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Seeking Volunteers to Aid the Haitans
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West Virginia Progressive Action Network Live March 25, 2009
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International Community Health
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Dismissal of Case Against Blackwater Contractors Condemned
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Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection, Resource for the Month
Seeking Volunteers to Aid the Haitans
Anir Experience is planning on pulling together 3 teams of 15 persons each, one health care team, one... read more
West Virginia Progressive Action Network Live March 25, 2009
This network, the West Virginia Progressive Action Network, encourages the exchange of ideas, expertise... read more
International Community Health
This posting is recommended for all persons interested in international community health, but particularly... read more
Dismissal of Case Against Blackwater Contractors Condemned
Congress Must Investigate the Mishandling of Blackwater Case, Coalition Groups Agree in an Open Letter... read more
Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection, Resource for the Month
Our Resource of the month is Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection, [url=http://MAPLight... read more
WVPAN Latest Info
News and Articles from Other PJEP Networks
Facing 70 Years in Prison for Clothing
Syed Fahad Hashmi is an American citizen who has not been convicted of any crime yet who has been held for more than two years under Special Administrative Measures - the harshest conditions of solitary confinement - at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Lower Manhattan. He is accused by a government informer of allowing a duffel bag of waterproof socks and raincoats to be stored at his house that, without his knowledge, went to terrorists in Afghanistan. For more information, see more ]
Posted on NY4CG by New York Metro Progressives
Change, Leadership and Opportunity of this Moment
It's been a tumultuous couple weeks and many people are despairing. Haiti, Massachusetts, Supreme Court, and now the loss of our treasured teacher Professor Howard Zinn. It may seem like too much to bare, but it's not. As a matter of fact, there are reasons to celebrate and new opportunities to organize. At the bottom of this longer-than-usual commentary is an invitation for collaboration on an exciting and timely mobilization to reclaim representative democracy. I hope you will send your ideas ... [ more ]
Posted on WAnet by Backbone Campaign
Twitter's Communications Evolution
An article in the November 9 NY Times, "Refining the Twitter Explosion", described changes that Twitter programmers are making to Twitter, changes that are taking steps toward a dramatic realignment of our society.
The article noted that in January 2009, daily traffic was 2.4 million transmissions, but it grew to 26 million tweets by October. Then, the writer Noam Cohen noted the importance of geographic location to high quality information: "Improvements like geolocation...
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Posted on ICJPE by Neighbors for Peace
COAST Joins Lawsuit Opposing Navy Sonar Range
The Navy intends to build a 500-square nautical mile instrumented Undersea Warfare Training Range (USWTR) off the Florida and Georgia coasts, where it plans to conduct around 470 annual exercises involving up to three vessels and two aircraft, and the use of its mid-frequency active sonar. Despite the fact that MFA sonar disrupts, injures, and kills marine life, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the federal agency responsible for ensuring protection for marine species, has given the ... [ more ]
Posted on MPJEN by Citizens Opposing Active Sonar Threats (COAST)
Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection, Resource for the Month
Our Resource of the month is Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection,
MAPLight.org, a groundbreaking public database that illuminates the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes in unprecedented ways. Elected officials collect large sums of money to run their campaigns, and they often pay back campaign contributors with special access and favorable laws.
This common practice is contrary to the public...
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Posted on ICJPE by ICJPE
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