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Patriot`s Game

The emotionality of patriotism keeps us from thinking about what the USA is actually doing in the world: dominating other countries through economic, political, and military aggression.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Once again in election season the drums of patriotism are being beaten. Politicians on the stump and their Madison Avenue flacks are exhorting us to rally around the tattered flag.

Their drumming sounds feeble and hollow, though, like cheerleaders trying to rouse the fans while our military team goes down to defeat, bringing the economy with it.

Medical Teams International Responding to Flooding in India

MTI will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as events unfold.

(PORTLAND, OR) - In response to devastating flooding in northeastern India, Medical Teams International (MTI) is providing support to assist those affected by the disaster.

People of Navaali Remember Massacre Amidst SLA Harassment

Every year, people of Navaali conduct memorial events remembering their kith and kin killed in the massacre.

(JAFFNA, Sri Lanka TamilNet) - Hundreds of Eezham Tamils on Monday gathered at Navaali St. Peters's Church in Jaffna in memory of 147 civilians who were brutally killed 17 years ago.

They were slain in a genocidal massacre by the Sri Lankan military.

Ray `Bubba` Sorenson & `The Freedom Rock`

Veterans and their families have a friend in Iowa.

(CINCINNATI) - Desecration of the American flag is always a 'hot' news story, particularly when flames are used to ignite a symbol of national pride... for which so many have died. But what happens when the exact opposite takes place? Without question, media attention is scarce.

European Parliament Passes Landmark Resolution: Condemns Israeli Policies, Alludes to Sanctions

EU calls on the Israel to meet their obligations under international humanitarian law.

(TEL AVIV) - The European Parliament passed a landmark resolution condemning Israeli policies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

New Study: Fluids From Marcellus Shale Likely Seeping Into PA Drinking Water

Duke researchers found that methane gas was far more likely to leak into water supplies in places adjacent to drilling.

(WASHINGTON DC ProPublica) - New research has concluded that salty, mineral-rich fluids deep beneath Pennsylvania's natural gas fields are likely seeping upward thousands of feet into drinking water supplies.

Investigation of the Police Killing of Corey Peeace

Corey was killed one year ago today by a police officer with a grudge; his advocates say it was murder.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - A.S.I.R.T. Director Cliff Purvis verified that the Calgary policeman who first handcuffed and tasered (& later shot and killed) Corey Peeace is four-division officer Stephen Cook.

This officer may have motive – wanting to end a lawsuit against him for tasering Peeace while handcuffed and the Calgary Police Service for Human Rights abuses.

Mary Rizzo: I Don`t Believe You

A Collective Consciousness and TJP production:

(EAST JERUSALEM, Occupied Palestine) - First and Foremost, I wanted to express a future, a future which if we allow such conflicts to continue or to believe those whose jobs seem to etched on creating such conflict, we will have failed our posterity and left the burden for them to resolve such a tragedy as Palestine.

Friends of Minidoka Deeply Disappointed by Court`s Decision

Idaho History Groups Disheartened by Idaho Supreme Court Decision Sanctioning Factory Farm at WWII Japanese American Incarceration Site

(TWIN FALLS, ID) - Advocates are deeply disappointed by the Idaho Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a permit for a factory farm operation that poses major hazards to Minidoka National Historic Site and surrounding families.

As an incarceration facility for Japanese American citizens during World War II, Minidoka is an important part of history.

Mexico`s Hot Political Summer

More than 1,260,000 were declared void.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - A little over a week after Mexicans voted, conflict and controversy swirl around the July 1 elections.

Almost everywhere-in the halls of Congress, on the Sunday talk shows, in bars and cafes and on the streets-the results are the hot topic of conversation.