grayhair writes: "More than 20 law enforcement officers swept through the Charas/El Bohio Community Center on the Lower East Side yesterday, bearing a warrant that said Charas could be evicted in as little as three days.



But, the eviction warrant was never signed by the judge!

So the questions are: how did they get so many pigs to show up with no legal court order; what was Gregg Singer trying to achieve with this move?



there is a story in the new york times about it."

Anonymous Comrade writes: "Hello US leftwingers, we are three people from Germany(Berlin and Cologne, all male) who will be travelling the states in september(NYC and the westcoast - from san francisco to seattle).We would like to get in touch with leftwing political activists and theorists in order to have debates and discussions about the social struggles that are taking place in the states as well as in Germany. Therefore we are offering a lecture or report - maybe as part of a political event - about the situation in Germany. We can talk about important socio political debates, for example the "compensation" for former slave workers, and the attempts to erase the holocaust out of the collective memory. We can also talk about the immense rise of nationalism after the reunification and how that process resulted in murderous pogromes and the establishment of a strong nazi scene. We will talk about developments in the organized naziscene, who is who in the german nazi scene and what tactics they apply - "national liberated zones". We can also talk about Germany`s new found souvereign role in the EU and how the antifascist/racist/german left is dealing with these developments. As a title for the lecture we would propose:"Why boycot Germany!!" For further information you can email me at supernerd2000@gmx.de. We don`t want anything for payment except maybe a floor to crush on and some interested people. We will arrive in Ny on the 1st september and stay there until the 5th; on the westcoast on 6th september San FR. and leave from seattle on the 22nd. so far thanx solidaric greetings."

Anonymous Comrade writes: "US President George W. Bush said Thursday the United States would pull out of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty but said he had no
specific timetable in mind for an official end to the 1972 accord with Russia."

Kevin - Modern Times writes: "The following is a link to the new journal 'Multitudes', which, for those not caught up in the fervor of Empire fever; is the concept that Negri/Hardt have replaced ‘the working class' with…

the cast of characters involved, as to be expected come from the autonomist Marxist camp, and for those autonomedia fans, two Midnight Notes folks are involved...

Unfortunately for those of us here in America, well those that don't speak French, it has not be translated to my knowledge....

If any one has access to a translation of the first two issues.. Please reply...

http://www.samizdat.net/multitudes/"

Autonomedia writes:



Came across this in the NY Observer "It's the primal scene of American power, of Bush family values. For two
centuries, the initiation rite of Skull and Bones has shaped the character
of the men who have shaped the American character, including two Presidents
named Bush. And last Saturday, April 14, for the first time ever-that long-secret rite
was witnessed by a team of outsiders, including this writer.


Plunge into the gory details at:
http://www.nyobserver.com/pages/story.asp?ID=4136"

sleeepy writes: "A NUCLEAR bomb, 100 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima, is lying 10km off the east coast of the United States.

Until now one of the most closely guarded secrets in US military history, its existence has been confirmed in newly declassified documents which reveal how it was dumped in the sea after a mid-air collision more than 40 years ago.


Pentagon officials, though admitting they do not know the bomb's exact location, insist it is safe.


They have rejected demands for it to be recovered, saying it is too dangerous to be touched.
The fill article is on the web site of a publication called The Austrialian

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_ page/0,5744,2566427%255E401,00.html "

Suzanne Ross of the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition writes: "In a surprise move, strongly reminiscent of his original trial, Mumia
Abu-Jamal has just been ordered to be kept away from his upcoming August
17th court hearing. On July 27, 2001, Judge Pamela Dembe ordered Mumia
Abu-Jamal to appear in the Pennsylvania State Court of Common Pleas. Yet,
yesterday, August 13, 2001, the Court Administrator of this same court,
Joseph J. DiPrimio, the Court Administrator of the First Judicial District,
stated that Mumia should not be transported down to Philadelphia, as there
will not be any room in the Philadelphia prisons to house Mumia. Of course
we know that in 1995-6, when Mumia was present in the courtroom, he was
actually housed in a prison outside of Philadelphia.

Mark O'Neill in Beijing writes: "The Communist Party has closed one of the mainland's key theoretical
journals as part of an attack on those who oppose the decision of President
Jiang Zemin to end a ban on membership by private business people.
Staff at Zhenli de Zhuiqiu (Seeking Truth) said yesterday authorities had
ordered the closure of the monthly magazine after 11 years, ahead of
publication of the August issue, and that its 10 employees would retire or
be moved to other jobs. Editor Yu Quanyu was likely to retire. No reason was
given for the closure, they said.



The monthly has been devoted to the theory of Marxism, Leninism and Mao
Zedong Thought and its application to China.



Sources said Mr Jiang ordered the closure, angered over opposition within
the party to his speech on its 80th anniversary on July 1, in which he
lifted an 80-year ban on private business people joining the party.

Autonomedia writes: "The World Bank and IMF issued the following statement on August 10, 2001.



This year's Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank
Group and International Monetary Fund will take place over two days -
September 29 and 30, 2001 - subject to the formal approval of this change
by the Executive Directors of the two institutions. A final decision is
expected by Tuesday, August 14.



The Meetings are being consolidated after consultation with the U.S.
Government. The World Bank and IMF fully share the interest of the U.S.
authorities, in their role as host of the event, in ensuring the conduct of
all essential business with the least possible disruption to the people who
live and work in Washington, D.C. We will conduct all of the necessary and
essential business of the Annual Meetings during these two days."

Charas writes: "Today, August 10, Civil Court Judge Sara Lee Evans gave CHARAS more
time, until December 12th! to find new digs etc. thats lots more time we
can use. Luckily, artists and tenants from charas were present to offer
testimony of the hardship they would suffer if they had to leave
tomorrow or next week. Judge Evans then spoke of how important CHARAS
was and the need to beable to continue their work. Singer's lawyers
appeared very angry and had a man who appeared to be a marshall of some
kind waiting in the court room. another small victory bringing us that
much closer to the end of giuliani's reign. thanks all. dont forget to
come by tomorrow to 'community day' flea market, mural painting, food
and workday."