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WNPJ supports a water-filter project in Iraq

Submitted by staff on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 12:02pm

The Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ) donated funds for a water purifier filter in a school in Iraq last December. Sami Rasouli of the Iraqi-American Reconciliation Project, MN - has a goal of installing 1,000 water purifiers in Iraqi Schools - can you help? If your group is interested in supporting a water purifier system in Najaf, Iraq - please contact: Sami Rasouli, Muslim Peacemaker Teams, Najaf, Iraq through www.reconciliationproject.org

Vermont Senate votes to shut state's only nuclear plant

Submitted by staff on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 4:49pm

By an overwhelming 26 to 4 vote, the Vermont Senate voted to deny a request by Entergy Corp., the operator of Vermont's sole nuclear plant, to extend its forty-year lifespan by an additional twenty years, forcing a shutdown of the aging reactor by 2012. The vote marks the first time a state has moved to shut down an operating reactor, and deals a severe blow to the troubled nuclear industry, which had hoped for a revival after President Obama made massive federal loan guarantees to promote construction of new nuclear plants a centerpiece of his proposed energy policy. Pictured:  Collapsed cooling tower, 2007

On to the Senate: Assembly passes race-based mascot bill

Submitted by admin on Fri, 02/26/2010 - 7:32am

Thank you for all your hard work in advancing AB 35, the race-based mascot, logo and nickname bill, through the Assembly, which passed it on Feb. 25.

Now on to the the State Senate, which has a companion bill, SB 25. For the bill to become law, the same bill must pass both houses before the legislature adjourns in April.

ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE NOW: Contact your Senator and ask her or him to vote for SB 25 and AB 35 when either one comes to the floor.

New Zealand Peace protesters win acquittal on charges of damaging U.S. spy base

Submitted by staff on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 2:03pm
Protesters in 2008 punctured a cover at the Waihopai satellite station in New Zealand. Photo: New Zealand Herald

In New Zealand, three peace activists have been found not guilty of breaking into and damaging a spy base used in the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. In April 2008, the three activists entered the Waihopai facility and deflated a plastic dome used to cover a satellite dish.

After the verdict, one of the three acquitted activists, Dominican friar Peter Murnane, said they acted to help mitigate the human suffering caused by the Iraq war.

Healthy Youth Act Now Law

Submitted by staff on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 5:28pm

 

Great news--Governor Doyle signed the Healthy Youth Act into law! The Healthy Youth Act will ensure that public schools use comprehensive sex education programs that are medically accurate, age-appropriate, and proven effective to reduce rates of unintended pregnancy and STDs among teens.

Global movement wins debt cancellation for Haiti

Submitted by staff on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 6:35pm

In a remarkable victory for the millions of people around the world who have called for cancellation of Haiti's foreign debt, United States Treasury Secretary Geithner and the finance ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries have all publicly stated their support for debt relief for Haiti.

Deer Isle, ME first in nation to vote "Bring Our War $ Home"

Submitted by staff on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 4:08pm

Last week, the citizens of Deer Isle, a town of about 1900 residents off the coast of Maine, voted at their annual town hall meeting in favor of a resolution that "commands Maine's member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the second Maine Congressional District to oppose all legislation brought before the U.S. House of Representatives that provides further funding of the U.S. warfare and U.S. military occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan." The resolution passed with a 67% "yes" vote.

Army relents, discharges single mother

Submitted by staff on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 12:28pm

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A single-mom soldier who says she refused to deploy to Afghanistan because she had no family able to care for her young son will be discharged from the military instead of facing a court-martial, the Army said Thursday.

Spc. Alexis Hutchinson, an Army cook stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, was arrested in November after skipping her unit's deployment flight.

2010/02/25: WisPolitics: Assembly approves bill on race-based mascots

Submitted by staff on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 6:48pm

 WisPolitics reports: The Wisconsin Assembly voted 51-42 Thursday, Feb. 25, to approve legislation that could require schools to drop race-based nicknames, logos or mascots if a district resident complained to the state.

Republicans objected Tuesday to a final vote on the bill, forcing today's vote. They also objected to messaging the bill to the Senate to delay further action as GOP members complained over what they said was the oversensitivity of some and allowing a state bureacrat to weigh in on a local issue over a school's mascot.

2010/01/19 State Senate votes 26-7 to OK key campaign finance bill

Submitted by staff on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 2:49pm

On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the State Senate approved bipartisan legislation strongly supported by Wisconsin Democracy Campaign closing the "issue ad" loophole that enables special interests to skirt longstanding disclosure requirements and campaign contribution limitations in Wisconsin law and secretly spend unlimited sums of money to influence state elections.

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