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"Know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy." -- President Barack Obama, January 20, 2009On the front page of the New York Times (1/28/09), we felt a mixture of sadness and outrage when we read this headline: "Aides S...
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Join Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in standing up for the polar bear.After eight years of suffering under the Bush Administration's "polluters-first" policies, the polar bear is now hurtling headlong toward extinction.
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In 2009, millions of Americans are expected to lose their jobs—and their health care, too. Guaranteeing affordable health care for everyone should be at the top of our elected officials' minds. It's definitely at the top of President Obama's.
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The Medicaid Family Planning State Option is a provision that would provide health care coverage for 2.3 million low-income women while generating savings for states and the federal government. Now, after misinformation was spread by opponents, it's bee...
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House Bill 3245,introduced in the House January 13, 2009, may be discussed in a hearing of the House Constitutional Laws Subcommittee on Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 10:30 AM.
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Check out photos of Carolina Peace participating in IAM's March for Peace in Gaza and the NAACP's King Day at the Dome. Click on "gallery" in blue band at the top of this homepage....
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If you could help end modern-day slavery in Florida's fields with an email, would you?
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Until recently, we didn’t hear much about Gaza, a narrow sliver of land in Palestine-Israel that is home to 1.5 million Palestinians—some 75% of them refugees since 1948 when the state of Israel was founded, and 1967, after the Six Day War.
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The inauguration of President Obama could mean the end of aneight-year assault on America's last pristine forests. We needyour help to make sure the Obama administration makes a newcommitment to protecting these remaining wildlands forgenerations to come....
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Make Your Voice Heard: Ensure True Change in Latin America Policy
Join grassroots activists and organizers for a series of events calling for a new Latin America policy and opposing militarization.
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Late last week, the House Appropriations Committee voted to include two provision related to E-Verify (the electronic worker verification system) in the economic recovery bill (The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009). One of the amendments, pr...
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Women in Black meets in front of the state house at Gervais and Main at 5:00 pm every Wednesday until the US abandons warfare as a substitute for diplomacy. Please come stand against military aggression everywhere.
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The first step in preparing a draft EIS on the proposed SCE&G nuclear reactors at the V.C. Summer site in Fairfield County; Jan. 27 - Fairfield Central High School, 836 U.S. Highway 321 Bypass S, Winnsboro, SC and Jan. 28 - McCrorey-Liston Elementary...
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To view photos and video of CPRC and other Movement events in SC, check out:
the Carolina Peace gallery (click on link at top of CPRC homepage), and my FaceBook page.
--Melanie Knight
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Injustice Awareness Movement (IAM), a new Facebook group in Columbia, is sponsoring a march from Finlay Park to the Thurmond Federal Building on Friday, January 16.
3:00 pm - Assemble at the stage in Finlay Park
March together to Thurmond Federal Buil...
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THE TIMES OF HARVEY MILKTue., Jan. 13th @ 6pm ONLYFollowed by TalkBack with Robin Biro, Ed Madden & Chris RayPart of the Nick's Community Film Forum
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The ANSWER Coalition is sponsoring a Let Gaza Live National March on Washington this Saturday, Jan. 10. If you are planning to go and can share a ride with someone, please e-mail director@carolinapeace.org. We can help you get in touch....
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Following are events and meetings in January related to nuclear issues:
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The Dignity, a Free Gaza boat on a mission of mercy to besieged Gaza, was attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters on Tuesday, December 30. She was surrounded by several Israeli warships. They fired live ammunition around the Dignity, and ...
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The nation of Israel is engaged in fierce bombings against Gaza which have killed nearly three hundred Palestinians. These attacks have ended a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, which had been in effect since June 19. As an act of solidarity with the P...
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