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Analyzing Strategies in Nonviolent Protest

An article on Organizing strategy by Theresa Griffin-Kennedy.

(PORTLAND, OR) - In nonviolent protest, success or failure can depend on a variety of strategies that can determine the final outcome: whether or not the protesters are able to declare victory at the end of the day.

One way that “victory” can be determined, is by planning when participant departures take place and how long a protest will last.

Statement by Professor Israel Shahak: On the Jewish hatred towards Christianity

Professor Israel Shahak is an Israeli citizen, former concentration camp inmate during WW II, and the founder of Israel's Human Rights League.

(TEL AVIV) - Dishonouring Christian religious symbols is an old religious duty in Judaism.

Spitting on the cross, an especially on the Crucifix, and spitting when a Jew passes a church, have been obligatory from around AD 200 for pious Jews.

65 Years Ago: Massacre of Ein El Zeytoun

"The tragedy in Palestine is not just a local one; it is a tragedy for the world, because it is an injustice that is a menace to the world's peace" - British historian, Arnold Toynbee

(LONDON) - May 1st. Standing in front of the Foreign Office in the London sunshine I shivered at the memory of the massacre of Ein El Zeytoun 65 years ago.

Ein El Zeytoun, like Deir Yassin, and many other villages and towns in Palestine at the time, was wiped off the face off the earth.

Juarez Mothers Renew International Campaign

Relatives of the missing suspect their loved ones have fallen prey to human traffickers.

(LAS CRUCES, NM) - In the sister cities of Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, Mother’s Day 2013 had a prolonged calendar life because of cross-border family ties, work schedules and commercial promotions.

An international fusion made for a long weekend of parties, sales events and musical tributes...

Herbert Romerstein: A Life Devoted to Advancing Freedom

Herb was a happy warrior and devoted to his family. His funeral, complete with military honor guard, was conducted by his son-in-law, an Orthodox rabbi.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The death of Herbert Romerstein takes from us a man who devoted his life to advancing freedom, and exposing its enemies, as well as a long-time friend.

Herb was born in Brooklyn in 1931. Always an idealist, in high school Herb was attracted to the utopian dreams advanced by Marxism and joined the Communist Youth League...

ROKU - PAPER - SCISSORS Vox Box

Unlike the early days of TV, now you can watch what you want, when you want,

(RODESSA, LA) - Remember waiting for that day and time when your favorite show was coming on? People said things like "Can't wait till Thursday night at 7:30 on channel 5."

I remember getting sent home from a friend's house because the Dick Van Dyke show was about to come on (I was five).

Death Penalty Dying Out

Charlottesville has a chance to give the death penalty in Virginia a big push toward the door, which would help the United States and the world along that path.

(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va) - Most of the world's governments no longer use the death penalty. Among wealthy nations there is one exception remaining. The United States is among the top five killers in the world. Also in the top five: the recently "liberated" Iraq.

But most of the United States' 50 states no longer use the death penalty.

Nakba Events in Palestine

Together we can stand up to Israel's racist and unjust policies.

(BETHLEHEM) - Fact: 7 million Palestinians are refugees or displaced people and those who remain in Palestine are in shrinking "people warehouses"

You are invited to join important events held around the world for week of the ongoing Nakba (catastrophe of dispossession and ethnic cleansing).

Child Sacrifice and Trafficking in Holland, and Abroad: An Eyewitness Comes Forward and Names her Torturers

An exclusive breaking news report from ITCCS Central Office and its Dutch affiliates.

(ZWOLLE, Holland) - A survivor of a high-level ring involving child sacrifice, torture and trafficking went public today in an exclusive disclosure and interview.

Toos Nijenhuis, a fifty four year old physiotherapist and mother of five from Holland, was tortured, raped and used experimentally from the age of four...

2,273 Published Online News Articles, One Writer... a Record?

If any reporters have a higher online story count, I would like to know.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - With 2,273 published online news articles, I think I may have the highest number of news reports by a single reporter in the U.S. or otherwise. I will be interested to know if anyone disagrees.

The number, 2,273, is based upon the current archives of Salem-News.com.