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IMAGINE Paine, Petty and Lennon Talking to Congress about AIPAC

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right…Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it."- Thomas Paine

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - "Imagine there's no countries…Nothing to kill or die for. Imagine all the people; living life in peace.

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one…Imagine all the people sharing all the world…Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.

Israel Attacks Humanitarian Ship to Gaza in International Waters

Israeli naval forces fired warning shots at a Malaysian ship carrying aid to Gaza as it approached the shore, forcing it to withdraw to Egyptian waters.

(PIRAEUS, Greece Global Research) - Global Research has been in contact with the Spirit of Rachel Corrie, a Malaysian ship carrying a humanitarian aid cargo to Gaza.

There are non reported injuries, but the ship has been attacked in international waters by Israel.

So I Went back to Ohio...
Declaring a Public Health Emergency Over Oxycontin

Peter Finch may have shouted the line "I'm mad as hell -- and I'm not going to take it anymore" in the movie Network, but Ohio is madder over an OxyContin epidemic killing their kids.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Scioto County, Ohio, in a pocket of Appalachia -- is thought by some to be 'lower class' -- maybe even uneducated -- but Scioto County is losing families

The biggest challenge; losing their kids to prescription narcotics -- namely OxyContin.

Al-Nakba Awareness Week

The first episode of the Chronicles of a Refugee series, “The Nakba Dailies,” recounts the events of 1947-48 in Palestine as experienced by those who lived them.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Every year Palestinians commemorate the Nakba ("the catastrophe"): the expulsion and dispossession of hundreds of thousands Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948.

In violation of International Law, Israel continues to prevent the return of those Palestinian refugees to their homes or villages.

Tawfiq Ziad; Israel and `Unadikum`

Recalling a great Palestinian hero during the 63^rd Nakba observance.

(SALEM, Ore.) - One of the most powerful songs about Palestine, perhaps ever, is Unadikum. Sometimes called Onadikum, the poem-turned-song was written by the Palestinian politician, author and resistance poet, Tawfiq Ziad.

Unadikum is a song about Palestinian tragedy. Ahmad Qaboor made Tawfiq Ziad's poem into an inspirational song. 'Unadikum' means I call to you!.

Gaza Interpreter Noor Ahmed Shot At by Israelis

Noor assures us that she is un-injured; she is "OK" and safe at this time.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Noor Ahmed, a Gaza resident who is frequently seen in videos filed by Salem-News.com Correspondent Ken O'Keefe, was witness to shootings during the peaceful marches on day one of the new Palestinian Intifada.

The marchers that were injured and killed on this historic day were completely unarmed and simply demonstrating for the Right of Return.

Rebranding Israel: Will Netanyahu get away with it?

It is not the Congress of the United States of America. It’s the Congress of Zionism and its deluded Christian fundamentalist allies.

(LONDON) - Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, a master of Zionist double-speak and deception, is about to undertake the most important assignment of his life.

Because of its continuing occupation and oppression of the Palestinians (not to mention on-going property and land grabs), Israel is becoming a pariah state so far as a growing number of the citizens of nations are concerned.

Israel Fires on Unarmed Demonstrators in Gaza- Third Intifada is On

The people of the world not in a complete coma are rising, and it all heads to Palestine. There will be justice in Palestine!

(GAZA / SALEM) - There is bravery in the world today. After 63 years of occupation and oppression from Israel, the people of Palestine have had enough.

The Third Intifada launched as scheduled today and the bullets were flying, people were falling, being carried by their brothers to waiting ambulances.

Demand the Release of Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh and Others

The Professor will be released tomorrow, according to reports.

(SALEM / BETHLEHEM) - Israeli soldiers arrested Salem-News.com writer Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, a professor who has instructed at both Duke and Yale, during a peaceful nonviolent civil disobedient march toward the Green Line in Al Walaja.

His violent arrest was caught on tapes as he was just at the scene peacefully.

US Government is Behind the Baluchi Insurrection

When Islamabad accused foreign governments of fueling and arming the unrest in Baluchistan, they were absolutely correct.

(ISLAMABAD / WASHINGTON) - The corporate-financier funded NGOs that fomented the “Arab Spring” are now cultivating a united Baluchi front ahead of a proposed US-funded Baluchistan insurrection.

As early as 2006, Baluchistan province has been viewed as a potential point of leverage against Islamabad and an opportunity to assert foreign intervention.