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Analyzing Strategies in Nonviolent Protest

An article on Organizing strategy by Theresa Griffin-Kennedy.

(PORTLAND, OR) - In nonviolent protest, success or failure can depend on a variety of strategies that can determine the final outcome: whether or not the protesters are able to declare victory at the end of the day.

One way that “victory” can be determined, is by planning when participant departures take place and how long a protest will last.

CIA and Mossad Killed in Iran

It is reported that the men had leaked information about Iran’s nuclear and missile programs in the last ten years.

(LONDON) - The Iranian government caught two "spies" who worked for the CIA and Mossad recently.

The two men were hanged Sunday morning, the information of the capture and hanging came from the Iranian state news Press TV.

18-Year Old Girl Faces Felony Charges Over Lesbian Romance

Assistant State Attorney Brian Workman: Stop the prosecution of a girl in a same-sex relationship

(PALM BEACH) - My daughter Kaitlyn is a wonderful 18-year-old who is not guilty of anything other than a high school romance, but is being prosecuted for 2 felony counts of “lewd and lascivious battery on a child 12--16 years of age,” because she has a girlfriend who is 15.

Kailtyn’s girlfriend’s parents are pressing charges because they are against the same-sex relationship, even though their daughter has stated that this is a consensual relationship.

Military Sexual Trauma: Continuing Ignored Super Epidemic

Will Congress do anything??? Probably not.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Military sexual trauma: this situation is so bad! It is a longstanding continuing problem, and anything I write might help to slow down this egregious military problem based on the statement that "Rank has its privileges".

Rape should not be one of these privileges.

54 `Moral Monday` Protesters Expect Arrests in Civil Disobedience Over `Extreme Public Policy`

North Carolina NAACP leads fourth wave of direct action at state capitol to protest General Assembly’s Extreme Package of Legislation.

(RALEIGH, NC) - At least 54 individuals will assemble today to oppose extreme policies in the North Carolina General Assembly.

It's the fourth week of nonviolent civil disobedience, led by the NC NAACP. The “Moral Monday” pray-in and teach-in largely focuses on the constitutional right of equal protection under the law.

Ten Years After US Invades Iraq, Israel Eager to Take the US Into Round Two

John Kerry is doing his best to persuade Russia to help the US pull the Syria parties to peace talks before a civil war extends beyond its boundaries.

(CHICAGO) - Ten years after the US invaded Iraq in 2003, another Middle East war looms large between the West and Muslim states.

Signs point to the strong possibility that Israel, and its US Zionist supporters, remain determined, first, to draw the US into the Syrian Civil War, and second, to lead Israel in a joint attack against Iran.

Human Rights: More on Nakba

Single democratic state in historic Palestine, take two: A new Palestinian initiative seeks to revive the PLO's old-time strategy, abandoned following the Oslo Accords.

(BETHLEHEM) - "On the night of 22-23 May 1948, a week after the declaration of the State of Israel, the Palestinian coastal village of Tantura (population 1,500) was attacked and occupied by the Israeli army.

The village, about 35 kilometers from Haifa, lay within the area assigned to Israel under the UN General Assembly's partition resolution.

Is This the Best that Christianity Can Do?

The Holy Land needs advocates for the truth. “It is the truth, and only the truth, that will lead to peace and justice”

(LONDON) - When Israel launched Cast Lead, the horrific blitzkrieg against Gaza's Muslim and Christian communities in 2008, the strangest thing happened.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, joined Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks in a visit to the former Nazi camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, to demonstrate their joint solidarity against the extremes of hostility and genocide.

POINT OF NO RETURN by Andre Vltchek

This rapid-paced book can inspire as well. Andre shows that people can change that dismal reality, IF they gather and fight.

(COPENHAGEN) - “Point of No Return”, a mixture of novel and autobiography, it is an engaging story of an intrepid war correspondent who resembles a saucy crime detective.

It is superb story telling.

Letting Murderers Go Free

If you are outraged that Florida’s serial killer Rick Scott and his legislative toadies are able to distort justice in these ways, take action.

(MIAMI) - Breaking News: In Florida, a murderer has made public his plans to kill three individuals in the next six weeks.

If all goes according to his plan, Elmer Carroll will die on May 29th, William Van Poyk will die on June 12th, and Marshal Gore will die on June 24th.