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Meet the MAD AS HELL DOCTORS Link to Event Flyer: [url]http://mapm.pjep.org/uploads/docs/madashellflierfinalcopy1... read more

Minnesota Contingent of the Peaceable Assembly Campaign To Commemorate Wars' Victims at White House

WHEN: 10:30 a.m., January 26, 2010. WHERE: The White House. WHAT: A die-in, protesting the U.S... read more

US Courthouse Torture Vigils

�Tackling Torture at the Top� (Tacklingtorture@gmail.com) is seeking volunteers to [b... read more

Breaking News from Mindanao Philippines

Nonviolent Peaceforce Invited To Participate In Historic Philippines Peace Process 09 December... read more

UN International Peace Day

As a result of a unanimous UN General Assembly Resolution, the UN International Day of Peace is observed... read more

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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

Twitter's Communications Evolution

An article in the November 9 NY Times, "Refining the Twitter Explosion", described changes that Twitter programmers are making to Twitter, changes that are taking steps toward a dramatic realignment of our society.

The article noted that in January 2009, daily traffic was 2.4 million transmissions, but it grew to 26 million tweets by October. Then, the writer Noam Cohen noted the importance of geographic location to high quality information: "Improvements like geolocation... [ more ]

Posted on ICJPE by Neighbors for Peace

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)

Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection, Resource for the Month

Our Resource of the month is Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection,
MAPLight.org, a groundbreaking public database that illuminates the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes in unprecedented ways. Elected officials collect large sums of money to run their campaigns, and they often pay back campaign contributors with special access and favorable laws.

This common practice is contrary to the public... [ more ]

Posted on ICJPE by ICJPE

Sustainable Safety Response - SSR - A Better Solution to Post Quake Relief Services

TO: HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES
FROM: TOM LUCE, PRES. HURAH, INC.
RE: CRITICAL NEED FOR POST-QUAKE SAFETY: SSR

Pressured by our contacts on the ground in Haiti and our allies here in
-- Haitian-Americans with expertise and a commitment to our
nonviolent, nonpartisan position -- I am sending you a proposal that calls for a
creative approach to the management of post-quake disaster relief. I am pleading
with you and everyone in your networks... [ more ]

Posted on CalAction by Human Rights Accompaniment in Haiti-HURAH

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