S.D. School Board Lays Off 617 Teachers – California to Lay Off 14,000-15,000
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Unified School Board voted 3 to 2 Tuesday, May 13th, to lay off 617…
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How Pot Became Demonized: the Fine Line Between Good Medicine and ‘Dangerous Drugs’
Staff May 13, 2008 4 Comments on How Pot Became Demonized: the Fine Line Between Good Medicine and ‘Dangerous Drugs’
The following is an excerpt from “Dying to Get High” by Wendy Chapkis and Richard J. Webb (NYU Press, 2008)….
Posted in: Civil Rights, Health
LA Times: Domestic spying far outpaces terrorism prosecutions
As more Americans are watched, fewer cases are made. The trend concerns civil liberties groups as well as some lawmakers…
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Why All of Our Efforts Won’t Stop the Attack on Iran
by Gary Leupp / May 11th, 2008 / Dissident Voice May 9. I read tonight a brief article by Philip…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Media, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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…
Posted in: Peace Movement, War and Peace
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…
Posted in: Environment, Organizing
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…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Ocean Beach, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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Solution to the Gas Crisis: Nationalize American Oil Companies
Frank Gormlie May 9, 2008 10 Comments on Solution to the Gas Crisis: Nationalize American Oil Companies
EXXON just made record profits in the first quarter 2008 – $11 Billion, meanwhile we’re laying off teachers and can’t…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Education, Environment, Health
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…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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…
Posted in: Civil Rights, War and Peace
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…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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