IIPE (International Insitute on Peace Education partnership meetingFurther info: Kasa / Asakawa kasan@mac.comWe are hosting the following meetings. 1) Friday October 29th, 18:30 – 20:30“Dialogue among Multicultural Society”Speaker: Sasanka Perera, Colombo University Asia Leadership Fellow Program FellowVenue: JICA Global Plaza 4-2-24 Hiroo, … [Read more...] about Peace Education Meeting Announcements
Glenn Greenwald: They hate us for our occupations / salon
While the article describes research showing the connection between suicide bombing and occupation in places occupied by theUS, there is no reason to imagine that suicide bombings elsewhere (for example: In Israel/Palestine) aren't deployed for identical reasons.For many of us this is hardly in the "breaking news" category. It might, however, be news for Islam/Arab … [Read more...] about Glenn Greenwald: They hate us for our occupations / salon
Premiere of a Film Documenting Relationships between Israelis and the People of Palestinian Susiya
Premiere of a Film Documenting Relationships between Israelis and the People of Palestinian Susiya October 13th, 2010 | by Assaf Oron | Add a Comment Tuesday, September 28th, brought us at the Villages Group great satisfaction. On that day, we and many of our friends in Susiya had the pleasure of attending the world premiere of the film “The Human Turbine” at the Haifa … [Read more...] about Premiere of a Film Documenting Relationships between Israelis and the People of Palestinian Susiya
Gensuikyo’s statement on US subcritical nuclear test
Mr. Barack ObamaPresidentUnited States of AmericaOctober 14, 2010Protest against US Subcritical Nuclear TestDear Mr. President,We protest against a subcritical nuclear test conducted by your Governmentin the Nevada test site on September 15, 2010.In your speech delivered in Prague in April last year, you pledged that theUS would seek a “world without nuclear weapons”. … [Read more...] about Gensuikyo’s statement on US subcritical nuclear test
It’s Easy to Deport the Mentally Ill from the US.
It's Easy to Deport the Mentally IllBy William Fisher NEW YORK, Oct 15, 2010 (IPS) - A U.S. citizen of Puerto Rican descent with mental disabilities is suing the U.S. government for wrongfully deporting him to Mexico and forcing him to endure over four months of living on the streets and in the shelters and prisons of Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala.Advocates say … [Read more...] about It’s Easy to Deport the Mentally Ill from the US.