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ACTIVISM
| COMMENTARY
| CULTURE
| FEATURES
| ZAPS

Activism

The March of the Dead by Kevin Young

Thirty-four people were arrested on the grounds of the Capitol buil...

Five Years Later, Direct Action Has Changed by Jessica Bell

On March 15, 2008, Direct Action To Stop The War (DASW) organized a...

Winter Soldier Rules of Engagement by Erin Thompson

On March 14 President George W. Bush spoke from the White House to ...

Helter Smelter by Gabriel San román

Despite the opposition of community organizations, city officials, ...

Anti-Uribe Protest by James Brittain

On Thursday, March 6, Colombians from all walks of life not only pr...

Commentary

What Do You Know About Iraq? by Peter Lems

A quiz about the illegal U.S. war and occupation of Iraq.

If the Left Debated the Campaign Issues by Lydia Sargent

Sargent interviews Albert on the foreign policy issues in this elec...

Chastity Science Still an Oxymoron by Steve Yoder

Science has not been kind to the Bush administration’s abstinence- ...

Future Unclear for Faith-Based Initiatives by Bill Berkowitz

The seventh anniversary of President George W. Bush’s Faith Based I...

Radar, Star Wars, & the Czech Republic by Andre Vltchek

While the cyclone and neo-Nazis were busy on the homefront, Czech P...

A Dutch Letterbox Could Cost Bolivia a Fortune by Oliver Shykles

The Netherlands has long been established as a place to do business...

Culture

Hollywood Comes to Blows with Upton Sinclair by David Bacon

Writing us out of a movie made from "Oil!" expropriated one of the ...

Features

"Good News," Iraq & Beyond, Part II by Noam Chomsky

Having brought up Iran [in Part I], we might as well turn briefly t...

A Phoenix Rising? by Roberto j. González

In July 2005 the U.S. Army initiated a $20 million counterinsurgenc...

Shipwrecked by Karen Nadder lago

Commercial ships navigating the world in the service of global trad...

Right-Wing Witch Hunts, Then and Now by Chip Berlet

Debbie Almontaser and Hallie Flanagan were both targeted by public ...

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ANARCHY FEST - The fourth annual Victoria Festival of Anarchy & Bookfair is planned for September 5-12, with the Bookfair on the last two days; features workshops, presentations, music and more.

FAIR TRADE - The Fair Trade Futures Conference is scheduled for September 10-12 in Boston, with seminars aimed towards promoting an alternative and more just economy.

BOOKFAIR - The Twin Cities Anarchist Bookfair is scheduled for September 10-12 in south Minneapolis, with skillshares, crafts, food, music, and of course authors, publishers and books.

DEMOCRACY SCHOOL - The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund is hosting a democracy School in Seattle September 17-18, to teach organizing for environmental justice and sustainable communities.

PEACE DAY - September 21 is the UN's International Day of Peace, with this year's theme Youth, Peace and Development.

MOBILIZATION - Appalachia Rising events against mountaintop removal mining are scheduled for September 25-27 in Washington, DC. A weekend conference, Appalachia Rising, Voices from the Mountains, is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. On Monday, the Appalachia Rising Day of Action will feature a march and rally.

JOBS - A mass mobilization and march for jobs, One Nation Working Together, is scheduled for Saturday, October 2 in Washington, DC. The event is supported by local peace and economic justice groups around the country, who are organizing rides there.

SPACE FOR PEACE - The annual International Week of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space is scheduled for October 2-9; resources to help plan educational events or demonstrations are available online and by request.

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