After years of protesting on the streets of Melbourne, Florida five members of the Brevard's Patriots for Peace got the opportunity on April 27th to meet with congressman Dave Weldon (FL-15) for a forty-minute meeting on the war. Comprised of a graduate student, nurse, retired teacher and artist, grandmother, and writer, our delegation sat face-to-face with one of the Iraq war's greatest proponents and grilled him. Dave Weldon
As the historic march flooded into the old colonial central plaza, there was a moment of great jubilation. From the side streets flowed legions of people from the feeder marchers, swelling the ranks of the main body. As the rivers of indigenous marchers merged, a tremendous roar filled the air as hundreds of smiling faces greeted each other like long lost brothers and sisters re-uniting-which of course in many respects, they were.
Hovering over the proposed immigration bill is the cloud of ethnic cleansing. When we think of ethnic cleansing we think Darfur, Somalia, Rwanda, Bosnia. Maybe its time we started thinking Hazleton, Pennsylvania and Whitewater, Wisconsin, and Farmer's Branch.
Desmond Desai, Chair of the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) in South Africa, speaks about the influence of corporate power in his country.
In Freedom Next Time, John Pilger explores five countries, exposing the contradictions between the actions viewed by the people of the land and the words of rationalization supplied by the politicians. Pilger's writing is clear and accessible, presenting a picture of people struggling against the almost overwhelming power of the global corporate elite.
This is election year in Pakistan. Political parties are trying to keep the military out of politics. The country's civil society is pushing for free speech in a nation whose history has been shaped by military coups.
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