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Videos
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Helping Veterans Out - National Veterans Foundation
The National Veterans Foundation is an organization created and employed by American war veterans to assist homecoming soldiers to adjust back to normal life through medical and financial assistance.
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Photojournalist Nina Berman on Do1Thing.org
Nina Berman is a documentary photographer with a primary interest in the American political and social landscape. Her work has been extensively published, exhibited and collected, garnering praise in both the art and journalism communities with awards from the World Press Photo Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Open Society Institute documentary photography fund. Her first monograph, “Purple Hearts – Back From Iraq” a collection of portraits and interviews with U.S. soldiers wounded in the war, was published by Trolley in 2004 and received wide acclaim. The book was made into a feature length documentary film by the same name and was screened worldwide. Her work on wounded veterans has continued and her 2006 “Marine Wedding” portrait that shows a severely disfigured marine with his young bride on their wedding day is considered to be an iconic image of life during wartime. Her work has been the subject of several solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums in New York, Chicago, Washington D.C. and throughout Europe. She is on the faculty of the International Center of Photography in her hometown of New York City. She received her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Chicago and her masters from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. For more about Nina see http://www.ninaberman.com. For more on the Do1Thing project, visit http://do1thing.org
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Mayors for Peace Leadership Look to the Future of Nuclear Weapons
Representatives of the Executive leadership of Mayors for Peace from : * Manchester (UK), * Hannover (Germany), * Florence (Italy), * Malakoff (France), * Halabja (Iraq), * Volgograd (Russia) and * North Olmsted, OH (USA) along with Mayors of Hiroshima and President of Mayors for Peace : * Dr. Tadatoshi Akiba The 2020 Vision Campaign Secretariat Director : * Pol D'Huyvetter Speak on the 90th anniversary of World War I in Ypres, Belgium, about the need for a future without nuclear weapons. As Mayor Akiba delcares, "Never again!" can the tragedies that befell the cities of Ypres and Hiroshima, Volgograd and Halabja during wartime be allowed to happen again.
Articles
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GLOBAL GREEN USA WELCOMES IRAQ ACCESSION TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
Calls for Remaining Middle East Countries to Join International Weapons Ban.
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Iraq War Hits American Soldiers Hard
After a troubled American soldier killed five others at a combat-zone counseling center, we should stop denying that war changes our brave men and women.
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US Pull-Out from Iraqi Cities: Cause for Celebration or Prelude to Civil War?
U.S. troops are now almost completely out of Iraqi cities and towns. After six years of war, is it the right time and the right way to leave?
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The Environmental Cost Of The Iraq War
Years of war in Iraq have destroyed a once fertile landscape. Find out how you can help Iraqis rebuild their environment and their communities.
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Causecast leader Sean Carasso discusses the world of social causes, Starbucks, the global recession, and why you should attend Invisible Children's The Rescue.
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Women in Combat: Injustice in War
Women and war - for centuries the two did not go together. More women have been killed in our current war than in all the bloodshed since World War II combined.
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President Obama Addresses Joint Session of Congress - Tonight At 8:00 p.m. ET
President Obama will address Congress tonight to lay out his vision for health care reform. It's sure to illicit strong viewpoints from both sides. Watch live!
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When Barack Obama spoke about Ann Nixon Cooper, the 106 year old activist, during his acceptance speech it really hit a cord. Why was it so powerful?
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Platinum-Selling Rap Group Nappy Roots to Bring Hip-Hop to Servicemen and Women in Italy on USO Tour
Hip-hop group Nappy Roots will bring their southern style, one-of-a-kind sound and R&B beats to troops stationed in Italy.
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Music used in prisons to 'break' inmates
Blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate in his tiny cell in Iraq, the blistering rock from Nine Inch Nails hit Prisoner No. 200343 like a sonic bludgeon.
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The president-elect's proposed Artists Corps is one plank in his push to revitalize the arts in education.
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Obama Says No to Torture; Interrogators Say Yes to Obama
Interrogators are lauding President Obama for signing an executive order that will shut down secret CIA prisons and stop the use of coercive interrogation.
Events
- March 21 Protest in LA: Stop the Wars, Fund People's Needs Location: March 21, 12 noon, Hollywood & Vine, L.A.
- No More Broken Hearts Location: Corner of Lakewood Blvd & Carson St., Long Beach
Blog posts
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Mr. Obama's First Four Weeks as a War President
Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), Afghanistan Veterans Against the War (AVAW), Vets for Peace (VFP), Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), and Gold Star F...
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Dare to Dream: A Falling Whistles Blog Entry
Here is an article from my friend Sean Carasso taken from the http://www.fallingwhistles.com/blog April 22, 2009 Dare to Dream by: Sean Carasso Hello everyone. This journal is a bit long a...
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The real surge, not the one in Iraq, for human rights came at the end of the last century. Communism disappeared without bullets flying. Southern Africans had majority rule. Military dictators had ...
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The real surge, not the one in Iraq, for human rights came at the end of the last century. Communism disappeared without bullets flying. Southern Africans had majority rule. Military dictators had ...
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Meeting Ron Kovic (Born on the Fourth of July)
In Santa Ana, CA, at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCA), their curator decided to do one of the best damn things in the world, have an exhibit that showed politically charged Art....
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A lonely soldier needs a Valentine from you!
In Iraq, they don't send Valentines... what they deliver every day is far more sinister. It's not just the immediate danger of a rocket attack; it's the constant stress of combat that slowly steals...
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Hello again everybody! In this blog, I hope you won't be offended and at some point if you are by what I say, I'm really sorry and I hope you continue reading the rest of the blog because it's not ...
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An Open Letter to John Lennon -- We Still Imagine
Dear John, On December 8th, 2008 it will be 28 years since you were murdered. I'm sure you already know this but every year at this time the entire world takes a pause to remember you. I have al...
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Car bombing outside entrance to the Coalition Provisional Authority. Iraq. Photography by James Dale Father and son photo: germanyengland 'Our World' Photo Exhibit. Designed by Bobbi ...
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We are finishing up our first week in Africa and there is a lot that has been on the hearts and minds of everyone here. To say that hearts have been touched and eyes have been opened is a bit o...
