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From the School of the Americas Watch:
House of Representatives Votes to
Force the Pentagon to Release Information to SOA Watch
The amendment was approved with a 224 to 190 vote!...
But it's not over...
In order for this amendment to become law, the text of the amendment has to be approved by a joint House and Senate conference committee. We need you to sustain intense pressure on the Senate for the next few weeks to make sure this amendment is approved by the conference committee!
Click here to send a letter to your Senator asking that they work for passage of this language!
The School of the Americas (SOA) in Fort Benning, GA has trained over 60,000 Latin American soldiers in interrogation tactics, psychological warfare, and counterinsurgency techniques, and its graduates have tortured, raped and killed union and student organizers, teachers, clergy and others working for human rights in Latin America.
The movement to close the SOA is gaining strength. Read abou the history of the movement to close the SOA and about legislative actions, and see the photos from the November 22-23, 2008 vigil.
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Charleston Sanitation Workers Fight for Union Recognition |
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by Kerry Taylor
 Sanitation workers in Charleston, South Carolina, are knocking on doors to drum up support for their battle to gain union recognition. They've been learning from leaders of a historic 1969 struggle, and drawing support from students and members of Longshoremen (ILA) Local 1422.
Photo: Ajamu Dillahunt.
Read more at Labor Notes
Click Here to sign the petition.
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Starvin' for Justice 2009
Join us from June 29th to July 2nd for the 16th annual Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty in front of the United States Supreme Court. Every year, we commemorate the four years when the United States did not have a death penalty with four days of witness, fasting, educating thousands of tourists, and networking with others who are working to end the injustice of the death penalty.
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Nikki Gloudeman (at Mother Jones): "Nearly two decades ago, lyricist Ellen Fitzhugh and composer Jan Hammer wrote a ditty called "Torture" for a Star Wars musical that never came to light. The tune was supposed to be crooned by a robot controlled by Darth Vader."
For you it's just a pain
For us it's justified
But you're too self-absorbed
To see it from our side.
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Economic Justice is updated nearly every day
Check the links on Alternatives to Military Service
There will be no official Charleston Peace meeting in June. However, groups working on education about alternatives to the military and toward the abolition of the death penalty will meet during the summer. To help with alternatives to the military, contact bflosue(at)earthlink.net, 843-763-7304. 3096
To reach those working to abolish the death penalty or for information about the SOA vigil in November, contact anna(at)charlestonpeace.net, 843-312-9741
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Peace Vigil at Marion Square
12:00p.m., first and third Saturday of each month
Come and join us at noon at the fountain in Marion Square on the corner of King and Calhoun. We welcome support in handing out flyers on the cost of the war as well as carrying signs for peace. For more details, you can contact Carol at carolgdotterer(at)hotmail.com or call 406-9673 (before 10 pm) or reach Dick at gofigure(at)gowebway.com.
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Please report broken links to
anna(at)charlestonpeace.net.
Thank you for your help! 2696
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Universal
Declaration of
Human Rights
Adopted and proclaimed by General
Assembly resolution 217 A (III) of 10 December
1948
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