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Calling the Kettle Black
Bigotry and Racism in San Fransisco

Pro-Israeli group targets the people they subjugate; portraying all Palestinians as a culture as 'terrorists'.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - A group in the Bay Area trying to educate Americans about the violent nature of Israel's occupation of Palestine, took a bold step recently with an ad stating:

Be on our side We are on the Side of peace and justice featuring a Palestinian Designer and an Israeli Social Worker in solidarity. The advertisement's last message is: "End U.S. Military Aid to Israel". You wouldn't believe the response.

Canada`s Herbal Remedy to the Auto Crisis: the Kestrel Hemp EV

Kestrel paves the way for sustainable transportation with hemp as a construction material.

(VICTORIA, B.C.) - Environmentalists speak often, and prophetically, about the need for more industry impetus for cars with low or—even better yet—zero emissions.

What’s not centre-stage, and should be, is the fact that hemp fibre can be used effectively as a construction material for a vehicle’s shell. Move over Hybrid.

The Corporate Media Industrial Military Security/Surveillance Complex

Examining Eisenhower’s, Orwell’s and Washington’s Warning to US.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Fifty years ago Dwight D. Eisenhower warned we the people not to bind our economy to the “military-industrial complex” but like most prophets he was ignored in his lifetime and today we the people pay to support much more.

In his farewell address, he warned of the potential for the “disastrous rise of misplaced power” from militarist interests that would gain control over this country's national security policy...

King`s Words Live in Palestinian City

It may surprise people to know that Palestinians read Dr. King’s words and call his name and study the American civil rights movement...

(ATLANTA) - As a veteran of the 1960s civil rights movement, I hope this year’s Martin Luther King Day will be more than the usual constant repetition of his “I have a dream” speech.

This has flattened the very essence of the movement, which was the vastness and the vibrancy of hundreds of thousands of “ordinary” people who wouldn’t and couldn’t stand for any more indignities and any more insults.

Al Araqib Residents Expelled To Make Way for Trees

This is ethnic cleansing, plain and simple. They expel human beings, destroy their homes, and try to erase any trace of their existence.

(AL ARAQIB, Occupied Palestine) - On Sunday, the Israel Lands Administration accompanied by police, destroyed the Bedouin village of Al Araqib for the 9th time since last summer.

During the village's destruction police used violent force, including sponge bullets which injured eleven of the residents, one of them in his eye.

China Moves Troops Into North Korea

A South Korean official downplayed the report saying that it only permits China to come to North Korea's aid in the event of greater instability.

(CHICAGO) - South Korea's daily newspaper is reporting that what Western analysts have feared has happened: Chinese troops have been deployed into North Korea.

The Chinese now have a presence in the rogue state for the first time in more than 15 years.

Jews and/or Gentiles?

The question of whose religion is right and whose is wrong is not one we can affect or change, or even answer.

(CLEVELAND) - A great deal of religious sentiment and content passes through these Web pages on Salem-News.com, leaving many questions along the way.

It seems clear that there is not enough of this material published online. There was a time when religious organizations were forward thinking, but for the most part they segregate themselves and fail to interact with their communities.

Africa: Faces in Words

Important insights from last week, not to be missed...

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Unseen, unheard; no one should be the bearer of these two words. Unfortunately, Africa is often in the forefront of this association.

Our common humanity should change this; we should never look away because it is too distant.

`Making Things Right by People`

One Native American delegate arrived at Dheisheh Refugee Camp, south of Bethlehem, three days before K'dee and greeted him, "We've been without water since I got here. Welcome to the rez!"

(SAN FRANCISCO) - A scene in the film The Good Shepherd shows a conversation between an Italian-American grandfather and Central Intelligence Agent Edward Wilson.

"We Italians, we have family. What do people like you have?"

British Military Working on Invisible War Machines

No stranger to stealth and stealthy hardware, the company has projects ranging from liquid battle armor to stealthy submarines like Astute.

(CHICAGO) - If defense contractor BAE Systems has its way, within five years the entire British military will disappear. The soldiers and their equipment won't go away, the enemy will be unable to see them.

The defense company that employees 100,000 employees around the world, provides systems and services for air, land and naval forces.