Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Tehran Accusing Ahmadinejad of Stealing Election; Guardian Council Orders Partial Recount

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/16/hundreds_of_thousands_protest_in_tehran Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Tehran Accusing Ahmadinejad of Stealing Election; Guardian Council Orders Partial Recount

Urban Agriculture as a Career Path

Published on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Urban Agriculture as a Career Path by Olga Bonfiglio DETROIT — “I want to be an urban farmer,” said Tom Howe, 19, a freshman at Wayne State University. “I want to start a community garden in some kind of ecovillage with farmers and chefs.” This may seem [...]

Pelosi Puts Pressure on Dems to OK War Funding

This is part of the comment I posted on Common Dreams under the article: I think our best hope for America is if people who hold some power were to actually switch to a third party and win seats. Bernie Sanders is third party and I really like him. If we could get someone who [...]

Cheney’s Bunker Mentality

Cheney’s Bunker Mentality http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzuZtYj38Zg&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGoAQXIpuW0&feature=player_embedded

Iran in Turmoil After Disputed Presidential Election; Anti-Ahmadinejad Street Protests Continue

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/15/iran_in_turmoil_after_disputed_presidential Iran in Turmoil After Disputed Presidential Election; Anti-Ahmadinejad Street Protests Continue

The American Empire Is Bankrupt

Published on Monday, June 15, 2009 by TruthDig.com The American Empire Is Bankrupt by Chris Hedges This week marks the end of the dollar’s reign as the world’s reserve currency. It marks the start of a terrible period of economic and political decline in the United States. And it signals the last gasp of the [...]

Can We Survive the ‘Anthropocene’ Period

Published on Monday, June 15, 2009 by Project Syndicate Can We Survive the ‘Anthropocene’ Period? by Paul J Crutzen For the past three centuries, humans’ effects on the global environment have escalated. Most importantly, our emissions of carbon dioxide may cause global climate patterns to depart significantly from their natural course for many millennia to [...]

Pennsylvania Town Fights Big Coal on Mining Rights

Published on Monday, June 15, 2009 by Reuters Pennsylvania Town Fights Big Coal on Mining Rights by Jon Hurdle TAYLORSTOWN, Pennsylvania – A small Pennsylvania town is trying to ban coal mining in a battle being played out across the state as rural communities try to assert control over mining, gas drilling and other businesses. [...]

Tense Iran Braces for Anti-Ahmadinejad March

Published on Monday, June 15, 2009 by Agence France Presse Tense Iran Braces for Anti-Ahmadinejad March TEHRAN – Iranian opposition supporters staged a defiant rally against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election on Monday, with his defeated rival set to appear in public for the first time since the vote triggered the worst unrest in a decade. [...]

Fight Against Childhood Hunger

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/944409963?z00m=19767890 Fight Against Childhood Hunger Target: U.S. Congress Sponsored by: Feeding America (formerly known as Second Harvest) Approximately 13 million American children are at risk of hunger every day. These undernourished children are in great danger of social, physical, and educational problems, especially during the summer months, when school lunch programs are no longer an [...]