By: Johnny Bint Current legislation going through the United States Congress is sparking rapid debate throughout the country and beyond about the future of the internet. SOPA, (Stop Online Piracy Act) going through the House of Representatives, essentially marks a proposed censorship blow to the internet, allowing the government…
TO: SWEDISH PRIME MINISTER FREDRIK REINFELDT We ask you to defend the fundamental human rights of ALL Swedish citizens, and do everything in your power to eliminate Sweden's outdated "forced sterilization" law. The majority of Parliament is in favor of the law's removal - but progress is being thwarted…
By: Movetoamend.org On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government. Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions. We, the People of the…
By Tom Hastings @ Hastings On Nonviolence Propaganda. That's what Hugo Chavez uses to cover his ugly tracks when he imprisons judges who don't rule the way he wants. That's what Fidel used for decades of enslaving the Cuban people and making them feel happy to be in chains.…
By: Andrea Mynstill Many know the Salvation Army for their charitable work in disaster relief, their thrift stores, youth programs, and for also being the third largest non-profit organization not in the States but the entire world, grossing billions of dollars a year in donations. And of course they…
By Tom Hastings @ Hastings on Nonviolence The US military message machine never sleeps, is everywhere, and spends $billions on being dominant in the category of conflict turn-to sources for members of the American mainstream media. Editors want experts and they want experts who have been on the ground…
By: Victoria Manuel From video at the bottom: "In 2010, 468 US troops committed suicide which surpassed the 462 US troops that were killed in combat that year. The number of troops committing suicide has been on the rise and many blame it on soldiers feeling detached from reality.…
The following is a formal complaint and petition letter put together by activist James Harris... I was absolutely appalled to hear of the recent indignant treatment of a former employee of Great Expressions Dental Care in Detroit. After being diagnosed with HIV, James White was banned from touching doorknobs,…
By: Geoffrey Yonil Kim Jong Il, the Supreme Leader of Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as reported by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), is dead at 69 of a heart attack after 17 years of ruling North Korea. According to KCNA, Jong Il's death was caused by…
By: Lionel Hitchens The Iraq War officially ended 12/15/2011, and with the end of the War in Afghanistan on the horizon as the military projects pulling out 1/3 of its troops by the end of 2012. It will more than likely be a decade since either war's inception before…