Ohio's Paul Newman Leaves Buckeyes Proud Legacy of Activism

Philanthropy of Actor Lives on at Kenyon College OhioNewsBureau by John Michael SpinelliColumbus, Ohio: Paul Newman, a modern icon of our time, died from cancer Saturday at age 83 at his home in Westport Conn. The ruggedly handsome actor with his own share of chiseled...

Reverend Billy Arrested At Harvest in the Square Union Square, NYC 09/18/08

Sept. 18th, 2008. by Lefty      Reverend Billy met with protesters to stir up the  Harvest in the Square private VIP dinner at Union Square Park in Manhattan on Thursday. Tickets to the event were $115.00...

Demand NO War NO Warming at DNC & RNC

With the national convention of the Democratic party underway and the Republican convention soon to follow Global exchange, along with Code Pink and United for Peace and Justice, are calling on all those who want to...

911/ Truth, Part 2 of 11- The 9/11 Truth Movement: Independent Investigations...

Article by Erik Larson This article presents an overview of some of the many people, media and organizations that have documented and publicized contradictions and lies about 9/11, and contributed to the growing...

A site well worth a visit

http://www.downtoearth.org.in/ I find this site provides a lot of excellent content and it is well worth a visit. Our environment is being attacked on all fronts and I truly believe this generation holds the key to whether the Earth can continue to sustain mankind - we are...

Handing out Condoms till she's 70, a 20 year plight to stop HIV/AIDS

A Columbia Woman is CNN's Hero of the day.   The concern about HIV/AIDS lead the 70 year old to hand out condoms, Bambi Gaddist started handing out the contrceptives nearly 20 years ago. She travels around...

The elderly edge in political activism (Op Ed, Analysis)

Patchwork Nation always has an interesting slant, and some hard-core facts as well. Bottom line here: the older folks contribute more, and vote more than do the younger "activists"--and James Gimpel thinks that will play into the presidential election results."Those over age...

http://www.theprometheusinstitute.org/politics/politics/54-politics/197-why-p...

Why public demonstration is a useless form of activism.

Calgarians turn parking into park for a day

A group of Calgarians managed to grab some prime street parking spots. But, instead of parking cars, they created a temporary park — complete with grass, trees, and benches.Calling the city’s newest park...

Briton deported amid Chinese Olympic paranoia

A British woman of Tibetan descent working as an English teacher in Beijing has been deported from China and banned for returning for five years without prior warning for what is being described as 'splittist...

Canadian Bill C-61 opponents make big showing at Federal Minister’s Stamped...

Carrying placards and wearing t-shirts with their message, opponents of Bill C-61, the proposed Canadian federal copyright regulations (also known as the Canadian DMCA) attended federal Industry minister Jim...

The War Inside NBC: From Real Journalism to Extreme Left Biased

"NBC was once the proud home of real journalists.  People such as Chet Huntley and David Brinkley brought its standards to -- and above -- the level prevalent in most news organizations.  But...

Disabled Scientology Protester Arrested for Running over Scientologist's Foot...

A young man from the UK who has been actively protesting the scientology stress test carts in plymouth, England was arrested today for running over a scientologist working there. With his scooter. You see, Stuart...

Notorious gay basher kills himself in jail

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne can be sure, Police won't investigate too hard on this one. Karma has a way of evening things out sometimes." Notorious gay basher kills himself in jailQuebec...

BBC closes £1.3m experiment in grassroots online democracy

In a few days’ time, on April 30, the BBC will close down its experiment in grassroots democracy, the Action Network.The project started life five years ago as BBC iCan. According to the people involved at the time, iCan was a significant change for public service...

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