INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Indonesia: Deep Distrust in Aceh as Elections Approach Jakarta/Brussels, 23 March 2009: Tensions in Aceh are high leading up to the 9 April elections and are likely to continue thereafter unless the underlying cause – growing distrust between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Indonesian military (TNI) – is addressed. Indonesia: [...]

Statement from United for Peace and Justice and the Bail Out the People Movement: Join us for actions on Wall Street in New York City on Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4 On April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke out against war at his historic “Beyond Vietnam” speech at Riverside Church [...]

Tokyo, March 19, 2009 — Greenpeace today lodged an appeal against government censorship, calling on the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) to release uncensored copies of whale meat sales documents obtained by Greenpeace through a 2008 Freedom of Information request.   The documents are supposed to detail whale meat sales as well as contracts between [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Pakistan: The Militant Jihadi Challenge Islamabad/Brussels, 13 March 2009: Following the recent upsurge of jihadi violence in Pakistan, dismantling extremist Sunni-Deobandi groups must become the core of the government’s counter-terrorism policy. Pakistan: The Militant Jihadi Challenge,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, warns of the expanding influence of radical Sunni [...]

San Diego Walk for Water on March 22nd: Experience Their Journey Come join us on World Water Day for the first-ever San Diego Walk for Water, led by Project Concern International. During the event, walkers can choose to carry buckets of water to simulate the journey that women and children make every day in countries [...]

INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP Afghanistan: New U.S. Administration, New Directions Kabul/Washington/Brussels, 13 March 2009: Jihadi extremism in Afghanistan cannot be defeated unless the Obama administration adopts new political, economic and military policies that empower Afghan civilian institutions. Afghanistan: New U.S. Administration, New Directions,* the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines the situation in Afghanistan [...]

On March 16, 2003, U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie was killed by the Israeli military as she was nonviolently trying to protect a Palestinian home from being destroyed. On the 6th anniversary of her death, the US Campaign is honoring Rachel’s memory by supporting student activism for justice in the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and [...]