June 25 - scenes from an anti-torture rally

Justice Denied

Brothers Frantzich Singing at the White House

"The Brothers Frantzich lead a cloud of witnesses singing as followers of the Prince of Peace are arrested in front of the White House, April 29, 2009. Christian Peace Witness for Iraq."

This was little noted by the corporate press, but dozens of people were arrested in front of the White House while protesting the Obama war policies. Here is a video of that event on 4-29-09:

Rep. Grayson tells of the deaths

from lack of access to health care in the USA. He is reading the names of the congressional districts and the number of deaths before he is shut down.

Kucinich on the Goldstone Report

Kucinich: Truth, Human Dignity and the Goldstone Report

Washington, Nov 3 -

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement on the House Floor about H. Res 867, which condemns the ‘Goldstone Report’ or the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict:

“Today we journey from Operation Cast Lead to Operation Cast Doubt. Almost as serious as committing war crimes is covering up war crimes, pretending that war crimes were never committed and did not exist.

“Because behind every such deception is the nullification of humanity, the destruction of human dignity, the annihilation of the human spirit, the triumph of Orwellian thinking, the eternal prison of the dark heart of the totalitarian.

“The resolution before us today, which would reject all attempts of the Goldstone Report to fix responsibility of all parties to war crimes, including both Hamas and Israel, may as well be called the “Down is Up, Night is Day, Wrong is Right” resolution.

“Because if this Congress votes to condemn a report it has not read, concerning events it has totally ignored, about violations of law of which it is unaware, it will have brought shame to this great institution.

“How can we ever expect there to be peace in the Middle East if we tacitly approve of violations of international law and international human rights, if we look the other way, or if we close our eyes to the heartbreak of people on both sides by white-washing a legitimate investigation?

“How can we protect the people of Israel from existential threats if we hold no concern for the protection of the Palestinians, for their physical security, their right to land, their right to their own homes, their right to water, their right to sustenance, their right to freedom of movement, their right to the human security of jobs, education and health care?

“We will have peace only when the plight of both Palestinians and Israelis is brought before this House and given equal consideration in recognition of that principle that all people on this planet have a right to survive and thrive, and it is our responsibility, our duty to see that no individual, no group, no people are barred from this humble human claim.”

La'Onf = No Violence

La’Onf means “no violence” in Arabic, and that is the name of an Iraqi group promoting non-violent solutions to problems and conflict.

The September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows recently sent this email message:

It is with great pleasure that Peaceful Tomorrows is contacting everyone who worked with us last year on our La'Onf campaign to announce that La'Onf is the winner of the 2009 Pfeffer Peace Prize awarded by the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) - USA. The nonviolence activists of La'Onf have been an inspiration to so many of us and we are delighted that they have received this well-deserved recognition.

FOR will be inviting a member of La'Onf to come to New York to receive the award in October. We at Peaceful Tomorrows see this as an extraordinary opportunity to let many more people hear the inspiring message of the La'Onf activists. We are hoping to possibly bring more than one Iraqi activist to the United States and to arrange to bring them to several cities.

We need to raise funds to make this possible. Please donate as generously as you can to bring members of La'Onf to the US to share their message and vision.

Click here to donate.

The Spirit of Asheville

It is VOTING DAY in Asheville! Come vote for city council and celebrate our wonderful city.

Compare and contrast

one CNN program from the other. First one is domestic, where this heroic women, Malalai Joya is challenged when speaking her truth... the second one is CNN International, where the truth is respected.