Two Recognitions and One Dictator from Rwanda

As the day wrapped up, Kagame was served with a class-action suit.

(OSKALOOSA, IA) - Police and the Rwandan Secret Service faced approximately 30 Rwandan, Burundian and Congolese protesters in Iowa this week.

They gathered to object to the convocation speech and granting of the Honorary Doctorate degree of Humane Letters upon Rwanda Pres. Paul Kagame.

National Cannabis Coalition Statement on Ellen Rosenblum's Win

Judge Rosenblum recognizes that limited tax dollars are best spent protecting consumers and prosecuting dangerous criminals.

(PORTLAND, OR) - On behalf of the National Cannabis Coalition, we congratulate Judge Ellen Rosenblum on winning the primary race for Attorney General of Oregon.

As the voters affirmed, Judge Rosenblum is the right choice for Oregon.

Your City USA by Glen Bledsoe

PTSD - Medical Marijuana Toxicology - Pharmacology

Stemming the Tides of Protest

The only solution is revolution; organizing a mass political movement based in the working class that will overthrow capitalism and build democratic socialism.

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - As the living conditions of ordinary people inevitably worsen under capitalism and as its wars cause increasing devastation, tides of protest rise up from the population.

The ruling elite then seek to stem these tides before they reach flood state.

Make Money: Help Yourself and Salem-News.com, and Feel Good About What You Do

Full-time or part-time, using email, phone and sometimes in person, you can help market the most important news in existence.

(SALEM) - We are opening up our advertising sales program on a worldwide scale. You sell the ad, you make 25%. There is no other agency we know of that offers that high of a commission.

All you have to do is agree to our honest standards, download the rate card, find a client, and then send the information to us after the client agrees to buy.

US Government and Usury

US Government disrespects traditional American values and unwilling to reform ‘Banking / Finance Sector’.

(BANGALURO, India) - Through J.P. Morgan Chase & Co (JPMC) episode the USA has revived the memories of the mankind of ‘Financial Crises 2007’.

This engulfed the entire world and is still on-going and will not be over unless USA brings about necessary reforms in ‘Banking / Finance Sector’.

Oregon STOP Trying KIDS as Adults, Knock this Crap Off!

Prosecute YouTube instead.

(SALEM) - I am so sick of American youth being abused by a mismanaged mean and corrupt justice system in this state!

If the kids in Woodburn who allegedly set a school fire a few days ago are charged as adults, we will report the abuse relentlessly.

Nakba Anniversary

We now have 12 universities inside occupied Palestinian.

(BETHLEHEM) - On this 64th anniversary of the Nakba we mourn the ethnic cleansing that began in 1948 and that continues today with silent transfer, home demolitions, land confiscation and more.

But we also celebrate an amazing resilience and success of the Palestinian endogenous people against incredible odds:

Why Can't People Work In Your State?

New State-by-State Report: Would-be Workers Hurt by Licensing Laws

(ARLINGTON, VA) - Why can’t many Americans simply create jobs for themselves and others?

For many jobs, a recently released report finds the answer is: The government won’t let them.

Marijuana Users: The Great Unwashed Bottom Dwellers!
- So Says the Oregonian.

"Drug warriors" should get their facts straight!

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - The Oregonian newspaper is back at its obnoxious vilification of medical marijuana users with a title of an op-ed article “America Can’t Afford to Legalize Marijuana”.

The writer's brain must be venom because it acts like poison with no positive attributes.

Portland Made Beer Emerged in India's Parliament

Goddess Kali, who personifies Sakti or divine energy, is widely worshipped in Hinduism.

(NEW DELHI / PORTLAND) - “Kali-Ma” beer, earlier scheduled to be launched today by a Portland brewery but then cancelled after Hindu protest, was reportedly raised in the upper house of India’s Parliament on May 15 with demand of immediate summoning of US ambassador.

According to reports, it was stated in Rajya Sabha in India’s capital New Delhi on this issue that the religious feelings of Hindus were being hurt.

Cleanup for North Orange County Toxic Plume Could Cost $200 Million

A nation bent on military buildup that does not relent when it can, is truly one of the most dangerous.

(ANAHEIM, CA) - When it comes to environmental contamination in Orange County, California, we typically cover the south county eyesore that was once a Marine fighter base, the old MCAS El Toro.

Now, thanks to an article by Pat Brennan, published yesterday by the Orange County Register, we get the dirty details on another plume, this one in north Orange County.

Google Following CIA's Path in Confronting Iran

American web giant Google has recently fueled an anti-Iranian campaign by removing the name of Persian Gulf from its online maps and Google Earth plans.

(TEHRAN) - To Iranians, Persian Gulf is not simply a name referring to a geographical region on the world map.

To Iranians, the name of Persian Gulf is interwoven with a sense of national dignity and honor which makes them a united and powerful troupe against the relentless attacks of the enemy.

The Second Anniversary of the Rwanda People's Party

Message from John V Karuranga, President of the Rwanda People's Party.

(MALMO, Sweden) - As President of RPP, I hereby once more write to you on the second anniversary of the founding of our party and commend all of you in Rwanda and in the Diaspora who have stood shoulder to shoulder with the party for the last two years.

We have collectively made great strides and registered significant achievements.

Oregon Prepares to Just Say NO! to GMO

GMOs have been injected into everything from baby formula to our dairy, and even our meat.

(NEWPORT, OR) - Health conscious Oregonians are mounting a campaign to demand that GMO foods be labeled as such. The group behind this effort has a web site http://oregonrighttoknow.org.

They have one month to gather enough signatures to place this issue on the state-side ballot in November.

NEPAL: Bhutanese Refugee who Applied for Resettlement to the USA Tortured

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes contacts officials in Nepal over police torture and illegal arrest.

(HONG KONG) - Police denying their identity and operating illegally; it is a problem that ranges from right here in Salem, Oregon, Kathmandu, Nepal, where a young man was recently tortured by police in civilian clothes.

It's nothing like the song made famous by Bob Seger, we could only wish. Instead it is a place where thousands of Nepali-speaking families have lived for several generations in Bhutan, exist in refugee camps.

Palestinian Prisoners' Mass Hunger Strike Concludes After Agreement is Reached

Supporters around the globe stand in solidarity with the prisoners. Perhaps Israel got the message.

(RAMALLAH, Palestine) - After nearly a full month of fasting, 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners ended their mass hunger strike, reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Service to attain certain core demands, according to Addameer.

Supporters laud the achievements of the prisoners’ movement and can only hope that Israel will implement any policy changes in good faith.

64 and Counting: Another Sad Anniversary

I cannot seem to have the words to express fully what I feel now.

(LONDON) - It is the dawn of yet another sad anniversary. Today, every Palestinian around the globe remembers the day we were all made homeless. When will it ever end?

Much has been said and written about the so-called “Arab Spring.” Some of it welcoming, some hopeful and others down right hostile.

Dying In Succession

He Said the Prisoners on Hunger Strike Would Eventually Succeed.

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - A few days ago, Ma'an News reported on the family protests in front of the Presidential headquarters in Ramallah. Ma'an News was one of only a few outlets that bothered to report. Here, in the US, it took over 2 months before any mainstream media outlet mentioned the hunger strike among prisoners in Israel.

Still, such mention is but a whisper.

MCAS El Toro: Southern California's Environmental Nightmare

Who knows what lurks beneath your drain?

(IRVINE, CA) - Most Southern Californians are familiar with El Toro, the now-closed Marine Corps air base just an hour south of LA.

However many do not realize what a nightmare the air station became before the Marines vacated the place, and the last plane flew off into the hazy sunset in 1999.

US Envoys: Losing Lebanon - Visit by Visit?

Graphics by Alex

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - It might require a semanticist with Noam Chomsky’s erudition to explain to some of us more obtuse the meanings, context and policy nuances of two similar and repeated phases heard in Lebanon earlier this month by two well listened to guests.

During over-lapping visits of top US and Iranian officials to Lebanon; one warned and threatened Lebanon, while the second praised Lebanon’s “achievements”.