Positive Universe Abstracts

Color of Change
Demand that the Democratic Party defend democracy
Leaders of the Democratic Party are playing a dangerous game — risking the credibility of the party to hand Hillary Clinton the nomination against the will of voters. Heading down this path means disenfranchising millions of voters and legitimizing a campaign strategy that has displayed a clear [...]

Dissident Voice, CA
Group founded to support Bush’s surge in Iraq and encourage military action against Iran gearing up for November
by Bill Berkowitz / February 13th, 2008
In early December, Freedom’s Watch, the well-funded conservative lobbying group founded by former White House staffers and extremely wealthy longtime Republican donors, fired its first shot in Election 2008. Founded [...]

The American Friends Service Committee
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Media For Freedom, Nepal
By: media for freedom
By James Hohmann
(The Dallas Morning News) Banning land mines, fighting exploitation of women and halting the trafficking of children are all interconnected and key elements in the ongoing struggle for world peace.
Coming up with action plans to fight against these and a host of other issues is the goal [...]

Sent by Bill Pelke via Connie Nash
Joe Biden -The Biden-authored Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 expanded the federal death penalty to cover 60 offenses, including terrorist homicides, murder of federal law enforcement officials, large-scale drug trafficking, drive-by shootings resulting in death and car jackings resulting in death. In 1996, Biden voted [...]

NEW JERSEY: Harbinger of Things to Come
NEW JERSEY Bans the Death Penalty!
“A Harbinger of Things to Come” –Maybe to come–even in TEXAS?
December 13-14, 2007
Of special interest to Journey of Hope (JOH) folk:
…Among those testifying for abolition (in New Jersey) was Vicki Schieber. Her daughter, Shannon, was murdered in 1998. She and her husband stunned prosecutors [...]

Newstarget.com, Taiwan
by Mike Adams
The end of Free Speech in America has arrived at our doorstep. It’s a new law called the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, and it is worded in a clever way that could allow the U.S. government to arrest and incarcerate any individual who speaks out against the Bush Administration, [...]