No To War

No To War

• Vincent Makes the News February 23, 2013
  Will Work for Change: Activists say their work might not be lucrative, but it’s fulfilling “It sounds noble but in reality, I’m broke.” by Lauren Daley Photo courtesy of Mel Packer Mel Packer with Marcellus Protest Someone has been shouting “get a job!” at Vincent Eirene since he was a little boy. The thing is, […]
• 10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down February 1, 2013
  10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down Fact-checking some of the gun lobby’s favorite arguments shows they’re full of holes. —By Dave Gilson | Thu Jan. 31, 2013 3:01 AM PST 620 By cutting off federal funding for research and stymieing data collection and sharing, the National Rifle Association has tried to do to the study of […]
• One Man’s Mission to Combat Pollution in Bejing China – Crazy Bad Air! January 29, 2013
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• Lenny Kravitz Crashes The Voice of Praise Choir from the First Baptist Church in New Orleans tackling his song ‘Fly Away.” January 29, 2013
  Once you reach a certain level of music superstardom, one might assume that you must have to be cool with hearing your songs all over the place – elevators, supermarkets, television and just about anywhere else – without slapping copyright infringement notices left, right and centre. Lenny Kravtiz seems to be a different kind of […]
• Sierra Club to Engage in Civil Disobedience for First Time in Organization’s History to Stop Tar Sands January 23, 2013
  If you could do it nonstop, it would take you six days to walk from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden Pond to President Barack Obama’s White House. For the Sierra Club, that journey has taken much longer. For 120 years, we have remained committed to using every “lawful means” to achieve our objectives. Now, for the […]
• “Letter from a Birmingham Jail [Martin Luther King, Jr.]“ January 21, 2013
  16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would […]
• Coal Mine Safety Cover Up – Finally leads to arrests and convictions. Historic Moment! January 18, 2013
  Massey official sent to jail for cover-up Upper Big Branch explosion killed 29 January 18, 2013 12:23 am By Michael A. Fuoco / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The former superintendent of the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia was sentenced Thursday to 21 months in a federal prison for conspiring to cover up mine safety violations before the […]
• Iraq: A Twenty Two Year Genocide January 18, 2013
  Iraq: A Twenty Two Year Genocide by Felicity Arbuthnot / January 17th, 2013 It is the first genocide of the 21th century. Poor Iraq and Iraqis. The silence of the world pushes me to lose faith in humanity. – Anonymous Incredibly it is twenty two years to the day since the telephone rang in the […]
• DJango Unchained: Through the eyes of American Black Men… January 15, 2013
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• Mining Companies Coverup Safety Violations— 29 Dead November 29, 2012
  Charges filed in W.Va. mine disaster Massey ex-executive expected to enter guilty pleas to federal counts Thursday, November 29, 2012 By Michael A. Fuoco, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Michael Henninger/Post-Gazette Shortly after the mine disaster, this temporary memorial to the victims went up along Route 3 in Whitesville, W.Va., with their names on lumps of coal […]