January 04, 2008
No matter who you supported, this speech captivates. - Barack Obama's Thursday Night Iowa Victory Speech (You Tube)
Your WV Democratic Party has launched a new and improved website.
Be sure to check out the calendar of events page which has several updates. Hope to see you at those upcoming events, especially Senator Jay Rockefeller's campaign kickoff events later this month. If you have any Democratic events that you would like listed please let us know.
We are still working on some of the county contact info pages. Soon our DEMO MEMO emails will have a new look too. Please let us know what you think of the new site by replying to this email. wvparty@wvdemocrats.com
Monday, January, 2008 : Fundraiser for Delegate Danny Wells (Kanawha County) at the Power Alley Grill, 601 Morris Street, Charleston from 6:00 until 8:00 pm.
Thursday, January 10, 2008 : Fundraiser for Delegate Ron Fragale ( Harrison County ) at the Charleston Marriott, 200 Lee Street, East, Charleston from 6:00 until 8:00 pm.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 : Fundraiser for Senate President and Lieutenant Governor Earl Ray Tomblin at Edgewood County Club, 1600 Edgewood Road, Charleston from 5:30 until 7:30 pm.
Thursday, January 17, 2008 : Fundraiser and wine tasting for Delegate Barbara Fleischauer (Monongalia County) at the Law Firm of Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler, 500 Tracy Way, Charleston from 5:00 until 7:00 pm. www.friendsofbarbara.com
From Beth Pyles - beth.pyles@gmail.com
This article and abstract were sent to me by a member of MPT (Muslim Peacemaker Teams), a peace group and sister organization of CPT in Iraq. I was particularly struck as the in-country population of women studied live in Karada in Baghdad, the neighborhood where I lived while with CPT in Baghdad. It is (or was) a mixed neighborhood of Shi'a, Christian, and Sunni.
Most of the Christians have left and many of the people remaining, Muslim and Christian, have disappeared or descended into fear and poverty. This focus on the women highlights the importance of work by women like Hanna Edwar of Al-Amal, a women's human rights Iraqi group in Baghdad (last I heard).
The irony that the practical and legal rights of women were greater under Saddam than under the current government is a heartbreakingly cruel reality of the waging of war -- the interests of those perceived to be in the minority in terms of power are often sacrificed or put on hold as 'larger' interests are pursued (witness our own 'treaties' with drug-dealing war lords in Afghanistan). So it is with the women of Iraq, whose losses are mostly experienced in silence.
The BRussells Tribunal wants to present a new important survey it has published: Deterioration of Women's rights and Living Conditions Under Occupation, written by Iraqi scientist Dr. Souad N. Al-Azzawi, specialist on the subject of depleted uranium and member of our Advisory Committee: READ MORE HERE >>
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MoveOn is now working for progressive change using Facebook, the social networking site with nearly 60 million members.
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