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World Beat Welcomes New Board Members

(SALEM) - The Salem Multicultural Institute, the non-profit organization that operates the annual World Beat Festival and World Beat Gallery, welcomes three new board members to help the organization as it continues to grow.

The three new board members are Gregg Peters, Eilzabeth Pickett and Kathleen Fish.

Ethnic cleansing of invented people

Israeli children are educated to see the Palestinians as a problem that must be solved and as a threat that must be eliminated.

(MELBOURNE, Aust.) - Mostafa Tamimi from Nabi Saleh, Bahjat Zaalan and his son Ramdan from Gaza died on my fiftieth birthday and just a few days after Newt Gingrich declared them an invented people.

They were murdered by the Israeli terrorist organization, the IDF, an organization that is supported and funded by the US.

Five female prisoners at Israel`s Hasharon Launch Hunger Strike

Women were among the 550 detainees released in phase two of the prisoner exchange deal on Sunday, however many were left behind.

(GAZA) - Five female prisoners at Israel's Hasharon jail started a hunger strike on Wednesday in protest against not being included in the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas.

A report by the Palestinian Authority ministry of prisoners affairs noted that detainees were deeply disappointed after finding out they were not included in phase two of the swap.

Global Movement to Create a Non-Violent World Launched

People who wish to join the movement are invited...

(BLACKBURN, Aust.) - On 11 November 2011, the 93rd anniversary of the armistice of World War 1, a new movement to end human violence was launched around the world. 'The People's Charter to Create a Nonviolent World' was launched simultaneously in Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines and the United States and has already gained signatories in twenty-one countries.

The aim of the Nonviolence Charter is to create a worldwide movement to end violence in all of its forms.

Mordechai Vanunu: `Iran poses no threat`

The world cannot ignore what Israel has been doing over the past 40 years… The United States should make Israel sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

(ROME / TEL AVIV) - Against the current backdrop of Israeli talk of pre-emptive strikes against Iran’s alleged military nuclear facilities, Voltaire Network is republishing this exclusive 2005 interview of Israeli whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu.

Twenty-five years ago, this former Israeli nuclear technician exposed the existence of his country’s nuclear arsenal, tearing down the wall of Israel’s secrecy and hypocrisy.

Catering to Caustic Comments

There's nothing related to America’s national security that would justify indiscriminate bombing of any country because they might someday develop an atomic bomb.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - I've written frequently about unacceptable political behavior-- wars, occupations, deception, hate--the negative things that make the news every day, and some things that never see the light of the media.

Israeli Navy Shoots (Another) Fisherman in Open Water

A fisherman is shot by the Israeli Navy without cause off the coast of occupied Gaza City.

(GAZA) - A 45-year old fisherman was rushed to the hospital for treatment after medical sources say he was shot in the leg today. His condition is stable now.

The Israeli occupation forces have recently increased prosecution against fishermen in the Sea of Gaza Strip. They have developed a new large buoy system only 3 miles from the shore in order to oversee the occupied people of Gaza.

While other Occupy camps shut down Occupy Hood River sets up Winter Weekend Camp!

Participants see Occupy Hood River as a way to help move the national Occupy Movement into its next stage

(HOOD RIVER, Ore.) - While other Occupy camps around the U.S. are getting shut down, Occupy the Gorge is launching its second camp in Hood River's Jackson Park Friday, Dec. 2, for an “Occupy Hood River Winter Weekend Camp.”

The camp comes after the recent success of the week-long Occupy Mosier camp which was attended by over 200 people during the week and made national news.

As the Troops Come Home

Acquired knowledge and experience can be used in the interest of peace.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - They should not be discharged unless they want to be, providing their enlistment has expired.

They can be used for peace time duty; search and rescue in the event of a calamity. Whatever; You get the idea.

Ending the War in Afghanistan

It is time to bring our sons and daughters home and hand over security in Afghanistan to the people of Afghanistan.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - After 10 years, more than one hundred thousand American troops remain in Afghanistan, at the cost of over $100 billion a year and the lives and well-being of too many of our young men and women who wear the uniform.

America has accomplished the goals that were originally set out in Afghanistan: eliminating al Qaeda's safe haven and bringing to justice those responsible for 9/11.