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By JULIA ROMANO BPNP Staff WriterNostalgia for the impassioned anti-war '60s-style teach-ins was replaced by actuality Monday night as some 200 people gathered in a Main Street bakery to celebrate activism and promise further non-violent action. The second in a series of coffee house teach-ins, the Veteran's Day event reflected a growing urgency among Santa Monicans to … [Read more...] about Anti-War Heating Up On Main Street

The Zeitgeists of Present Americaby Wakana Yokota http://tokyoprogressive.org/wakana.html"Please be careful." I have heard this hundreds of times since I decided to come to the US. My friends, my family and relatives have told me that I should be really careful in America. Some even told me that I should not go. I have realized that the word "careful," when … [Read more...] about My perspective of Present America

Across the nation, schools are suffering. Tens of thousands of teachers have received pink slips and looming budget deficits only promise worse to come. Yet in Washington, Congress seems unaware of the problems at home. They're talking about cutting taxes and cutting budgets -- not about how to keep the schools and essential services going. We believe that:"Congress must … [Read more...] about -Save our Schools from Budget Disaster

The following is a transcript of a speech given in Augusta, Maine on April 19, 2003:from http://www.wiretapmag.org/story.html?StoryID=15741The invasion of Afghanistan, and now Iraq, has given me a big lesson in freedom of speech -- or, should I say, the difference between the idea of free speech and the reality of free speech. Yes, I can speak. But what does it matter … [Read more...] about -Do We Really Have Free Speech? (Charlotte Aldebron, age 13)

.....Remarkably, after disclosing that they gave band-aid to a local cook who had burned his finger in an accident, The Taylors were charged with provision of “nursing services to a Cuban national”—a transaction forbidden by the embargo. For the next four and a half years, the Taylors—who are on a fixed income—requested a reconsideration of the penalty or a hearing, without … [Read more...] about -Elderly Couple Fined For Having Boat Repaired in Cuba After Storm Left Them Stranded