by Jennifer I. Fenton – USA – “Steal my horse, run off with my wife, but damn you, don’t touch my water.” – Unknown Unlike many modern cities and towns across the United States, the town of Bishop, California bursts…
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Peace Activist Cindy Sheehan Seeks to Unseat Nancy Pelosi for Betraying the Constitution
by Jennifer Fenton – USA – Imagine what would happen if the nations of the world spent as much on development as on building machines of war. Imagine a world where every human being would live in freedom and dignity.…
Documenting the Surge: US Soldier’s Films Expose the Realities of the Iraq Occupation
by Jennifer Fenton – USA – “We have an entire generation of people in their twenties and thirties who have never gone through a war…the media and government have gotten so good at the creation of messages, people don’t know…
“Strategic Alliance” ~ US and Iraq
In spite of the Bush Administrations attempts to keep up the appearance that the Iraqi Government welcomes the continued presence of US troops indefinitely, members of the Iraqi Parliament have made numerous attempts to assert the independence of Iraq. Never…
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Ask not…
…what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of…
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convenient crisis’s
Think of it as the true test of the Western humanitarian impulse: The international effort that went into coordinating relief after the 2004 tsunami has to be repeated, but in much harsher, trickier, uglier political circumstances. Yes, we should help…
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MEND-The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta
MEND-The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta The oppressive and repressive activities of the oil companies and the Nigerian State [sic] impact women first and foremost. During military occupation of communities, the women suffer psychologically, emotionally, and physically.…
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Women’s Perspective International ~ Uganda
Women’s International Perspective hosted its first ever speaker panel on Friday April 4, 2008, at the Monterey Institute of International Study. The organization, barely one year old at the time of the event offers a woman’s perspective of violence against…
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