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This is Where We Take Our Stand: NY & DC Screenings
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Peace and Justice Activists Gather to Respond to President Obama's State of the Union Address
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They Lifted Their Voices Against the Wars on Iraq and Afghanistan
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Local Media Covers 8/2 Protest in Newton, NJ
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Mayor Cory Booker Pushed to Take Action for Peace
This is Where We Take Our Stand: NY & DC Screenings
NY & DC Screenings of This is Where We Take Our Stand [img]http://thisiswherewetakeourstand... read more
Peace and Justice Activists Gather to Respond to President Obama's State of the Union Address
Peace and Justice Activists Respond... read more
They Lifted Their Voices Against the Wars on Iraq and Afghanistan
By Paula Rogovin, Military Families Speak Out, Bergen County Voices of young children rang out on... read more
Local Media Covers 8/2 Protest in Newton, NJ
[url=http://www.njherald.com/story/news/080211protest-web]Debt deal that Garrett opposed brings protesters... read more
Mayor Cory Booker Pushed to Take Action for Peace
Newark, New Jersey, June 7, 2011 - On June 8th, Newark community groups sent Mayor Cory Booker... read more
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Water-Threats and Possibilities, a Multimedia Presentation Held Recently
CAPOW! (Citizens Act to Protect Our Water) presented a Multi-Media Event, "Water – Threats and Possibilities," on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at MultiKulti, 1000 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.
The event was designed to call attention to key water issues, including water quality and pollution, the Keystone XL pipeline controversy, nuclear contamination of our water supply and the undesirable consequences of privatization of the water system.
The event featured a group art exhibit, a speakers forum, videos, open discussion, networking time, refreshments and entertainment.
The program...
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Posted on ICJPE by CAPOW! Citizens Act to Protect Our Water
M-PAC warns against LD 1707: More prison beds...Negative Consequences
M-PAC warns against LD 1707: More prison beds for so-called gang members would bring excessive costs, negative consequences
ELLSWORTH – Jim Bergin, co-coordinator of Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition (M-PAC) said today that advocates are deeply concerned about the severity of sending someone to prison for up to forty years (a Class A crime) if convicted of asking a peer to join a "criminal street gang."
Despite volumes of research data showing that "enhanced sentencing;" upgrading classifications for crimes; adding new crimes; and mandatory sentencing for judges does...
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Posted on MPJEN by Maine Prison Advocacy Coalition (M-PAC)
EU on verge of abandoning hope for a viable Palestinian state
Unlike our government, some European governments are publicly expressing in strong terms their displeasure and deep concern with the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Last Monday (1/16/12) the UK's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg accused Israel of carrying out "deliberate vandalism" by continuing to build settlements on Palestinian land. A recent unpublished internal European report documented the settlement expansion in Area C of the West Bank (which is under direct Israeli control) and its impact on the prospects of a two state solution. This report which was seen ...
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Posted on MAPM by Middle East Peace Now
Peace activists occupy nuclear sub base entrance to honor MLK
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January 16, 2012 - Peace activists occupy nuclear sub base entrance to honor MLK
On January 14, 2012 activists from a local peace group blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base for nearly a half hour in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons.
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action held a peaceful vigil and nonviolent direct action at the main gate to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Silverdale, Washington. Thegroup protested the U.S. government’s continued deployment of the Trident nuclear weapons system. Its continued...
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Posted on WAnet by Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
Orange Jumpsuited Torture Protestors March to St. Thomas Law School
The Uptake News item by Bill Sorem, Jan. 12, 2012.
Why were people in orange jumpsuits silently filing through the Minneapolis skyways? The answer may be ten years old, but those in the jumpsuits will tell you the problem is not in the past, but is a current one.
January 9, 2012 was the 10th anniversary of the memo that gave President George Bush the right to ignore the Geneva Conventions and authorize torture. Authors of the memo were Robert Delahunty, now a St. Thomas Law School professor and John Yoo, now a University of California at Berkeley law professor. Local peace activists have...
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Posted on MAPM by Women Against Military Madness
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