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By ANDREW WIMMER Counterpunch 2/10/08

Itry in vain to comprehend the numbers. Oxfam and the UNHCR say that over eight million Iraqis are now in desperate need of emergency assistance. Fully one-third of the country’s total population. (more…)

Call for Entries:

How have you experienced racism or anti-Muslim discrimination since 9/11 and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq? Describe specific personal, family, or friend’s experience, and how you were impacted? (more…)

by John Pilger Antiwar.com 2/14/08

The recent breakout of the people of Gaza provided a heroic spectacle unlike any other since the Warsaw ghetto uprising and the smashing down of the Berlin Wall. Whereas on the occupied West Bank, Ariel Sharon’s master plan of walling in the population and stealing their land and resources has all but succeeded, requiring only a Palestinian Vichy to sign it off (more…)

PRESS RELEASE from Cageprisoners 2/13/08

In a landmark decision the Court of Appeal has today ruled that only acts which are directly connected to terrorism can be criminalised. (more…)

Call and Write Governor General Michaëlle Jean: Demand that She Refuse Royal Assent to Secret Trials Bill

BRIEF BACKGROUND AND ACTION ITEM

February 12, 2008 — Following the shameful passage last week in the House of Commons of a new bill that will perpetuate secret trials (more…)

By Michael Schwartz TomDispatch.com 2/10/08

A tidal wave of misery is engulfing Iraq – and it isn’t the usual violence that Americans are accustomed to hearing about and tuning out. To be sure, it’s rooted in that violence, but this tsunami of misery is social and economic in nature. It dislodges people from their jobs, sweeps them from their homes (more…)

Bill Fisher The Huffington Post 2/11/08

The partisan political divide morphed into a chasm again this week as the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee convened to grill Attorney General Michael Mukasey for the first time since his confirmation hearings. (more…)

The Partnership for Onondaga Creek is holding a special, organizational meeting in preparation for the public hearing on the Midland Pipeline on March 4th.

When:
THIS Thursday, February 14th at 6PM (more…)