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On Friday May 23, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a judgment stating that Guantanamo Bay was an illegal operation and ordered “the Canadian government to hand over interrogation documents to Omar Khadr’s defence lawyers.”
Omar Khadr is the Canadian child soldier that the United States government has been holding captive in Guantanamo Bay for the last six years.
If the Bush administration has its way, Khadr will be the first person put on trial anywhere in the world for “war crimes” (…)

Added: May 21, 2008 ( http://therealnews.com/c.ph...)
Kathy Kelly: None of the three best known candidates are dealing with the issues facing the poor.
video:
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-19859581.html
Kathy Kelly (b. 1953[1]) of Chicago, Illinois is an American peace activist, pacifist, three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee and one of the founding members of Voices in the Wilderness (From Wikipedia)

A documentary report from New Orleans presents voices of Katrina survivors still fighting for survival ( Added: May 20, 2008)
Video:
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-19859750.html
Most survivors still living in Toxic Fema Mobile Homes, getting sick because of formaldehyde

video:
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-18516896.html
by Pete Seeger 1963, planned for the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in 1967 but CBS objected to the blacklisted Seeger making obvious references to the"big fool" in the White House, finally sung by Seeger on the Comedy Hour in 1968 as the finale in a medley of anti-war songs
It was back in nineteen forty-two, I was a member of a good platoon. We were on maneuvers in-a Loozianna, One night by the light of the moon. The (…)

One of the 13 Woodstock Lost Performances, not included in the 1970 film.
video:
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-19556074.html
From: vayz
1.
We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome some day
CHORUS:
Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome some day
2.
We’ll walk hand in hand
We’ll walk hand in hand
We’ll walk hand in hand some day
CHORUS
3.
We shall all be free
We (…)

Rude welcome for ’Bastardos’ star Ruben Sosa detained by border police
By Charles Masters
May 20, 2008
CANNES — Mexican actor Ruben Sosa, who appears in the illegal immigrant drama "Los Bastardos" directed by Amat Escalante, had a hard time crossing France’s border to attend yesterday’s Certain Regard screening.
Sosa was stopped by customs at Nice airport Monday and subjected to multiple searches before being tailed to Cannes by police who did not believe he was in a movie here, (…)

FBI files indict Bush, Cheney and Co. as war criminals
By Bill Van Auken 23 May 2008
The most stunning revelation in a 370-page Justice US Department Inspector General’s report released this week was that agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation had formally opened a “War Crimes” file, documenting torture they had witnessed at the Guantánamo Bay US prison camp, before being ordered by the administration to stop writing their reports.
The World Socialist Web Site, together with (…)

* From false co-management and cooperatives to the deceitful EPS, we present a balance of what has happened in Venezuela after at least 7 years of pretending to build a socialist economy, where the available data and verifiable facts belie the failure of the Chavez administration. Since 2001 we have heard the government’s promises to foster a production model where the Venezuelan state would create the conditions to enable and support the growth of a new endogenous economy – at first (…)

As some may have read in a letter to the editor in The Morning Call, Mayfair, a past family oriented event, plans to have military recruiters each day. A rally is being organized to get a group on the corner of Hamilton & Ott. St. Allentown, PA this Sunday, May 25th 2008 from 2- 4pm... As this was such late notice, there was no time to get a permit but there is a right of way in which we should be OK with our signs but if we are asked to move or leave we will politely abide by this (…)

Masters Of War (live at the Bob Dylan 30th anniversary) Eddie, Mike and GE Smith performing a stunning rendition of the Dylan Classic. From: panic821
Videos:
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-18388897.html
Source: spirit-of-rock.com
Come you masters of war, you that build all the guns You that build the death place, you that build all the guns You that hide behind walls, you that hide behind desks I just want you to know, I can see through your masks
You that never (…)