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POPSEastern Congo, one story - Francoise No Fundamentalists here just a fifty year struggle over diamonds, rare minerals for computers, cell phones, nuclear weapons and millions of people killed, marginalized, exploited, and abused - in full view of world's leaders but out of sight and out of mind for most of us.
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POPSGive Peace a Chance? Not here, not now, it seems Sometimes I wonder what would happen if the "leaders" in Palestine and Israel went to sleep for 20 years - would the ordinary people figure out how to live together in peace? At the least, they could could probably figure out how to speak plainly about what they were doing and why.
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POPSWhat is Freedom of Press and Speech Worth? More than 80 journalists have been killed this year - it was 30 in the Philippines in one incident. Cowards, wannabe dictators, and people who want to run your life fear, persecute and kill journalists. The unfunny thing is that some "news" organizations seem to delight at inflaming people against the "media" and those who defend free speech and press. Of course they do the same with inflaming people against anyone they don't like and refuse to take responsibility when someone dies. Words and speech have power, they know it. this article demonstrates that truth.
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POPSYin-Yang: Chinese eat cats and rescue cats From outside the culture, it is difficult to understand those who eat cats and dogs. If you are traditional Hindu, you wonder how anyone could eat any animal. I still can't understand eating cats - I don't believe the people eating them to be evil - I just can't understand it.
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POPSRacism + White Nationalism = What % of Anti-Immigration Reform? It is going to be hard to figure this one, since John Tauton and his ilk have been practicing for more than ten years how to hide within and behind causes and organizations that seem to not be racist or white nationalists. The closer we get to real reform, the easier it will get - the specks of foam on their suits, the more outlandish their claims and the increase in hate crimes. The ugliest part will begin to resemble the break up of the former Yugoslavia - when people were urged to take part in torture and mass killings to serve the "cause" of ethnic cleansing.
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POPSWe Owe Veterans and Active Duty Warriors Better Than This Cheney's old firm let their sub-contractors expose US soldiers and Iraqi's to a burning toxic waste pit that will cause years worth of injuries and illness. Cotracting out is good for profiteers like the former- Vice President and his buddies but an evil brew for our troops.
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POPSWorld Economic Crisis = 30-50K more kids may die by 2010 I am worrying about paying property taxes, others are planning on buying less for Christmas, some are wondering what comes after unemployment runs out. Thousands of thousands of women in Sub-Sahara Africa are wondering which babies, if their baby will survive. If you knew one of the women, whose baby will probably die if nothing changes - what would you do? Sorry, I had to ask but I have to.
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POPSMama said: "there'd be days like this." Hopeless Hopi What I like to know is where do you go to report a planetary rapist, pimps for Peabody Coal, and the ravaging of land held sacred for thousands of years by Hopi and Navajo who only walk with us as spirits now? The sickest of criminals and lifelong bullies are those who commit crimes against humanity just because they can - aka: Peabody Coal.
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POPSBe Proud America - Afghan Women's Writing Project Get a tissue or two, sit back and read this account of a young Afghan woman about the last few days she had with her American mentor - Rosemary. It is truly amazing how brave and dedicated some people are and that more often than not - their story does not go nearly as far as the people they touch.
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POPSUnique 9-11 project - 490 tape art figures in Manhattan This project, stunning in its impact, was carried out by Michael Townsend -artist and son of a guy I used to work with. In his words: "This website, the Eleventh of September: an act of remembrance, is the cumulative result of 30,000 hours of volunteer effort, compiling five years of documentation and biographical information relating to the those who passed away and the journeys through New York City. "
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POPSBrazil: Slash, burn and kill capitalism I know President Lula has hands full but the slash, burn and kill "cowboy" capitalists need some sort of lesson from the President to change their ways of have their holdings nationalized. Endangering people and the planet is no longer an option folks!
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POPSDe ja vu Are We in Afghanistan or Saigon? Is this 2009 or 1969? Quick someone look up how many similar "leaks" just like this came out in 1966, 1967, 1968. This Day in History 1966: Westmoreland requests more troops This Day in History 1968: Wheeler says Westmoreland will need more ... Johnson became convinced that US soldiers would be needed on the ground if the South was to survive. In March a request was received from the US commander in Vietnam General Westmoreland to protect the local airbase. In response marines were sent to Da Nang. There were requests for more troops and the following month a further 20,000 were sent. By the end of the year there were 200,000 GIs in Vietnam. In 1968 the figure stationed in Vietnam reached 500,000.
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POPS1, 2, 3... Who are we fighting for? Rape as right of Powerful Afghans? No one expects perfection but some semblance of justice, at least. In Afghanistan, if you are not hooked in to powerful people, a woman or a young boy - watch out! Is it any wonder that as soon as US or NATO troops leave an area, that violence again breaks out as people try to find someone, anyone who will actually protect them and treat them as people of value.
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POPSSend CARE package with GAP's Help? Not Hardly
Care is e-mailing people all over the nation asking that they shop at GAP, or one of its subsidiaries "This weekend, July 30-August 2, when you shop at Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy stores and outlets, you will receive 30% off your total purchase and CARE will receive 5% of your total purchase! Past Give & Get promotions have generated more than $500,000 for CARE's work around the world." Give Gap money so it can exploit workers in India and Saipan and give money to CARE to it can help some of the workers Gap exploits??? http://www.greenamericatoday.org/programs/responsibleshopper/company.cfm?id=229 The purpose of money offered by corporations to what are often good causes is too often to give the company some moral cover to the evil deeds they pretend not to be responsible for. It's sad, that I and others have to blow the cover and that organizations like CARE worry more about their survival as an organization than those they were formed to serve.
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POPSPraying the Devil Back to Hell - Redux Those who have committed political crimes when given mercy - try to rekindle the flames of war and hate again and again. That should not stop you from using non-violence to end the violence but it surely tries the soul. Pray that those working for peace have the strength to continue!
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