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18th Changing Maine Gathering: Visions and Strategies for Occupy
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Global Network Statement on Japanese Nuclear Disaster
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PeaceWorks Vigil
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M-PAC warns against LD 1707: More prison beds...Negative Consequences
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Occupy Oakland and the Militarization of America's Police
18th Changing Maine Gathering: Visions and Strategies for Occupy
Please spread the word about this gathering, via email, facebook, twitter, and any other way you ... read more
Global Network Statement on Japanese Nuclear Disaster
The Global Network mourns for the people of Japan following the recent disastrous chain of events that... read more
PeaceWorks Vigil
Every Friday from 5-6 p.m. (since 9/01) on the Brunswick Mall. read more
M-PAC warns against LD 1707: More prison beds...Negative Consequences
M-PAC warns against LD 1707: More prison beds for so-called gang members would bring excessive costs... read more
Occupy Oakland and the Militarization of America's Police
Occupy Oakland and the Militarization of America's Police October 26, 2011 Esquire By... read more
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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," on Saturday, January 21, 2012 at MultiKulti, 1000 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago.
The event was designed to call attention to key water issues, including water quality and pollution, the Keystone XL pipeline controversy, nuclear contamination of our water supply and the undesirable consequences of privatization of the water system.
The event featured a group art exhibit, a speakers forum, videos, open discussion, networking time, refreshments and entertainment.
The program...
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Posted on ICJPE by CAPOW! Citizens Act to Protect Our Water
EU on verge of abandoning hope for a viable Palestinian state
Unlike our government, some European governments are publicly expressing in strong terms their displeasure and deep concern with the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Last Monday (1/16/12) the UK's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg accused Israel of carrying out "deliberate vandalism" by continuing to build settlements on Palestinian land. A recent unpublished internal European report documented the settlement expansion in Area C of the West Bank (which is under direct Israeli control) and its impact on the prospects of a two state solution. This report which was seen ...
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Posted on MAPM by Middle East Peace Now
Peace activists occupy nuclear sub base entrance to honor MLK
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January 16, 2012 - Peace activists occupy nuclear sub base entrance to honor MLK
On January 14, 2012 activists from a local peace group blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base for nearly a half hour in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons.
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action held a peaceful vigil and nonviolent direct action at the main gate to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Silverdale, Washington. Thegroup protested the U.S. government’s continued deployment of the Trident nuclear weapons system. Its continued...
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Posted on WAnet by Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
Orange Jumpsuited Torture Protestors March to St. Thomas Law School
The Uptake News item by Bill Sorem, Jan. 12, 2012.
Why were people in orange jumpsuits silently filing through the Minneapolis skyways? The answer may be ten years old, but those in the jumpsuits will tell you the problem is not in the past, but is a current one.
January 9, 2012 was the 10th anniversary of the memo that gave President George Bush the right to ignore the Geneva Conventions and authorize torture. Authors of the memo were Robert Delahunty, now a St. Thomas Law School professor and John Yoo, now a University of California at Berkeley law professor. Local peace activists have...
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Posted on MAPM by Women Against Military Madness
Longtime peace activist Marv Davidov dies at 80
See Twin Cities Public Television "Portrait" interview with Marv Davidov which can be viewed via the MN Video Vault at: http://www.mnvideovault.org/search_results.php?q=davidov
And see Star Tribune News Obituary:
Longtime peace activist Marv Davidov dies at 80
Article by: RANDY FURST, Star Tribune, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
Updated: January 14, 2012 - 3:11 PM
He was nationally known for demonstrations in Minneapolis against Honeywell, which once made cluster bombs.
Marv Davidov, an iconic figure of the Minnesota peace movement who founded and led the Honeywell Project...
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Posted on MAPM by A Million Copies Initiative
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