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Pakistan Egypt Frankenstein Matters
To Benazhir Bhutto, an Islamic moderate and Lewis Awad, a moderate Arab Coptic Christian, the name Frankenstein mattered. If the dates associated with the novel ‘Frankenstein’ and attacks by Al Qaeda are compared there is a pattern targeting major Capitols, the UN and India.
When In 1993 Benazir Bhutto President of Pakistan was attacked by the key perpetrators of the World trade (…)

On Friday, January 21, 2011, activists with the “Movement for the People” staged a “ceremony” despite a wind chill index of 14 degrees, on the east side of the U.S. Capitol. It mocked the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, “Citizens United.” This pro-Big Business verdict held that corporations, under the First Amendment to the Constitution, can be permitted to make contributions for the benefit a candidate in an election, as part of their “political speech rights,” as if they were a person. (…)

How do I leave the church? Count me out! Take a stand for church-state separation
How?
In order to formally leave the church you need to complete a "Declaration of Defection" form. We have automated this process so that, in 3 steps and with only simple details, we can produce all the required documentation. We also generate an accompanying cover letter that you are free to alter as you see fit. Alternatively, you can download a blank PDF (…)

By Nicola Nasser*
The ongoing Tunisian Intifada (uprising) cannot yet quite be termed a revolution; Tunisians are still revolting, aspiring for bread and freedom. This Intifada will go in history as a revolution if it gets either bread or freedom and as a great revolution if it gets both. Internally, “the one constant in revolutions is the primordial role played by the army,” Jean Tulard, a French historian of revolutions, told Le Monde in an interview, and the Tunisian military seems so (…)

JTF2 Command ’Encouraged’ War Crimes Soldier Alleges
"A member of Canada’s elite special forces unit says he felt his peers were being ’encouraged’ by the Canadian Forces chain of command to commit war crimes in Afghanistan, according to new documents obtained by CBC News.
The member alleged that a fellow JTF2 member was involved in the shooting death of an Afghan who had his hands up in the act of surrender...The soldier who raised the allegations also claimed that in January 2008, his (…)

The incidence of floods has greatly increased throughout the world in recent decades. However, because the day to day weather is highly variable one cannot attribute any specific weather event (such as the current Asian, South American and Australian floods) to man-made global warming. It is clear that increased atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution leads successively to global warming, increased sea temperature, increased evaporation, increased air moisture and thence to increased (…)

On January 17, 2011, Peace and Social Justice activists staged a spirited demonstration in front of the national headquarters of the FBI, in Washington, D.C. They demanded the FBI keep its “hands off our activists.” This is in reference to recent FBI harassment and raids on the homes/offices of activists in Chicago, Minneapolis and Michigan. They also demanded the release of Bradley Manning. Currently, he is imprisoned at the U.S. Marine base, at Quantico, VA. I spoke with David Swanson, (…)

Protest at the FBI H/Q: “Hands Off Our Activists!” and “Free Bradley Manning!”
On January 17, 2011, Peace and Social Justice activists staged a spirited demonstration in front of the national headquarters of the FBI, in Washington, D.C. They demanded the FBI keep its “hands off our activists.” This is in reference to recent FBI harassment and raids on the homes/offices of activists in Chicago, Minneapolis and Michigan. They also demanded the release of Bradley Manning. Currently, he is (…)

On January 17, 2011, Peace and Social Justice activists staged a spirited demonstration in front of the national headquarters of the FBI, in Washington, D.C. They demanded the FBI keep its “hands off our activists.” This is in reference to recent FBI harassment and raids on the homes/offices of activists in Chicago, Minneapolis and Michigan. They also demanded the release of Bradley Manning. Currently, he is imprisoned at the U.S. Marine base, at Quantico, VA. I talked with Ray McGovern, (…)

On Saturday Jan. 15, 2011, a coalition of Peace and Justice activists held a vigil outside the White House. Its purposed was to mark the “20th year since the U.S. began to bomb Iraq.” This video feature remarks from Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Kathy Kelly. To learn more go to: http://washingtonpeacecenter.net/node/4148