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	<description>Progressive Action Roundtable: A forum for progressive groups in the Greater New Haven Area where actions and ideas may be publicized so that others are aware of peace, health, justice, energy, environmental and other issues for the common good.</description>
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		<title>Reclaiming the Struggle in 2012</title>
		<link>http://par-newhaven.org/2012/01/29/reclaiming-the-struggle-in-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Joelle Fishman, People’s World This year’s 38th annual African American History Month Celebration hosted by the People’s World will highlight the theme, “‘We who believe in freedom cannot rest’ – Reclaiming the Struggle in 2012.”  The event will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Peoples Center, 37 Howe St. The program [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Promoting Enduring Peace on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Augusta Girard, Program Coordinator, Promoting Enduring Peace PEP spent the day on Monday, January 16 at the Peabody Museum. As a video of Martin Luther King and the causes he fought for played on my laptop I tried to show the children what he did to fight for equality and freedom and how it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justice for Jewu!</title>
		<link>http://par-newhaven.org/2012/01/29/justice-for-jewu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Deb Malatesta, ANSWER, CT On Jan. 16, 2010, Jewu Richardson fought for his life after being brutally shot just inches from his heart by a New Haven police officer while he was sitting in his car, unarmed with his hands raised in submission. At the time of the shooting, Jewu was awaiting the start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Breach of Peace&#8217; march in New Haven goes off without a hitch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Ann DeMatteo, Assistant Metro Editor, New Haven Register NEW HAVEN ? Communities came together Saturday afternoon under the banner of a “Breach of Peace” march against police brutality. Members of Occupy New Haven met with representatives from People Against Police Brutality, Blacks and Latinos United, Unidad Latina en Accion and Frontline Soldiers at Chapel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Possibly wrongful conviction of Ronald Taylor will never be overturned</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Gregory B. Hladky, CT.com/news/advocates Even if it&#8217;s eventually proven that Ronald Taylor never took part in the 1993 New Haven murder of Eugenio Deleon Vega, he will never be vindicated in Connecticut courts because he died too soon. That was the ruling last week by state Superior Court Judge Samuel J. Sferrazza, who told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Haven/Leon Sister City Project for 2012: An Invitation to Make a Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Chris Schweitzer, NHLSCP New Haven/Leon Sister City Project is launching a new campaign in 2012&#8230;WalkBikeTransit&#8230;which will educate people about the links between food insecurity in rural communities around the world, climate change and their transportation choices, in particular, car use. Go to www.newhavenleon.org to learn more or get involved, or to take the WalkBikeTransit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save Jeju — Island Of World Peace</title>
		<link>http://par-newhaven.org/2011/12/01/save-jeju-%e2%80%94-island-of-world-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[— Mary Compton, Greater New Haven Peace Council On Saturday, October 29, during the Autumn Nor’easter, at the New Haven Public Library, Ms. Youn Ae Park spoke with a strong voice of optimism about the fierce non-violent struggles of the people of Gangjeong Village, to save Jeju Island.  Citizens are risking their lives to stop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ron Taylor Couldn’t Wait For His Exoneration</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[People Against Injustice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[— Sally Joughin, People Against Injustice Ron Taylor hoped to live long enough to win a 100% exoneration in his battle with Connecticut prosecutors.  Unfortunately, Ron lost his 2-year battle with colon cancer on October 25. Taylor’s last wish was to have his attorney Peter Tsimbidaros continue his work to clear his name in the 1993 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs, Not Jails! March and Rally Jan. 14, 2012</title>
		<link>http://par-newhaven.org/2011/12/01/jobs-not-jails-march-and-rally-jan-14-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://par-newhaven.org/2011/12/01/jobs-not-jails-march-and-rally-jan-14-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[— Submitted by ANSWER CT On Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 at 11 a.m. there will be a march and rally for Jobs, Not Jails! in Washingon, D.C., part of a nationally coordinated day of local actions. Planned are a Prisoner rights march, a march to end the drug war now, to release all non-violent drug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Looking for a Cause to Be Involved In? Leonard Peltier Needs Your Help</title>
		<link>http://par-newhaven.org/2011/10/29/are-you-looking-for-a-cause-to-be-involved-in-leonard-peltier-needs-your-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[–PAR Planning Committee Native American activist Leonard Peltier has been unjustly imprisoned since 1977. In 1975, two FBI agents were killed in a shoot-out at Wounded Knee, a reservation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Leonard was accused of being involved in the killing. Federal agents manufactured evidence, hid proof of his innocence and lied to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dramatic Portrayal Of Abolitionist John Brown, Sept. 23, SCSU</title>
		<link>http://par-newhaven.org/2011/08/31/dramatic-portrayal-of-abolitionist-john-brown-sept-23-scsu/</link>
		<comments>http://par-newhaven.org/2011/08/31/dramatic-portrayal-of-abolitionist-john-brown-sept-23-scsu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[– The Amistad Committee, Inc. The Amistad Committee, Inc. is sponsoring a free public performance of the nationally acclaimed play “Sword of the Spirit,” a dramatic portrayal of the famed abolitionist John Brown, while in jail awaiting his execution, with his wife, Mary, on Friday, September 23, at 7:30 p.m. at Engleman Hall, Rm. C112, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People Against Injustice Annual Meeting 2-4 p.m. Sept. 17, New Haven</title>
		<link>http://par-newhaven.org/2011/08/31/people-against-injustice-annual-meeting-2-4-p-m-sept-17-new-haven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[– Mary Johnson, PAI People Against Injustice (PAI) invites you to attend and participate in our annual meeting, which will be held on Saturday, September 17, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the New Haven Main Library, corner of Elm and Temple Streets, on the lower level. We hope to have panelists from a variety [...]]]></description>
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