Real Clear Numbers: 101,000 U.S. Casualties a Year
By Alexander Cockburn / CounterPunch Diary / May 10 / 11, 2008 A friend of mine who’s a librarian was…
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More Voices Call Out: Nationalize the Oil Industry!
Since my May 9th rant to nationalize American oil companies as a solution to the ‘gas crisis’ and our other…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Environment, Organizing
The World at 350 – A Last Chance for Civilization
By Bill McKibben Even for Americans, constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a third, and…
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Mother’s Day and “Herstory”
Mother’s Day was originally started after the Civil War, as a protest to the carnage of that war, by women…
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Tagged: activism
Solution to the Gas Crisis: Nationalize American Oil Companies
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EXXON just made record profits in the first quarter 2008 – $11 Billion, meanwhile we’re laying off teachers and can’t…
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Vermont Peace Activists Occupy General Dynamics Weapons Plant
Activists on May Day locked themselves together in the firm’s lobby to protest the company’s war profiteering. By Benjamin Dangl…
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The loathsome smearing of Israel’s critics
by Johann Hari / The Independent / May 8, 2008 In the US and Britain, there is a campaign to…
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Reflections on May Day in Olympia, Washington
by Peter Bohmer / May 3, 2008 The planning for the Olympia May Day and the resulting rally and march…
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Soldiers Say Porn Ban May Hurt Morale
by Seth Robson / Stars and Stripes / May 05, 2008 GRAFENWOHR, Germany — Legislation that would restrict the sale…
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Marjorie Cohn’s Testimony on Torture Before the House Judiciary Committee
Staff May 7, 2008 3 Comments on Marjorie Cohn’s Testimony on Torture Before the House Judiciary Committee
From the Department of Justice to Guantánamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules On Tuesday, May 6, 2008, San…
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No on 98, Yes on 99 Rally In San Francisco
Opponents of Proposition 98 rallied at Civic Center Park in San Francisco today to urge people to vote against the…
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Students and Parents Protest San Diego State Drug Bust With Mock Graduation Ceremony
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Groups Call for Life Saving Good Samaritan Policy SAN DIEGO, CA; SDSU students and a group of concerned parents will…
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