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A Panel Discussion on Creating Social Justice Through Boycotts, Divestment, and Public Banking

'DIVESTING FROM WALL STREET, INVESTING IN OUT COMMUNITIES' happens 13 March.

(PORTLAND, OR) - SUPER allies are invited to a significant Panel Discussion on Creating Social Justice Through Boycotts, Divestment, and Public Banking, which will be taking place on Tuesday, March 13th, at PSU in Room 333 of the Smith Memorial Student Union.

We need as many allies as we can get in the struggle for justice in Palestine, the Middle East, and around the world.

FLASHBACK: Sex Abuse and Murder in Sri Lanka

FYI: (GRAPHIC) PHOTOS REMOVED VIA DEMAND FROM GOOGLE

(SALEM) - I've written several articles examining the crimes against innocent civilians during the Sri Lanka civil war and the Genocide that enveloped Tamil people in the island country's northern region.

Along with the carnage came a barrage of sex crimes against Tamil women and girls that defy real description, the evidence bolstered by a newly released set of war crime photos.

Congress: Agent Orange Act Of 1991

Are veterans in need to be sacrificed?

(MEDIA, PA) - Someone once said, people are tired about hearing of the Vietnam War. This may be so. It is not so much about the war. That war is in the past. It is now about those veterans who were engaged in that war who can not get help and care.

The Agent Orange Act of 1991, was passed by the Congress to afford medical assistance and disability to all Vietnam Veterans.

Rush Joins Peter Gabriel and 35 Advertisers, Pulling Plug on Limbaugh

Take off Limbaugh, you hoser..!

(SALEM) - It’s been a bad week for controversial radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, and perhaps it is no fluke that his recent offensive comments toward a female law student, have transitioned into more than 35 companies pulling the Rush plug... yuck!

Peter Gabriel took a stand earlier this week, demanding his songs not be used by Limbaugh... now Rush has joined Gabriel.

H.R. 347: Get the Truth on the New `Protest Law`

From Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Executive Director of the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund: includes fact sheet written by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund.

(WASHINGTON DC) - This past week there has been a rallying cry in defense of free speech sounding the alarm that there is brand new legislation that could radically transform the landscape for protestors in the U.S.

Demand Accountability from Sri Lanka

India should assert leadership at the UN Human Rights Council, and insist on concrete answers and actions.

(NEW DELHI, India) - The time has come for India to be bolder and more confident on human rights at the international level. Its growing stature in international affairs demands this leadership position.

The current session of the UN Human Rights Council presents India with an excellent opportunity to move towards a foreign policy that truly befits the world’s largest democracy.

South Africa: Govt, Sri Lanka Discuss Sustainable Political Settlement

Sri Lanka will implement its LLRC and an impartial, inclusive and transparent mechanism to deal decisively with questions of accountability and justice.

(PRETORIA, South Africa BUA News) - International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, hosted her counterpart from Sri Lanka, Gamini Lakshman Peiris, on Monday, to discuss bilateral relations and the peace process in that country.

Peres briefed Nkoana-Mashabane on plans to implement the recommendations of the Sri Lankan Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) relating to human rights...

Top Afghan Advisor Resigns over Differences with Karzai

There are increasing doubts on whether Washington and Kabul will be able to reach a long-term Strategic Partnership Agreement; US-Afghanistan relations have been heavily strained in recent weeks.

(KABUL, Afghanistan Press TV) - A top Afghan advisor has reportedly resigned over disagreements on a strategic partnership deal to set the framework for continued US presence in Afghanistan beyond 2014.

Reports say National Security Adviser Rangin Dadfar Spanta has submitted his resignation letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, though his resignation has not yet been accepted.

Congress without Conscience and The Broken Safety Net: Part Two in a Series

Part One: Days of Awareness and About The Money: Part 1

(CLERMONT, FL) - This week in D.C. thousands of Jewish and Christian AIPAC lobbyists have inundated the Capitol to push Congress to vote YES on Senate Resolution 380, introduced by Zionist Senators Lieberman, Casey and Graham, who call for a military attack on Iran.

War is the ultimate failure of intelligence and so far 44 members of Congress have co-sponsored this AIPAC bill.

One Year Later...

“Keep smiling and radiation will go away,” that is modern nuclear physics 101.

(CHENNAI, India) - Tokyo station has dangerously high radiation level prompting Bob Nichols to headline his essay “Evacuate Tokyo.”[1]

Even as you settle down to absorbing the latest shock, Fukushima Diary by Lori Mochizuki continues to push us all deeper into the deep hole of depression. But the world has promised to keep smiling.