Reality's Blog – October 2008 Archive (10)

Green Party Acts: candidates to watch on Election Day '08; etc..

Updates & Events: DC Statehood Green campaigns, Oct. 24

Updates & Events: DC Statehood Green campaigns

http://www.statehood4dc.com/home

http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org

(Please forward to friends, neighbors, & other potential supporters!)



==> DON'T MISS <==

• Forum for At-Large Council candidates, Oct. 29, sponsored by Empower DC and other groups

• Statehood Green… Continue

[StopTheDraft] Digest Number 1203

There are 9 messages in this issue.

Topics in this digest:



1a. "vote-flipping" strategies

From: Adrien Burke

1b. Re: "vote-flipping" strategies

From: bob

1c. Re: "vote-flipping" strategies

From: bob

1d. Re: "vote-flipping" strategies

From: Adrien Burke

1e. Re: "vote-flipping" strategies

From: bob



2. Palin is the choice that they gave me

From: maryzinkartist@aol.com



3.… Continue

Voices in Wartime Education Project: Interrogation without Torture: Lessons from Fort Hunt

Interrogation without Torture: Lessons from Fort Hunt

This week on the Voices Blog:



http://blog.voicesinwartime.org/2008/10/torture-breaks-everyone-including.html



Torture Breaks Everyone, Including the Torturers: John Davis, a retired Army veteran, writes about Fort Hunt and the recent revelation of how Nazi war prisoners were successfully interrogated without resorting to… Continue

Friends Digest Vol. 2, No. 11

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How can the life of such a man

Be in the palm of some fool's hand?

To see him obviously framed

Couldn't help but make me feel ashamed

To live in a land where justice is a game.

-- Bob Dylan, "Hurricane"

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* A Message from Leonard Peltier *



See

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* Parole Actions *



A call to… Continue

Join SAALT + Spec. Guests / Pre-Elections Online talk, 10-30

South Asians and Elections 2008

A Pre-Election Online Conversation for Community Members & Media (October 30, 2008)



Join SAALT and our special guests below on October 30th.



Join Us for a Pre-Elections Webinar on October 30th



What: A Pre-Elections Webinar (a conference call with an online segment; anyone can participate)



When: Thursday, October 30th at 2pm EST/1pm CST/11am PST… Continue

Nader Acts: New Video: Nader Pulls Out All the Stops; etc..

New Video: Nader Pulls Out All the Stops

October 23, 2008

www.votenader.org

www.officialnaderstore.com

We're less than two weeks out.



As of yesterday, Ralph has campaigned in all 50 states.



Media exposure is picking up.



https://www.votenader.org



Crowds are getting bigger at the Nader rallies.



Last night, Ralph spoke before a packed crowd of over 1,000… Continue

LPDOC + Arden Actions: Write to BOP: Peltier's Transfer; etc..

Write to BOP Regarding Peltier's Transfer

Forwarded on Behalf of contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info

Urgent!!!! Write to the Federal Bureau of Prisons on behalf of

Leonard Peltier regarding his transfer!!!!!



October 16, 2008



As we reported in a previous email, Leonard is once again being

uprooted and relocated to another prison. Although this seems

to be a strategy by the federal… Continue

Friend, It's Time to Protect YOUR Vote

Donate | Calendar | Local Groups | Store

October 23, 2008

Dear Friend,



http://codepinkalert.org/ft/campaigns/gpav/



Four years ago, Americans were swindled by a stolen election that allowed Bush to lead us deeper into disastrous war. Nearly half of the six million American voters living abroad never received their ballots. Registrations were shredded. Faulty voting equipment destroyed about one million ballots--roughly… Continue

US Premiere & LA Screenings: SKIN: Film: true S. African story

US Premiere & LA Screenings of SKIN: New film about true South African story

Artists for a New South Africa wants you to know about a new South African film screening in Los Angeles...



“A stirring allegory

…another superb Sophie Okonedo performance”

Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter



“An involving tale presented with polished straightforwardness”

Dennis Harvey,… Continue

Witness Actions: See It. Film It. Change It.; etc..

See It. Film It. Change It.

IN THIS ISSUE

- Video helps to create change in Democratic Republic of the Congo

- Legendary photojournalist unveils his latest project

- Human rights groups use video to mobilize actions to fight global poverty and for the MDGs. Be counted!



Video for Change: Making Strides in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Address HIV/AIDS



WITNESS and our partner Association… Continue