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Cameron Whitten Responds to Racist Attacks on Hunger Strike

The colorblind mentality adopted by a number of members in our society is the bane of racial harmony.

(PORTLAND, OR) - On the 24th day of my hunger strike; I faithfully embrace this sacrifice in advocacy for housing justice, essential relief for the homeless, poor, and working People in these hard economic times.

To the dismay of my efforts, a website was discovered which violently disgraces my own character and that of the black community...

Vanunu Mordechai: Friend, Hero, Brother`s Latest Message

Vanunu pointed the way to Israel's clandestine weapons of mass destruction program underground in the Negev desert in 1986.

(CLERMONT, FLA) - On Flag Day in the USA, I received an email written in Jerusalem and disseminated by the National Catholic Worker/CW list-serve:


"Mordechai Vanunu needs the CW…Vanunu cannot eat Nobel Prize nominations, nor speak with them. He needs money and friends in order to survive his continued persecution...

Taliban Attacks Pakistan Military Posts Eight Soldiers Dead

Similar cross-border attacks by the Taliban killed dozens of Pakistani soldiers last year.

(FAISALABAD, Pakistan) - Over 100 Taliban fighters crossed over from Afghanistan and attacked military posts in Upper Dir area of northwest Pakistan, triggering clashes that left eight soldiers and 15 militants dead, officials said today.

The Taliban launched the attack late last night and killed at least eight soldiers, Pakistani military officials.

The Menacing Plots of MKO for Iran

MKO is responsible for the killing of hundreds of innocent Iranian civilians and government officials.

(TEHRAN) - The ill-omened, inauspicious plots of the terrorist gang Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization against Iran seem to have no end.

The recent letter signed by 44 U.S. Senators addressed to President Obama in which it was implied that time for diplomacy with Iran is over and other options to deal with Iran's nuclear program should be considered is said to be a magnum opus of MKO.

Vitamin C Proven to Help Protect Fukushima Victims from Radiation

A Missing Piece of the Fukushima Story.

(FUKUSHIMA Prefecture) - The story of Fukushima is among other things, one of shameless government deception.

As we learn slowly over time why the disaster happened, we are increasingly disturbed by the fact that Japan is ducking its responsibility toward the citizens it allowed to be impacted this way with radioactivity. There are answers and this is a missing piece of the Fukushima story.

Voice of America Complaint to Get ICP Out of UN Violates 1st Amendment

It is now apparent that the UNCA "Board of Examination" process has been a set-up.

(UNITED NATIONS) - As five Big Media members of the UN Correspondents Association started a board to investigate Inner City Press, they claimed getting ICP thrown out of the UN was not the goal.

But the executive editor of VOA, along with Reuters, Bloomberg, Al-Arabiya and Agence France Presse, asked the UN to "review Mr. Lee's status as an accredited U.N. correspondent."

RTDNA Urges Pa. Court to Remove Reporting Restrictions in Sandusky Case

RTDNA urges court to amend order to remove the restrictions on reporting the jury’s verdict before adjournment of court.

(AUSTIN, TX) - The following letter was dispatched today by RTDNA, a group consisting of more than 3,000 news directors, news associates, educators and students.

The group is expressing the concerns of RTDNA’s members with regard to the June 21, 2012 Order in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Gerald A. Sandusky

From Raisin in the Sun to Clybourne Park

Clybourne Park, the 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner and 2012 Tony Award winner for best play.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States commemorating the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in 1865.

Celebrated on June 19, Juneteenth is a combination of the words June and nineteenth.

44 Senators Tell Obama To Do Israel`s Bidding

The signees include 25 Democrats and 19 Republicans. These senators represent AIPAC’s honor roll of loyalists.

(CHICAGO) - War, as General Sherman once said, is hell. It is also widely perceived to be a failure of diplomacy.

Which would explain why it is that when war-promoting lobbyists want to generate congressional enthusiasm for the next war, all short-term congressional memories must be wiped out.

Reactor Reax Top Stories

Nuclear Waste: Why Environmentalists Are Pressing NRC on Reactor Licenses.

(WASHINGTON DC) - This week in Reactor Reax: the DoE's loan guarantee programs are the focus of much public attention since Solyndra went bankrupt last year.

CSM explores Nuclear waste, asking why environmentalists are pressing NRC on reactor licenses. Also, feds say design flaw led to Calif. nuke plant woes.