Archive for January, 2006

19 Jan

DemocracyNow! interview with Craig Murray

DemocracyNow! interview: Ex-British Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray on Why He Defied UK Foreign Office by Posting Classified Memos Blasting U.S., British Support of Torture by Uzbek Regime

Thursday, January 19th, 2006
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/19/1452237

03 Jan

URGENT: Darfur legislation in Maine State Legislature

Mainers have an opportunity to say no, to do our part to stem the slaughter and put action behind the slogan, “Never Again.” The Maine State Legislature is considering a bill, LD 1758, to divest the Maine State Retirement System from any holdings in companies that do business with the central government of Sudan [...]

01 Jan

NASHVILLE: We Were Warriors

[ February 19, 2006; 6:00 am to 8:00 am. ]

Part of the acclaimed film series, A Force More Powerful, that documents examples of use of nonviolent conflict to achieve social change. This film features the Rev. James Lawson and black college students in their successful nonviolent struggle against racial segregation. Part of Black History Month.

NASHVILLE: We Were Warriors website

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01 Jan

HOMELAND: Four Portraits of Native Action

[ January 15, 2006; 6:00 am to 8:00 am. ]

Part of Peace & Justice Center’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration, this film on four Native American communities, including Maine’s Penobscots, shows inspiring struggles to preserve sovereignty and save their sacred lands.

HOMELAND: Four Portraits of Native Action website
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01 Jan

January 2006 Newsletter

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