CODEPINK Tucson is organizing a PROGRESSIVE FAST FOR PEACE that is taking place between today and the 3rd Anniversary of the U.S. War Against Iraq. On their site, they list pinktucson (at) cox.net as the contact where you are supposed to send an email containing your name locationdate you will be fastingand your reason for […]
Women Delivering Global Peace Petition Roughed Up and Arrested.
I thought we had the right to petition organizations charged with our welfare. Once upon a time I guess. This arrived this a.m. from a friend who is in D.C. for International Women’s Day Actions: Medea Benjamin and Cindy Sheehan, who were both arrested in New York City with two other women, Missy Beattie (Gold […]
How many lives ruined? Teacher loses all for talking of peace.
A friend in Indiana sent me this in an email a couple days ago: Teacher Awaits Day in CourtBy Matthew RothschildJanuary 25, 2006 Deb Mayer was a teacher of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders at ClearCreek Elementary School in Bloomington, Indiana, during the 2002-2003school year. On January 10, 2003, she was leading a class discussion […]
Corporate Control Is the Problem…. with Ports, the Media, Health Care, and Government
Well, today let us just focus on corporate control of the ports. The problem is that it that Dubai Ports World is a corporation. It happens to be a corporation that is owned by the government of the United Arab Emirates, or UAE, a nation that served as an operational and financial base for the […]
The Emperor Has No Clothes
Why do I have to read foreign papers to find articles arout these disturbing facts? “A shocking 37 million Americans live in poverty. That is 12.7 per cent of the population – the highest percentage in the developed world.“ And these aren’t unemployed or homeless folks. Most have jobs. Some more facts from the same […]
Counter the Nazis in Orlando
For those of you who believe in the power of prayer, or the power of focused energies, here is an area on which to focus for the next week. For those of you with cameras and the freedom to travel to Orlando, FL, here is an opportunity to shed so much light on the darkness […]