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Davis Swanson Speaks at Northwestern University
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Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection, Resource for the Month
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FORUM-A NEW New Deal-Obama Year One
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The Force is Against Us
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Freedom to Marry Day at Holy Name
Davis Swanson Speaks at Northwestern University
A reminder to come to NU's Tech Institute, 2145 Sheridan Rd., First floor lecture room 2, on Tuesday... read more
Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection, Resource for the Month
Our Resource of the month is Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection, [url=http://MAPLight... read more
FORUM-A NEW New Deal-Obama Year One
A NEW NEW DEAL Obama Year One Taking Stock: Where Are We and Where Do We Go >From Here? Saturday... read more
The Force is Against Us
In his brilliant essay, "Thinkability"(1), Martin Amis reported that nuclear war was "seven minutes ... read more
Freedom to Marry Day at Holy Name
Picket Holy Name Cathedral on Freedom-to-Marry Day! In opposition to the desires of millions of... read more
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News and Articles from Other PJEP Networks
Facing 70 Years in Prison for Clothing
Syed Fahad Hashmi is an American citizen who has not been convicted of any crime yet who has been held for more than two years under Special Administrative Measures - the harshest conditions of solitary confinement - at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan. He is accused by a government informer of allowing a duffel bag of waterproof socks and raincoats to be stored at his house that, without his knowledge, went to terrorists in Afghanistan. For more information, see more ]
Posted on NY4CG by New York Metro Progressives
Change, Leadership and Opportunity of this Moment
It's been a tumultuous couple weeks and many people are despairing. Haiti, Massachusetts, Supreme Court, and now the loss of our treasured teacher Professor Howard Zinn. It may seem like too much to bare, but it's not. As a matter of fact, there are reasons to celebrate and new opportunities to organize. At the bottom of this longer-than-usual commentary is an invitation for collaboration on an exciting and timely mobilization to reclaim representative democracy. I hope you will send your ideas ... [ more ]
Posted on WAnet by Backbone Campaign
COAST Joins Lawsuit Opposing Navy Sonar Range
The Navy intends to build a 500-square nautical mile instrumented Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) off the Florida and Georgia coasts, where it plans to conduct around 470 annual exercises involving up to three vessels and two aircraft, and the use of its mid-frequency active sonar. Despite the fact that MFA sonar disrupts, injures, and kills marine life, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the federal agency responsible for ensuring protection for marine species, has given the ... [ more ]
Posted on MPJEN by Citizens Opposing Active Sonar Threats (COAST)
Minnesotans Arrested at White House Tuesday
13 people were arrested at the White House Tuesday. Nine of them are from Minnesota. They are in the DC jail. Evidently they will be held for 24 hours in a jail that is all stainless steel including the bunks. The water supply does not work that well if at all in the cells. And, according to one observer, they turn up either the heat or the air conditioning to make them uncomfortable.
For the action they had cardboard tombstones with the names of 77 Minnesotans who died in the wars...
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Posted on MAPM by Twin Cities Peace Campaign - Focus on Iraq
2010 Annual Nobel Peace Prize Forum at Augsburg College, Minneapolis MN
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Forum, "Striving for Peace: A Question of Will" will be held
March 5 and 6, 2010, in Minneapolis, MN, sponsored by its host, Augsburg College www.augsburg.edu.
The theme for the Forum, "Striving for Peace: A Question of Will," honors 2008 Nobel Peace Laureate Martti Ahtisaari. Mr. Ahtisaari will present the opening keynote address at the 2010 Forum at Augsburg College.
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Posted on MAPM by Growing Communities for Peace
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