Word: bari
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Judi Bari, a member of the radical group Earth First!, is still hurting from the explosion in 1990 of a pipe bomb in her Subaru station wagon. The Oakland blast left her with a paralyzed right foot and a dislocated spine. Earth First! is known for tactics that sometimes endanger the safety of loggers, though Bari insists that she is against violence. Authorities arrested her on suspicion that she knowingly transported the bomb, but no charges were brought. Bari claims that officials have failed to investigate the case seriously, and has filed a civil rights suit against the Oakland police...
...college radio stations and in small rock clubs. So far, its biggest fans have been mainly hip young whites. But the Black Rock Coalition is working to spread the gospel, particularly among young black music lovers. It publishes a newsletter and organizes concerts, including a music festival in Bari, Italy, last June and free performances in playgrounds in black neighborhoods all through the summer. It has also produced its first album, The History of Our Future, an eclectic sampler distributed by Rykodisc that features 10 of the association's bands. Says executive director Don Eversley: "We're trying to show...
With calculated harshness, the Italian government resorted to drastic measures in dealing with more than 18,000 impoverished Albanian refugees in the southern port of Bari. Seeking escape from the dismal conditions back home, the Albanians had fought their way ashore after crossing the Adriatic on grossly overcrowded boats, only to be penned into coal docks and the local soccer stadium without adequate food or water. The angry men and women then proceeded to wreck the stadium. Later, when supplies did arrive, complained a Caritas relief worker, "the police threw food at them like...