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Protesters v. Soldiers
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Months the St. Patrick's Day Four will collectively spend in prison for throwing their blood on the walls of a military recruitment center in upstate New York days before the invasion of Iraq. On January 27, Teresa Grady became the last of the group to receive her sentence -- four months in a federal prison -- for damaging government property and entering a military station for an unlawful purpose.

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Months in jail Army chief warrant officer Lewis Welshofer Jr. will spend after a military jury convicted him of negligent homicide in the death of detainee Abed Hamed Mowhoush. During interrogation Welshofer forced the former Iraqi general head-first into a sleeping bag, tied him tightly with electrical cord, and sat on his chest. On January 23, a court-martial board ordered Welshofer to spend 60 days restricted to his home, church, and office.

(Source: Democracy Now!, Jan. 26, 2006)

Quit Screwing Around
"In terms of energy usage alone, [which is] a convenient measure of environmental impact, the average Ethiopian uses one-310th of what we use. So when an American couple stops at two kids, it's like an Ethiopian couple stopping at 620."
-- Les Knight, founder, Voluntary Human Extinction Movement, SFGate.com (Nov. 16, 2005)

Rebirth of a Movement
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a catalyst for protests against the Vietnam War, is stirring from a decades-long slumber. A revamped SDS, which last convened in 1969, is going to hold a national conference this summer. "We want to create not just a movement of protest, but a movement of resistance," says Connecticut high school senior Pat Korte, who started the drive to unite active chapters scattered across the country. The 21st-century SDS now has more than 40 chapters and is recruiting former SDSers in hopes of fostering a movement that spans generations as well as the nation. For more information, visit www.studentsforademocraticsociety.org.

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