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TUC Forums: NATO, Nuclear Disarmament, Youth Films & Veterans
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Water-Threats and Possibilities, a Multimedia Presentation Held Recently
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Occupy Chicago Week of Action: NATO & G8 May 12 to 21
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Anti-NATO events in Chicago May 14 through May 21
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Resource of the Month: On Opposing War with Iran
TUC Forums: NATO, Nuclear Disarmament, Youth Films & Veterans
Please join us this May at Third Unitarian Church for four forums on why we protest NATO, how we could... read more
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... read more
Occupy Chicago Week of Action: NATO & G8 May 12 to 21
Occupy Chicago Week of Action: NATO and G8 May 12 through May 21 Peace, Justice, Liberation... read more
Anti-NATO events in Chicago May 14 through May 21
The Coalition Against NATO and G8 (CANG8) presented a comprehensive Calendar of anti-NATO events in ... read more
Resource of the Month: On Opposing War with Iran
At a recent talk on the possibility of war with Iran, author/activist Danny Postel said the most telling... read more
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News and Articles from Other PJEP Networks
A Case We Can't Afford Not to Make/Regaining Lost Grnd on Abortion Funding
A Case We Can't Afford Not to Make
Regaining Lost Ground on Funding Abortion Care
By Andrea Miller, president of NARAL Pro-Choice NY and the National Institute for Reproductive Health
In Conscience, the NewsJournal of Catholic Opinion, Vol. XXXIII-No. 1 2012. www.catholicsforchoice.org/
"Recently, I received a phone call that elicited equal parts pride and dread for a prochoice spokesperson like me. The call was from the editor of this magazine asking me to pen a piece about the Hyde Amendment and public funding for abortion, a topic that has become a "third rail" issue...
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Posted on MAPM by First Unitarian Society of Mpls Social Action Committee
The World's Largest Open Air Gulag
The link to a powerful article related to our April Forum:
At our 4/11/12 Middle East Peace Now forum, we had the privilege to hear Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert's eyewitness account of the barbaric acts and atrocities committed by the Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. Israel continues the illegal siege of Gaza it started six years ago, while our media remains silent. In his 4/20/12 article in Counter Punch titled "The World's Largest Open Air Gulag," Ralph Nader talks about Dr. Gilbert's experience in Gaza, Operation Cast Lead and the current situation...
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Posted on MAPM by Middle East Peace Now
BIG NEWS: President Obama Unveils Peacebuilding Board
From: Aaron Voldman, The Peace Alliance [info@thepeacealliance.org]
Sunday, April 22, 2012 7:01 AM
BIG NEWS: President Obama Unveils Peacebuilding Board
This Monday, April 23rd, the peacebuilding community will mark a historic milestone.
President Obama will speak at the US Holocaust Museum on Monday to unveil the Atrocity Prevention Board, a high-level board within the National Security Council, which will greatly enhance our country's capacity to make peacebuilding a priority.
Listen to the President's speech via webcast at 9:45-10:30am ET Monday, live from the Holocaust Museum: http...
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Posted on MAPM by Peace and Social Justice Writers Group
Minnesota Battle Over Israeli Bonds
Minnesota Battle Over Israeli Bonds
March 31, 2012
A legal fight is underway in Minnesota over the state's investment in Israeli bonds that are used to support settlements and other Israeli actions in the West Bank deemed illegal under international law. Sylvia Schwarz, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, explains why she’s demanding the state's divestiture.
By Sylvia Schwarz
"I do not think this is a radical call," says Ronnie Barkan, of Boycott From Within (BFW), an Israeli human rights group that advocates boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) of Israel until it complies with...
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Posted on MAPM by Minnesota Break the Bonds
Leah's Trial Ends in Victory for the People's Democracy
Judge Expresses Sympathy With Criticism of Government, Imposes Minimum Sentence
Posted on April 12, 2012
Leah’s Trial Ends in Victory for the People's Democracy
In its press release, Veterans For Peace, announced, "Retired Naval Commander Leah Bolger pled guilty to the charge of Unlawful Conduct -- Disruption of Congress at a hearing before Judge Stuart Nash in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia Thursday, April 12th 2012."
"Though the maximum penalty for this infraction is 6 months in jail and/or a $750 fine, Judge Nash sentenced Bolger to 60 days incarceration...
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Posted on OregonProgressiveNetwork by Veterans For Peace, Linus Pauling Chapter 132
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