Progressive Action Alliance - Empire Building

Night From Baghdad graphic

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:22:02 -0400

Night from Baghdad graphic

End U.S. Intervention Overseas..

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:39:48 -0500

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WHEREAS the U.S. government spends billions in tax dollars maintaining military bases in more than 100 countries; and

Restitution to Innocent Iraqi War Victims..

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:44:51 -0500

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WHEREAS, THE UNITED STATES invaded the country of Iraq based on a LIE told to the American people and

Spine Award plaque for Cindy Sheehan

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:29:59 -0400

This plaque was given to Cindy Sheehan by members of the Progressive Action Alliance, first at Camp Casey (just outside of Crawford, Texas), August 2005, then again in Houston for the Bring Them Home Now Tour, September 1, 2005: http://www.paa-tx.org/node/193

Tell Washington: "Bring the Troops Home"

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:12:20 -0500

This is a call to action. Please help increase the pressure on our government. Give more people a chance to speak out. Take blank, stamped post cards, clipboards, pens, and officials’ address lists everywhere you go.

Call on your congressmembers to support HR 413 - Out of Iraq

Sat, 10 Feb 2007 21:39:17 -0500

House Resolution 413 would repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002: Sponsored by Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)

Here are 3 main things this bill does:

More Gulf Freeway Blogging

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:28:12 -0500

The "Surge Smurge" sign was displayed to south bound traffic one morning although this direction is much better for evening. The amount of display area is smaller because of the road signs attached to the bridge.

Photo Collage from Houston ant-war rally, Jan. 27, 2007

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:28:19 -0500

Photo collage by Massoud Nayeri, from Iraq War Summit and March, organized by Congressperson Sheila Jackson-Lee

Comments by Sherry Glover

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:53:41 -0500

Sherry Glover read the following piece by Steve Young, with permission, at the Jan. 14, 2007 ceremony for the 3000th casualty memorial in Houston. She said, "I felt that it expressed what I could no longer find words for. I think it was most effective to read it while having the audience look toward those flags."

Comments by Dave Atwood

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:51:06 -0500

COMMENTS ON THE 3000TH MEMORIAL TO THE PEOPLE KILLED IN IRAQ
(Memorial Park, Houston, January 17, 2007)

The 3000th Memorial in Houston is very moving and I want to thank the people who created it - Veterans for Peace, Military Families Speak Out and others. The Memorial honors not only the 3000 plus U.S. military and contract personnel who have died in thie Iraq war, but also the thousands of Iraqi citizens who have died. We don't like to talk about the Iraqis who have died, but they are also our brothers and sisters.

Comments by Mikal Hutto

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:41:02 -0500

Memorial for Casualties of the Iraq War
January 14, 2007

Thousands Dead, Thousands More Picking Up the Pieces

We are all here to honor these fallen U.S. Military Personnel, Iraqi and civilians from all over the world that have died as a result of the Iraq war. You may be wondering why we chose to honor ALL people who have died in this war. There are many reasons that this should be done. It’s important that as human beings we memorialize this great loss of humanity to the world. It is important that as human beings we realize the toll that war takes on this entire world for generations to come. It is important because until human beings acknowledge the total losses, we will continue to spend the lives of valuable human beings trying to conquer one another in a futile bid for everlasting power. It is important because histories of wars are often untold, rewritten, or forgotten, and so the lessons are not learned by future generations.

3000th casualty memorial speeches, photos -Jan. 2007

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:36:39 -0500

This article has links to speeches, photos, and the event description for the 3000th casualty memorial, at Memorial Park in Houston, Jan. 14-20, 2007. This event was held to memorialize the terrible loss of life, (US and Iraqi), that we have had so far during the Iraq invasion and occupation.

Withdraw from Iraq Now..

Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:27:37 -0500

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WHEREAS members of the U.S. military in Iraq have killed many thousands of Iraq civilians; and

No Place for a Poet at a Banquet of Shame

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:18:24 -0500

Sent by Rochelle Bracken
Referenced from The Nation

Here is an open letter from the poet Sharon Olds to Laura Bush declining the invitation to read and speak at the National Book Critics Circle Award in Washington, DC. Forward it along if you feel more people should read it.

Sharon Olds is one of most widely read and critically acclaimed poets living in America today. Read to the end of the letter to experience her restrained, chilling eloquence.