The Americas

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• Showdown in the Himalayas—The Indypendent
  Impressive displays of people power and discipline in Nepal. This article is written from a pro-maoist perspective. By Jed Brandt Kathmandu—Two power structures are at loggerheads in Nepal. One just finished filling the streets of the capital city with a massive civil uprising marked by both discipline and revelry. The other is backed by the rifles of [...] […]
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• Why Nonviolence? by Kevin Martin
  Here is an blog by Kevin Martin, Executive Director of Peace Action that focuses his personal journey in the field of nonviolence. Peace Action is the largest organization dedicated to Peace in the USA. Kevin Martin Blog […]
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• Cross-posted from Mettacenter.org, on MLK and Vietnam
  On the anniversary of MLK’s assassination: what does Vietnam have to do with it? Posted by Metta Team on April 4, 2010 “A time comes when silence is betrayal.” These words, uttered by Martin Luther King, Jr. 43 years ago today, are part of the first paragraph of his now famous speech, “Beyond Vietnam.” Perhaps [...] […]
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• White Intifada
  Gershon Baskin is the co-CEO of the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (www.ipcri.org) and an elected member of the leadership of the Green Movement political party. He is arguing that Palestine is now in a stage called the White Intifada. With Massive Civil Disobediance and refusal to cooperate with the occupation authorities. He argues in […]
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• Silence is Complicity
  From: Mazin Qumsiyeh [mailto:mazin@qumsiyeh.org] Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 I am Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, a Palestinian American citizen who lived in the US for 29 years before deciding to move to Palestine nearly two years ago.  I received my higher education (Masters, PhD, medical genetics board certification) in the US and served as a faculty member in [...] […]
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