Iraq War Costs Illinois More than $28 Billion So Far

Poposed Spending Coul Add More Than $7 Billion More

Watch IVAW northeast regional coordinator and featured Socialism 2008 speaker
ADRIENNE KINNE
on Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! tomorrow, May 13, at democracynow.org.

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SOCIALISM 2008
June 19-22, Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare
"A weekend of revolutionary politics, debate and entertainment."
http://www.socialismconference.org

Protest Camps Against American Military Bases in Japan and Italy
by Ann Wright

Dismantling Peace Movement Myths

A speech for Peace Action Maine on April 26th, 2008

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Thanks so much for inviting me and for making me feel so welcome. I have spent a lot of time thinking about what I was going to say this evening.

One year ago, Jeff Zurawski and Sarah Hartfield called for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney by hanging a banner from an bridge above I 355, along with an upside-down flag. Tonight at 7:30 PM they will appear with their lawyer and discuss their ongoing legal battle.

(photo by Kate Szrom, Naperville Sun)

Remembering Kent State Shooting Victims
by Jim Mackinnon

Kent, Ohio - The shooting deaths 38 years ago of four Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard need to be seen as a gift, ‘a lesson’ to the entire United States, a former United Nations weapons inspector said yesterday.

An Anti-war Response to the UPTV Controversy

David Green

(05-01-2008,9:05 am PST) Minutes ago, I spoke with Clarence Thomas of the ILWU executive board. "The rank and file action against the war is indeed happening right now", he said. And today the workers will write history.

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Central Illinois Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) will present Eyes Wide Open: an exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq War. Working with AFSC offices, IVAW will present the Eyes Wide Open Illinois state exhibit, which features the boots of fallen soldiers in addition to a memorial to the Iraqi civilian casualties.

Leaving Cheyenne Mountain