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For a Belated `Left` Option

There is more to this regime, as to why it should be changed.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Groundviews) - Reading Groundviews during the recent past, one sees that most contributions in fact rose serious concerns over the core issue of governance as it is in Sri Lanka.

US Envoys: Losing Lebanon - Visit by Visit?

Graphics by Alex

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - It might require a semanticist with Noam Chomsky’s erudition to explain to some of us more obtuse the meanings, context and policy nuances of two similar and repeated phases heard in Lebanon earlier this month by two well listened to guests.

During over-lapping visits of top US and Iranian officials to Lebanon; one warned and threatened Lebanon, while the second praised Lebanon’s “achievements”.

May 20 Candle Light Vigil @ Marina Beach, Chennai, TamilNadu, India for Remember the Tamil Genocide War Victims

Today, the Tamil Hindu and Christian survivors live in constant peril; occupied by Sri Lanka's Sinhalese Buddhist army.

(CHENNAI, India) - May 17 Movement & PDK is going to held Candle Light Vigil. The “May 17th Movement” was set up by youths (like Software Engineers, Lawyers, School and College Students) in Tamil Nadu.

Hump Day Community Forum May 22nd

The Forum will be held Tuesday, May 22 from 7 pm - 8:30 pm @ The Refuge, 116 SE Yamhill, Portland, OR 97215.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I am hosting a Hump Day Community Forum which is for all artists, all performers and all creative grassroots entrepreneurs.

Two Recognitions and One Dictator from Rwanda

“Kagame…Criminal... Kagame…Criminal” - protestors

(OSKALOOSA, IA) - Police and the Rwandan Secret Service faced approximately 30 Rwandan, Burundian and Congolese protesters in Iowa this week.

SRI LANKA: Chilaw Police Illegally Arrested, Tortured an Innocent Man

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes contacts Sri Lanka's Inspector General of Police over arbitrary arrest and torture.

(HONG KONG) - Aruna, a young father, took his regular break from work, only to be called out by a police officer and accused of a crime he didn't commit, and tortured severely.

Welcome to Sri Lanka, where murder and rape are some of the most flagrant and common of occurrences; a place of lawlessness, where police and military beat and torture and sometimes kill, with seeming impunity.

Moms Against Bombs Make Statement at Nuke Base

Ground Zero holds three scheduled vigils and actions each year in resistance to Trident and in protest of U.S. nuclear weapons policy.

(SILVERDALE, WA) - On May 12, 2012 activists blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons.

Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action's peaceful vigil protested the U.S. government’s continued deployment and upgrading of the Trident nuclear weapons system.

Dying In Succession

He Said the Prisoners on Hunger Strike Would Eventually Succeed.

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - A few days ago, Ma'an News reported on the family protests in front of the Presidential headquarters in Ramallah. Ma'an News was one of only a few outlets that bothered to report. Here, in the US, it took over 2 months before any mainstream media outlet mentioned the hunger strike among prisoners in Israel.

Still, such mention is but a whisper.

Darryl Hall and Performer/Producer Butch Walker Join Philly and Georgia Soul for 54th Live from Daryl`s House

Daryl and Noted Performer/Producer Play Six-Song Set That Includes Daryl Hall & John Oates classic “Say It Isn’t So.”

(NEW YORK CITY) - Daryl Hall hooks up with yet another multi-talented hyphenate in Georgia-born performer/producer Butch Walker.

Travis Logie Shreds at Billabong Rio Pro in Brazil

This Durban, South African, Logie is the newest addition on the tour and everyone is taking notice.

(AMERICA DO SUL / SALEM) - Travis Logie was ripping it up today at the Billabong Rio Pro in Brazil today. Riding SUPERbrand Surfboards by Nuno Matta shaped in Portugal, this South African pro is one of the top riders competing in the circuit on European surfboards.

The world's top-ranked professional surfers are competing in this annual event that is the focus of the industry and sport and will continue to be over the next six days.