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Coming to an East Coast near you July 18-25
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Anne Elizabeth Moore
ph: 773/484-8524
e: [email protected]
June 23, 2005-When Anne Elizabeth Moore and Liz Mason first conceived
of
the SPAZZES WITH GLASSES: BOOK NERD TOUR SUMMER 2005 in late
Spring, they were unprepared for the response of swarming fans
clamoring for autographs-or at least the chance to touch their
spectacles.
The July 18-25 East-Coast tour SPAZZES WITH GLASSES will include
selections from Moore’s ever-amusing Hey Kidz, Buy This Book! A
Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic
Activism for Short People, which In These Times claimed "should be
required back-to-school reading," and Mason’s hilarious critical
overview of contemporary historical songwriting, the Bad Lyrics
Project.
Toward Freedom talked with Leslie Cagan (organizer with the anti-war coalition, United For Peace and Justice) and Gordon Clark (Coordinator of Iraq Pledge of Resistance) in front of the White House on Download the interview as an MP3 file Listen to the interview in a new window through QuickTime Media Player -------------------- Michael Klare, author of Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict and Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petrol gave a talk on September 7, 2005 in Burlington, Vermont on "The Implications of Scare Global Water Resources for Security and Conflicts: Download the talk as an MP3 file Listen to the talk in a new window through a Quick Time Player ------------- Listen below to Between the Lines, a weekly radio show produced by Toward Freedom Board Members Scott Harris and Anna Manzo. Stay tuned for more commercial free coverage of stories usually ignored by mainstream media. Get RealPlayer here. ------- Headlines for the week ending 9/30/05: Evasive Responses in Senate Hearing Alarm Opponents of Supreme Court Chief Justice Nominee John Roberts; Global Warming Linked to the Increased Power of Hurricanes Battering the U.S.; Bring Them Now Bus Tour Builds Momentum Toward Sept. 24 Iraq War Protest in Washington, D.C.; Underreported News Summary from Around the World ------- Download to listen as MP3 file ------- Headlines for the week ending 9/23/05: Crisis of Confidence in Direction of U.S. an Opportunity for Progressive Change; People of New Orleans Fight for Voice in City's Reconstruction; Five Unanswered Questions About 9/11 Critical to Prevent Future Attacks; Underreported News Summary from Around the World ------- Download to listen as MP3 file ------- Headlines for the week ending 9/16/05:Dismantling of FEMA Partly to Blame for Failed Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina; Class and Race Issues Played Major Role in Who Survived Hurricane; Consumer Group Claims Oil Companies' Disaster Profiteering Necessitates Price Controls; Underreported News Summary from Around the World Download to listen as MP3 file ------- Headlines for the week ending 9/9/05: Opposition to Proposed Iraq Constitution May Deepen Violence and Instability; Bush Administration Efforts to Oust Venezuelan President Was Context for Pat Robertson's Call to Assassinate Hugo Chavez; United Farmworkers Union Organizes at Guimarra Vineyards After Heatstroke Deaths; Underreported News Summary from Around the World ------- Download to listen as MP3 file ------- Headlines for the week ending 9 ------- Download to listen as MP3 file ------- Headlines for the week ending ------- Download to listen at MP3 file ------- ------- Headlines for the week ending 8/19/05: White House is Shaping Public Opinion for a Future Confrontation with ------- Download to listen as MP3 file Listen in ------- Headlines for the week ending ------- Download to listen as MP3 file Listen in ------- Headlines for the week ending ------- Download to listen as MP3 file Listen in ------- Headlines for the week ending 7/29/05: The Downing Street Memos and Valerie Plame-CIA Scandal Reveal a White House Bent on Misleading Public on Rationale for Iraq War; Rep. Barbara Lee Introduces Bill That Would Prohibit Permanent U.S. Military Bases in Iraq; U.N. Troops Accused of July 6th Massacre in Haiti's Cite Soleil; Underreported News Summary from Around the World ------- Listen in ------- Headlines for the week ending 7/15/05: Bush Call to 'Stay the Course in Iraq', Echoes Pronouncements Made During Vietnam War; Military Base Closings Force Communities to Plan for Sustainable Economic Development; Civil War Looms in AFL-CIO as Dissidents Demand Reform and Threaten to Break Up Federation; Underreported News Summary from Around the World ------- Download to listen to in Windows Media Player Listen in ------- Headlines for the week ending 7/8/05: Iraqi Union Activists Call for End of U.S. Occupation; Peace Groups Organize Giant September Anti-War Protests in Washington, D.C.; Big Business Will Be Among Few Winners if Congress Ratifies Central America Free Trade Agreement and More ------- Listen directly from TF's website in Quicktime Download to listen in Windows Media Player Listen in Click HERE for Between The lines Archives -------------- --------------
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Guard unit formed to track domestic groups.
Hello -- again. Toward Freedom is back! Not with our magazine, but with a new and expanded Website that will continue the incisive international reporting that TF began 53 years ago. After several months of in depth discussion, the TF board of directors has begun to develop some new approaches, including a decision to strengthen our link to writers, readers, and activists who are working to create a just society.
As a first step, we have engaged journalist Ben Dangl, who has traveled extensively and written about progressive movements in
Looking forward to networking with you in cyberspace,
Robin Lloyd
TF Board co-chair
A note from the new editor:
The launch of our new website takes place at a time of extreme global crisis.The War in Iraq; the creation of a possible free trade block in South America; the centralization of corporate media in the US - the list could go on and on. Yet flashes of hope have sprung up in the midst of these challenges. Labor unions are organizing in
Starting with our July 4th inaugural issue, www.TowardFreedom.com will be publishing articles on a weekly basis on topics ranging from human rights and the environment to youth issues and activism.Our new multimedia site also includes an online bookstore, a blog, radio/audio streaming, a RSS feed, a searchable database and newly organized archives. Video streaming will soon be up and running as well.
I am excited about editing TF's new website and look forward to being a part of this community of readers, writers and activists. We'd love to hear your thoughts and suggestions as we move ahead. If you have any questions or comments, or would like to write for Toward Freedom, please email me: [email protected]
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Thanks for reading and stay tuned,
Ben Dangl
TF Editor
Human body parts have become a new cash crop
In a world where the wealthy set the rules of trade, it was only a matter of time until parts of the human body became a hot cash crop. Not only can the rich afford to buy organs from the desperately poor, they also can use “free market” logic to defend the purchases as ethical. From this perspective, it’s a win-win situation in which allegedly equal participants come together. The buyer gets a healthy organ, the seller some needed cash. The roles of the organ brokers and the surgeons are defined as benign, if not downright humane.
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