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This is worth watching: Sonali Kolhatkar (author of Bleeding Afghanistan) on Democracy Now last week– http://www.democracynow.org/2008/8/22/afghan_civilians_bear_the_brunt_of

Dear friends, I am writing to you today from the Democratic National Convention, where Peace Action Maine will be reaching out to fellow activists, meeting with Maine delegates and legislators, [...]

It works!  Our own Jonathan Williams – Peace Action’s SPAN Coordinator marched with IVAW and thousands of other protestors to block the way of Democratic delegates until they let an [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Aug 17 to 23: Cpl Travis Stottlemyer 20  Hatfield PA George Stanciel  40  Greenwood MS 77 were seriously wounded. 96 were returned to occupation. 95 Iraqi sisters and [...]

Thousands more will work to steer the election on this issue after the conventions in one million homes across the country. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrats may have believed that most activists [...]

I’ll be getting updates from our affiliate network in Denver and St. Paul. For now, here’s the first report from The Nation. They’ll have coverage in special online issues for [...]

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by John Zmirak Students of history will always find the month of August a little ominous. In August 1920, the Red Army invading Poland (led by neoconservative hero Leon Trotsky) nearly captured [...]

I picked this up on Craigslist and thought I’d share.  It’s interesting how most of the comments wonder why Obama doesn’t use this information for his campaign.  It’s up [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Aug 10 to 16: Pvt Janelle King 23 Merced CA Pvt Daniel McGuire 19 Mashpee MA Sgt Michael Ferschke 22 Maryville TN Cpl James Hale 23 Naperville IL Sgt Kenneth Gibson 25 [...]