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Volunteers Out in Force to Benefit Marion-Polk Food Share

(Salem, Oregon) - Volunteers from Comcast, Sodexo and the general public will be gardening, food repackaging, doing maintenance and advocating for Marion-Polk Food Share programs on April 30. More volunteers are welcome to participate in the huge work party.

Thirteen Oregonians In Need Receive Free Sight-Saving Surgery During Mission Cataract Oregon

(Portland, Oregon) - On Friday, April 8th, thirteen pre-screened and pre-qualified individuals throughout the state received free cataract surgery during a Mission Cataract Oregon event sponsored by the Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation and EyeHealth Northwest.

Nuclear Resisters Arraigned for MLK Action at Bangor Submarine Base

The government is currently upgrading its entire nuclear weapons research and production infrastructure; President Obama has promised $85 billion over 10 years.

(SEATTLE) - Six people were arraigned in Tacoma Federal Court on Wednesday morning for trespassing at the Bangor nuclear submarine base on January 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The arrests at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor occurred on January 15, 2011 during a nonviolent resistance action at the Trident submarine base, which contains the largest concentration of operational nuclear weapons according to the Kansas City Star.

IDF Unit Commander Will Testify Over Rachel Corrie`s Death

National Lawyers Guild Palestine Subcommittee to Observe Resumption of Trial Brought by Family of Slain Peace Activist Rachel Corrie against the State of Israel.

(HAIFA) - The National Lawyers Guild Palestine Subcommittee has joined with other civil and human rights organizations around the world to send a legal observer to monitor the civil lawsuit brought by the family of peace activist Rachel Corrie against the State of Israel for Rachel’s unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza in 2003.

The Evergreen college student was crushed to death by a Caterpillar D9R bulldozer while nonviolently attempting to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes.

50th Anniversary Regional Expo Held in Portland to Showcase Peace Corps Programs

One of nine events across the country to highlight five decades of service.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Peace Corps and the National Peace Corps Association, the nation’s leading 501c3 nonprofit organization supporting Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and the Peace Corps community, announced today an Around the World Expo will be held in Portland on Sunday.

Land Day and Attacks on my Talks

Includes a brief section from Dr. Qumsiyeh's book.

(BETHLEHEM) - Tomorrow, we commemorate Land Day throughout Palestine and around the world. Below is a small section from my book “Popular Resistance in Palestine” about the history of Land Day.

In Palestine, the uprising is building momentum despite efforts by Israeli officials and some Palestinian officials to suppress it and/or distort its message (which is about a reconstitution of a Palestinian National Council to represent all 12 million Palestinians).

Audiodraft Crowdsources Japan Relief Songs

Aims to Raise $100,000 for Red Cross Japan Aid; Best 5 Songs- to be released on iTunes, Amazon, and other outlets.

(SAN FRANCISCO ) - AudioDraft, the provider of innovative crowdsourced audio design contests, today announced that it has launched a contest to select the five best songs associated with relief and healing to be published through online music stores, including iTunes, Amazon, and others.

The proceeds will go toward tsunami and earthquake relief efforts.

The Pirates of the Mediterranean

"We are shot at by Israeli warships almost daily" - Mustafa, a Gaza fisherman

(GAZA) - Government measures on the sea, even if they are illegal, are not an act of piracy, according to international law.

The actions of the Israeli military are not likely to have been considered in the implementation of this law. The cousins Mustafa, 42, Mahmoud, 30, and Hjazi ElLaham, 27, were on the morning of the 19th February 2011, like every morning, fishing with their boat off the coast of Gaza.

McClatchy, the Sacramento Bee, Darrell Steinberg and Islamaphobia

Denying Nazi-Zionist Collusion.

(SACRAMENTO) - In an inversion of journalistic ethics, the Sacramento Bee reported on opposition to an event before and after it took place, but didn’t cover the event itself. It featured an entire report on accusations against a flier, but didn’t include a response from the flier’s authors.

It printed claims by powerful local figures that the flier was “an outrageous lie,” but refused to print information showing that the flier’s statements were factual.

Time to Act Now for the Liberation of Gaza

The Revolution and Palestinian freedom.

(GAZA CITY) - Mubarak may have stepped down, but until the Mubarak era Egyptian blockade of Gaza is shattered, the Egyptian revolution is incomplete.

We must end this Zionist/American imperialist blockade once and for all.