[Marxism] ACTIVIST NEWSLETTER

[JacDon <jacdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jan. 24, 2009, Issue #143
HUDSON VALLEY ACTIVIST NEWSLETTER/CALENDAR
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CONTENTS
 
1. PRESIDENT OBAMA AND DR. KING ? Their differences are substantial.
 
2. ON TO WASHINGTON FOR PEACE, MARCH 21 ? The first major antiwar protest in
Washington since September 2007 will take place on the 6th anniversary of
the Iraq war March 21.
 
3. TERRORISM IS AS TERRORISM DOES ? The state terrorism of the U.S. and
Israel represents a danger far greater than anything Osama bin-Laden could
put together. http://activistnewsletter.blogspot.com/
 
4. U.S. PEACE MOVEMENT PROTESTS GAZA WAR ? At least several hundred
demonstrations against the Israeli attack on Gaza have taken place in the
United States during the 23-day war.
 
5. LET GAZA LIVE ? The brief text of former Rep. Cynthia McKinney speech at
the Jan. 10 rally in Washington against Israel's war in Gaza.
 
6. CHILD POVERTY IN AMERICA ? Every sixth child in the U.S. lives in
poverty. In the last year there was a 60% increase in children forced into
"food insecurity." About 9 million kids  do not have health insurance. The
U.S. ranks 29th among world nations in infant mortality.  And more.
 
7. THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND ? The words to Woody Guthrie's song of this title
are well known to tens of millions of Americans, but the great majority
never knew of the last three stanzas (including a critique of private
property) until Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen delivered them at the
Inaugural Celebration Concert in Washington Jan. 20.
 
8. QUOTES IN THE NEWS ? Interesting excerpts from current articles and
talks.  
 
9. REFUTING ISRAEL'S JUSTIFICATIONS ? An Israeli progressive organization
lists eight of the Tel Aviv government's excuses for the Gaze war, and
refutes them one by one.
 
10. CHECK IT OUT ? Links to several articles and videos about the Israeli
bombing and invasion.
 
11. THE NEWS IN BRIEF ? Abstinence pledges are broken. Obama and the
environment. Global warming harms crop yields.
 
12. A POEM FOR GAZA ? By Remi Kanazi.
 
13. DIET FOR AN ENDANGERED PLANET ? The human diet in the developed
countries will have to change because it is a major contributor to the
environmental crisis.
 
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