Cheryl Benson's Blog (5)

Arlo Silvera posted an announcement to the cause Palestinian & International Campaign - End the Siege & Lift Blockade of Gaza . ---------------- PROTEST: THE BUTCHER OF GAZA IS COMING TO NEW YORK! Tuesday, March 17, 2009 5pm Waldorf Astoria (50th & Park) NYC Subway: 6 to 51st St./E/V to Lexington Ave. Stand in Solidarity with the Palestinian People of Gaza and in outrage against an elite fundraising dinner ($1,000 a plate) for the Israeli Occupation Forces featuring its Chief of S… Continue

Focus: Human Rights Action Request: Protest Location: Canada show details 10:53 AM (5 hours ago) Reply There are now 15 events in Canada planned this weekend calling for an end to the Bombing of Gaza. If there are any late events listings please send them to the cpa office at cpa@web.ca so we can have a final count to give to the media on Saturday. Throughout the world demonstrations are ongoing and more are scheduled for Saturday. In the US there are more than 100 actions listed for… Continue

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=26397 Flood them with emails now. Oppose unbalanced AIPAC resolution Pro-war groups are requesting that members of Congress issue statements supporting Israel's right to "defend its citizens against terrorism" by continuing its military action in Gaza. Human right and peace groups like Amnesty International, Jewish Voice for Peace and… Continue

There's No Question that 1 in 4 Gulf War Veterans Suffers From Illness Caused by Exposure to Pesticides and Other Neurotoxic Chemicals - Research Panel Reports by Boston University School of Public Health November 17, 2008 "The extensive body of scientific research now available consistently indicates that Gulf War illness is real, that it is the result of neurotoxic exposures during Gulf War deployment, and that few veterans have recovered or substantially improved with time." – Research Advi… Continue

Free Douglas WhiteTarget:United States Federal Court, District of South DakotaSponsored by: Douglas White Defense Fund Douglas White is the oldest living and longest practicing Lakota (Sioux) medicine man from Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota. He has spent the last fifteen years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Douglas has seven years left on his sentence and was recently diagnosed with a terminal illness. He was given less than one year to live.… Continue