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Do we pay the piper or keep on dancing?

A side-effect of this is that many of our citizens have been stripped of their pride as well.

(HARRISVILLE, N.H.) - We are weeks away from entering a Presidential election year and as you might expect, the current administration is grabbing at economic flotsam like a drowning man.

Anything that could remotely be considered a positive is escalated to the stature of being a miraculous economy saving result of the wise decisions made by the current administration while all negative news is swept under the rug, rationalized away, or blamed on the previous administration.

We Need a War on the Enemy with WMD-the Corporate Media

We no longer have the First, Fifth, or Fourteenth Amendments, and the President has the right to assassinate US citizens, or detain them forever, as “terrorists”.

(JAMESTOWN, R.I.) - The power of corporate media never ceases to amaze, while the blind willingness of the public to be lead by that media, is equally mind boggling. Do we ever learn?

Did we not blindly follow corporate media’s charge to war in Iraq without asking any questions?

U.S. Senate has just passed a bill that effectively ends the Bill of Rights in America

This is a very serious time in U.S. history, special thanks to Nature News.

(LOS ANGELES) - In a stunning move that has civil libertarians stuttering with disbelief, the U.S. Senate has just passed a bill that effectively ends the Bill of Rights in America.

This bill, passed late last night in a 93-7 vote, declares the entire USA to be a "battleground" upon which U.S. military forces can operate with impunity...

While other Occupy camps shut down Occupy Hood River sets up Winter Weekend Camp!

Participants see Occupy Hood River as a way to help move the national Occupy Movement into its next stage

(HOOD RIVER, Ore.) - While other Occupy camps around the U.S. are getting shut down, Occupy the Gorge is launching its second camp in Hood River's Jackson Park Friday, Dec. 2, for an “Occupy Hood River Winter Weekend Camp.”

The camp comes after the recent success of the week-long Occupy Mosier camp which was attended by over 200 people during the week and made national news.

Occupy Eureka Arrests Might be Most Shocking and Flagrant in California so far

Occupy Eureka protestors arrested.

(EUREKA, Calif.) - It might possibly be the most boldface example of overrunning people's civil rights yet by Humboldt county government and their enforcement agencies.

More than 20 Eureka police, CHP and county deputies descended upon the protest, rounding up, arresting and handcuffing 15 people.

Who is Julie Kramer and why is she contacting Veterans For Peace?

We are finding ourselves at the center of a historic movement, able to make a critical contribution.

(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) - My name is Julie Kramer and I have been at Occupy San Diego for almost a month. I would like to first thank you very much for your support of the Occupy Movement. It means the world to us when we see veterans in our marches and at our rallies…

Who, indeed, is this Julie Kramer? After a thorough background check, VFP’s counter-intel unit determined she belongs to a growing number of people electronically communicating people electronically communicating with VFP -------- to thank us for participating in the Occupy encampments.

The Day the U.S. Army Attacked WWI Veterans & their Kids

Fifty-five veterans were injured and 135 arrested. A veteran's wife miscarried. 12-week-old Bernard Myers died in the hospital after being caught in a tear gas attack.

(SALEM) - The police attacks on U.S. War Veterans taking part in the Occupy protests, are not a new phenomenon in America; in fact there is quite a history of the U.S. government waging attacks on its citizens.

Egypt`s Aftershocks: Military vs the People

“The revolution is not about half measures. It’s about a clean break with the past...”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Why has there been an escalation in protests in Egypt?

The earthquake that transformed Egypt in the beginning of the year hasn’t reached far or deep enough because the military – the backbone of the Mubarak regime – sided with the revolutionaries in the hope of safeguarding its status and privileges.

Thanksgiving, Evacuation Day and Wall Street

A little known U.S. holiday was replaced, more or less, by Thanksgiving, thanks to Abe Lincoln.

(SALEM) - Like most Americans, I understand the general concept of Thanksgiving, a holiday honored and celebrated every year in the U.S. and in other countries on their respective days.

The observation in the U.S. involves tribute toward Native American culture and people, and that amplifies its importance in my book. What I did not always know, is that the observation owes its existence to a decision made by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.

The all-out hypocrisy of Arab League and the West

94 Yemenis were killed and over 800 injured since UN Resolution 2014 was issued...

(TEHRAN) - After the Arab League hypocritically suspended the membership of Syria amid the mounting pressures of NATO and the U.S., the resurgence of violence in Egypt and Bahrain and Yemen and the unrelenting massacre of innocent civilians by the barbaric regime of Al Khalifa and Ali Abdullah Saleh once again attracted the attention of conscientious observers in the international community.

So far 44 Bahraini citizens were killed at the hands of the mercenaries of Al Khalifa regime.