The Free Press: Speaking Truth to Power Tue Feb 09 2010

Anyone can help stop mountain top removal mining, says tree-sitter.
by Tom Over
Amber Nitchman,19, spent 9 days in a tree and did jail time as a part of Climate Ground Zero's most recent campaign of non-violent civil disobedience to stop mountain top removal mining.
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Really inconvenient truth
by Saul Landau
“The decade ending in 2009 was the warmest on record, new surface temperature figures released Thursday by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration show…. 2009 was the second warmest year since 1880, when modern temperature measurement began. The warmest year was 2005. The other hottest recorded years have all occurred since 1998, NASA said.”
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A festival of peace
by Robert C. Koehler
“I ran away from my foster mother, became homeless, lived on the street for three years. Because I was handicapped I couldn’t get into an apartment building to get out of the snow. Your skin feels like it’s on fire when you’re that cold. I’d stand in the doorway, where bright lights shine on the manikins, and psych myself into believing I could feel the heat coming off the light bulb.”
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Feb. 6 Statement by Leonard Peltier
by Leonard Peltier
Greetings to everyone,
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Urgent Action Notice
The Free Speech for People Campaign
Counteracting the recent US Supreme Court decision to let US big corporations pour as much money they want during every single US political election as to elect their candidates that would promote their exclusive business interests even at the expense of the American people.
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