Activism Across America

Tomorrow, there are 79 different Iraq Moratorium protests taking place. People who participate in the Iraq Moratorium take the third Friday of each month to break their routine and take some form of action to build pressure to end the American military occupation of Iraq.

This month, the Idaho Peace Coalition is joining in the Iraq Moratorium, with a protest at the corner of 6th and State streets in Boise. The protest will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 PM. For more information, call Gwen at 433-9803.

Friday, May 16 is the 9th monthly Iraq Moratorium - a day for people across America to take some kind action to promote an end to the American miltary occupation of Iraq. This time, there are 79 different organizations taking part in the Iraq Moratorium.

One of those groups is in Huntington, West Virginia. At 7:00 in the evening, participants will meet at the corner of Hal Greer and 4th Avenue in Huntington for a rally against the fighting in Iraq. Black armbands of mourning and protest will be made available for participants.

Once again, Barack Obama supporters are showing that the Obama campaign is really about much more than just electing Barack Obama President of the United States. The campaign is really about promoting a better way of life, founded upon a more positive vision of what it means to be an American.

That vision includes finding a cure for breast cancer. Why? The progressive ideals that fuel support for the Obama campaign include the idea of health care for all people, as well as the more general idea that people in our communities should care for one another.

That’s why in Syracuse, New York, supporters of Barack Obama are using the Obama campaign infrastructure to organize their involvement in the local Race for the Cure - to take place on Saturday, May 17.

For more information, see the events calendar on the Barack Obama campaign site.

They say it was an inside job.

No, not September 11. May 4, 2008.

Two days ago, somebody who was familiar with the mechanisms keeping wild seal lions trapped at the Bonneville Dam in captivity came and shot the animals to death. Who did it? The people who were supposed to be protecting the sea lions? Someone let in with a wink and a nod?

Yesterday, a protest against the slaughter of the sea lions was held at Bonneville Dam, on the border of Washington and Oregon. People from both states were there.

Thanks to Portland Indymedia for the news. They report: Environmental and animal rights activists are calling a boycott of NW Salmon until the Sea Lions are permanently safe from being killed and trapped.”

The sea lions had been trapped, and many had been urging their killing, because they were accused of being responsible for a sharp decline in salmon runs. Of course, sea lions have always feasted on salmon. It’s human activity on the rivers and in the oceans, not the sea lions, that’s changed.

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- State of Washington activist gear
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Democratic Primary election alert: National Public Radio right wing Republican Rush Limbaugh is encouraging Republican voters to go to the polls tomorrow in Indiana and North Carolina, voting in the Democratic primary - for Hillary Clinton. Consider that, for a minute, that Rush Limbaugh is encouraging support for Hillary Clinton.

My understanding is that if a voter is suspected of being a Republican trying to vote in a Democratic primary, that voter can be challenged, and asked to sign a form affirming that he or she voted for Democrats in the previous election, and votes for Democratic candidates most of the time. If that Republican voter lies, it’s a crime - perjury.

If you’ve got the time, contact your local Democratic committee, or the, and ask if there’s anything that you can do to support the people serving as election observers to ensure that fraud is not taking place.