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Shut Down the School of the Americas! November 19-21, 2010 - Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia!Join thousands from across the country at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia for the November Vigil to close the SOA.MEMORIA Y RESISTENCIA - NOVEMBER 19-21TWENTY YEARS OF CONVERGENCE AT THE GATES OF FORT BENNING It's that time again! Only 3 days until thousands from across the hemisphere and...
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Peace and Human Rights in Palestine Anna Baltzer (Kyoto and Tokyo)...パレスチナにおける 平和と人権～アンナ・バルツァーの見た占領～
from Peace Not War Japan and the GALE SIG of JALTKYOTO FIRST: ENGLISH, then JAPANESEBELOW: TOKYOGreetings, this is an announcement of a lecture related to Palestine/Israel. On Tuesday, November 16, 2010 the Jewish-American human rights activist, Anna Baltzer, is invited to Kyoto University, to speak about "Peace and Human Rights in Palestine - the Occupation as witnessed by Anna Baltzer"....
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BRIAN CONCANNON ofhttp://www.ijdh.orgDirector of the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti, Concannon lived in Haiti for eight years. He said today: “The extensive damage from Tomas in Haiti is in large part the product of policies, including international aid and trade policies, and the undermining and overthrow of democratic regimes in Haiti from abroad, that have kept Haiti vulnerable...
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Posted by laurencelewis on @ 9:33 amArticle printed from speakeasy: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasyURL to article: http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2010/10/13/teacher-dismissed-for-talking-about-gay-marriage/ This post first appeared on Daily Kos.A gay student teacher was dismissed from a suburban Portland, Oregon, school after discussing gay marriage with a fourth-grader. Seth...
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It's Easy to Deport the Mentally IllBy William Fisher NEW YORK, Oct 15, 2010 (IPS) - A U.S. citizen of Puerto Rican descent with mental disabilities is suing the U.S. government for wrongfully deporting him to Mexico and forcing him to endure over four months of living on the streets and in the shelters and prisons of Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala.Advocates say that the case,...
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Produced by Nancy Murray for the Gaza Mental Health Foundation and recorded by Chuck U. Rosina. (Edited at W.Bla3 Studio, Medford, MA.)Noam Chomsky talks on advancing the cause of the justice in Palestine.
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More at The Real NewsAlex Hundert's G20 nightmare began on June 26 when Toronto Police raided his home at 4 a.m., arresting he and his partner Leah Henderson at gunpoint. One month later they were released from prison on $100,000 bail each, with 20 stringent conditions, including conditional house arrest, non-associations with some of their best friends, and a ban on posting to the internet...
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September 6, 2010 By Tim Wise
Tim Wise's ZSpace Page / ZSpace
In all the rancor over whether or not one group of Muslims should be allowed to build a cultural center and worship space near the site of the 9/11 attacks -- which were committed by a separate and totally unrelated group of Muslims --there is one thing above all else that no one appears anxious to point out: namely, that for any...
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From: Ten Thousand Things Supporting the culture of positive peace: inner & outer peace, sustainability, diversity, social justice, and affirmative creative expression--in the Asia-Pacific (and everywhere)Wednesday, June 30, 2010 The organizing committee for the Yayori Awards is pleased to announce that nomination forms are now available for the 2010 competition of its...
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CALL TO ACTION:UCSD DIVESTMENT VOTE HAPPENING IN 2 DAYS! HERES WHAT YOU CAN DO! Share Yesterday at 1:45pm --SPREAD WIDELY-- Salaam/Peace Everyone, As you may or may not have heard, we here at UCSD have launched a divestment campaign and resolution to be voted on THIS Wednesday 4/28 on our campus. The opposition have already started in mass mobilizing emails, letter of opposition,...
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Shame on Arizona - Presente.orgpresente.orgArizona Governor Jan Brewer just signed a law that will authorize officers to pull over, question, and detain anyone they have a “reasonable suspicion” to believe is in this country without proper documentation. It’s legalized racial profiling, and it’s an affront on all of our civil rights. Read the petition and sign, Or visit Paul Arenson...
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By Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus. Posted April 22, 2009.The United States shamed itself in boycotting the United Nations conference on racism. Rejecting calls by liberal Democratic members of Congress, leading human rights groups, Pope Benedict XVI, and most of the international community to participate, the Obama administration instead gave into pressure by Congressional hawks and...
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