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Palestine Authority, YOU'RE FIRED!!!

flacafina — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:47:27 +0000

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY,
YOU’RE FIRED

You have failed to keep your oath to represent the wishes of the Palestinian people, so…
We the Palestinian People

hereby issue you a notice of termination, and demand the following:

Suspend and terminate the Oslo Accords

Dissolve the Palestinian Authority – Abbas must resign

End the blockade of Gaza

End all security arrangements with Israel

Release Palestinian political prisoners from Palestinian jails

Unify the resistance – Build a national platform upon which to coalesce Palestinian political parties and formations in their resistance to apartheid, colonialism, and ethnic cleansing

Notice of termination served on February 28, 2011 4:00-6:00 p.m.
at the General Delegation of the PLO Mission to the U.S.
1320 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC

Issued by the United States Palestinian Community Network

The Good War, Alright

flacafina — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:01:39 +0000

Ann Wright, former diplomat who resigned in opposition to the war on Iraq, reminds us of the one promise President Obama has kept; to continue the "good" war.

The war on Afghanistan has been the "good" war, indeed, exceptionally good for those peddling poison and perversion. The decadence and devastation destroying families, clans, towns, cities and entire countries defies words. From Osama to Obama, what has been done to the women and children of Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan in the name of the "Holy War", the "War on Terror" or some other nefarious nickname is the beast gnawing on our humanity's skeletal remains.

Do YOU shop more when you are AFRAID? Giant Grocery Stores Team Up With Homeland Security

flacafina — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 00:56:40 +0000

This past Friday, December 24, 2010, at 8:30am, early enough to miss the merry mayhem and holiday havoc of the last minute gift buying of the wild-eyed and worried-about-my-credit-card-balance-but-gonna-buy-anyway, I went to my neighborhood grocery store in Falls Church, VA to pick up supplies for our peace community’s fundraiser for Iraqi refugees.

Zipping toward the Latino foods to find the coveted corn tortillas, comino and enchilada sauce, with my shopping list in one hand and the basket handle in the other, I tried to forget the glomming-onto-your brain refrain “Santa Claus is coming to town, Santa Claus is coming to town,…” that boomed at you as soon as you hit the automatic doors.

Have we killed enough, squandered enough, rewarded the torturers enough, starved our own enough to mobilize the American people?

flacafina — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:52:14 +0000

The day after hundreds of Veterans for Peace members and other leaders in the peace movement were arrested at the White House along with whistleblowers Colleen Rowley, Ray McGovern and Daniel Ellsberg, The House of Representatives passed legislation that authorizes the Pentagon to spend nearly $160 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this budget year without major restrictions on the conduct of operations:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_DEFENSE_SPENDING?SECTION=HOME&...

The bill includes:
- Up to $75 million to train and equip Yemeni counterterrorism forces;

- $205 million for a program with Israel to develop its "Iron Dome" defense system;

- $11.6 billion for the development of the Afghan security forces, and $1.5 billion for Iraqi security forces.

And in nearly the same breath, Congress cuts off recession relief to states:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/16/government-ends-recession-relie...

SQUEAKY WHEELS GOT GREASED TODAY!

flacafina — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:34:13 +0000

TO THE MILLIONAIRES AND BILLIONAIRES, THE GREEDY RICH WHO DARE NOT SAY, " I DON'T NEED THESE BUSH/OBAMA TAX CUTS!!!!!"AND TO THE WORKING CLASS WHO GROVEL AT THEIR FEET, TOO COWERED TO TAKE TO THE STREETS!!!!SHAME ON YOU!...SHAME ON YOU!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_408ieYAy0

My 16 year old daughter

flacafina — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:03:06 +0000

Jamila AL-Habash, 16, one of the victims of the Israeli bombings on Gaza, whose picture can be seen in the Kai Wiedenhöfer exhibition in the Paris Modern Art Museum ( http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/portfolio/2010/11/26/gaza-2010-ruines-et-v... ) will visit on Saturday the exhibition that the Israeli lobby wanted to prohibit.

She is my daughter and yours as well,

BOYCOTT ISRAEL!

HONORING THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO KILL

flacafina — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:23:36 +0000

A couple of months ago as I returned home on my bike from our U.S. Boat to Gaza fundraiser, I was hit by a car in a pedestrian crosswalk at a cronically treacherous intersection woefully in need of law enforcement. Fortunately, I suffered only a jammed wrist and a scraped leg. My bike, sad to say, was totaled. So, today when I went to my nearby Perfomance Bike shop to pick-up it's replacement, the cost close to $400, to my dismay, military personnel were there receiving 20% off of their purchases. To "honor" their service the ad stated. I asked the attendant, Corey, when will I receive 20% off as a peace activist, children's advocate and librarian? He shook his head and replied, "You'll have to ask the folks who are smarter than me about that." Smarter? I doubt it!

It's the night after Christmas and all through the House ...(An interactive posting. Add your thoughts!)

flacafina — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 02:38:22 +0000

It's the night after Christmas and all through the House,

War Machine continues to eat our young while pundits spin, politicians promise, profiteers plunder and comedians do the wave!

flacafina — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:15:15 +0000

Reminders why I weep and why I scream:

Those Who Died Sept. 26-Oct. 23
In Iraq:
Spc Marc Whisenant 23 Holly Hill FL
Pvt Dylan Reid 24 Springfield MO230 Iraqis
In Afghanistan:
Sgt Mark Simpson 40 Peoria IL
Cpl Matthew Thomas 24 Wales
Sgt Kazimierz Kasprzak 32 Poland
Cpl Ralph Fabbri 20 Gallitzin PA
Air Mark Forester 29 Tuscaloosa AL
Sgt Calvin Harrison 31 San Antonio TX
Sgt Justin Officer 26 Wichita KS
Cpl Timothy Jackson 22 Corbin KY
Col Ramaz Gogiashvili Georgia
Sgt Davit Tsetskhladze Georgia
Cpl Giorgi Kolkhitashvili Georgia
Cpl Nuzzar Kalandadze Georgia
Spc Luther Rabon Jr 32 Lexington SC
Sgt Willie Harley Jr 48 Aiken SC
Sgt Anthony Matteoni 22 Union City MI
Sgt Lance Vogeler 29 Frederick MD
Sgt Marius Sfeches 25 Romania
Pvt Christian Filip Petru 26 Romania
Pvt Surag Gurung 22 Gorkha Nepal
Spc Donald Morrison 23 Cincinnati OH
Sgt Brian Pedro 27 Rosamond CA
Pvt Cody Board 19 McKinney TX

The Time is Ripe to Boycott Israeli Produce

flacafina — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 17:58:54 +0000

I know that many of you have participated in CODEPINK's STOLEN BEAUTY campaign boycotting AHAVA cosmetics. I too have participated in these actions and have been boycotting Israeli produce & other products for the past year (Better late than never!) Maybe you have as well.

As winter approaches we will have plenty of opportunity to continue and expand these actions as so many are already doing in Europe. Last winter & early spring, friends and I found Israeli tomatos, peppers, avocados, dates, and persimmons at various markets in DC, MD, VA grocery stores including Giant, Harris-Teeter and family operated neighborhood markets. Look for Agrexco, Carmel, Jaffa, Sharon, Alibaba, Mejoul stickers on your produce or just ask the grocer where it came from. Don't forget to check the organic aisles and bins. Many of these "exotics"including flowers are Israeli. Also the barcode for Israeli products begins with 729.