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WHAT IF 20 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS VACATED AMERICA? Tina Griego, journalist for the Denver Rocky Mountain News wrote a column titled, "Mexican Visitor's Lament"
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Posted: Mon, Nov 26, 2007 7:54pm PST
Leaked Guantanamo Manual Reveals Prisoner Isolation Was Official Army Policy, What Role do Psychhologists Play? Monday, November 26, 2007 :
Just over a week ago, a major operating manual for the US military's prison camp at Guantanamo Bay was leaked and posted on the Internet. Among other disclosures, it reveals that isolation and sensory deprivation of prisoners was official Army policy. We take a look at how this affects the debate within the American Psychological Association and the participation of its members in interrogations....
Posted: Mon, Nov 26, 2007 8:13am PST
Back From The War ... And Into Homelessness Originally From New America Media
Sunday, November 25, 2007 : BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member, Bill Fletcher, Jr. is a labor and international writer and activist, a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies and the immediate past president of TransAfrica Forum....
Posted: Mon, Nov 26, 2007 8:02am PST
Homless Youth Awareness Month - Spare one minute to help free now! Small application where you can sign a petition going to Congress. Takes less then a minute....
Posted: Fri, Nov 23, 2007 2:28pm PST
Failing Senior Care System Burdening Families The war is still the number one issue in the 2008 Elections, but even as we work to bring this war to an end, it is essential that the country look at real solutions rather than illusory for-profit “solutions” to our basic problems: the crisis facing an aging working class, poverty, homelessness, the cost of living, low wages, inflation, the recession, and many other issues on a national agenda of things-to-do. The government must take care of seniors and relieve their families, friends and ...
Posted: Thu, Nov 22, 2007 6:56am PST
2007 Farm Bill: The women and a few good men.... 
Christmas 2007 could reflect upon a year long effort in the 2007 Farm Bill arena, a small role, a large responsibility to speak for the voiceless in a 300 billion dollar construct of "give us this day our daily bread" gone mad....
Posted: Tue, Nov 20, 2007 1:21pm PST
On eve of Thanksgiving holiday Food banks running out of supplies in Detroit Tuesday, November 20, 2007 :Calling the situation a “Katrina-like state of emergency,” the primary provider of food staples to soup kitchens, shelters, churches and pantries across metropolitan Detroit is reporting a dangerous shortfall in food donations this month. Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan needs two million pounds of food to ensure the agencies have enough on hand to feed 250,000 people on the Thanksgiving holiday....
Posted: Tue, Nov 20, 2007 6:40am PST
ThanksTAKING-a celebration of genocide (audio/mpeg 1.9MB) In late November, North Americans get together to give thanks for what they take in a holday they call "Thanksgiving." It ought to be called "ThanksTAKING" as it is a celebration of the expulsion of millions that cleared the land for all those condos and $1M trophy homes....
Posted: Mon, Nov 19, 2007 2:34pm PST
URGENT: 5,000 Katrina survivor families may lose RENTAL ASSISTANCE 5,000 families who have been receiving rental assistance through FEMA are at risk of losing that help this month.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN RECEIVING RENTAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH FEMA AND HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR THE NEW DHAP PROGRAM UNDER HUD, YOU MUST DO IT NOW!!...
Posted: Sat, Nov 17, 2007 9:00pm PST
APPLY for Low Income Energy Assistance NOW - Funds Are Running Out! Every year the US federal government hands out energy assistance to the poor, but you need to know all their tricks to actually get it. RIGHT NOW is the time to get LHEAP. The application period is usually from Nov until they run out of money. So, if you are low income, call your utility company TODAY and ask who you call for LHEAP assistance. I even got LHEAP when I lived in a school bus using only wood heat while living in Santa Cruz. So make sure to apply NOW if you are low income in ANY l...
Posted: Thu, Nov 15, 2007 8:06am PST
Striking Nurses ‘Risking Our Lives to Speak Out for Our Patients’ Wednesday, November 14, 2007 : It sounds like a scene from a gangster movie, but the reality is that nurses fighting for a fair contract at Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) face the prospect of violence simply for speaking out for a fair deal and a chance to give better care to their patients. Nearly 700 nurses, members of the United American Nurses (UAN), have been on strike since Oct....
Posted: Wed, Nov 14, 2007 7:28am PST
Statement on Health Care Proposals in Legislature 
At its meeting in Fresno on November 11, 2007, the State Central Committee issued the following resolution:...
Posted: Tue, Nov 13, 2007 5:40am PST
Porcupine Clinic Out of Heat By Stephanie M. Schwartz, Freelance Writer
Member, Native American Journalists Association
Porcupine Clinic, located in the small community of Porcupine, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Oglala Lakota [Sioux] Reservation is out of heat. According to Stella White Eyes, Administrative Assistant for the Clinic, the Clinic has closed its doors until it can find resources to fund their heating costs....
Posted: Mon, Nov 12, 2007 7:57pm PST
Senate defies Bush, approves children's health care bill Friday, November 9, 2007 : WASHINGTON — The Senate defied President Bush, Nov. 2, and approved for a third time a new version of the SCHIP children’s health care program by a 64-30 vote. Meanwhile, House leaders struggled to win over enough Republicans to pass the measure with bipartisan support in the face of yet another veto threat....
Posted: Fri, Nov 9, 2007 7:47am PST
West Bankers get some medical care RAMALLAH, 6 November (IPS) - After packing the ambulance with medical equipment and bags full of medicine, Dr. Jameel Mashny, Dr. Rami Habash and their nurse, Maysa Youseff, all from the Palestine Medical Relief Society (PMRS), prepare themselves for the long day ahead. If it is business as usual, it will be a day of organized chaos....
Posted: Wed, Nov 7, 2007 7:36am PST
US consumer safety head opposes strengthening agency's powers Tuesday, November 6, 2007 :The top official overseeing product safety in the US has publicly stated her opposition to legislation that would increase enforcement capabilities over industry. Bush appointee Nancy Nord, head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), sent several letters last week calling for Congress to reject legislation proposing stronger oversight of consumer goods....
Posted: Tue, Nov 6, 2007 7:31am PST
Tabasco 2007: Will It be New Orleans in 2005, or Mexico City in 1985? Sunday, November 4, 2007...
Posted: Mon, Nov 5, 2007 7:24am PST
Forgotten Fire Victims Press Conference 
On October 27, Border Angels and Mexican American Poets Association held a press conference to talk about San Diego's forgotten fire victims, the migrant workers, families and others ignored by the official response to the wildfires that hit Southern California two weeks ago.
Speakers talked about the racism inherent in the differential response to white and brown victims, how the border patrol stepped up their terror campaign during the fires, how the sdpd and sheriffs were working hand-i...
Posted: Sun, Nov 4, 2007 6:28pm PST
Redbird Fall 2007 Newsletter 
Efforts to keep the doors open at the Porcupine Clinic in South Dakota; Bank of America supports Redbird; Hummingbird Creek and the struggle to preserve a place for wildlife, and more news from Native America...
Posted: Sat, Nov 3, 2007 1:27pm PDT
Blackwater ‘Fire Relief’ PR Campaign to Win Hearts and Minds, Timed Influence Voters Is Blackwater ‘Fire Relief’ Part of Larger PR Campaign to Win Hearts and Minds and Timed to Influence Local Voters?
Potrero Residents/Fire Victims Speak-Out in Wake of Up Coming Recall Election - Referendum Could Put End to Blackwater West Project– Deadline to Mail Ballots to Voters in Just Two Weeks
Conflict of Interest Questions Raised as Mercenary VP Allowed Through Sheriff’s Blockade With Supplies While Community-Based Relief Efforts for Potrero and Immigrant Residents of Surroundin...
Posted: Fri, Nov 2, 2007 12:16pm PDT
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