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Connecting local and global womens' issues on VOCES FEMINISTAS on KUNM 89.9FM, February 7, noon-2pm...DOLORES HUERTA PRESENTE! in Albuquerque video on NEW MEXICO INDYMEDIA TV on PUBLIC ACCESS TV CHANNEL 27 on February 13, 7-8pm...BRIAN AVERY'S experience in Jenin, Occupied Palestine AUDIO:[part 1] [part 2] [part 3 what happened to Brian [NEW MEXICO INDYMEDIA TV video] [DERAQITOX video] INDYMEDIA INFOSHOP LIBRARY COMMUNITY COMPUTER/VIDEO LAB, 202 Harvard SE, Monday--Friday, 9am-5pm "THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED" an extraordinary new documentary filmed as the attempted coup in Venezuela in 2002 took place...NOW PLAYING at THE GUILD CINEMA Albuquerque's only independently-owned single-screen movie theater! 3405 Central Ave. NE (505)255-1848

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Commentary: Civil & Human Rights National Call to Action For Safe Birth on February 14 by Cindy/VOCES FEMINISTAS 20 Jan 2004 Modified: 02/03 12:09 MST Between 500,000 to 600,000 women die each year during pregnancy or childbirth because of inadequate obstetrical care. In the U.S., women of color are more likely to die during childbirth than other women. Babies of color are more likely to die during birth or within one year of birth than other babies. 1982 was the last year that maternal mortality went down in the U.S. The U.S. has some of the worst maternal and infant health statistics in the world. 26% of births in the U.S. are by cesarean section, which is an unnecessary surgery that endangers women and their babies. Midwives and Safe Birth women will talk about the Safe Birth Initiative on VOCES FEMINISTAS on KUNM 89.9FM on February 7, noon-2pm. Albuquerque Birth Network, Coalition For Improving Maternity Services, and Citizens For Midwifery are sponsoring A CALL TO ACTION FOR SAFE BIRTH on February 14 at noon. Meet at Bataan Park on Lomas west of Carlisle. At 1pm, march down Lomas to the UNM Hospital and back to Bataan Park for a Rally from 2-4pm. Read the full article... News: Crime & Police Vecinos United Protests Police Brutality by Jerome Chavez 20 Jan 2004 Modified: 01/20 16:49 MST In Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., community group Vecinos United held a small protest downtown Albuquerque against police brutality and for judicial accountability. Read the full article... (1 comment) Commentary: Environment ORANGE ALERT! Radioactive Nuclear Waste trucks headed through Albuquerque by Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping 20 Jan 2004 The first of hundreds of trucks carrying radioactive nuclear waste passed through Albuquerque on congested Interstate 40. These trucks will be passing well-populated areas and schools on a traffic-congested highway that is often closed because of major accidents. Albuquerque City Council will vote on a memorial city resolution to prevent the transportation of nuclear waste within Albuquerque City limits until the Department of Energy complies with safety measures. Email and call your city councilors(768-3100) and fax(768-3227)and pressure them to vote for this memorial. Come to the city council meeting on January 21, 5pm, City Hall, 5th & Marquette NW, to voice your support for this memorial. Read the full article... Commentary: Civil & Human Rights Poverty is not a crime by Dignity 19 Jan 2004 Modified: 01/20 04:06 MST As the U.S. economy worsens, more and more families and people slip into poverty and the poor become targets and scapegoats. The community needs to solve the problem of poverty instead of creating laws that punish the poor. A man who was selling newspapers outside a store in Albuquerque was arrested under the new "Anti-Panhandling" Law. On January 16, the ACLU won a temporary restraining order barring the City of Albuquerque from implementing the anti-panhandling ordinance which is unconstitutional. Read the full article... Commentary: Miscellaneous NUESTRO AZTLAN by Enrique Cardiel/Raza Unida Email: pnlrunm (at) yahoo.com 17 Jan 2004 Modified: 01/20 13:22 MST Why I do not call myself “Person of Color” nor “Hispanic." “We ourselves must seize the initiative, taking the lead in our revitalization, fostering the general understanding that we constitute living nations of people…”-Ward Churchill Read the full article... (1 comment) Commentary: Environment Proposed Nuclear Bomb Factory poses threat to public safety and health by Citizen Action/Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping 23 Dec 2003 Modified: 01/13 12:35 MST The nuclear bomb factory that is proposed for Los Alamos or Carlsbad, New Mexico would have a negative effect on tourism, real estate, the economy, the environment, public health and safety. "One microgram of plutonium inhaled into the lungs causes cancer."--Citizen Action Co-founder Sue Dayton. "A tiny millionth of a gram of radioactive waste is a lethal dose. High level waste from plutonium is very corrosive. Hydrogen gas explosions are a possibility in the tanks that radioactive waste is stored in. The human body doesn't know the difference between water and tritium(radioactive water). Tritium is a radioactive form of hydrogen. The human body is 75% water. A pregnant woman's embryo would be full of tritium. Tritium, radioactive water, is four times as dangerous to children as we thought. There is no safe dose for radiation."--Dr. Arjun Makhijani, Pulitzer Prize nominee & President of the Institute for Energy & Environmental Research.[Dr. Arjun Makhijani Audio1] [Dr. Arjun Makhijani Audio2] [Tewa Women United Kathy Sanchez(audio)] [Len Ackland(audio#1)] [Len Ackland(audio#2)] Read the full article... (1 comment) Commentary: Media CBS censors ad by Solidarity Media Minders/Brian/Michael D. Kowalski Email: geoforce (at) care2.com 11 Dec 2003 Modified: 01/23 11:37 MST Watch the [TV AD that CBS refused to air] [SIGN THE PETITION TO FIGHT MEDIA CONSOLIDATION] [LEGISLATIVE ALERT!] Most Americans get their news from television and only 5 companies: General Electric(MSNBC and NBC), News Corp(Fox), Disney(ABC), AOL-Time Warner(CNN), and Viacom(CBS) own most of the TV stations. Under the proposed legislation, one company could own TV stations that reach up to 39 percent of U.S. TV households, so News Corp and Viacom(which both own over 35 percent), would not have to divest any of their stations. NBC and ABC still have room to acquire more stations under the 39 percent rule. The House already passed this bill, the Senate will vote on it on January 20. [Rupert Murdoch video ad] On May 29, over 60 people protested Clear Channel's radio/billboard monopoly in Albuquerque. [CLEAR CHANNEL PROTEST PHOTOS] Read the full article... (1 comment) News: Peace Father John Dear Under Attack for Anti-War Activism by Jerome Chavez 10 Dec 2003 Modified: 12/14 17:06 MST Father John Dear, a Jesuit priest and a strong advocate of nonviolent resistance has come under fire after a confrontation with National Guard troops near his parish, widely publicized in his article The Soldiers At My Front Door. (see http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1129-07.htm for article). The Albuquerque Journal called for the archbishop to discipline Father John Dear for his activities, even distorting the event that happened. Taoseños: Fire Defense Secretary Rumsfeld - Oct. 26, 2003 (Audio and photos) http://nm.indymedia.org/newswire/display/1828/index.php Read the full article... (2 comments)
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