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Governor`s Budget Ignores Out-Of-Control Tax Breaks
Our Oregon Statement on Governor`s Budget

In the election that ended just three weeks ago, voters in Oregon and the rest of the nation weighed in loudly about how they expect elected leaders to protect priority services.

(SALEM) - In his recommended budget, the Governor has unfortunately ignored the resounding results of election that wrapped just a few weeks ago.

He missed an opportunity to provide real money for schools and critical services by closing big tax loopholes for large corporations and the rich.

NUS Landmark Decision: Condemns Israel`s Siege on Gaza

We must remember that Israels aggression against the Palestinians in Gaza continues as we speak.

(LONDON Refugee News Network) - On Tuesday 27th November The National Union of Students which represents 7 million students in Britain has made the landmark decision to condemn and call for an immediate end to the siege on Gaza by a unanimous vote of the NUS National Executive Council.

This huge breakthrough comes after years of campaigning within the NUS to shift its position.

Jaffna University Protest Turns Violent

A student was hospitalized for injuries after police attacked.

(JAFFNA, Sri Lanka) - A protest was carried out by the students from the University of Jaffna today. The protest was organized after some security officials had entered the university premises and threatened two students there by displaying weapons yesterday.

Predictably, the police arrived to stop the protest.

Argo and The Iranian Savage - a Film Review

Ben Affleck’s film goes out of its way to deflect the kind of criticism I offer here.

(LONDON) - It is a rather curious time for Hollywood to launch a blockbuster movie based on the worst US/Iranian diplomatic fallout in history.

Currently Iran is threatened with attack from the West almost on a daily basis...

Mayor of London`s Comment on the Government`s Immigration Policy

Students are being discouraged from studying here, potentially costing us billions...

(LONDON Refugee News Network) - Chris Bryant MP, Labour’s Shadow Immigration Minister, responding to the Mayor of London’s comments on the Government’s immigration policy, said:

“The Prime Minister’s immigration policy is nothing short of a complete shambles. The Director-General of the CBI has said it is putting people off coming to the UK..."

How Rome Didn`t Decline and Fall (Yet)
The Vatican Occupation of America

A Tragi-Comedy In Three Acts II - SEX AND THE SINGLE CHURCH

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - That the Church nurses a preoccupation with sex.

Be it intentional, inferred or by default, is so self-evident, given our almost daily saturation in news stories about child abuse, that damage control and cover-up are necessary.

How Rome Didn`t Decline and Fall (Yet)
The Vatican Occupation of America

A Tragi-Comedy In Three Acts - I

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - I remember as a little boy in our small town saying something derogatory about the Catholic church within the hearing of a catholic man, who not only upbraided me but reported the event to my father.

I was punished by being forced to go to the man and apologize and – characteristic of my Dad – I was instructed to write an essay on tolerance.

Akha Sail for Freedom

Your donation will make a world of difference fo young people.

(NEWPORT, OR) - The "Sail for Freedom" is a project to provide sail and human rights training for Akha people from SE Asia teamed up with young people from the US.

The tall ship will be based out of Newport, Oregon. The cost of the ship is $700,000. Refitting will cost $400,000.

Californians Have No Right to Know Anything Crucial

This article is useful in beginning to understand who is behind the GMOs in food and vaccines, and what are they doing.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The California Right to Know campaign focused on passing Prop 37, an initiative to get genetically engineered food labeled so people would be able to know what is going in their own and their children’s bodies.

The corporations involved in producing and selling GMOs poured millions into stopping the initiative, putting out stunning lies to do so.

Who is the Middle Class?

The middle class supplies jobs and they fill jobs according to the rhetoric. The middle class deserves the tax breaks and need good educations at reasonable prices.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - It's sad that Barak Obama had to be the first black to be elected president.

Ever since he got into office, Obama has been leaning over backward to avoid being patronising, or looking like it, to African Americans.