ya que publicamos diariamente;

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Mon Feb 9, 2004 1:45 am
Subject: FRONTLINES: the latest Newswire articles 2/8/04

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FRONTLINES, the newspaper of the Left

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

Daily online, monthly in print

Every day, we publish original feature original articles from our staff on international, national and local (San Francisco) local issues.

In addition, we select every day and from many sources, articles useful for community and labor activists and antiwar advocates. We group those articles in a section, “Newswire.”

Here is a sample of the latest articles we selected and published for you:

· Observer: How spies chose the intelligence that justified war (Feb 08, 2004)
· Feds win right to war protesters' records (Feb 08, 2004)
· US asked Britain to spy on UN allies over war vote (Feb 08, 2004)
· Mass resignations hit Arafat's Fatah movement (Feb 08, 2004)
· Blix Says Bush, Blair Insincere Salesmen on Iraq (Feb 08, 2004)
· Under mounting public pressure, Bush names intelligence probe panel, critics cry wolf (Feb 06, 2004)
· AP Exclusive: Kerry Blocked Law, Drew Cash (Feb 04, 2004)
· Jeffrey St. Clair: The Hollow Candidate: The Trouble with Howie (Feb 03, 2004)
· Democratic Party's primaries: All the polls, for all candidates, in all 7 states, the day before Super-Tuesday (Feb 02, 2004)
· FORTUNE wakes up: The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare; The climate could change radically, fast and collapse. (Feb 01, 2004)
· 124 Iranian Lawmakers Quit Over Elections (Feb 01, 2004)
· Iraq: Twin blasts rock Kurdish parties' offices, killing provincial Governor and dozens more, 200 wounded (Feb 01, 2004)
· 14,000 Demonstrate in support of Grocery workers on strike (Jan 31, 2004)
· India-Brazil: Cementing the South-South alliance (Jan 31, 2004)
· More carnage in Iraq: attacks kill 3 US GIs and 10 Iraqis (Jan 31, 2004)

Visit us often, as we continually update our site.

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Mon Feb 9, 2004 4:34 am
Subject: Llamado a la Conferencia (Espa�ol) // Call for Conference (Spanish)

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En Espa�ol: San Francisco: Ira. Conferencia para formar un nuevo
Movimiento Progresista de Izquierda

Anunciando la Primera Conferencia para Construir un Nuevo Movimiento
Progresista de Izquierda en San Francisco

"No dejemos que se pierdan la energ�a y las posibilidades del movimiento
progresista de izquierda que apoy� la candidatura de Matt Gonzalez."

Ay�denos a organizar el Nuevo Movimiento Progresista de Izquierda e
Independiente de San Francisco para participar en las luchas
comunitarias, en los sindicatos, en el movimiento contra la guerra y
para entrenar y seleccionar candidatos para cargos p�blicos locales.

Lea el texto complete del Llamado y Puntos de unidad de la Conferencia
en:
http://www.sf-frontlines.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=artic
le&sid=598&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

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From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Tue Feb 10, 2004 10:51 pm
Subject: The latest articles at FRONTLINES

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http://www.sf-frontlines.com

New Feature Articles:

Frontlines recommendations for San Francisco Ballot Propositions

Yes on A and B - Easy stuff

No on C - Come back with some REAL police reform first

Yes on D - Something on which should be consensus: domestic partners' rights

Yes on E - A baby step against the Patriot Act

No endorsement on F - No right to strike?

No,No, No on G - Tony Hall's idea of a pro-War initiative

No on H - Where is the money? No gimmicks or "set asides" without revenue.

Yes on I - Diesel buses replacement: saves money and the environment.

No,No, No on J - Falsely named “Incentives to Build Below-Market-Rate Housing”, in reality an expensive experiment in gentrification.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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War, Occupation and Lies: US troops must leave now, Self-Determination for the Iraqi people

BY Simon Morales

What do we ALL know now?

What those of us in the antiwar movement were saying more than a year ago is now a mainstream assumption: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Colin Powell duped Americans with lies about Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction, the Saddam-Al Quada connection, the Iraq-911 connection, the programs for biological, chemical and nuclear weapons allegedly in the hands of Saddam Hussein and the “immediacy of a threat.”

These lies made the “preemptive war doctrine” credible to post 9/11 frightened Americans.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Bush's Independent Inquiry Commision? Neither an "Inquiry" nor "Independent."

By Simon Morales

US President George Bush has named what he calls a "bipartisan" commission to investigate intelligence failures in Iraq.

In a hastily arranged appearance in a White House press briefing, Bush named Democratic Senator Charles Robb and a pro-Republican appeals court judge, Laurence Silberman, as the chairpersons.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Scott Ritter: Kerry, Too, Needs to Clear the Air

by Scott Ritter

On April 23, 1971, a 27-year-old Navy veteran named John Kerry sat before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and chided members on their leadership failures regarding the war in Vietnam.

"Where is the leadership?" Kerry, a decorated hero who had proved his courage under fire, demanded of the senators. "Where are they now that we, the men they sent off to war, have returned?" Kerry lambasted those who had pushed so strongly for war in Vietnam. "These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude."

Read the complete article at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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San Francisco: Announcing the First Conference for the City's New Progressive Left Movement

Let's Organize the Left Behind the Matt Gonzalez campaign

Don’t let the energy and possibilities of the progressive left movement behind the Matt Gonzalez candidacy disappear.

Help organize a new Progressive Left and Independent Movement in San Francisco to participate in community struggles, in the unions, the antiwar movement and to train and select candidates for local Elections.

Call for the Conference, Information and Registration form below at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Support the Southern California Grocery Strike

By Gene Pepi

LOS ANGELES, California - Since October 11,2003 70,000 Southern California Grocery workers, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), have been conducting what has become the longest strike/lockout in the history of the grocery industry.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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The Gonzalez Campaign: A Necessary Balance-sheet

This Election Changed the Political Landscape in San Francisco. The Perspectives for the Left

By Carlos Petroni

We have purposely delayed this balance-sheet. We wanted the main actors of the drama to speak for themselves before we spoke about them and the historic events of the last three months of last year’s political life in the City.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

Read the latest on our Newswire section (a selection of articles from around the world)

Newswire

· French parliament to vote on hijab ban (Feb 10, 2004)
· Iraqi Resistance strikes again: 50 killed, dozens wounded. Attack targets collaborators of US occupation (Feb 10, 2004)
· A Boom Year for Corporate Crime: The 10 Worst Corporations of 2003 (Feb 09, 2004)
· Scott Ritter: Kerry, Too, Needs to Clear the Air (Feb 09, 2004)
· Northern Iraq: Heading towards civil war? (Feb 08, 2004)
· Observer: How spies chose the intelligence that justified war (Feb 08, 2004)
· Feds win right to war protesters' records (Feb 08, 2004)
· US asked Britain to spy on UN allies over war vote (Feb 08, 2004)
· Mass resignations hit Arafat's Fatah movement (Feb 08, 2004)
· Blix Says Bush, Blair Insincere Salesmen on Iraq (Feb 08, 2004)
· Under mounting public pressure, Bush names intelligence probe panel, critics cry wolf (Feb 06, 2004)
· AP Exclusive: Kerry Blocked Law, Drew Cash (Feb 04, 2004)
· Jeffrey St. Clair: The Hollow Candidate: The Trouble with Howie (Feb 03, 2004)
· FORTUNE wakes up: The Pentagon's Weather Nightmare;The climate could change radically, fast and collapse. (Feb 01, 2004)
· 124 Iranian Lawmakers Quit Over Elections (Feb 01, 2004)
· Iraq: Twin blasts rock Kurdish parties' offices, killing provincial Governor and dozens more, 200 wounded (Feb 01, 2004)
· 14,000 Demonstrate in support of Grocery workers on strike (Jan 31, 2004)
· India-Brazil: Cementing the South-South alliance (Jan 31, 2004)
· More carnage in Iraq: attacks kill 3 US GIs and 10 Iraqis (Jan 31, 2004)
· Bush refuses to call inquiry into WMD (Jan 30, 2004)

Visit us often as we publish daily:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Date: Fri Feb 13, 2004 9:59 pm
Subject: FRONTLINES, Latest articles and Newswire 2/12/04

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Just Published!

At the Gates of Persia II: 25th Anniversary of the rule of Mullahs and the New Iran's crisis

By Jesse Powell

Last February 11, marked the 25th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution that toppled the US puppet Shah Reza Pahlavi in 1979, and the ultimate creation of the Islamic Revolutionary Republic that stands today.

This comes in the midst of an election crisis in which some 3000 candidates from the Iranian ballots to be voted upon on February 20th of this year were barred from participating.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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March 2004 Elections: Frontlines recommendations for San Francisco Ballot Propositions

Yes on A and B - Easy stuff

No on C - Come back with some REAL police reform first

Yes on D - Something on which should be consensus: domestic partners' rights

Yes on E - A baby step against the Patriot Act

No endorsement on F - No right to strike?

No, No, No on G - Tony Hall's idea of a pro-War initiative

No on H - Where is the money? No gimmicks or "set asides" without revenue.

Yes on I - Diesel buses replacement: saves money and the environment.

No, No, No on J - Falsely named “Incentives to Build Below-Market-Rate Housing”, in reality an expensive experiment in gentrification.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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War, Occupation and Lies: US troops must leave now, Self-Determination for the Iraqi people

By Simon Morales

What do we ALL know now?

What those of us in the antiwar movement were saying more than a year ago is now a mainstream assumption: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Colin Powell duped Americans with lies about Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction, the Saddam-Al Quad connection, the Iraq-911 connection, the programs for biological, chemical and nuclear weapons allegedly in the hands of Saddam Hussein and the “immediacy of a threat.”

These lies made the “preemptive war doctrine” credible to post 9/11 frightened Americans.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

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Bush's Independent Inquiry Commission? Neither an "Inquiry" nor "Independent."

By Simon Morales

US President George Bush has named what he calls a "bipartisan" commission to investigate intelligence failures in Iraq.

In a hastily arranged appearance in a White House press briefing, Bush named Democratic Senator Charles Robb and a pro-Republican appeals court judge, Laurence Silberman, as the chairpersons.

Read the complete article at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

…And the most recent additions to our “Newswire” section:

· Brian Cloughley: Our Imperial Leader has Spoken (Feb 13, 2004)
· Scott Taylor reports from Iraq: Boom and bust in Iraq; strange economy (Feb 13, 2004)
· Israel to snub court hearing on barrier (Feb 12, 2004)
· George's war: Where was Bush during the Vietnam war? (Feb 12, 2004)
· Second deadly attack in Iraq in 24 hrs.: 40 people killed (Feb 11, 2004)
· What Did the Vice-President Do for Halliburton? (Feb 11, 2004)

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Date: Sat Feb 14, 2004 2:17 am
Subject: FW: SUNDAY, FEB.22: 1ST. Conference for a New Progressive Movement in SF

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First Conference for a New Progressive Left Movement in SF
Sunday, February 22, 2004
@ The Women's Building
3543 18th Street (Between Valencia and Guerrero Streets)
Mission District - SF
REGISTER NOW!
9AM - Registration and Breakfast
10 AM - 5 PM - Deliberations,
panels, discussions, resolutions

Join our Yahoo Group to discuss Draft Platform, resolutions and proposals and to receive news of actions and activities

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CALL FOR THE CONFERENCE, POINTS OF UNITY AND REGISTRATION FORM

San Francisco: Announcing the First Conference for the City's

New Progressive Left Movement

Let's Organize the Left Behind

the Matt Gonzalez campaign

Sunday, February 22, 2004

9 AM - Registration and Breakfast served on the premises

10 AM - 5 PM - Conference proceedings

Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street

(between Valencia and Guerrero)

Don’t let the energy and possibilities of the progressive left movement behind the Matt Gonzalez candidacy disappear.

We will also discuss how to enhance and support the most prominent points of the Gonzalez campaign's progressive platform.

Position papers and draft resolutions will be forwarded to all registered participants in advance of the conference.

A coordinating body will be voted on at the Conference.

If you agree with:

...Then you are encouraged and welcomed to help organize and participate in this critical conference.

SPACE IS LIMITED SO WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND REGISTERING NOW, WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CONFERENCE.

FILL OUT AND MAIL YOUR REGISTRATION FORM TODAY!

Name_______________________________

Address____________________________

Phone______________________________

E-Mail: ___________________________

(Your e-mail will be included in the Discussion list-server for the conference)

Yes, I would like to be involved in the organizing of the Conference:

Please, find enclosed check/money order for $10 for registration (fees cover space rental, food and materials for the conference. No one will be turned away for lack of funds)

Please, find enclosed a donation of $______ to help with the registration of people who cannot afford the registration fee.

Make checks/money orders to

(provisional account):

Frontlines

3311 Mission Street, Suite 25

San Francisco, California 94110

For more information and/or send your registration:

Telephone: (415) 452-9992 OR (510) 289-8375

FAX: (415) 337-5113

E-Mail: alternative@...

The Organizing Committee Meets Every Saturday at 6 PM

If you’re interested in participate to organize the Conference, call or e-mail us.

If you wish to participate in the discussion of papers and draft proposals (including the platform) for the Conference, join our yahoo group by sending e-mail to:

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Date: Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:54 am
Subject: Sunday, Feb 22: 1st Conference NPLM / Call, Agenda and Platform

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�First Conference for a New Progressive Left Movement in SF
Sunday, February 22, 2004
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3543 18th Street (Between Valencia and Guerrero Streets)
Mission District � SF

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Let's Organize the Left Behind the Matt Gonzalez campaign

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Agenda for the 1st. Conference for a New Progressive Left Movement in SF�

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SF New Progressive Left Movement: Draft Platform�

San Francisco Draft Political Platform

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This platform is intended for discussion and amendments up to the first Conference for a New Progressive Left Movement in San Francisco to be held on Sunday, February 22. Women�s Building, Mission District, San Francisco

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Date: Tue Feb 17, 2004 7:06 pm
Subject: If you're Green vote this slate, if not, tell a Green Friend

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If you are a Green vote for this slate, if you are not, tell your Green friends

Dear friend: we are asking you to endorse this slate, please send an e-mail to:

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FOR A STRONG, ORGANIZED AND EFFECTIVE

GREEN PARTY IN SAN FRANCISCO!

VOTE ON MARCH 2!

If you are a Green who cares about progressive left issues and would like to see a stronger Green Party in San Francisco, vote for these candidates for County Council (Green County Central Committee):

Chris Finn

Former Vice-President of the CCSF Student government; ATU, 1555 member (BART), delegate to the SF Labor Council and journalist for SF Frontlines.

Chris fought and won struggles on behalf of students at City College; he presented and won the endorsement of ATU, 1555 for the candidacy of Green Party Mayoral candidate Matt Gonzalez and played a prominent role as an activist in that campaign that shook San Francisco.

Chris has been at the forefront of community struggles in Bayview Hunters Point and the Mission District as well as for immigrant rights; intervened in tenant mobilizations and is a builder of the antiwar and labor movement. Chris is working to connect the Green Party with communities of color and labor, while fighting against the top down control of the labor bureaucracy.

He will bring experience as an organizer and a working class fighter to the Green County Council.

Carlos Petroni

Editor of Frontlines, the newspaper of the Left. He was the first to promote and endorse Matt Gonzalez for Mayor and he and Frontlines were key in winning Gonzalez' slot in the runoff. He played a key role in organizing the largest left rallies and forums to support Matt Gonzalez and helped organize hundreds of volunteers to work in the campaign.

Carlos has a background as a union organizer; progressive journalist and as a Latino community fighter. He is the co-coordinator of the campaign "Papers for All" demanding full amnesty for all undocumented immigrants; co-author of the Bayview Reparations Act and co-author of the Proposition to extend voting rights to non-citizens for local elections.

He is the co-chair of the Immigrant Pride Day Organizing Committee.

Catherine (Caty) Powell

A writer for Frontlines newspaper and an activist in many social justice campaigns, Caty is a longtime member of the Green Party. A poet and actress, Caty played key roles in the campaigns "Papers for All" and the "Bayview Reparations Act."

Strong on women’s issues, she will bring her experiences in the workplace and in working class communities to expand and strengthen the Green Party constituencies in San Francisco.

Supervisor Matt Gonzalez endorses Chris Finn and Carlos Petroni

For County Council of the SF Green Party

Chris Finn, Carlos Petroni and Caty Powell are also endorsed by: Immigrant Rights Movement (MDI); Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1555 (BART); Vietnamese Residents’ Association; Frontlines newspaper; Left Party; Maurice Campbell, chairperson, Bayview Hunters Point Community First Coalition and over 100 Green, community and labor activists.

Additional endorsements for these candidates: Chris Finn is endorsed by the SF Tenants Union; Carlos Petroni received the endorsement of the Mexican American Political Association; Caty Powell is also endorsed by the National Women’s Political Caucus San Francisco and the San Francisco Women’s Political Committee

If you would like to endorse this slate or any of these candidates, please send an e-mail to:

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As part of the progressive left slate for Green County Council,

Chris Finn, Carlos Petroni and Caty Powell will fight for:

1. Work for a strong SF Green Party with clubs/branches in all 25 neighborhoods of the city.

2. Increase the work of the Green Party in communities of color and the labor movement. One of the main weaknesses of the Green Party, and progressives in general, is the lack of connection with communities of color and labor.

Increase the representation in the Green Party of people of color, immigrants and workers.

Develop a plan to increase Green registration in the City from 3% to 10% and the number of active Greens organized in working groups from 100 to 1,000 in the next period of time. The past leadership of the SF Green Party failed to capitalize effectively on the success of the Matt Gonzalez for Mayor Campaign.

5. Increase grassroots democracy inside the SF Green Party by helping to organize effective working groups, respecting diversity, enabling better communications within the party and from the party to registered members and avoiding the rule of cliques and gatekeepers that harmed the party in the past.

6. Encourage the Green Party to run candidates for all local offices. Fight for the Green Party to have a strong Presidential campaign in 2004. In the past, the Green Party has run few local candidates, often choosing instead to support candidates from other parties.

7. Keep the Green Party independent of Democrats and Republicans, gaining from the crisis of the bipartisan political system. If we find a good activist and leader of the community who would like to run as a Democrat, we will encourage that candidate to break with the Democrats and join the Green Party.

8. Work to unite in the Green Party all forces of the left. From students to community groups, from antiwar to labor activists, the Green Party should become the electoral platform for all those who struggle for social justice, equality and democracy. We will work towards a united front between the Green Party and other forces to the left of the Democratic Party.

9. Fight for the SF Green Party to live up to its responsibility as the second political force in the City by assuming more of a leadership role in local issues, the antiwar movement and in organizing in communities of color and the labor movement. The SF Green Party should not relinquish its role as the leader of the opposition to the Democratic Party's machine & city government of Gavin Newsom.

VOTE FOR CHRIS FINN, CARLOS PETRONI AND CATY POWELL

FOR GREEN COUNTYCOUNCIL

(GREEN COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE)

Also recommended for Green County Council:

Marc Chandonia and Kim Knox. While these two candidates for Green CC still have a soft spot about supporting non-Green/Left wing/independent candidates, both sided with the overwhelming majority of Green Party members in supporting the candidacy of Matt Gonzalez for Mayor and worked hard in his campaign’s effort. Kim Knox is one of the two incumbents of the outgoing County Council running for re-election.

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WRITE-IN TERRY BAUM

For United States. Congressional District 8

In 2003, Pelosi voted to give Bush the power to decide to make war, a power that is vested only in the Congress. Pelosi voted for the Patriot Act, a horrendous assault on our civil liberties. Pelosi not only voted to approve Bush’s invasion of Iraq, but she pressured all the Democrats to line up behind Bush, scolding them that they would appear unpatriotic if they were not joyful about the President’s imperialist venture.

Terry Baum is the official candidate of the Green Party and has been endorsed by all SF Green elected officials (Supervisor Matt Gonzalez; School Board Members Sarah Lipson and Mark Sanchez) as well as Frontlines newspaper and many others.

Because of an undemocratic technically of the law, the Green Party was unable to place Terry Baum on the ballot for the primary election. In order for the Green Party to have a candidate in November against pro-war Pelosi, Terry needs 1,605 Greens to write her in on the ballot on March 2.

Do not procrastinate: vote!

Visit Terry Baum’s website:

http://www.terrybaum.com/

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A GREEN CHOICE FOR THE 12^TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

VOTE FOR PAT GRAY

Pat Gray deserves your support to challenge incumbent Democrat Tom Lantos. Lantos supported the war and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, voted for the Patriot Act and has become a Democrat for Bush in most instances.

Pat Gray opposes the war and occupation of Iraq and is for the repeal of the Patriot Act. She supported Matt Gonzalez for Mayor against the Demo-Greens who wanted to endorse a liberal Democrat (her Green opponent in the race – while a decent progressive on most issues - belongs to this group).

Visit Pat Gray’s website:

http://www.patgray.org

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VOTE PETER CAMEJO FOR PRESIDENT

ON THE CALIFORNIA BALLOT

Send a strong message that we want an aggressive, national Green Party ticket against Republicans AND Democrats in November.

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From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:16 am
Subject: FRONTLINES: Latest international, US and SF local articles NOW online

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War, Occupation and Lies: US troops must leave now, Self-Determination for the Iraqi people

BY Simon Morales

What do we ALL know now?

What those of us in the antiwar movement were saying more than a year ago is now a mainstream assumption: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Colin Powell duped Americans with lies about Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction, the Saddam-Al Quad connection, the Iraq-911 connection, the programs for biological, chemical and nuclear weapons allegedly in the hands of Saddam Hussein and the “immediacy of a threat.”

These lies made the “preemptive war doctrine” credible to post 9/11 frightened Americans. (Read the complete article at

http://www.sf-frontlines.com)

The Case for Legitimacy of the Iraqi Resistance
Are they terrorists, insurgents, “outsiders” or homegrown resistance to the illegal occupation? *By Sebastian Robles* BAGHDAD, Iraq - This is the third rail of discussion of US policies when it comes to discussing the conquest and occupation of Iraq. It is a theme that both Republicans and Democrats will NOT address as neither will address the basic question: do the Iraqis have the right to oppose the US/British occupation and demand the US-led Occupation Forces leave their country without conditions and immediately? Do the inhabitants of an occupied country have the right to defend it against the occupiers by any means necessary? (Read the complete article at: �http://www.sf-frontlines.com)
Bush's Independent Inquiry Commission? Neither an "Inquiry" nor "Independent."
	*By Simon Morales* US President George Bush has named what he calls a "bipartisan" commission to investigate intelligence failures in Iraq. In a hastily arranged appearance in a White House press briefing, Bush named Democratic Senator Charles Robb and a pro-Republican appeals court judge, Laurence Silberman, as the chairpersons. (Read the complete article at: �http://www.sf-frontlines.com)

Read the Original Call for the Conference, the Points of Unity and the Draft Platform

Click on the links below to read the documents

First Conference
for San Francisco's New Progressive Left Movement

* Text of the Call for the Conference and the Points of Unity
Includes forms for endorsement and pre-registration. Initial list of organizations sponsoring the event.

* Agenda for the Conference
Themes; Issues; Panels; Candidates; Propositions; Plan of Action; Discussions...

* Draft Platform for San Francisco's New Progressive Left Movement
Immigrant Rights; Neighborhood Empowerment; Housing and Tenants Rights; Progressive Taxation; Health Care; Education & Youth; Environmental Justice; Civil Rights; War & Peace...

� En Espa�ol: Llamado a la Conferencia y Puntos de Unidad
Incluye las formas para patrocinar la Conferencia y pre-registrarse. Lista inicial de organizaciones participantes.

More articles:

At the Gates of Persia II: 25th Anniversary of the rule of Mullahs and the New Iran's crisis

By Jesse Powell

Last February 11 marked the 25th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution that toppled the US puppet Shah Reza Pahlavi in 1979, and the ultimate creation of the Islamic Revolutionary Republic that stands today.

This comes in the midst of an election crisis in which some 3000 candidates from the Iranian ballots to be voted upon on February 20th of this year were barred from participating. (Read the complete article at:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com)

Newswire (updated daily):

� Iraq: No let-up in anti-occupation attacks (Feb 17, 2004)
� Haiti: Mass demonstrations, armed insurrection... civil war? (Feb 16, 2004)
� Fred Magdoff: A Precarious Existence: The Fate of Billions?

�(Feb 15, 2004)
� British soldiers face new charges of Iraq brutality (Feb 15, 2004)
� Independents join Iran election boycott. Over 3600 reformist candidates have been banned (Feb 14, 2004)
� Green Party: "We have emerged as the electoral arm of the movement to globalize democracy and workers' rights" (Feb 14, 2004)
� John Le Carre, Nadime Gordimer, Paul Theroux, Harold Pinter and 13 other famed authors against the War and Occupation (Feb 14, 2004)
� Iraqi police hit in daring resistance raid; 100 prisoners freed (Feb 14, 2004)
� Brian Cloughley: Our Imperial Leader has Spoken (Feb 13, 2004)
� Scott Taylor reports from Iraq: Boom and bust in Iraq; strange economy (Feb 13, 2004)

Visit us often at http://www.sf-frontlines.com as we publish new articles every day!

VOTE ON MARCH 2!

Primary Elections, Frontlines Progressive Left Endorsements and Recommendations

* SF Green County Council (Central Committee)
* 8th Congressional District
* 12th Congressional District
* President of the U.S.
* SF Local Propositions
* California State Initiatives
* The REALLY bad guys running for DCCC

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Date: Wed Feb 18, 2004 8:13 am
Subject: Matt Gonzalez: Democrats ask, but won't tell for how long

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Matt Gonzalez: Democrats ask the Greens to delay Party Building -- but for how long?

UNTIL WHEN?

Democrats ask the Greens to delay party building—but for how long?

By Matt Gonzalez

For the last three years we've heard it over and over: the Green Party spoiled the election for Al Gore and helped elect George W. Bush. But the question that rarely gets asked is what have the Democrats done about it?

Read the whole article here:

http://www.sf-frontlines.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=631&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

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From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Fri Feb 20, 2004 6:40 am
Subject: SF, Sunday, Feb. 22: Conference Progressive Left Movement

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Last Call!

�� Please, RSVP/Register right away as we are running out of space!

9AM - Registration and Breakfast
10 AM - 5 PM - Deliberations,
panels, discussions, resolutions

* Call for the Conference and Points of Unity:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?W19D23077

* Agenda of the Conference:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?M48D52077

* Draft Platform to discuss and vote at the Conference:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z5AD45077

* Llamado y puntos de unidad para la Conferencia

En Espa�ol: San Francisco: Ira. Conferencia para formar un nuevo Movimiento Progresista de Izquierda http://makeashorterlink.com/?J33821177

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Date: Sat Feb 21, 2004 6:49 pm
Subject: FRONTLINES: New local, National and International articles 2/21/04

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Feature articles:

The Case for Legitimacy of the Iraqi Resistance

War, Occupation and Lies: US troops must leave now, Self-Determination for the Iraqi people

Bush's Independent Inquiry Commission? Neither an "Inquiry" nor "Independent."

Bush, Kerry, Schwarzenegger: Hands off Gay Marriage in San Francisco!

Read the Original Call for the Conference, the Points of Unity and the Draft Platform

No Truce, No Honeymoon: Not with Bush, not with John Kerry, not with Gavin Newsom.

Matt Gonzalez: Democrats ask the Greens to delay Party Building -- but for how long?

VOTE ON MARCH 2!

Primary Elections, Frontlines Progressive Left Endorsements and Recommendations

[CLICK HERE TO READ OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON CANDIDATES AND PROPOSITIONS]

Newswire

· Cockburn, St. Clair: Kerry, He's Peaking, Already (Feb 20, 2004)
· California Democrats divided over gay marriage (Feb 20, 2004)
· San Francisco voters strongly support Gay marriage (Feb 20, 2004)
· San Francisco: Judge Denies Immediate Stay of Gay Unions (Feb 20, 2004)
· British troops accused on Iraq killings (Feb 20, 2004)
· Conservatives set for Iran poll landslide (Feb 20, 2004)
· Iranian officials said they foiled vote cheating bid (Feb 20, 2004)
· Tariq Ali: How Far Will Bush Go? The Bloody Price of US Primacy in Iraq (Feb 20, 2004)
· Ralph Nader: "Don't Run, Don't Run...Whither The Nation? (Feb 19, 2004)
· L.A Times: Kerry lobbied 28 times for military contractor who made illegal contributions (Feb 19, 2004)
· Will the Real John Kerry Please Stand Up? (Feb 19, 2004)
· Iraq: No let-up in anti-occupation attacks (Feb 17, 2004)

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Date: Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:51 am
Subject: Matt Gonzalez endorses Finn, Petroni and Powell

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Matt Gonzalez endorses Chris Finn, Carlos Petroni and Catherine (Caty) Powell

For San Francisco Green Council (Central Committee)

FOR A STRONG, ORGANIZED AND EFFECTIVE

GREEN PARTY IN SAN FRANCISCO!

VOTE ON MARCH 2!

If you are a Green who cares about progressive left issues (even if you’re not a registered Green, your support will be appreciated by spreading the word among your Green friends) and would like to see a stronger Green Party in San Francisco, please support these candidates for County Council (Green County Central Committee):

Chris Finn

Former Vice-President of the CCSF Student government; ATU, 1555 member (BART), delegate to the SF Labor Council and journalist for SF Frontlines.

He will bring experience as an organizer and a working class fighter to the Green County Council.

Carlos Petroni

He is the co-chair of the Immigrant Pride Day Organizing Committee.

Catherine (Caty) Powell

Strong on women’s issues, she will bring her experiences in the workplace and in working class communities to expand and strengthen the Green Party constituencies in San Francisco.

Chris Finn, Carlos Petroni and Caty Powell are also endorsed by: Immigrant Rights Movement (MDI); Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1555 (BART); Vietnamese Residents’ Association; Frontlines newspaper; Left Party; Maurice Campbell, chairperson, Bayview Hunters Point Community First Coalition; Abel Mouton, former Green Party candidate for College Board and over 100 Green, community and labor activists.

If you would like to endorse this slate or any of these candidates, or would like to ask any question, please send an e-mail to:

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As part of the progressive left slate for Green County Council,

Chris Finn, Carlos Petroni and Caty Powell will fight for:

1. Work for a strong SF Green Party with clubs/branches in all 25 neighborhoods of the city.

Increase the representation in the Green Party of people of color, immigrants and workers.

VOTE FOR CHRIS FINN, CARLOS PETRONI AND CATY POWELL

FOR GREEN COUNTYCOUNCIL

(GREEN COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE)

THANK YOU!

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Date: Mon Feb 23, 2004 7:45 pm
Subject: Ralph Nader's Presidential bid

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Nader: I'll Be More Effective Vs. Bush

By SAM HANANEL, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Ralph Nader said Monday he won't back off from his latest campaign for the White House even if the major candidates are tied in polls going in to Election Day, a scenario that led many friends and former supporters to urge him not to run again.

Read the article:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?C1B023087

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Ralph Nader: Why I'm running for President?

February 23, 2004

Toward a 'New Birth of Freedom' and Justice

Today I enter the 2004 elections as an independent candidate for the Presidency of the United States to join with all Americans who wish to declare their independence from corporate rule and its expanding domination.

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From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Tue Feb 24, 2004 5:21 am
Subject: Frontlines: Cynical Bay Guardian; Nader's splash; Hands off gay marriage!

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FRONTLINES, the newspaper of the Left

http://www.sf-frontlines.com

The Cynical Endorsements of the Bay Guardian and Bruce Brugmann

Bay Guardian / Bruce Brugmann

Cynical Endorsements

By Gina Alvarez

Election time is when we get to see whether the SFBG/BB will walk the walk. Staying consistent, they did it again with their endorsements—including right wing Democrats and shots to weaken the Green Party.

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Ralph Nader: Why I'm running for President?

February 23, 2004

Toward a 'New Birth of Freedom' and Justice

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Bush, Kerry, Schwarzenegger: Hands off Gay Marriage in San Francisco!

Bowing to public pressure and calls from the l/g/b/t community, as well as working to distract attention from other issues and work on his political career, Mayor Gavin Newsom authorized City Hall to issue marriage certificates to l/g/b/t couples. At this writing, around 3,000 couples have used the benefit.

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From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:36 am
Subject: Frontlines: Our endorsements; Cynical Bay Guardian; Nader's splash; Hands off gay marriage and more

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FRONTLINES, the newspaper of the Left

<http://www.sf-frontlines.com>

March 2, Primary Elections: Frontlines progressive left endorsements and Recommendations (Candidates and Propositions)

Our endorsements of candidates and Propositions:

SF Green County Council
(Central Committee):

Matt Gonzalez and Frontlines endorse:

Chris Finn, Carlos Petroni
and Catherine Powell for Green Council.

Frontlines Endorses:

* 8th Congressional District:
Write-in Terry Baum

* 12th Congressional District:
Pat Gray

* President of the U.S.: Peter Camejo
Camejo said he would like for the Green Party to re-draft Ralph Nader for President.

* SF Local Propositions:

Yes on A,B,D,E and I

NO on C, G, H & J

NO POSITION on F

* California State Initiatives:
NO on 57 & 58

* The REALLY bad guys running for DCCC

READ THE COMPLETE LIST OF ENDORSEMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

<http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q34222487>

The Cynical Endorsements of the Bay Guardian and Bruce Brugmann

Bay Guardian / Bruce Brugmann

Cynical Endorsements

By Gina Alvarez

<http://makeashorterlink.com/?N47612187>

Ralph Nader: Why I'm running for President?

February 23, 2004

Toward a 'New Birth of Freedom' and Justice

<http://makeashorterlink.com/?U2E013087>

Bush, Kerry, Schwarzenegger: Hands off Gay Marriage in San Francisco!

<http://makeashorterlink.com/?C28642187>

No Truce, No Honeymoon: Not with Bush, not with John Kerry, not with Gavin Newsom.

By Editorial Board

STOP THE GROWING TRUCE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS – According to the old axiom of bourgeois politics, Democratic Presidential candidates run to their left to win the primaries and whoever wins moves center and right during the general election. Say what?

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Matt Gonzalez: Democrats ask the Greens to delay Party Building -- but for how long?-- UNTIL WHEN?

Democrats ask the Greens to delay party building—but for how long?

By Matt Gonzalez

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The Case for Legitimacy of the Iraqi Resistance

Are they terrorists, insurgents, “outsiders” or homegrown resistance to the illegal occupation?

By Sebastian Robles

BAGHDAD, Iraq - This is the third rail of discussion of US policies when it comes to discussing the conquest and occupation of Iraq. It is a theme that both Republicans and Democrats will NOT address as neither will address the basic question: do the Iraqis have the right to oppose the US/British occupation and demand the US-led Occupation Forces leave their country without conditions and immediately?

Do the inhabitants of an occupied country have the right to defend it against the occupiers by any means necessary?

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At the Gates of Persia II: 25th Anniversary of the rule of Mullahs and the New Iran's crisis

By Jesse Powell

Last February 11 marked the 25th Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution that toppled the US puppet Shah Reza Pahlavi in 1979, and the ultimate creation of the Islamic Revolutionary Republic that stands today.

This comes in the midst of an election crisis in which some 3000 candidates from the Iranian ballots to be voted upon on February 20th of this year were barred from participating.

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War, Occupation and Lies: US troops must leave now, Self-Determination for the Iraqi people

By Simon Morales

What do we ALL know now?

These lies made the “preemptive war doctrine” credible to post 9/11 frightened Americans.

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Bush's Independent Inquiry Commission? Neither an "Inquiry" nor "Independent."

By Simon Morales

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From: "Alternative" <alternative@...>
Date: Sat Feb 28, 2004 9:28 pm
Subject: March 2: Endorsements and Recommendations

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• Daily & Online • Newspaper of the Left • Wednesday, February 25, 2004 •

March 2, Primary Elections: Frontlines progressive left endorsements and Recommendations (Candidates and Propositions)

Our endorsements of candidates and Propositions:

* SF Green County Council
(Central Committee):

Matt Gonzalez and Frontlines endorse:

Chris Finn, Carlos Petroni and Catherine Powell for Green Council.

Frontlines Endorses:

* 8th Congressional District:
Write-in Terry Baum

* 12th Congressional District:
Pat Gray

* President of the U.S.: Peter Camejo
Camejo said he would like for the Green Party to re-draft Ralph Nader for President.

* SF Local Propositions:
Yes on A,B,D,E and I
NO on C, G, H & J
NO POSITION on F

* California State Initiatives:
NO on 57 & 58

* The REALLY bad guys running for DCCC

READ THE COMPLETE LIST OF ENDORSEMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: HERE

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