Fighting for Life: American Peace Activist Shot by Israelis

The parents of an American peace activist publicly appealed yesterday for a full investigation into how their son was shot in the head with a high velocity tear gas canister by Israeli security forces.

Tristan Anderson, 38, remains in critical condition after three brain operations at Tel Hashomer hospital in Israel, as a result of the shooting which came at the end of a regular joint Arab-Jewish demonstration against the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank village of Ni'lin.

Activists Emphasize Need to Keep Pushing for Peace

With reduced violence in Iraq and a new president at the helm, the U.S. anti-war movement isn't as fervent as it was two or three years ago.

But that didn't stop about 300 people from gathering in downtown Fresno for the eighth annual Rally in the Valley for Peace and Justice on Sunday, just three days after the six-year anniversary of the Iraq war.

At Failed Firms, No Bad Deed Goes Unrewarded

SAN FRANCISCO - Thousands of angry U.S. workers took to the streets Thursday to protest some major banks and insurance companies that have handed out extravagant bonuses on the taxpayers' dime, as the U.S. House of Representatives voted to get some of the bonus money back.

"Banks get bailed out and people get sold out!" yelled janitors, hotel workers, security workers and others pounding on makeshift drums outside a Wells Fargo bank in San Francisco.

Israelis Using 'Excessive' Force Against Protesters

RAMALLAH - The critical wounding of a U.S. activist has highlighted the excessive use of force by Israeli forces.

The activist, Tristan Anderson, 38, was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers during a protest against Israel's separation barrier in the Palestinian West Bank last week. He remains in intensive care in Tel Hashomer Hospital in Tel Aviv.

Anderson was one of approximately 400 international, Palestinian and Israeli protestors taking part in a demonstration in the village of Ni'ilin, near the central West Bank city Ramallah, when he was hit by a teargas canister.

Fairbanks Protesters Call for Peace on Anniversary of Iraq Invasion

FAIRBANKS - Today marks the sixth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

And as they have done periodically since even before the war began, the Alaska Peace Center and the Fairbanks Coalition for Peace and Justice met in Veterans Memorial Park to protest the war.

About a dozen people braved single digit temperatures to erect a banner that read simply, "END THE OCCUPATION."

Leading Climate Scientist: 'Democratic Process Isn't Working'

Protest and direct action could be the only way to tackle soaring carbon emissions, a leading climate scientist has said.

James Hansen, a climate modeller with Nasa, told the Guardian today that corporate lobbying has undermined democratic attempts to curb carbon pollution. "The democratic process doesn't quite seem to be working," he said.

Rage on the Streets in Calgary as Bush Visits

CALGARY - The rage on the man's face was evident as he berated police officers preventing him from entering the building where former U.S. president George W. Bush was making a speech Tuesday.

‘‘There is a war criminal upstairs that has committed murder,'' screamed the man, who identified himself only as Splits the Sky. ‘‘If I try to get in there you will arrest me. What is wrong with you?

‘‘I am going in there and make a citizen's arrest,'' he said as he attempt to push past police. ‘‘Arrest George Bush. Arrest George Bush.''