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Today is the International Day of the Woman. What State has never sent a woman to the United States Congress? Can you guess?

On the 7th of March, a combined force of activists from many groups opposing the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline delivered about 2 million petitions to the State Dept against the pipeline. Video of the petition delivery march

At midnight on the 6th of March, the deadline for formal public comment on the State Dept's phoney statement about the environmental impact of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline passed. Hours earlier, protesters marched on their 23ed st headquarters. Video of 3-6 evening KXL march and comment projection at State

A few days ago emails began circulating about a deer found seriously wounded around the snout/nose area on March 5 near Ross Drive and Bounder Bridge in Rock Creek park and put out of her misery by shots from someone in the US Park Police.

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, NHK World Radio Japan, Spanish National Radio, and the Voice of Russia.

On the 6th of March, Medea Benjamin showed up in front of the Embassy of Egypt with one arm in a sling to speak out on the brutality she experience when she was violently deported from Egypt. Video featuring Medea's entire speech

Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, Naji Mujahid, Marshall Eddie Conway (free after 44 years of illegal incarceration for being a Panther and standing up to white authority), Paul Coats - at Baltimore, MD and Brooklyn, NY.

You don't see that many antiwar protests anymore, but the US government is as busy as ever killing people. Today, however, they do it more and more with drones (robots) and less and less with human warriors who have to give some to get some.

This is an extraordinarily ugly report. Apparently the coup government in Egypt, the same one that shot over 600 protesters in Tahrir Square to retain power, has decided that anyone friendly to Gaza is an enemy to be assaulted. When Code Pink tried to send a team to Gaza as part of the International Delegation of Women, Medea Benjamin was assaulted and received either a broken arm and torn ligaments.