Last night, Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
The Pentagon estimates
that it costs $1 billion
to send an extra 1,000
troops to Afghanistan.
That breaks down to $1
million per soldier.
In addition, the entire
U.S. military spends $1.9
million of taxpayer money
every minute.
That&rsq...
There are news reports
that on Decembers 1st,
Obama will be at West
Point to announce that he
is sending tens of
thousands more troops to
Afghanistan, this despite
our rallies, vigils,
petitions, phone calls
and e-mails saying NO to
MORE WAR. We ...
St. Valentine's Day Lore
Every February 14
millions of people around
the world prepare to
celebrate the greatest
holiday of love; a
holiday of flowers,
candy, jewelry, romantic
dinners and poems of love
and affection. But how
did such a holiday
come...
"A mouse in a cookie jar
. . . doesn't make him a
cookie." ~ Barbara
DuvalAnd, I guess, an
internet-bestowed title
is similarly meaningless,
without actions to prove
its worth.In my lowest
hours, two people -- yes,
linked to me by you --
reached out ...
Top Censored Stories of
2009/2010
1. US Congress Sells Out
to Wall Street
2. US Schools are More
Segregated Today than in
the 1950s
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Somali Pirates
4. Nuclear Waste Pools in
North Carolina
5. Europe Blocks US Toxic
Produ...
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International Action
Center - 2009-12-18
In evaluating the U.N.
Climate Change Conference
in Copenhagen --...
10 Good Things About
2009
By Medea Benjamin
My almost annual list of
ten good things about the
waning year has never
before posed such a
tremendous challenge. In
the face of this
challenge, I decided
to try a minimalist
thought experime...
Alert: Save the Lynx by Tonya B.
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Big cats such as the Lynx
have been listed as a
threatened species under
the Endangered Species
Act. No one knows
for certain how many
remain in the
U.S.Confirmed populations
exist in
Maine,Minnesota,Montana,W
ashington and Wyoming.It
was re-int... more
Alert: Help the Yellowstone's Grizzlies by Tonya B.
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Along the Idaho-Montana
border,grizzly bears from
Yellowstone National Park
depend on a
narrow,undeveloped
corridor in order to
access the wildlands of
Central Idaho. The
U.S.D.A is doing a sheep
grazing experiment that
currently blocks this
cr... more
Alert: Save Sweden's Wovles by Tonya B.
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The Swedish
Enviromental
Protection Agency is
calling for a wolf cull.
They say the wolf
population as of last
winter was between 182
& 217. They want to
limit the wolf population
to 210 animals for the
next 5 years. They
say the... more
Alert: Save the Florida Panther by Tonya B.
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Although the
Florida panther has been
listed as endangered
since 1967 fewer than 100
remain. They once
roamed freely from
Arkansas,east to the
Carolinas and south along
the coastal states to the
Florida Everglades.
Unfortunately a
... more
Alert: Ban Rozol (poison) by Tonya B.
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We need to urge our
elected officials to
pressure the EPA to
IMMEDIATELY BAN the use
of Rozol grain
bait. This poison
is inhumane and is being
used to EXTERMINATE
black-tailed prairie
dogs.It causes internal
bleeding and their
SUFFERING c... more
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