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Yakima Herald

Members of a local peace group say they'll risk possible arrests and fines today by refusing to take out $1 million in liability insurance being demanded by the city of Union Gap. Members of the Yakima Valley Peace Advocates Network, who plan

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AP

Police arrested three people early Monday during a protest of Iraq-bound Army vehicles at a Washington state port. Several dozen people showed up at the Port of Tacoma to protest the shipment of Stryker vehicles and other equipment from Fort Lewis

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Denver Post

A former White House official who ordered three activists expelled from a 2005 Denver public forum with President Bush says it was White House policy to exclude potentially disruptive guests from Bush's appearances nationwide.

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KING-TV5

The U.S. Army today re-filed charges against 1st Lt. Ehren Watada, who refused to go to Iraq in June 2006. A mistrial was declared in his first court martial at Fort Lewis on Feb. 7. The 28-year-old Watada is charged with missing movement and of

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Counterpunch

The roster of speakers for the UFPJ demonstration in Washington DC, on Jan 27 speaks volumes. The key was not so much who was included but who was not. The list of speakers certainly had a lot of wonderful activists in the peace movement,

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AP

Hundreds of protesters arrested during the 2004 Republican National Convention were held for up to six times longer than those arrested on charges unrelated to the convention, according to city documents made public.

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Washington Post

When Iraq war veteran Jon Soltz accused Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) of "aiding the enemy," or called President Bush and Vice President Cheney "draft dodgers," the chairman of a group called VoteVets.org

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News Tribune

Unable to put the Iraq war on trial, the lawyer for Lt. Ehren Watada launched an attack on the military legal proceedings against his client. Said rulings that have gone against the officer rendered the proceedings "almost comical" and at

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AP

A federal jury found the city of Seattle violated the constitutional rights of 200 protesters who were arrested during a demonstration during the World Trade Organization meeting in 1999. The jury found the city liable for violating the protesters

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AP

Convinced this is their moment, tens of thousands marched Saturday in an anti-war demonstration linking military families, ordinary people and an icon of the Vietnam protest movement in a spirited call to get out of Iraq.

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Christian Science Monitor

When thousands of Iraq war protesters gather in Washington Saturday, their chants and amplified speeches are likely to be heard inside the secure grounds of the White House where the commander in chief has made his case for sending more troops into c

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United for Peace

With support from True Majority, Working Assets, the RainbowPUSH Coalition, NOW and hundreds of other national and local groups, word about the Jan. 27th antiwar mobilization is reaching far and wide.

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Washington Post

For Jonathan Hutto and David Rogers, life has become something of a surreal show. The 2 Navy men, comrades in arms, are waging a war against a war. Working from within, they and others have established AppealforRedress.org, a Web site that enables ac

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