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Anti-War Groups Unite Against Israel’s Assault on Gaza

Jeff Nall January 9, 2009 Jeff Nall

Leading organizations and activists in the anti-war movement have issued unified condemnation of the Israeli assault on Gaza that has left more than 750 killed, including numerous children, and thousands seriously injured. While U.S. politicians have nearly unanimously endorsed Israel's assault, abstaining from a successful UN resolution demanding a ceasefire, anti-war groups have taken swift action to pressure politicians to endorse a ceasefire.

Activist Walter Agredo on Solidarity with Colombian Political Prisoners

Andrew Willis Garcés December 31, 2008 Andrew Willis Garcés

Walter Agredo works with the Cali, Colombia chapter of the Committee in Solidarity with Poplitical Prisoners, which provides ongoing direct support to hundreds of prisoners and their families throughout Colombia. Recently the group launched a campaign against the extradition of political prisoners to the US.

Nuclear Showdown: The Need to Stop the Current Arms Buildup

Arn Specter December 31, 2008 Arn Specter

Plans for a Missile Defense System in Europe, located in Poland and the Czech Republic have become too dangerous to continue by the U.S. and its European allies because of possible Russian retaliation, including the threat of nuclear attack. Russia now is threatening the U.S. and making plans for missile deployment in their territories while the U.S. is sitting back and refusing to change course on its plans to "defend" Europe against Iran. Military aggression is on the march.

Online Video: The Story of Stuff

Free Range Studios December 23, 2008 Free Range Studios

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

‘The End of America,’ Liberty: Use It or Lose It

Super User December 11, 2008 Super User

A look at the compelling new documentary based on Naomi Wolf’s book of the same name.

The "End of America," a compelling new documentary by award-winning filmmakers Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern in collaboration with best-selling author Naomi Wolf received some love today in the New York Times:

The pointedly inflammatory film, adapted from Naomi Wolf’s book "The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot," compares the Bush administration’s attempts to discourage dissent and to wield increasingly unchecked power to the events preceding the establishment of 20th-century dictatorships in Germany, Italy, Chile and elsewhere. Without explicitly invoking the word, it implies that since 2001 the United States has drifted toward fascism in the name of fighting terror. read more

Workers Occupy Chicago Factory: Echoes of Argentina’s Worker Uprising

Benjamin Dangl December 8, 2008 Benjamin Dangl

Workers Occupying Chicago Factory

When the 250 workers at the Republic Windows and Doors factory in Chicago were told that the plant was shutting down, they decided to take matters into their own hands. On Friday, December 5, they occupied their factory in an act that echoes the sit-down strikes of the 1930s and the occupation of factories during the 2001 crisis in Argentina.