NH State Representative Betty Hall is hosting Dr. Daniel Ellsberg, Vietnam War critic, for a special event at the Capitol Center for the Arts Monday April 14 at 7pm. It was Ellsberg who released the Pentagon papers which helped end the Vietnam War. Ellsberg will be headlining a group of supporters for Betty Hall's HR24. If passed, HR24 will represent the first time that a state legislature would have invoked the special privilege to ask the US House for investigations to begin with a President and Vice-President.

On Tuesday April 1, at about 8:40am, four activists took direct action against the Bank of America in Copley Square, Boston, by locking themselves to the front door to protest the banks funding of coal power in the US. The action was done with support from Rising Tide North America, the Rainforest Action Network, and the Energy Action Coalition.

We are not just a candle in the darkness, we are the majority that oppose this war, that have serious concerns that this war is self-defeating at least if not also completely unjustified, illegal and amoral. This majority is overwhelming globally, but also exists nationally and locally. There is a pattern of absurd PR efforts even just in the local area, illustrating that that warmongers are afraid that we, the populist peace movement, might derail their war of terrorism.

The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission's decision to approve the sale of Verizon Communications operations to FairPoint Communications represents the last regulatory approval required for the transaction to occur. The transaction sparked a spirited debate about whether the sale was in the public's best interest and its future impact on economic development in the three northern New England states.

Saturday, March 15, beginning at 1:00 pm:

A large anti-war demonstration in Concord, "5 Years Too Many," sponsored by New Hampshire Peace Action and other groups on the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.

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.

Nope, it ain't no Liko Kenney, it is a 44 year-old woman with no prior history with the law. And of course the Police Chief to whom she complained is a State Representative who co-sponsored the ill-advised Bruce McKay Highway bill.

In North Country anyone who dissents about the police will get a beat down.

You may have seen the AFSC’s “Cost of War” display during the NH Primary season. The Primary is over; the war isn’t. We are still spending about half a million dollars every minute on the war/occupation.

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.