Remembering Vancouver’s Missing Women

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On Monday March 30th, at 12 in the afternoon, a small crowd of about thirty people gathered outside the University Avenue courthouse in Toronto to remember Vancouver’s Missing Women. Within the last twenty years, over 500 Aboriginal women and girls have gone missing in Canada. On Monday, at an event planned by Robyn Bourgeois and Robbyn Zwaiggenbaum of CAVE (Coalition Against Violence Everywhere), activists and students gathered to pay respect and commemorate the lives of the 76 women who have gone missing from or been murdered in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside since 1978. An alarmingly high proportion of these women have been Aboriginal. Although Aboriginal women make up less than 1% of the population of Vancouver, they represent one-third to one-half of Vancouver’s Missing Women.

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Eyewitness: Thousands March to Call on Obama to End Occupation

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On Saturday, Mar 21, thousands of coalitions rallied to protest the Obama Administration’s carryover of ‘War On Terror’ policies — including an escalation in Afghanistan. It was the first major protest action since Obama’s election on Nov.4,2008…

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IVAW, ANSWER Coalition, & 1200 Groups Engage in First Nation-wide Antiwar Action Since Obama Inuaguration

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Washington,D.C. - Iraq Vets Against the War (IVAW), in concert with the the ANSWER Coalition ( Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) held a 12:30 press conference on Mar.19, kicked off by a banner drop above the front portico of the Department of Veterans Affairs at 810 Vermont Ave.

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Mar 19 Onward - Content Boost

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Mar 19 Onward - Content Boost
After the lull an shock of a layoff after 6 years at a News/talk outlet, some thaw was needed.
This weekend finds us in Washington DC covering the March 21 ANSWER Coalition March on the Pentagon, as well as www.thePeaceAlliance.Org conference and the Crystal City Hyatt!
Stay tuned for plenty of coverage, [...]

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Washington DC, Sat.Mar 21st - Be There. Details Below.

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Washington DC, Sat.Mar 21st, March on the Pentagon - Be There. Details Below.

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Op/Analysis - The Most Regressive Tax of All

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When you see a homeless veteran rolling a cigarette to help cope with the constant stress of living on the streets and ward off the hunger pangs a bit, do you become angry that they are smoking or do you give them some money for food or tobacco? Either way, after April 1st, you might be well advised to cross the street and avoid them altogether, as they will not be able to afford to buy rolling tobacco any more and studies have shown that smokers who are deprived of tobacco are apt to become irritable or even violent.

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Bill Hicks: Censored David Letterman Appearance to Air Jan 30 As Memorial

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from the official Hicks website: “The Late Show with David Letterman has scheduled a telecast of the never-aired October 1, 1993 Bill Hicks appearance. The show was pre-taped Jan. 26th (with Bill’s mom as a guest) and will air Friday, January 30th on your local CBS affiliate. We’d like to acknowledge and thank Bill’s many fans and everyone who has had a hand in keeping Bill’s comedy and philosophy alive. We hope everyone can tune in and experience what you may have missed or what you barely remember – Bill Hicks performing for a national audience on network television.”

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Pt 2: Eyewitness to History; A Volunteer’s Experience Within the Obama Campaign

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In April 2008, the Obama campaign sent out a notice to volunteers that they were starting an unprecedented summer internship called the Obama Organizing Fellows Program. The purpose of the program was to transition the campaign from its primary campaign victory to the general election campaign. The program was instituted in seventeen battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Minnesota, and Colorado.

I will always remember the video that Senator Obama made for the application that said the work would be hard but the experience would be something we would never forget.

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iPhone report: Reflections on the Inauguration‏

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The Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United
States was an emotionally charged event for me and the people I met
today.

I met people from all over the country since I arrived Sunday night
and they all spoke of our new President as a poltican that will engage
the country and bring us together as a people.

Today was a huge celebration of our democracy.

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GlobalPundit Jan15 Mini ReLaunch / AliveInBaghdad.Org

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Everything is essentially on the ball for the Jan 15 relaunch - we have some fantastic content just bursting to get out - one example being new contribitor John H McManus’ experience working for the Obama Campaign in PA…

But in the meantime, can I please direct your attention to another story and organization we’ll be covering?

Have a peek at Brian Conley’s www.AliveInBaghdad.Org, follow him at www.twitter.com/baghdadbrian and please note the new project they have underway at www.AliveInGaza.Org…

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