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Register Now: Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference

Registration is now open for our March 19 Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference. Simply click on the “Register Now” button in the box to your right. Or, copy and paste this into your browser: http://pejac2011.eventbrite.com/ You’ll see a complete…

Rethink Afghanistan will keynote our Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference

Have you marked your calendar for our Peace and Economic Justice Action Conference on March 18-19? Come welcome our keynote speaker, Derrick Crowe from Rethink Afghanistan to speak on our theme: Bring Our Billions Home: The Cost of War and…

Children Under Occupation: Friday Feb 11

Bringing Clean Water to the Children of Gaza Bring a friend as PJALS’ Palestine-Israel Human Rights Committee hosts Ziad Abbas from the The Middle East Children’s Alliance to learn about “Children Under Occupation: Human Rights, International Solidarity and Water in…

Explore Nonviolence with PJALS

We’re looking forward to our workshop series, Exploring Nonviolence, which will begin on January 29. This series is the second we’ve offered in the last year, and these workshops will focus on structural and institutional forms of violence and successful…

King supports war? Not so much.

As we prepare to launch our campaign to Bring Our Billion$ Home on Martin Luther King day, the Pentagon has been busy too: figuring out how to claim that King would support US war in Afghanistan. Check out Rethink Afghanistan’s…

Selected news coverage of PJALS 2008-2010

Tax Breaks Burden Poor May 2011 County Jail Site Opposed at Hearing March 2011 A Night in the Life of the Inland Northwest February, 2011 Union wants lender’s support January 2011 UN Human Rights Day speaker…

On Hold

Originally published by the Inlander (http://www.inlander.com/spokane/on-hold/Content?oid=2195478) by Heidi Groover As citizens streamed forward to the microphone Monday, Councilman Steve Salvatori looked out to the audience and down at his hands, long-faced and exasperated. “Transparency is awkward until your eyes adjust…