Monthly Archives: March 2004

Capital Campaign Update

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center

The UC-IMC Capital Campaign has raised over $56,000 toward its goal of $100,000 and will wrap up on April 30th of this year. All of our donations have been made by individuals and members of the community who believe the … Continue reading →

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IMC Library Zine Review: RACE

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Adam

    “Breaking Out of Activist Ghettos since 2001,” the RACE collective is sure to turn quite a few heads within activist communities across the world. RACE is “a collective of people of color with revolutionary anti-authoritarian politics. … Continue reading →

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Environmental Impacts of the FTAA

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Richard Besel

 ,      or heard about the litany of problems associated with the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Critics have usually noted some or all of the following in their lists of negative impacts: … Continue reading →

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Scared Straight? Media Cycles and the “War” on Drugs

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Daniel Larson

 , ,    – surrounded by executives from the major television networks, production companies, and advertising agencies, Richard Nixon somberly asked his audience for their support to help “warn our youth constantly against the dangers of drugs.” … Continue reading →

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A Local Activist Writes from Guatemala

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Meredith Kruse

Dear Friends and Family, I hope this letter finds you well. I have just finished my third month of human rights accompaniment here in Guatemala and I feel myself full of stories and thankful for this space to reflect on … Continue reading →

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Living Peacefully in a Violent World

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Laura Stengrim

        in 2000, again in 2001 with Dennis Halliday, and also in 2003 with Voices in the Wilderness; she is one of the founders and coordinators of Voices in the Wilderness, a Chicago-based … Continue reading →

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Indigenous People Assert Their Rights in Honduras

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Belden Fields

    , Carlos Euceda visited our community where he spoke and granted interviews. Carlos is a Lenca Indian. He is concerned about the lands that he and his people inhabit in Honduras. And he is trying to … Continue reading →

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Bill Taylor: Local Activist with an International Reach

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Belden Fields

Bill Taylor is a longtime activist in Urbana- Champaign. He has made remarkable contributions to this community and beyond. He was a founder of, and long time programmer on, WEFT. He is also a co-founder of the Kalyx Center, an … Continue reading →

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Clowning, Not Swimming, to Cambodia

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Susan Parenti

      for “humanitarian clowning.” This is an account of the trip. *(the title is a reference to the movie Swimming to Cambodia, made in 1987 by Spalding Gray, while he was working on the movie, … Continue reading →

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U of I Board of Trustees: Who Are They?

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Lisa Chason

       has once again postponed their decision on “honorably retiring” the controversial Chief Illiniwek mascot, scheduled for their March 11th meeting. Trustee Frances Carroll, the recent Blagojevich appointee who had proposed the mascot’s removal, … Continue reading →

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Correction

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Public i

The February issue of the Public i contained an error on page 5 in the sidebar article entitled “How the Prison-Industrial-Complex Threatens Democracy in America.”The statement containing the error reads, “1 in 32 americans and 1 in 3 blacks are … Continue reading →

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“Boring” Politicians

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Gina Cassidy

I wish that Peter Rohloff (in the February edition of Public i) had chosen a different word, besides “boring,” to describe Dennis Kucinich. Peace is boring; war is exciting. Conservation is boring, flagrant disregard for our life support system is … Continue reading →

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The Smiling Face of Government Waste

Posted on 03/25/2004 by Jay Hansen

    of Republican state leaders in Carmi, IL, 15th district U.S. House Rep. Tim Johnson criticized his Democratic rivals for believing that the government best knows how to distribute the nation’s assets. Republicans, he argued, believe in … Continue reading →

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