4.05.01 noncooperation - social events, customs, & institutions

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Peacework Co-Editor Sam Diener reviews Bound for Canaan: The Epic Story of the Underground Railroad, America's First Civil Rights Movement by Fergus Bordewich and comments on the themes of this issue.

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Why I resigned from the Board of an organization I love.

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Summary:The occupation force continues to bomb Billings MT, Flint MI, Philadelphia, Watts in Los Angeles, Anacostia in Washington DC, and other urban areas, attempting to target "safe houses" or "criminal gangs."

Summary:When I first heard about Operation First Casualty, I thought, "But won't that be too upsetting to the people? What if there are kids around?"

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Dialogues about the girls' suffering have motivated 131 excisers to quit, and three villages to renounce the practice.

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Denying the protections that come with marriage hurts all same-sex couples. But it disproportionately hurts the ability of black, Latino, and Asian same-sex couples to save money, provide for their children, buy a house, or prepare for retirement.

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MassEquality's work to defeat the anti-marriage amendment steams ahead with a goal of winning in the Massachusetts legislature. A win will deny the anti-gay industry what it most wants: a referendum on gay marriage in the only state that has it.

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This piece originally appeared in GEO (Grassroots Economic Organizing) Newsletter, © 2005, POB 115, Riverdale, MD, 20738, www.geo.coop. Introduction and interview by Len Krimerman, editor of GEO.