New Pro­ce­dure for Strip and Body-Cavity Searches Needs Pub­lic Input, Com­mu­nity Groups Say Let­ter to Mil­wau­kee Fire and Police Com­mis­sion Urges Open Meet­ings (Reprinted from the ACLU of Wis­con­sin here) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 13, 2013 CONTACT: Sarah Karon, Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Direc­tor, (608) 469‑5540, skaron@aclu-wi.org MILWAUKEE – Today the Amer­i­can Civil Lib­er­ties Union of Wis­con­sin and 12 com­mu­nity orga­ni­za­tions urged Milwaukee’s […]

My Brother, Pres. Hugo Chavez by George Paz Mar­tin Seven years ago as I was pack­ing my bags to leave Venezuela, Pres­i­dent Hugo Chavez ended his weekly national TV show with, “I stand in sol­i­dar­ity with my brother, George Mar­tin of United for Peace & Jus­tice.” My brother, Hugo Chavez. Phys­i­cally, we shared sim­i­lar characteristics: […]

No More Vic­tims Pro­vide Med­ical Care to a Child Injured by a U.S. Drone Strike May 7, 2013  A coali­tion of ded­i­cated sol­i­dar­ity activists in Mil­wau­kee is being built, includ­ing health care pro­fes­sion­als, attor­neys, and peace activists, who are actively devel­op­ing a project in Mil­wau­kee to pro­vide med­ical care to a child injured by a US […]

Israel launches sec­ond Syria airstrike in two days — reports From RT, orig­i­nal post­ing here. 5/5/13 Watch the 14-minute report here, includ­ing inter­views inside and out­side of Israel. Strong blasts hit the out­skirts of Syria’s cap­i­tal early on Sun­day, with reports say­ing that they were results of Israeli airstrikes on a mil­i­tary research cen­ter. Other […]

Paul Ryan’s “Mind is Open” to a Frame­work for Defense Tran­si­tion Assis­tance by Mike Hel­bick, Pro­gram Direc­tor, Peace Action Wis­con­sin April 30, 2013  Today, Paul Ryan held a Town Hall meet­ing in Oak Creek, Wis­con­sin.  Mary Laan, Peace Action mem­ber and a leader in Wisconsin’s Move to Amend ini­tia­tive, was hand-chosen by Ryan to ask the […]