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The next meeting will  be Thursday, August 21, at 7:00 p.m. at the Circular Congregational Church, 150 Meeting Street (upstairs in the back building). For more information, contact bflosue(at)earthlink.net, 843-763-7304.

War and Occupation in Iraq
A comprehensive report prepared by the Global Policy Forum   -  June 2007

And the people forgot who they were,
And they began to hurt each other...
And they began to kill each other.

The Lowcountry Alliance for Model Communities (LAMC) requested a public hearing from Charleston County Council to discuss the Montenary Incinerator.  On June 24^th, five of nine County Council members (Colleen Condon, Curtis Inabinett, Teddie Pryor, Sr., Timothy Scott, and Paul Thurmond) listened to residents’ comments at the standing room only Gethsemane Community Center (see “Trash Incinerator Ignites Opposition”).  Several individuals provided testimony about the difficulties with living near the Montenay Incinerator.  Union Heights residents cannot enjoy their yards or front porches because of the odors of raw garbage, incinerator particulate emissions, and incinerator noise (which often wakes people in the middle of the night).  To add further insult, garbage collection trucks routinely drive through their neighborhood streets as a ‘shortcut’ to the incinerator.  These trucks add to the noise problems, leak liquid from garbage onto their streets, and cause other trash problems.

Notes and Photos from the 15th Annual
Fast and Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty

June 29 to July 2, 2008, Washington, D.C.   3520

War objector PFC Ryan Jackson was charged with multiple counts of AWOL
and spent time in April and May in pre-trial confinement in the Charleston Naval Brig. Two Charleston Peace members attended his trial on Friday, May 30 in Fort Gordon. We learned that Ryan will have to spend 29 additional days in prison and that he is likely to serve his sentence here in Charleston.

There is considerable speculation and buzz in Washington today suggesting that the National Security Council has agreed in principle to proceed with plans to attack an Iranian al-Qods-run camp that is believed to be training Iraqi militants.  The American Conservative, Sunday, May 11   - (Thanks to Information Clearinghouse for forwarding the article.)

 Please check News and Opinion for updates.   3454

  Really, Really Free Market 2

Apparently the word is getting out; attendance was even better at the Charleston Radical Resource Center's second Market. Food was again provided by Food Not Bombs, and people had a good time and immediately began making use of the donated furniture.

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Thanks to David Rovics for pointing them out.

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