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    CommonDreams.org is a national nonprofit, progressive, nonpartisan citizens' organization founded in 1997.We are a powerful online voice for change in America.With millions of monthly readers, we have become one of the top progressive websites.We use the latest technology to bring the progressive community together online. We create political organizing tools and new models for Internet activism.We publish breaking news from a progressive perspective. And the latest ideas and opinions  of some of the world's best progressive writers and activists.

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Seven Years Into the War in Iraq, MIlitary Families Say: 'Bring Our Troops Home Now' - With the war in Iraq entering its 8th year, members of Military Families Speak Out, the largest organization of military families to speak out against a war in this country's history, are calling on Senators and Representatives to take immediate action to cut off funding for the war and bring our troops home now.

Israeli Raids Target Children - Three thousand heavily armed Israeli security service forces locked down large parts of the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday, as battalions of police fired rounds of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters in the occupied eastern part of the city. ... Protests were aimed at the Netanyahu administration's announcement of expanded illegal settlement construction in East Jerusalem and the five-day closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and Palestinian institutions within the Old City. ... Since January, at least 33 children from the area have been arrested, detained and interrogated by Israeli forces as home demolitions and settler takeovers continue apace.

The Heartbeat of America's Democratic Reform Movement - It read like just another obituary written about someone who'd lived a very long time: "Doris Haddock died peacefully in her family home," it began. "Born in 1910, she lived through two world wars and the Great Depression. She is survived by her son, eight grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren." Oh, and one other thing: "She walked across the United States at age 90 to rally public support for campaign finance reform." Doris Haddock - better known as "Granny D" - was not your usual elderly lady, living her last years in quiet repose. She had always been that finest of the American species: a "Citizen" - with a capital C - one who stayed engaged in the public issues of her time.