Tompkins County Against War & Occupation

PBS cameras captured an IVAW member who unfurled banners reading “YOU CAN’T WIN AN OCCUPATION” and “McCAIN VOTES AGAINST VETS” during John McCain’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Thursday, September 4, 2008.
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Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department. Charged with conspiracy to riot. Footage from Rick Rowley and Brandon Jourdan. ›Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC on Twin Cities Indymedia.
Goodman and two Democracy Now producers have been arrested on felony charges at the RNC.
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Action Alert: Protest Police Treatment of DNC Activists
Contact: Colorado Legal Eagles
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Join the forum discussion on this postThe Big Questions About Iraq
By PATRICK COCKBURN
Will Iraq disintegrate if the United States withdraws its combat troops?
The US and Iraq are close to agreeing a security accord under which the US would pull its combat troops out of Iraqi cities, towns and villages on June 30, 2009 [...]

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Activists Break Blockade of Gaza
Israel Allows Boats to Deliver Symbolic Shipment of Aid
By Linda Gradstein
Special to The Washington Post
Sunday, August 24, 2008; A12
JERUSALEM, Aug. 23 — Two wooden boats carrying dozens of human rights activists reached the Gaza Strip on Saturday afternoon after the Israeli navy decided no t to hinder the challenge to Israel’s [...]

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Join the forum discussion on this postFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18, 2008
Contact: Katherine Hughes
katherinehugh [at] gmail.com
Dr. Dhafir Support Committee
Syracuse Doctor Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Helping Iraqi People Heads to Appeals Court August 28 in New York City
Oral arguments in the case of Dr. Rafil Dhafir and the Help the Needy charity [...]

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Finger Lakes For Peace
For Immediate Release
August 17, 2008
Activists to Appeal Convictions in Kuhl Protest.
Arguments to begin Tuesday August 19th at 1:00 PM
Danny Burns, Mark Scibilia-Carver, Ellen Grady, Todd Saddler, and Chris Tate are scheduled to appear in Stueben County Court at 1:00 PM this Tuesday August 19th with their attorney Ray Schlather, concerning the appeal [...]

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Human Rights Watch report
High Toll from Attacks on Populated Areas
(Tbilisi, August 14, 2008) – Forces on both sides in the conflict between Georgia and Russia appear to have killed and injured civilians through indiscriminate attacks, respectively, on the towns of Gori and Tskhinvali, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch expressed its deep concern [...]

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Join the forum discussion on this postby Patrick J. Buchanan
originally published August 15, 2008 by humanevents.com
Mikheil Saakashvili’s decision to use the opening of the Olympic Games to cover Georgia’s invasion of its breakaway province of South Ossetia must rank in stupidity with Gamal Abdel-Nasser’s decision to close the Straits of Tiran to Israeli ships.
Nasser’s [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 10, 2008
FURTHER INFORMATION Dan Pearson 312-286-8535 Erin Cox 773-391-0040
13 ARRESTED AT FORT MCCOY IN IRAQ WAR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
Fort McCoy, WI - On August 10, thirteen people were arrested at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. They attempted to enter the military base to talk with National Guard and Army Reserve [...]

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