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Pacific Free Press, Canada

Saturday, 20 October 2007 Jailed for Justice

by Bill Quigley

Louis Vitale, 75, a Franciscan priest, and Steve Kelly, 58, a Jesuit priest, were each sentenced to five months in federal prison for attempting to deliver a letter opposing the teaching of torture at Fort Huachuca in Arizona.

Both priests were taken directly into jail from [...]

ZNet, MA

by Amy Goodman October 20, 2007 TruthDig.com

John Lennon would have turned 67 years old last week had he not been murdered in 1980, at the age of 40, by a mentally disturbed fan. On his birthday, Oct. 9, his widow, peace activist and artist Yoko Ono, realized a dream they shared. In Iceland, she inaugurated the [...]

Raw Story, MA Nick Langewis and David Edwards

During today’s House debates over legislation to expand the SCHIP program, vetoed by President Bush, California Democratic Rep. Pete Stark lodges an indictment against the Bush Administration, and his colleagues in the opposition, sharing his perception that there is a higher priority given to money to wage war and [...]

Media Monitors Network, CA

by William Hughes

“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has miserably failed the American people. Instead of standing up to the Bush-Cheney Gang on the illegal Iraq War, and a host of other issues, too, she has caved in. The American people voted for a change of policy on Iraq, in the Nov. 7, [...]

CounterCurrents.org, India

By Neta Golan & Mohammed Khatib 18 October, 2007 The Electronic Intifada

Next month the US plans to host a regional meeting to discuss peace in the Middle East, or at least peace between Israel and the Palestinians. The maneuvering, deal making and negotiating about what will be on the table has been going on for some [...]

CounterCurrents.org, India

Of The U.S. War On Iraq By Lee Sustar Socialistworker.org

More refugees than Darfur. A humanitarian disaster. The largest displaced population in the Middle East since the mass expulsion of Palestinians with the formation of Israel in 1948. That’s the reality of the Iraqi refugee crisis–denied by the U.S. government and routinely ignored in the mainstream media.

THE [...]

Black Agenda Report, NJ

Wednesday, 17 October 2007

by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley

Her machinations since Democrats took over the U.S. House in January 2007 show that Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn’t scared of the Republicans - “her eagerness to cooperate with the Bush regime is matched only by her incompetence in leading Congress.” Pelosi and [...]