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  • World Wide Outcry To Stop Gender Violence Against Expatriate Women In Costa Rica

    We are asking people from across the world, including key human rights activists, women's rights activists, public intellectuals and citizens groups to support a global petition demanding action from... more

  • Jewish Letter of Support to Egypt

    NOTE, re: Mubarak's resignation: This letter will now be presented with a more congratulatory cover, but was designed with the strong possibility of his ouster in mind. Let us speak while the mood is... more

  • My Prayer for the Day After Martin Luther King Day

    My conservative friend posted a question on my facebook page tonight in response to the video of King's last speech the night before he died.  He said it makes you wonder how the world would be different if he had lived.

    We do have some inklings of course.  At the time he was organizing the Poor People's Movement and was planning on sitting in on the Capitol until the government agreed to eliminate poverty and jobs. Such a movement seems almost unimaginable in the current political climate, even with Obama as President. Had he lived on he would have continued to been a force in American politics, and he would almost have assuredly continued to be attacked verbally and physically by conservatives who stood against him on civil rights and then against him on the war in Vietnam and poverty. Remember he was in Memphis supporting the sanitation workers right to organize a union and to strike if necessary to get fair wages. The unionization rate was nearly a third in 1968 and after a concerted effort of undermining worker organizing, the unionization rate is now its under 10 percent of the workforce.

  • MLK: A Legacy of Volunteerism or Political Action?

    I wrote this almost a decade ago and figured I would dust it off, revise it a bit and repost. I still think its relevant today. In my hometown of Philadelphia, over 70,000 people will use the day off tomorrow to volunteer.

  • Save Mohammad Valian from Execution

    Mohammad-Amin Valian, 20 years old, who is a student at the University of Dagham and a member of the Student Muslim Council in Iran, has been charged with “Moharebeh” (acts against God) and has been... more

  • The Green Movement for Democracy in Iran - A Place for Common Ground in American Politics

    Protests heated up again in Iran over the last few days, and the American media finally started to pay attention to the news last night. This latest round of protests started as a leading opposition cleric died and protesters used the mourning period as time to re-state the case for democracy and fair elections in Iran. While other Western and Middle Eastern news outlets such as the BBC were reporting protests as they started, the American media has been slow to pick up on this significant news item.

    Indeed, the problem is not just with the American media, but the American polity in general. It is difficult to understand why the press, politicians and activists from all political stripes are not paying more attention and support the pro-Democracy movement in Iran. Supporting the Greens within Iran should be a top priority because Iran is front and center of our foreign policy. Why?

  • Save Abdolreza Ghanbari from Execution!

    On March 19th 2010 Iran's most brutal Judge Salavati confirmed the death sentence for Abdolreza Ghanbari, whose trial took place post-Ashoura Day.... more

  • Assyrians to be recognized as the indigenous people of Iraq

    It is a well known fact, due to historical evidence, that the Assyrians are the indigenous people of Iraq. Yet the Assyrians currently do not have any indigenous rights and are suffering as a... more

  • Free Mr. Abolfazl Abedini Nasr

    We the undersigned call for the immediate release of Abolfazl Abedini, who is being detained in prison in ahvaz, Iran.... more

  • Release The Panchen Lama - 15 Years of Silence and Neglect

    Abducted aged 6 and detained for 15 years. He is still the youngest political prisoner in the... more

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