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Tell the Nobel Committee: Award Bradley Manning the 2012 Peace Prize

As Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsburg has said, Bradley Manning is a hero.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Pfc. Bradley Manning was just nominated for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize!¹

Last week, Major General Linnington gave the final recommendation for Manning to face court martial on all 22 charges, including the vindictive aiding the enemy charge.

The Global March to Jerusalem, the 36th Land Day and IMAGINE Revolution

For imagination to even approach reality we must know, honor and learn from history.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - The Global March to Jerusalem/GMJ commences on 30 March and coincides with the 36th anniversary of LAND DAY.

As “reality leaves much to the imagination” [John Lennon] I imagine the third intifada could finally erupt if those two events were joined into from every city, town and village throughout Israel by contingents of nonviolent residents.

US Riot Police Detain 10 Occupy Portland Protesters

Riot police in the US city of Portland have arrested at least ten Occupy demonstrators who were holding a peaceful protest rally against the brutality of security forces.

(TEHRAN PressTV) - A 15-year-old boy was among those detained by the riot police on Monday night in Portland, Oregon.

The latest arrests come as local authorities have in recent days launched a crackdown against the nationwide Occupy movement.

CAIR Asks DOJ to Probe Oregon FBI`s `Coercion` of Muslim Citizens

CAIR Staff Attorney Gadeir Abbas cites a pattern of unconstitutional activity.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization is calling on the DOJ's Civil Rights Division to investigate acts of “coercion and intimidation” in the FBI’s Portland Field Office.

The agency is accused of pressuring Muslims into giving up constitutional rights if they wish to return to the U.S. from overseas.

Discriminating Roommates

The Roommates decision might look like a setback for civil rights, it also has pro-civil-rights implications.

(COLUMBIA, Mo.) - Can a roommate-seeker be sued for housing discrimination? Last week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals became the first court in the nation to say, “no.”

The case involved a lawsuit against Roommates.com, a roommate-locator service that asked users to fill out a form stating the sexual orientation of their preferred roommate and whether they wanted to live with children.

Britain and United States Condemn Murder in Syria but Condone Murder in Palestine

How about an International Award for Hypocrisy for UK and US?

(LONDON) - Arising out the will of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish chemist who invented dynamite, the Nobel Prize is universally recognized as the most prestigious award in the fields of peace-making, economics, chemistry, physics, medicine and literature.

How about an international award - without the gold medal, the diploma and the money - for hypocrisy?

Oregon Attempting to Criminalize Twitter?

State legislators take a shot at freedom of speech.

(SALEM) - It's no secret that Twitter and other social media has helped launch the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street. Now Oregon politicians want to have people arrested for using social media when officials deem their activity is encouraging "civil disobedience".

Civil disobedience- brought tyrants to their knees, buckled evil regimes and in the U.S. it brought focus to the Civil Rights movement...

Let`s be Honest

Pro-life Evangelicals, Catholics and the Republican Party teach uninformed people the opposite of what is in their best interest.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - There is nothing in the Constitution that requires the government to bow to the wishes of a particular religion. It simply requires that reputable religions be respected by all people.

For Republicans in general or its candidates in particular to say otherwise is to play upon Catholic and Evangelical emotions to defeat and replace a sitting President. It is deceitful and a disgrace to all who subscribe to such nonsense.

THE ARAB SPRING: A Year that Changed the World

Portland State University, SMSU Rooms 294,238,296 Saturday, February 25th, 2012 10 AM to 10 PM — Registration begins at 9:00 AM —

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Students United For Palestinian Equal Rights has organized a wide-ranging conference that is designed to analyze the events of the Arab Spring.

The event will examine its regional and international implications, and its effects on the future of Palestine.

Why Did Palestinian Refugees Come to Lebanon?

Don’t ask. Lebanese schools won’t tell!

(SHATILA CAMP, Beirut) - During a workshop at the American University of Beirut last year on the subject of the right to work and to purchase a home for Palestinian refugees, a young business major from the Christian village of Bikerki posed a question that surprised some in the audience:

“Why if Palestinian don’t like it in Lebanon do they not go home? Why did they even bother coming here in the first place?”