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Creech Air Force Base: A Place of Disbelief, Confusion and Sadness

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:42:41 -0500

by Nancy Mancias

While many Americans spent their Thanksgiving holiday sitting around the table feasting on turkey and slumbering over the TV to watch football, members of CODEPINK Women for Peace used this Thanksgiving holiday to raise awareness about the war in Afghanistan.

Creech Air Force Base, just north of Las Vegas, is the headquarters of the Air Force's Predator and Reaper "hunter-killer" unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), commonly called drones. The base is one of the epicenters on the war in Afghanistan.

SOA Watch Marks 20th Anniversary of Assassinations

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:28:50 -0500

by Tim Chitwood

It was 6 a.m. on Nov. 16, 1989, when a gardener named Obdulio Ramos saw that six Jesuit priests and his wife and daughter had been gunned down by soldiers in El Salvador.

Rage at UC Fee Hike in L.A., Berkeley Protests

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:16:55 -0500

by Nanette Asimov and Jill Tucker

LOS ANGELES - The UC regents are expected to put the final seal today on a hefty 32 percent tuition increase as students resume the protests that shut down their board meeting three times Wednesday and required campus police in riot gear to maintain calm.

Students, furious at the increase that will bring their yearly fees above $10,000 for the first time, rushed the UCLA building where the regents were meeting, throwing food, sticks and vinegar-soaked red bandannas meant to look like blood.

Labor Fight Ends in Win for Students

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:34:43 -0500

by Steven Greenhouse

The anti-sweatshop movement at dozens of American universities, from Georgetown to U.C.L.A., has had plenty of idealism and energy, but not many victories.

Until now.

The often raucous student movement announced on Tuesday that it had achieved its biggest victory by far. Its pressure tactics persuaded one of the nation's leading sportswear companies, Russell Athletic, to agree to rehire 1,200 workers in Honduras who lost their jobs when Russell closed their factory soon after the workers had unionized.

Where Have All the Protests Gone? US Students in Limbo

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:44:33 -0500

by Michael Mathes

WASHINGTON - When student Hemnecher Amen joined a protest outside the White House recently, it was the latest visible opposition here to US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hardly anyone took notice.

"There's a lot of apathy and a growing disconnectedness to what's going on in world affairs," the frustrated Howard University junior told AFP as some 200 people, including a handful of students, gathered for the march.

"Students are more interested in trying to get a job and make money. That's essentially the bottom line."

Civil Unrest Has a Role in Stopping Climate Change, Says Gore

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:50:55 -0500

by Oliver Burkeman in Los Angeles

Al Gore has sought to inject fresh momentum into the Copenhagen build-up, saying he is certain Barack Obama will attend and predicting a rise in civil disobedience against fossil-fuel polluters unless drastic action is taken over global warming.

Afghans Protest Against US After Missile Strike

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:16:11 -0500

LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan - Angry Afghan villagers protested Thursday against what they said was the killing of 11 civilians by foreign troops, but local authorities said only fighters were killed.

The NATO-led force said it had fired a rocket from the ground at a group it believed to be planting a roadside bomb in Babaji in Helmand province. It said it was not aware of any civilians in the area and was investigating the incident.

Mousavi Supporters Clash With Police in Tehran

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:30:18 -0500

TEHRAN - Police clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy turned violent.

Reformist website Mowjcamp said police opened fire on protesters at Haft-e Tir square, but there was no independent confirmation of the report. "Some people were injured," Mowjcamp said, reporting other protests in the cities of Shiraz and Rasht.

Where Were the Anti-War Demonstrators?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:30:40 -0500

by Tom Gallagher

The occasional sign at an antiwar demonstration used to ask, "What if they had a war and nobody came?" Unfortunately, right now the question is more like "What do we do when they have an antiwar demonstration and nobody comes?" While I can't readily come up with a satisfying answer to that one, I thought it might at least be a useful first step to find out why they're not coming.

Coal River Mountain Emergency: Sit-Ins-Funeral March Erupt at EPA/JP Morgan Chase Offices Across Nation

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:17:18 -0400

by Jeff Biggers

BREAKING NEWS: The Coalfield Uprising is spreading across the nation.

As millions of pounds of explosions rip across their mountain communities, including the clean energy landmark of Coal River Mountain, scores of residents from the Appalachian coalfields have joined with supporters from across the country in a series of sit-ins, die-ins, protests, and a haunting "Day of the Dead" funeral procession and sit-in in the courtyard of the Washington, DC headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency.