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From the Book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - RADICAL PEACE is a collection of reports from peace activists in the USA, Europe, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

An American exchange student in one of my courses here in Germany contributed the following essay about how she became an anarchist for peace.

Library Rally Set for April 11th to Protest Near-Shutdown

Make a sign saying: WE LOVE LIBRARIES!

(SALEM) - As a two-term library board member, I need to alert all citizens that our Salem Public Library is facing serious budget cuts and we need your help to reach a viable compromise. We're told that city officials will seek a 6-hour week for the W. Salem Library this year, way down from the present 31 hours.

If this happens, our main library can be next on the chopping-block.

AN OPEN LETTER: To Mr Nguyen Danh Thai, Chairman and members of the Olympic & Paralympic Committee of Vietnam

Why has the Olympic Committee of Vietnam remained silent on the issue of Dow Chemicals involvement with the Olympics?

(LONDON) - Nobody should forget the devastating effect of 80 million litres of Agent Orange/Dioxin sprayed on Southern Vietnam during the U.S. war.

Local Flooding Possible-Sand and Sandbags Available

Please report flooding, trees down or sandbag needs to 503-588-6333.

(SALEM) - The city of Salem is no stranger to flooding, and residents particularly along the city's rivers, creeks and streams are taking precautionary measures to prevent damage from accumulated high waters.

All Salem Urban streams remain remain below their action levels. Willamette River reached action level overnight but all roads remain open.

Catastrophic Autism Rate Now 1 in 88, 1 in 54 Boys; Advocacy Groups ask What Will it Take for the Feds to Act?

“When will the federal health authorities wake up? Will it be 1 in 25? 1 in 10? How many children have to suffer from autism to call this an emergency?”

(NEW YORK) - Grassroots autism advocacy organizations representing over 100,000 autism families will hold a press conference Monday, on World Autism Day.

The group will push for official recognition of autism as a national public health emergency and to analyze the federal health authorities’ ongoing failure to respond.

Teacher Duct Taped Black Child to Chair- Still Employed

Educational system takes swipe at family's dignity by leaving teacher in place.

(THE BRONX, NY) - A Bronx teacher is accused of duct taping her student to a chair because he wouldn’t sit down.

Sixth grader Irel Jones said another student was asking him for answers during a test so he got up, but then instructed him to sit down, and then taped to his chair by his teacher. Jones says his teacher then looked on as his fellow students made fun of him.

Anti-Gaddafi Benghazi Rebels Repay West by Trashing WWII Graves

The Great Divide in progressive Internet reporting happened when the west decided to take out long standing Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi.

(SALEM) - Those of us who objected to the western led bombing campaigns in Tripoli, are not surprised that the reward for displacing a solid national leader, is trashing the graves of WWII British soldiers.

Body Found in Salem Drainage Canal

There were no signs of obvious trauma but the cause of death will not be known until an autopsy is performed.

(SALEM) - Last night at approximately 5:39 p.m., Marion County Deputies received a call of a possible body spotted in a canal near an apartment complex in Northeast Salem.

Fire personnel were first to arrive at the scene in the 3900 block of Rockwood Park Drive NE. They found the body of a deceased male floating in a small canal.

Iran Bashing, Terrorism and Who Chose the Chosen People, Anyway?

This video demonstrates that the United States is not a democracy, it is a bribeocracy, largely controlled by Zionists.

(BANGKOK) - This is dedicated to the long-suffering Palestinians and Iranians who have been sidelined by the UN in favour of the Nuclear Apartheid State of Zionist Israel in the most blatant exercise in International Double Standards that our world has ever known.

This video demonstrates that the United States is not a democracy, it is a bribeocracy, largely controlled by Zionists.

SOUTH KOREA: Rights Defenders Must be Free from Legal Suppression

Salem-News.com Eye on the World report.

(HONG KONG) - Mr. Song Kyung-Dong, a poet, and Mr. Jeong Jin-Woo, a member of the progressive party, suggested a peaceful assembly for solidarity in support of Ms. Kim Jin-sook.

They have now been charged with numerous criminal offenses. Ms. Kim has occupied the top of a crane in the workplace urging for the withdrawal of illegal layoffs by her company.