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Congress Demands Answers ... this
is an important watershed in the ongoing effort to hold accountable the
responsible parties for the death of journalist and activist anti-war source 24Feb2007Demo 12/06 WEM/blog once in a while a new idea comes forth, today one came about in a truly bold step by the bi-partisan committee giving a report to the American People that starts with the premise that we have ventured on a course not well thought out, that needs remedy, and also suggests that a healing of the divide present in the country also be part of the equation. The past election & now this report, suggest that America may in fact be working; as the country moves towards a direction of political reconciliation, leading to a correction of the mistake which we now call the 'war on terrorism' in Iraq. 11/06 WEM/blog Shia Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a top religious leader, and the radical nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr begin to take leadership roles, as we foresee a civil war breaking out in central Iraq. The current government & the US have also fallen on their respective swords, leaving us to wonder who will ultimately prevail in the future of this most fragile country. The Kurd's autonomous region to the north represents a glimpse of the region; as the sectarians who ruled in the distant past may come forward to provide a pathway to the future. "Civil war could lead to the break-up of the country, and would export even more instability and violence across the wider Middle East and beyond." BBC reports A civil war in Iraq would destroy the chances of the elected central government, which will be led and dominated by Shias when eventually it is formed BBC NEWS Middle East Iraq's civil war nightmare 9/06 WEM/blog HH the Dalai Lama came to Woodstock & then he was gone - a brief visit to give a public talk and then a teaching at at KTD, a Tibetan Monastery high on Overlook Mountain before heading to NYC for teachings in that realm - there was no advertising of the special day and the crowd was local and quite excited to have such a notable figure just stop by to say hello. The talk centered on family & the raising of children in safe secure environments in contrast to impoverished societies - HH also discussed the nature of ones outlook on life & how it influences the direction one follows - we hope HH will grace us again sometime in the future 9/06 WEM/blog an unexpected turn of events reveal that HH 9/06 WEM/blog an anticipated
turn of events on Thursday led United for Peace and Justice, the nation's
largest antiwar coalition, to learn it would be given a permit for a
peaceful antiwar protest march in New York City to coincide with President
Bush’s visit to the United Nations. UFPJ characterizes it as a stunning
turn of events, as the NYC Police Department reversed its previous
decision to deny 9/06 the
New York City Police Department has refused to
grant a permit to United for Peace & Justice to march anywhere near
the United Nations
- we
are marching anyway permit or no permit
- we will stand up against this immoral war and for our right to dissent. We
need your support! " http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ 9/06
during a meeting to discuss the details of a protest
against President Bush when he addresses the
Stop the
Shell
Pipeline Protests have taken place in Ire source www.indymedia.org 2/02-06 |
Police
and protesters have clashed outside the venue of the latest 
Riot
Cops Beat Human Rights Activists
The crackdown began hours after King Mohammed VI gave a
televised address to coincide with UN Human Rights Day, in which
he promised to build a constitutional and democratic monarchy.
Batons were used to disperse hundreds of protestors from a
banned Islamic group who had gathered outside parliament to mark
United Nations Human Rights Day. A 
Clemency Petition Reaches Clinton
President Clinton has publicly confirmed that Leonard's clemency
petition has reached his office, and that it will be decided one
way or the other in the very near future. Quite possibly, a
decision could be made over the Thanksgiving holiday. Supporters
are asking for a massive response to the FBI and police's
attempts to sway Clinton away from clemency. Get the latest
information from 
The
Bombing of Beit Jala Dear
Friends, I felt that there is no use in telling anybody what is
happening here tonight because I lost hope in anybody being able
to do anything, and because there is nothing fair on this earth.
I am so angry and so frustrated at everything and everybody!
Since 4:30 pm, we have been under heavy shelling by Israeli
tanks and helicopters. The shelling was targeting all houses and
residential areas in Beit Jala.
Brad
Will, and to draw further attention to the ongoing situation in Oaxaca,
Mexico that Mr. Will was reprting on ... friends of Brad Will attended the
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Oversight Hearing Overview of U.S.
Policy Toward Latin America March 1st to press for the appropriate
investigation of the murder of Brad Will in October of 2006. The Friends
of Brad Will is a national network working with the Will family for
justice and accountability in his murder, and for an end to the impunity
of human rights violations in Oaxaca, Mexico 
protests
continue as 100,000
demonstrators
led by stop the war coalition
joined the Troops
Out - No Trident
demonstration on 24 February in central London calling for all occupying
troops to be withdrawn from Iraq, no replacement of Britain’s nuclear
weapons system and no attack on Iran.
TO STOP THE WAR:
Dalai
Lama will honor Woodstock with his presence for an afternoon talk on 'PEACE' this
coming week this is an unscheduled stop as HH travels from a local retreat
[Menla] to KTD Monastery atop overlook mountain, for a teaching on the
following day .... will offer an opportunity for local activists to
hear one who practices non-violence offer guidance amidst current events
that suggest that violence is a viable solution to many of the problems
that our world confronts .... one can only hope that the words spoken here
will somehow find a way to the ears of the leaders who desperately
need to hear them
U.N. General Assembly on
Sept. 19th, the NYC Police Department stunned the representatives of
United for Peace & Justice when they said there would be NO marches
allowed anywhere near the UN that day. NYPD
Says No to Plans for Antiwar March When Bush Speaks at U.N. On
August 29th UFPJ hand-delivered a permit request to march on a route that
would go from Herald Square at 6th Ave. and 34th Street to the Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza, a park across the street from the U.N. Instead of
working out details, the police announced that "security
concerns" related to the president and other heads of state being in
New York City would be their primary responsibility on Sept. 19th, and
therefore they would not be allowing any marches in the general vicinity
of the U.N. One
suggested response to the police decision is to organize
a non-violent civil disobedience action, by marching without a permit,
possibly from a legally permitted rally site
to the U.N. United
for Peace & Justice plans to announce response at a press conference
on Thursday.
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it's all
about territory & control, power without regard for human life, merely
the cost of reaching distant goals meant to serve a population while not
serving that population at all .. war is obscene, killing children is
never acceptable, engaging terror with force begets conflict so mired in
confusion, that the unraveling itself hinders the objective .. peace
movements whose voices are never heard .. UN inaction, a pathway set forth
in sub Saharan Africa .. conflict based on history distorted by time, and
the retelling of tales of false truths .. wandering the sands of the
middle east, one can find the bullets & blood of so many innocents ..
militias are told they must disarm, while those shouting those commands back
home point to a constitution which guarantees the right to bear arms
& self protection, hypocrites all, while flipping burgers at barbecues
& mowing the grass with little regard for the energy used for these
simple tasks, why are we not realizing that people are suffering & dying
for this, our way of life, America wake up, we cannot continue to live
for the sake of a war machine motivated by greed, so the few may profit in
unholy ways .. which in the end allows the death of children to be just
numbers in the name of holy war 
struggle against the Korean government's attempts to
take their homes, the villagers declared Daechuri autonomous &
renounced their Korean citizenship in early February. Foreign
bases in Pyeongtaek first arrived during the Sino-Japan War. From War
broke out between the two countries, and Japan emerged in a great victory. One
can only imagine how hard both sides fought. Even today, through oral history,
people describe the fighting as if the “city of Asan & Pyeongtaek were
ready collapse.” From
1904-05, Japan waged a war with Russia in the (Russo-Japanese War). Again,
however, this war was fought not on Japanese or Russian soil, but in Korea. Pyeongtaek again
became an outpost for foreign military bases.
US in
South Korea As
soon as Korea became liberated, the Japanese base in Anjungri was taken over by
the US military. As US
military units began expanding, nearby residents were employed as “house
boys” by the US military or in construction projects. Children aged 15-16 were
also ordered by US servicemen to clean or run errands. Because
the US military used bulldozers to construct bases, in a short span of time,
hills and farm fields were converted into military facilities. The
US obviously expanded bases during the Korean War. But even after the war, the
bases continued to expand. Now even as the US troop deployment is being reduced
the farmers of South Korea continue to pay a price for US presence in the
conflict with DPRK. On the peninsular one thing is for certain, money &
power continue to hold the reins of control over peoples lives & lands.
land,
England, Scotland & Sweden to publicise the campaign ahead of the
re-opening of