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CIW announces Farmworker Freedom March

Coalition of Immokalee Workers announces "Farmworker Freedom March," Tampa to Lakeland, FL, April 16... read more

Women and War - Preview Night

Women +War - Preview Night Fundraiser Thursday, February 18, 2010 8:00pm - 9:30pm ... read more

Global Day of Action for Troy Davis - May 19th

Troy Davis faces execution for the murder of Police Officer Mark MacPhail in Georgia, despite a strong... read more

Sign the Recycle Chatham Petition Today!

Despite the successful launch of curbside recycling in the City of Savannah and public support for expanding... read more

Oct 24, 2008:Troy Receives a 25 Day Stay of Execution

Execution of Georgia Man in Killing of Officer Is Stayed a Third Time By ROBBIE BROWN October 25, ... read more

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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

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

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