Announcements:

75% Threshold Actions

...That at a 75% threshold vote of approval, the [ICJPE] Coordinating Committee be authorized to speak on behalf of the Coalition. ..from the ICJPE Structure
The following actions, posted by member organizations of the Illinois Coalition for Peace and Justice have received the support, participation or co-sponsorship of 75% of ICJPE member groups.....as such, the Coalition speaks for:

Iran Emergency Response Protest sponsored by the Chicago Coalition Against War and Racism

and

WITNESS AGAINST WAR 2008: Chicago-StPaul sponsored by Voices for Creative Non-Violence

Posted on 8/26/08 by ICJPE

National Assembly video report

National Assembly to End the Iraq War and Occupation

Highlights from the June 28-29, 2008 meeting in Cleveland, OH. In this 26-minute video, Labor Beat presents a sampling of the speeches and floor discussions from this important conference. Attended by over 400 people, the Assembly's main objective was to urge united and massive mobilizations in the spring to “Bring the Troops Home Now,” as well as supporting actions that build towards that date. To read the final action proposal and to learn other details, visit www.natassembly.org

Video link:
http://blip.tv/file/1149437/

Posted on 8/10/08 by

IMPEACH: Hearing on Limits of Executive Power

Resource of the Month for August includes these strong words from former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Fein: as well as other potentially explosive testimony.

What follows are links to ICPJE Resource postings of fifteen YouTube videos. These are testimonies made during the "Executive Power and Its Constitutional Limitations" hearings in the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, Friday July 25, 2008:

1. Testimony from former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce … HERE
2. Continuing testimony from former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Fein ….HERE
3. Testimony from former Representative Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY)… HERE
4. Testimony from Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH, 10th District) …HERE
5. Continuing testimony from Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH, 10th District)… HERE
6. Testimony from Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY, 8th District)… HERE
7. Continuing testimony from Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY, 8th District)… HERE
8. Testimony from Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY, 22nd District)… HERE
9. Testimony from Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL, 19th District) during… HERE
10. Testimony from Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN, 9th District)… HERE
11. Testimony from Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI, 2nd District) … HERE
12. Testimony from Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC, 3rd District)…HERE
13. Testimony from former LA County Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi… HERE
14. Continuing testimony from former LA County Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi HERE
15. Continuing testimony from former LA County Deputy District Attorney Vincent Bugliosi… HERE

ICJPE Resources and Education Committee

Posted on 8/24/08 by ICJPE

Sell Me a Dream: Military Recruitment in America

"...A counter recruitment movie which I believe should be shown to every high school student across this country."-- Ken Dalton, NJ VFP.

This month's featured resource is "Sell me A Dream" a film about military recruitment in America was produced by students from the College Of New Jersey and recently won 1st prize at the Trenton Film Festival. You can see this movie online at http://joleenong.blip.tv or, to receive a DVD copy, contact Joleen Ong at: joleen.dearest [at] gmail [dot] com.

View the film HERE.

Posted by the ICJPE Resource Committee

Posted on 7/25/08 by

Resource of the Month: Skeptical Science: Examining the Science of Global Warming Skepticism

Skeptical Science is an excellent resource for combating some of the common myths being perpetrated by the Right against the science supporting the proposition of human-created climate change. From "Its the sun, " to "models are unreliable, " you can check out the skeptic arguments HERE and arm yourselves with some sound scientific reasoning to counter.

June, 2008
ICJPE Resource and Education Committee
Please visit ICJPE Resources listings on scores of topics and send your comments to resources [at] ilcpj [dot] org.

Posted on 6/13/08 by

Resource of the Month: The Story of Stuff

What better resource of the month for our newly renamed coalition: Illinois Coalition for Justice Peace and the Environment than one that could save you money, break your shopping habit and help find the resolve to save planet!

The Story of Stuff

Watch the short YouTube premier here:

The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns, with a special focus on the United States. All the stuff in our lives, beginning from the extraction of the resources to make it, through its production, sale, use and disposal, affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues and calls for all of us to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something. It'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Watch the 20 minute video HERE.

ICJPE Resources and Education Committee

Posted on 5/5/08 by

Resource of the Month: Winter Soldier Live Broadcasts

You can learn bout and watch explosive Winter Soldier testimony on the Iraq Veterans Against the War website. Here's a sample from YouTube:

Posted by the ICJPE Resource and Education Committee

Posted on 3/10/08 by