QUOTE OF THE DAY ... One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means. Martin Luther King

ALL THE NEWS THAT IS FIT TO PRINT FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND

BUSH'S HOUSE HOMOPHOBE
David S. Bernstein, Boston Phoenix
The Office of Special Counsel exists to protect federal workers from job discrimination and whistle-blowing retaliation. Here's how Scott Bloch turned it into a haven for gay-bashing and partisan politics.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/22000/

“STAR WARS” RAISES QUESTIONS ON US POLICY
David Germain, Associated Press
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0517-07.htm

OPTING FOR 'OPT-IN'
J. Douglas Allen-Taylor, AlterNet
Some school districts are challenging the federal guidelines for No Child Left Behind's military recruitment provision, facing withdrawal of funding over privacy infringement.
http://www.alternet.org/story/22006/

TAKE PUBLIC BROADCASTING BACK
Closing Address by Bill Moyers at National Conference on Media Reform
May 15, 2005
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0516-34.htm

FAKE NEWS IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH
Diane Farsetta, PR Watch
Imitating Big Tobacco's fight against cigarette labeling, the PR industry launches a battle against regulation of government-funded "fake" news.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/22007/

MEDIA COVERAGE OF INTELLIGENCE MANIPULATION REFLECTS PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY
Commentary by Ivan Eland
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0517-25.htm

MONTEL'S MISSION
Betsy Rothstein, The Hill
The talk show host discusses his support for medical marijuana, the psychic Sylvia Browne, and how to get a meeting on Capitol Hill.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/21996/

TIME FOR U.S. TO WITHDRAW
Neil Abercrombie & Dennis Kucinich, USA Today
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0517-24.htm

ESCAPE FROM 'ECOTOPIA'
Pat Joseph, Grist Magazine
Revisiting the 1970s eco-cult classic that gripped a nation.
http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/21998/

SORRY, MS RICE, BUT THE IRAQ WAR DIDN’T COME TO US
G. Jefferson Price III, Baltimore Sun
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0517-29.htm

POLITICAL BLUSTER AND THE FILIBUSTER
Norman Solomon, AlterNet
The merits of a Senate filibuster have everything to do with what kind of nation people want.
http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/22004/

BILL MOYERS FIGHTS BACK
John Nichols, The Nation
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0516-26.htm

NYC "NOT IN OUR NAME" RESISTANCE CINEMA PRESENTS -- A FRIDAY NIGHT SPECIAL DOUBLE PREMIERE! See two great new films and meet their producers, Alpa Patel and Brandon Jourdan

FALLUJAH (28 min, 2005) from Brandon Jourdan (Deep Dish TV, NYC Indymedia)and Jacque Soohen (Big Noise Films)

And THE WORLD TRIBUNAL ON IRAQ (58min, 2005) Alpa Patel producer & Editor, Deep Dish TV(www.deepdishtv.org) also website of WTI: www.worldtribunal.org

WHERE: The Community Church of NYC, Gallery Room, 28 East 35th st. @ Park Avenue
WHEN: FRIDAY May 20th at 7:00 pm
ADMISSION: Free
REFRESHMENTS: wine & cheese

FALLUJAH, the latest film from Brandon Jourdan and Jacque Soohen, is an ambitious attempt to show the history of a city and its destruction. Information about what really happened at Fallujah is so difficult to find since the Pentagon all but prohibited any media from on site reporting. This important and unique film uses never-before seen footage of the violent US assault on the small Iraqi city during November. The footage used was shot almost entirely by the Iraqi people and shows a very different perspective of the attack than offered in US media.

THE WORLD TRIBUNAL ON IRAQ, which is the 13th and final in a series entitled Shocking And Awful, chronicles the first session of the World Tribunal On Iraq held May 8th, 2004 at Cooper Union in New York City. With a Court TV-esqe spin and a little DragNet spoof thrown in, producer & editor Alpa Patel creates an informative and engaging view of the World Tribunal. Inspired by the tribunal organized by Bertrand Russell and JeanPaul Sartre in the 1960s to indict the U.S. over the war in Vietnam, the WTI is a global citizens tribunal which has explored the legal case that can be made against the U.S. for the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Apanel of experts presents testimony demonstrating the many U.S. violations of the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and various other treaties to which it is a signatory. The tribunal has since traveled around the world and is set to conclude its work in Istanbul in June.

Participants in the tribunal include: Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW; Roger Normand, the Center for Economic & Social Rights; Jennifer Ridha, an Iraqi-American attorney; Dr.Gert van Moorter, Medical Aid For The Third World; Mike Hoffman, Iraq Veterans Against the War; Eve Ensler, author of the Vagina Monologues; Dennis Brutus, anti-apartheid activist; Sinan Antoon, Iraqi-American poet, and many others.