Consumerism is Killing Us - LiterallyA young man was trampled to death today by a crowd of greed-maddened shoppers in a New York City suburb ( http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/29/content_10428646.htm). Leon Rosselson's song "A P... Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award TonightI just learned of this event, happening this evening at the Peace Abbey in Sherborn, Mass. I can't be there, but I wanted to pass on the information. Combatants for Peace to Receive, The Peace Abbey C... Supreme Court: OK to Injure WhalesI just heard last night that the US Supreme Court let a presidential executive order stand that allows the US military to use sonar, which maddens and injures whales and dolphins, and may be causing d... Larry Summers NOT for Treasury SecretaryThe rumor is circulating that Mr. Obama may choose Lawrence H. "Larry" Summers to be treasury secretary. The reasons for NOT choosing him are legion. He is one of the most adamant advocates for ... Mr President Elect, You Must Go to Poznan!Dear Mr. Obama, We are all aware you've got a lot on your mind, what with closing Guantanamo, restructuring the economy and getting ready to end the wars, but there is one issue you ... Obama and the Secretary of Magic .. --> @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Barack Obama had just learned he had won the election and was turning his thoughts to cabinet appointments when the phone ... The Iraq War is not OverJust because the overdue collapse of the financial system seems to be overshadowing it, we mustn't forget that the occupation of Iraq and the war in Afghanistan continue. Far from getting better, as c... Nature has a right to exist - in EcuadorEcuador just approved a new constitution that gives Ecosystems, Gaia, "the Environment" an absolute right to to continued existence. Already some US communities are taking heart from the Ecuador... We won - More from Michael MooreOnce again a note I feel compelled to pass on from Michael Moore. Now that we've managed to stave off the ill-conceived Wall-street bailout plan for a while, we need to push for something positi... Shouting the Truth from a High PlaceYesterday, I had the great privilege of hearing the 29-year-old Chinese-American mayor of Fitchburg Massachusetts, Lisa Wong, talk about her vision for the future of her old financially-strapped mill ...
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