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Three people were injured by gunfire at the Juneteenth Festival in Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis on Saturday. The tragedy of the shooting threatens to play into corporate media stereotypes of black violence and gang activity, overshadowing this celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. We post this article here to inject information about the actual significance of Juneteenth back into public awareness...

from Juneteenth.com

On Tuesday June 17th, activists and avid bikers met for the second time at the Flying Penguin bike store in Mankato, MN with the intent of hosting a Critical Mass. The route went along Madison Ave, Broad St and Riverfront drive ending up at Pagliai's pizza on South Front St. All in all, aside from one accident the rally was a success, bringing in about 40 bikers including mayor John Brady.

At 4:30 pm on June 19th, the Anti-War Committee of Minnesota led a demonstration outside the Hilton Hotel in downtown Minneapolis, the site of a thousand-dollar-a-plate fundraiser for the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain. Approximately 100 anti-war and trade union groups demonstrated outside demanding a US withdraw from Iraq and more resources for healthcare, education and infrastructure here at home. Inside McCain's campaign asked his supporters to pay as much as $50,000 a person to have a private reception with the Republican presidential nominee.

by Cindy Milstein

(Note: This essay is reprinted from the July–August 2008 issue of Left Turn magazine, which features a special section on the elections; it was written shortly before Obama secured the nomination.)

A new report from the Campaign Finance Institute has found that while Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Barack Obama are both running campaigns promising "campaign finance reform," their party conventions are being funded primarily by unlimited and unregulated contributions from corporations.

It's not profitable to give out loans that people can repay...

By John Fitzgerald , Minnesota 2020
June 17, 2008

The nation’s biggest banks are putting the squeeze on students at small colleges. This policy may cut off higher education access to students who need it most.

Originally posted at www.mypeacecity.com

Flood forecasts issued by National Weather Service (NWS) offices for the Cedar River in Minnesota and Iowa were blundered.

The NWS office responsible for the blundered crest predictions at Cedar Rapids, which is located in Chanhassen, MN, is called the North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC).

The flood crest at Cedar Rapids was nearly 10 ft higher than preceding NWS probability products and last week's crest predictions.

NCRFC was created in 1979 as a result of blunder forecasts on the Red River in MN/ND.

Political announcement Jack Shepard is Challenging Norm Coleman for the Minnesota Republican Nomination for U.S. Senate on Sept. 9, 2008 in Minnesota's U.S. Senate Primary Election.

The pennyless Jack Shpeard is going up against the power house of Norm Coleman's political machine.

The Norm coleman POLITICAL MACHINE STILL HAS OVER $7,000,000 ON HAND FOR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN EXPENSES AND CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING.

ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2008 VOTE FOR JACK SHEPARD IN THE MINNESOTA GOP U.S. SENATE PRIMARY ELECTION:

1) IF YOU WISH TO REMOVE SENATOR NORM COLEMAN FROM THE MINNESOTA U.S. SENATE RACE!

WWW.JACKSHEPARDFORSENATE.COM

THEN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION CHOOSE A MINNESOTAN AS OUR NEXT U.S. SENATOR WHO WILL DO THE BIDDING OF THE PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA NOT LIKE SENATOR NORM COLEMAN WHO HAS DONE THE BIDDING OF BIG BUSINESS WHO HAS PAID HIM WELL FOR HIS WORK FOR THEM.