Yesterday I heard that one of our best programs for helping high school students reach college and succeed there had huge cuts in funding. Upward Bound has been very successful with students I know, kids from families with one struggling single parent who works a lot, families in which no one has gone on to [...]
Medea Benjamin was the first speaker Friday night, July 23, 2010, at the United National Peace Conference in Albany, New York. Her rousing speech called for building coalitions between different social and grassroots movements to reallocate war funding and resist the military industrial complex. Medea speaks at the United National Peace Conference Share the link [...]
War Criminal of the Week: Condoleezza Rice! By Nancy Mancias Any time you have a situation in which you are calling for more time rather than calling for Iraq to immediately comply, it plays into the hands of Saddam Hussein. ~Condoleezza Rice In her roles as National Security Adviser and Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice [...]
By Jodie Evans Share your voice during the week of August 25 to 31 — the week that most of the US troops will return from Iraq. Read the article on Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/vision/147611/
“Wondering “who are the Christians United for Israel (CUFI)?” Want to see CODEPINK and religious leaders take on CUFI with a press conference and by attempting to deliver a certificate for a Palestinian Olive Tree bought in their name? Then check out this video.”
War Criminal of the Week: Tony “Baloney” Hayward “We’re sorry for the massive disruption it’s caused their lives. There’s no one who wants this over more than I do. I would like my life back.” —BP CEO Tony Hayward, on the oil spill disaster that claimed 11 lives and has since spewed 20 to 100 [...]
Friday, July 30, 2010
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