[LAAMN] Over half of Palestinians killed in 'Pillar of Defense' were civilians, Israeli demos IDF 'Forbidden zone'
http://972mag.com/resource-over-half-of-palestinians-killed-in-pillar-of-defense-were-civilians/71210/ By +972 Resources http://972mag.com/author/927resources/ |Published May 11, 2013Resource: Over half of Palestinians killed in 'Pillar of Defense' were civilians *Human rights organization B’Tselem published a report reviewing harm to civilians in Operation Pillar of Defense. The report provides statistics on the numbers of Palestinians and Israelis killed over the course of the operation, which lasted from November 14 to 21, 2012. The report challenges the common perception in the Israeli public and media that the operation was ‘surgical’ and caused practically no fatalities among uninvolved Palestinian civilians. Furthermore, the report finds that there was a significant difference between the first and the final days of the operation: of the uninvolved Palestinian fatalities, 80 percent were killed in the last four days of the operation.* According to B’Tselem’s investigation, 167 Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military during the operation. This number includes 62 Palestinians who took part in the hostilities and seven other who were targets of assassination. Of the remaining fatalities, 87 did not take part in the hostilities. With regard to 11 fatalities B’Tselem was unable to determine whether or not they had taken part in the hostilities. *B’TSELEM http://www.btselem.org/ – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories was established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a human rights culture in Israel.* *---* * http://972mag.com/masses-demonstrate-against-austerity-measures-in-israel/71246/ * ** *By Haggai Matar http://972mag.com/author/haggaim/** |Published May 12, 2013Masses demonstrate against austerity measures in Israel* *Over 12,000 Israelis took to the streets in Tel Aviv and other cities to protest against proposed tax hikes and spending cuts in the state’s new budget. But will the latest iteration of Israel’s social justice protest movement continue? The anger in the streets Saturday may be an indication that the movement will continue and possibly grow.* *[image: Thousands on the streets of Tel Aviv last night (Oren Ziv / Activestills)]http://972mag.com/masses-demonstrate-against-austerity-measures-in-israel/71246/view-%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%aa%d7%a7/ Thousands on the streets of Tel Aviv last night (Oren Ziv / Activestills) * *Back on the streets. It was probably the largest demonstration for social justice and against austerity in the past year, if not since the Israeli ‘Summer of 2011.’ More than 12,000 protestors blocked the streets of central Tel Aviv Saturday night to protest against the government’s proposed new budget. Hundreds also took to the streets in Haifa, Modi’in and Jerusalem, while about 250 others demonstrated outside the Ramat Gan home of Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom, demanding that the natural gas found off Israeli shores remains here for local use, and not sold off abroad.* *The central demonstration started out on Rothschild Boulevard, the birthplace of 2011′s #J14 movement, and proceeded with great energy through much of central Tel Aviv, ending up back at the same location. There was a feeling of anger in the air, much greater than in 2011, which might indicate that this will not be a one-time event.* *[image: Demonstrators in central Tel Aviv (Oren Ziv / Activestills)]http://972mag.com/masses-demonstrate-against-austerity-measures-in-israel/71246/ore/ Demonstrators in central Tel Aviv (Oren Ziv / Activestills) * *Meanwhile in Ramat Gan, protestors clashed with police and one person was arrested – and then de-arrested by activists. While marching toward the central demonstration, activists also shortly blocked the Ayalon Highway, where police reportedly utilized more violence and used pepper spray on demonstrators. After the two demonstrations were united and the masses began heading home, a group of about 200 people went on to block another road, and were dispersed by police. InHaifa, the windows of a Yesh Atid party branch were smashed. No other irregular events were reported.* *[image: Police arresting activist outside Silvan Shalom's house (Yotam Ronen / Activestills)]http://972mag.com/masses-demonstrate-against-austerity-measures-in-israel/71246/yot-2/ Police arresting activist outside Silvan Shalom’s house (Yotam Ronen / Activestills) * *Pushed forward by Finance Minister Yair Lapid, the planned budget carries with an across the board income tax hike for all workers, a cut in child support credits, subsidies, other government expenditures, a postponement of promised salary benefits for
[LAAMN] Over 10,600 People Have Signed a Letter Thanking Bradley Manning ~ Sent from RootsAction
From RootsAction Team: i...@rootsaction.org Sent: Friday, March 1st, 2013 7:10 AM GRAPHIC: Roots Action logo header https://salsa.wiredforchange.com/o/6503/images/RA_Header.jpg http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=IYz3Vme4grOwSAPBmBwl3GH%2B3M2XxyHy Sign the card. http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=ECFwneRC18Ig9wZt9sI7F5lXKN%2F4SIu1 http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=O%2BANv38t26V9hNqy6gw0%2BmH%2B3M2XxyHy GRAPHIC: Sign here button http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=P%2B3Zsj8peQ%2BvnbTi%2F73rSGH%2B3M2XxyHy Share this action on Facebook http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=bUQVv1PWTT87BcPgNWXG6WH%2B3M2XxyHy Share this action on Twitter Bradley Manning, on Thursday, pleaded guilty to actions that fulfilled his moral obligations, and for which he has our gratitude. http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=R2L6iQ66XcNC8TbmRhHUDmH%2B3M2XxyHy We're going to thank him, and you can add your name to the card. Manning revealed that he had contacted the Washington Post and the New York Times, and got nowhere, before deciding to give his news to WikiLeaks, from which it would ultimately reach those two newspapers and many more. Manning said he released only information that he was certain would not harm the United States. There's no evidence he was wrong. He released evidence of crimes, as anyone able to do should do. Manning did so out of an actual belief in democracy (as distinct from democracy as a justification for bombings). We were obsessed with capturing and killing human targets on lists and ignoring goals and missions, Manning said on Thursday of his time in Iraq with the U.S. Army. I believed if the public, particularly the American public, could see this it could spark a debate on the military and our foreign policy in general as it applied to Iraq and Afghanistan. It might cause society to reconsider the need to engage in counter terrorism while ignoring the human situation of the people we engaged with every day. http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=h0xnlUMDlwZz0nZKbbW4eWH%2B3M2XxyHy Let's have that debate. First, let's thank Bradley Manning. Sign our note to him now. Please forward this email widely to like-minded friends. -- The RootsAction.org team P.S. Our small staff is supported by contributions from people like you; your donations are greatly appreciated http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=UebZcz70MpuaVGnI0WXoh2H%2B3M2XxyHy . P.P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, and many others. Background: http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=o%2Fp1vgk6q7EpGQ6mDjP9GGH%2B3M2XxyHy CommonDreams: Before Wikileaks, Leaked Docs Offered to NYT, WaPo http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=%2Bi2%2BcNSWSlpHLr9bTWRO5mH%2B3M2XxyHy AFP: WikiLeaks: Manning Wanted to 'Spark Debate' on War http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=wCafHIUN5JIFmJBadkud6ZlXKN%2F4SIu1 Alexa O'Brien: Pfc. Bradley E. Manning's Statement for the Providence Inquiry Image includes detail of portrait by Robert Shetterly from his series Americans Who Tell the Truth http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=%2BU5rAdFQO7Lf0eAUz7%2F%2B7GgJ0AFMpTjr . http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=N7aduGhvuVKNPtHsL2V3m2H%2B3M2XxyHy Donate button http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=U%2F7bFNBxYiw%2FCnNyIi7p%2B2H%2B3M2XxyHy Facebook button http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=%2Fd6rnx3Ohe955xtKXeETWWH%2B3M2XxyHy Twitter button [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com
[LAAMN] Over 2,750 People Have Signed the Petition to Stand with Father Roy Bourgeois! ~ The Vatican has dismissed Roy from the Priesthood because he supports Women in the Priesthood. Roy has also lea
Dear Friends, In the last 24 hours, over 2,750 people have signed to Stand with Father Roy Bourgeois! The Vatican has dismissed Roy from the Priesthood and from his religious order, The Maryknoll Fathers Brothers, because he supports Women in the Priesthood. Also, for the last 20 years, Roy has lead the struggle to close the infamous School of the Americas, located at Fort Benning, Georgia: www.soaw.org. Please read and sign the petition below to Stand with Father Roy! Thank you Father Roy for giving us all hope for a better world! Paz, Frank Dorrel Show your Solidarity: SOAW.org/StandWithFatherRoy http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=hhEOAZkQaKR3KeQdTPt7XEB558nXk1zQ http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=bs0d%2FPaKXObvBqo9C3ONjkB558nXk1zQ We Stand with Father Roy! With great sadness we letting you know that the Vatican has dismissed Father Roy Bourgeois from the priesthood and from his religious order, the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, because of his stands for gender equality in the Catholic Church http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=GF9TzL6te6PJhmTkpoA%2FfabyozfDFACY . Father Roy has served with great courage and commitment for 45 years. He has dedicated his life to serving the poor and oppressed, those whose human rights have been violated by dictators, assassins, torturers, bullies, and racists. Father Roy has lived this mission throughout his life by engaging a deep commitment to solidarity in the pursuit of justice. He has explored the boundaries of solidarity with Latin America, pushing himself and the movement into deeper relationships with those most impacted by U.S. foreign policy. He has spent four years in prison for nonviolent protests against the SOA. While defending human rights in Bolivia he was beaten, and in El Salvador he was detained, barely escaping with his life. But he continued. Later his conscience called him to defend the right of women to participate fully in the Catholic Church http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=%2FWEu5MdruIQqd7px7aEAg0B558nXk1zQ , to follow their call to become priests. The Vatican demanded that he recant, but as he said, how can I deny what I believe to be true? I must follow my conscience. And he continued. Over the decades Father Roy has been consistent in following one single path— that of defending the rights of others, even when this placed his own life and well-being in jeopardy. He has never strayed from this path. Father Roy sees solidarity as a foundation to creating change but also fundamental to being human. The ability to empathize and take seriously the struggles of others is not just an organizing tactic. It is what allows us to be a presence of radical love, struggling to transform a world fraught with injustice. It is no surprise to the SOA Watch community that his commitment to solidarity would also extend to include the concerns of his Church and that Father Roy would feel compelled to act. We support and honor Roy's decision to follow his conscience. As a movement based in civil disobedience and nonviolent resistance for over 20 years we understand the role of discernment and conscience as sacred. We support the right of individuals to choose to speak truth to power and we stand by them when power chooses to punish rather than listen. As a community committed to justice we support the struggles of people everywhere to change oppressive systems and challenge inequities. To learn more about his journey, please read his statement below and click on the link to his booklet http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=0kC8IjzXxMbVgo5BEDZlO0B558nXk1zQ “From Silence to Solidarity http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=TjK94ULpKqinLOwJmNyvhUB558nXk1zQ ” Please stand with Father Roy at this moment just as he has bravely stood with us and people throughout the Americas and the Caribbean for four decades. To show your support for Father Roy click here http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=PvBtFo%2FXb7LhXd6GITFU%2FEB558nXk1zQ to say I stand with Father Roy http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=bNZxBpTVmHYDDRD1wz3cPKbyozfDFACY . _ November 20, 2012 STATEMENT BY FATHER ROY BOURGEOIS ABOUT HIS DISMISSAL FROM MARYKNOLL I have been a Catholic priest in the Maryknoll community for 40 years. As a young man I joined Maryknoll because of its work for justice and equality in the world. To be expelled from Maryknoll and the priesthood for believing that women are also called to be priests is very difficult and painful. The Vatican and Maryknoll can dismiss me, but they cannot dismiss the issue of gender equality in the Catholic Church. The demand for gender equality is rooted in justice and dignity and will not go away. As Catholics, we profess that God created men and women of equal worth and dignity. As priests, we
[LAAMN] Over 100 Palestinians Have Been Killed by Israeli Airstrikes Drones in the Last 6 Days ~ Over 70% Have Been Civilians ~ 20 or More Children Have Been Killed ~ Obama Defends Israeli Assault ~
Over 100 Palestinians Have Been Killed by Israel Airstrikes Drones in the Last 6 Days ~ Over 70% Have Been Civilians 20 or More Children Have Been Killed ~ Obama Defends Israeli Assault Please Watch or Listen to Today's Democracy Now! - Monday, November 19th, 2012 www.democracynow.org Headlines http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/19/headlines Monday, November 19th, 2012 * Palestinian Toll Mounts in Gaza as Obama Defends Israeli Assault http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/19/headlines#11191 * Israel Wounds Journalists in Attack on Gaza Media http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/19/headlines#11192 * Palestinian Rocket Fire Drops, Israeli Toll at 3 http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/19/headlines#11193 * Protesters in Tel Aviv, D.C. Rally Against U.S.-Backed Assault of Gaza http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/19/headlines#11194 * Protesters Hold Weekend of Actions Against Military Training Base in Georgia http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/19/headlines#111910 November 16th, 2012 * Israel Pounds Gaza Strip Amid Fears of a Ground Invasion http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/16/headlines#11160 * U.S. Says Hamas is to Blame for Gaza Violence http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/16/headlines#11161 MORE http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/16/headlines Stories - November 19, 2012 Palestinian Civilians Bear the Brunt of Unrelenting Bombings in U.S.-Backed Attack on Gaza http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/19/palestinian_civilians_bear_the_brunt _of President Obama has announced his full support for Israel's ongoing assault on the Gaza Strip even as dozens of Palestinians, including many civilians, continue to be killed by U.S.-supplied... http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/19/un_special_rapporteur_calls_for_glob al U.N. Special Rapporteur Calls for Global Protection of Gaza Civilians from U.S.-Backed Israeli Assault Richard Falk, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, calls on the international community to help defend the people of Gaza from the ongoing... Live Report from Gaza Hospital: As Civilian Toll Mounts, Israel Again Bombs Palestinian Journalists http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/19/live_report_from_gaza_hospital_as We get a live report from independent journalist Mohammed Omer from a hospital in Gaza City, where injured journalists, medical workers and civilians - including children - are arriving. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] Over It
OVER IT by Eve Ensler I am over rape. I am over rape culture, rape mentality, rape pages on Facebook. I am over the thousands of people who signed those pages with their real names without shame. I am over people demanding their right to rape pages, and calling it freedom of speech or justifying it as a joke. I am over people not understanding that rape is not a joke and I am over being told I don't have a sense of humor, and women don't have a sense of humor, when most women I know (and I know a lot) are really fucking funny. We just don't think that uninvited penises up our anus, or our vagina is a laugh riot. I am over how long it seems to take anyone to ever respond to rape. I am over Facebook taking weeks to take down rape pages. I am over the hundreds of thousands of women in Congo still waiting for the rapes to end and the rapists to be held accountable. I am over the thousands of women in Bosnia, Burma, Pakistan, South Africa, Guatemala, Sierra Leone, Haiti, Afghanistan, Libya, you name a place, still waiting for justice. I am over rape happening in broad daylight. I am over the 207 clinics in Ecuador supported by the government that are capturing, raping, and torturing lesbians to make them straight. I am over one in three women in the U.S military (Happy Veterans Day!) getting raped by their so-called comrades. I am over the forces that deny women who have been raped the right to have an abortion. I am over the fact that after four women came forward with allegations that Herman Cain groped them and grabbed them and humiliated them, he is still running for the President of the United States. And I'm over CNBC debate host Maria Bartiromo getting booed when she asked him about it. She was booed, not Herman Cain. Which reminds me, I am so over the students at Penn State who protested the justice system instead of the alleged rapist pedophile of at least 8 boys, or his boss Joe Paterno, who did nothing to protect those children after knowing what was happening to them. I am over rape victims becoming re-raped when they go public. I am over starving Somalian women being raped at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, and I am over women getting raped at Occupy Wall Street and being quiet about it because they were protecting a movement which is fighting to end the pillaging and raping of the economy and the earth, as if the rape of their bodies was something separate. I am over women still being silent about rape, because they are made to believe it's their fault or they did something to make it happen. I am over violence against women not being a #1 international priority when one out of three women will be raped or beaten in her lifetime -- the destruction and muting and undermining of women is the destruction of life itself. No women, no future, duh. I am over this rape culture where the privileged with political and physical and economic might, take what and who they want, when they want it, as much as they want, any time they want it. I am over the endless resurrection of the careers of rapists and sexual exploiters -- film directors, world leaders, corporate executives, movie stars, athletes -- while the lives of the women they violated are permanently destroyed, often forcing them to live in social and emotional exile. I am over the passivity of good men. Where the hell are you? You live with us, make love with us, father us, befriend us, brother us, get nurtured and mothered and eternally supported by us, so why aren't you standing with us? Why aren't you driven to the point of madness and action by the rape and humiliation of us? I am over years and years of being over rape. And thinking about rape every day of my life since I was 5-years-old. And getting sick from rape, and depressed from rape, and enraged by rape. And reading my insanely crowded inbox of rape horror stories every hour of every single day. I am over being polite about rape. It's been too long now, we have been too understanding. We need to OCCUPYRAPE in every school, park, radio, TV station, household, office, factory, refugee camp, military base, back room, night club, alleyway, courtroom, UN office. We need people to truly try and imagine -- once and for all -- what it feels like to have your body invaded, your mind splintered, your soul shattered. We need to let our rage and our compassion connect us so we can change the paradigm of global rape. There are approximately one billion women on the planet who have been violated. ONE BILLION WOMEN. The time is now. Prepare for the escalation. Today it begins, moving toward February 14, 2013, when one billion women will rise to end rape. Because we are over it. http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=141308 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network
[LAAMN] Over 90% vote against Nuclear Power in Italy Referendum
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/13/berlusconi-nuclear-power Berlusconi's nuclear power plans crushed Referendums see huge votes against PM's plans - a second setback in under two weeks - - - Share788http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fworld%2F2011%2Fjun%2F13%2Fberlusconi-nuclear-powert=Berlusconi's%20nuclear%20power%20plans%20crushed%20%7C%20World%20news%20%7C%20The%20Guardiansrc=sp - [image: Reddit] http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.guardian.co.uk%2Fworld%2F2011%2Fjun%2F13%2Fberlusconi-nuclear-power - [image: Buzz up] http://uk.buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=the_guardian665targetUrl=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/13/berlusconi-nuclear-powersummary=Referendums+see+huge+votes+against+PM%27s+plans+-+a+second+setback+in+under+two+weeksheadline=%20Berlusconi's%20nuclear%20power%20plans%20crushed%20%7C%20World%20news%20%7C%20The%20Guardian - *John Hooper* http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/johnhooper in Rome - guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/, Monday 13 June 2011 19.51 BST - Article historyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/13/berlusconi-nuclear-power#history-link-box [image: People celebrate following results in Italian referendums on water and nuclear power in Rome] People celebrate following results in Italian referendums on water and nuclear power in Rome. Photograph: Roberto Monaldo/AP The anti-nuclear movement won a crushing victory in Italy on Monday when well over 90% of voters rejected Silvio Berlusconihttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/silvio-berlusconi's plans for a return to nuclear powerhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/nuclearpowergeneration. The result represented an overwhelming setback for the prime minister, who had tried to thwart the outcome by discouraging Italians from taking part. The referendum needed a turnout of at least 50% to be binding. Interior ministry figures projections indicated that more than 57% of the electorate had taken part. Greenpeace called it a historic result. Quorums were also reached in three other referendums held simultaneously the first time in 16 years that a quorum had been achieved in any referendum in Italy. Official projections showed more than 95% of voters rejecting water privatisation and a law allowing Berlusconi and other ministers to cite government business as a reason for delaying trials in which they were defendants. The expected majority against nuclear power was 94%. For the prime minister it represented a second, bitter setback in under two weeks. His government, which yokes his Freedom People movement to the regionalist and Islamophobic Northern League, first ran into serious trouble on 30 May when his candidate for mayor of Milan lost in a local election runoff. Milan is Berlusconi's home city and traditionally a weather-vane accurately pointing to Italy's future political direction. Acknowledging defeat even before the polls closed, Berlusconi said: We shall probably have to say goodbye to nuclear [energyhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/energy]. He told a press conference in Rome that his government would now throw all its energy into developing renewable sources. The outcome was a huge success for the anti-nuclear movement in the world's first nationwide vote on the issue since Japan's Fukushima disaster. The ballot was also the latest, and most persuasive, evidence that a majority of Italians have turned against their flamboyant prime minister. The government, which appealed to the courts for the vote to be scrapped, did all it could to keep turnout low. Berlusconi boycotted the vote and Italian television, largely under his sway, almost ignored the approaching ballots until the final days of a poorly funded, low-profile campaign. Following the defeat in Milan, many rank-and-file Northern League supporters have been urging their leader, Umberto Bossi, to cut himself free of Berlusconi. The party leadership has so far remained wedded to the coalition while pressing for a radical change in economic policy that would deliver tax cuts to its lower middle-class electoral base. But as the results of the two-day ballot became known on Monday, it was clear that even some of the League's top officials were losing patience. Roberto Calderoli, a cabinet minister, said: In the local elections two weeks ago we took the first hit. Now, with the referendum, has come the second. I would not like taking hits to become a habit. Italy abandoned its nuclear programme following a similar referendum in 1987. The government of the day opted to phase out all the country's existing plants. The last one shut down in 1990. Berlusconi had planned to generate a quarter of Italy's electricity with French-built nuclear plants. Construction of the first was due to start between 2013 and 2015. Vittorio Cogliati Dezza, president of the environmental organisation Legambiente, said: The era of nuclear [energy] is
[LAAMN] Over 1000 Chicanos march in East Los Angeles against war and racism
Fight Back! Carlos Montes thought you would like to see the Fight Back! web site. Over 1000 Chicanos march in East Los Angeles against war and racism Los Angeles, CA - The powerful slogan “Chicano power” was heard here as marchers headed down Whittier Boulevard in the heart of East Los Angeles, Aug. 28. The 40th Chicano Moratorium against war had participants from as far away as El Paso, Texas and Arizona. Large numbers of high school and college students joined with the many veteran activists of the late 1960s. The march message was clear, “No to war” and “Legalization now.” Many onlookers smiled and waved to the marchers. This year’s protest was organized by several groups including the August 29th Chicano Moratorium Organizing Committee, the National Moratorium Committee and the new Brown Berets. The rally speakers talked about the need to continue the struggle against war and the fight for Chicano self-determination. August 29 marked the 40th anniversary of the historic Chicano Moratorium protest against the Vietnam War. On Aug. 29, 1970 over 30,000 Chicanos marched down Whittier Boulevard in the heart of East Los Angeles protesting the Vietnam War, the high casualty rate of Chicano soldiers and racist conditions in the barrios. The 1970 rally held at Laguna Park by the Chicano Moratorium was brutally attacked by the combined forces of the Los Angeles city police and the Los Angeles county sheriffs. Whole families were beaten and tear gassed. Youth responded by defending the rally with their bare hands. A rebellion followed for the entire day, where later Ruben Salazar, a Los Angeles Times journalist and Spanish TV news director, was killed by a sheriff at the Silver Dollar. He was shot in the head with a tear gas missile projectile normally used for barricaded situations. It is important to commemorate the Chicano Moratorium because it is part of our history of resistance that is not always taught in history classes. This event is also part of the long struggle of Chicanos for self-determination and liberation. Today it is important to continue the fight against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and to protest the military recruitment targeting Chicanos and especially immigrant youth. Click here to read more on our site [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/la...@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
