Monthly Archives: March 2011
Minnesota Congressman Should Apologize for Anti-Muslim Rhetoric
Minnesota Congressman Should Apologize for Anti-Muslim Rhetoric BY MARGARET SARFEHJOOY FREE SPEECH ZONE. Twin City Daily Planet March 26, 2011 Dear Congressman Chip Cravaack, As Minnesotans committed to the values of peace, equality, religious freedom and justice, we are appalled that you used your position as a member of Congress representing Minnesota on the Committee of […]
Response to “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and the Community’s Response”
WAMM Statement on Islamophobia Woman Against Military Madness strongly condemns the rising phenomenon of Islamophobia exemplified by Congressman Peter King’s Homeland Security Hearings titled, “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and the Community’s Response.” The title itself suggests that the community of millions of American Muslims is complicit in terrorism, stoking fear […]
Local member of Chapter 27 Veterans for Peace picture in Common Dreams Cost of Libya Mission article
John Sherman of Minnesota Chapter 27 Veterans for Peace picture featured on Common Dreams “Look who showed up with VFP sign on Common Dreams article about Libya! Good work!” Kim, WAMM Director Cost of Libya Mission: Pentagon – $550 Million by Jennifer Epstein The Pentagon says it has spent $550 million on U.S. military operations […]
F.B.I. Casts Wide Net Under Relaxed Rules for Terror Inquiries, Data Show
F.B.I. Casts Wide Net Under Relaxed Rules for Terror Inquiries, Data Show By CHARLIE SAVAGE Published: March 26, 2011 WASHINGTON — Within months after the Bush administration relaxed limits on domestic-intelligence gathering in late 2008, the F.B.I. assessed thousands of people and groups in search of evidence that they might be criminals or terrorists, a newly disclosed Justice Department […]
Facts About Afghanistan
Facts about Afghanistan 87% of women are illiterate 30% of girls have access to education 1 in 3 women experience violence (sexual, physical, psychological) 70-80% of women faced forced marriages Every 30 minutes a woman dies in childbirth Source: UN, Coordination of Human Affairs Office Population: 28.4 million Life Expectancy: 44.6 years Child Mortality: 15.6% […]
Metro State Forum on Islamophobia
Metro State Forum on Islamophobia by Patty Guererro James Yee, a former chaplin and also prisoner at Guantanamo and the author of the book For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire about his experiences in Guantanamo as a chaplain and then as a prisoner, was the featured speaker. I had heard him before […]
Jody Williams on the Colbert Report
The Colbert Report Thursday, March 24, 2011 Colbert’s Guest, Nobel Prize Winner, Jody Williams http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/378805/march-24-2011/jody-williams?xrs=share_copy Jody Williams doesn’t believe she’s better than men, but she thinks she’s smarter than a lot of them. (05:42) Tags: interviews, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, men/women, guns, weapons, Nobel Prize, sexism, Second
THE “KILL TEAM” PHOTOGRAPHS
From The New Yorker As posted on Reader Supported News readersupportednews.org March 22, 2011 THE “KILL TEAM” PHOTOGRAPHS Posted by Seymour M. Hersh Slide 1 of 4 La Mohammed Kalay, Afghanistan, 2010. Abu Ghraib, Iraq, 2003. Soldiers rest just after the My Lai massacre, 1968. My Lai 4, Vietnam, 1968. It’s the smile. In photographs released by the German […]
Eating in the Cemetery on New Year’s Day: Day 4 in the [Afghanistan] War Zone by Steve Clemens. March 21, 2011
Eating in the Cemetery on New Year’s Day: Day 4 in the [Afghanistan] War Zone by Steve Clemens. March 21, 2011 Afghan New Year coincides with the first day of Spring and has incorporated the Zoroastrian tradition of the new birth of Spring making the start of a new year as part of it. It […]
Day 3: Creating Peace Via Skype by Steve Clemens. March 20, 2011
Day 3 in Afghanistan: Creating Peace Via Skype by Steve Clemens. March 20, 2011 We were told to expect the AYPV boys at our office lodgings at 4:30 AM because the Global Day of Listening was scheduled to begin by 5:30. They arrived a little late because they had been on the phone to others […]
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