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Commentary :: Civil & Human Rights : Elections & Legislation : War
Permanent Iraq Occupation to Control Oil
07 Feb 2008
In the latest of his many "signing statements," George Bush has declared his intention to ignore the parts of the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act banning permanent military bases in Iraq and US control over Iraq's oil. Perhaps this didn't make it into most news outlets because it exposes only what was already known. After all, on August 31, 2005, the AP reported that George Bush said that we are still occupying Iraq for protection of the country's vast oil fields.
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Commentary :: War
AFSC short video documenting cost of war
24 Jan 2008
AFSC has just released a new 2 min. video to help people understand the outrageous amount of money that is being spent daily on the Iraq war -- at the expense of meeting human needs.
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News :: Elections & Legislation : Labor : Media
Verizon-FairPoint sale opponents lobby at New Hampshire state house
22 Jan 2008
Union members and community activists opposed to the sale of Verizon's landlines to FairPoint Communications took part in a grassroots lobby day at the State House in Concord on January 16 to talk with their state legislators about the impact of the sale on the future of New Hampshire. About 25 members from IBEW Local 2320 and CWA Local 1400 who work for Verizon participated.
Commentary :: Elections & Legislation
Voter destroys Presidential Primary ballot at the polls.
08 Jan 2008
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News :: Elections & Legislation
On the Eve of the NH Primary, in three parts
08 Jan 2008
In the final hours before the primary that will rock the nation, your faithful editors spent their evening talking to supporters of several candidates in downtown Dover, attending a Dennis Kucinich event, interviewing Viggo Mortensen, going to a John Edwards event that turned out to be cancelled, and being given the brush off by an arrogant Obama campaign worker.
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News :: Miscellaneous
NH Primary Debates
06 Jan 2008
Sunday's Presidential Primary debates not much more than extended press conference.
I approached the Media Center at St. Anselm's College yesterday afternoon with some amount of trepidation. I was going to the NH Presidential Debates without receiving advance press credentials, essential for admission to the inner circle of the Fourth Estate. I had tried several times to get the goods by emailing WMUR and ABC, co-sponsors of the debates. However, the layer of obfuscation is so thick that it’s quite difficult, at best, to penetrate.
Announcement :: Elections & Legislation : Peace : War
Yellow Rose Peace Bus is Coming to New Hampshire
28 Dec 2007
NH Peace Action and AFSC, in partnership with allies from veterans' peace organizations and military families, will bring a strident anti-war and pro-peace message to the presidential candidates, the media, and voters in the four days before the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, January 8.
How? We are bringing the Yellow Rose of Texas Peace Bus to NH on January 4.
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News :: Environment : Globalization : Protest Activity
The Big Pour in Fryeburg Maine
12 Dec 2007
Following the lead of Howard Dearborn, a crowd packed onto a small bridge, and with a countdown overturned their bottles of Poland Spring water. They watched gleefully as it poured into a stream to flow back to where it belonged.
In all, about fifty people turned up at Lovewell Pond in Fryeburg, Maine on Saturday in order to draw attention to the impact of large-scale water extraction on the watershed. Folks of all ages, from Fryeburg and the surrounding communities talked about their concerns over the ecosystem and their opposition to Poland Spring's proposed bottling plant in Fryeburg.
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