Thank you as well for what you do to better our world—in your own home among your loved ones, in your communities and the broader global society.
 
In solidarity and hope,  
Jeff Stack, coordinator
Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation
573-449-4585
 
1) Urge Pres. Obama to Support UN resolution condemning further expansion on Israeli settlement in Palestinian occupied lands.
A resolution is before the UN Security Council that opposes Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, echoing longstanding U.S. positions. But President Obama is under pressure to veto the resolution from political forces that seek to maintain the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Urge President Obama to support the UN resolution. Log onto
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/noveto
 
For more information, log onto
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/can-us-support-un-resolut_b_813233.html
 
2) Support the democratic nonviolent struggles of Egyptians and the stepping down of the dicatorship of Pres. Hosni Mubarak, who's held power for three decades. Log onto the following international petition from Avaaz, urging their governments to support democratic reforms….
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/democracy_for_egypt/?r=act
To check out developments there live, log onto Aljazeera's website..
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ <http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/>
 
Check out also a report from the British Guardian newspaper, based on an interview with Mohamed ElBaradei, an Egyptian democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He challenges US and other officials to support the Egyptian people rather than the corrupt Mubarak government (recipient of the 2nd most US foreign aid). To read the story log onto… http://www.truth-out.org/mohamed-elbaradei-if-not-now-when67255
 
3) Advocate that war-traumatized US Troops receive needed health care NOT Redeployment orders to war
The Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) several weeks ago initiated "Operation Recovery" in support of war-traumatized troops. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are continuing through the use of exhausted troops who have been on multiple tours of duty and suffer deeply from the trauma of war.  Thousands of soldiers are being denied their right to heal by the U.S. military so it can continue its ongoing occupations. Join IVAW in supporting soldiers; take the pledge
https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5966/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4159
 
4) Urge US officials to ensure humane treatment of Bradley Manning, the Army private who allegedly gave a massive trove of US secret documents to WikiLeaks
(if he did so, he should be treated as a hero not a criminal).
Read more about Amnesty International's report of concern and letter to Sec. of Defense Robert Gates, by logging onto:
http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/006/2011/en <http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR51/006/2011/en>  
and for more info on the case…
http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/us-accused-inhumane-treatment-over-wikileaks-soldier-case-2011-01-24 <http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/us-accused-inhumane-treatment-over-wikileaks-soldier-case-2011-01-24>
 
5) Check out the Flash Mob last month in a St. Louis mall to Protest Corporate Support of Israel's Apartheid of Palestinian People.
The St. Louis Solidarity Committee went Gaga in Best Buy and AT&T in St. Louis in mid-December (sorry for my late relaying of this). More than forty foiks gathered at Best Buy and AT&T urging holiday shoppers to Boycott Israeli Apartheid and Hang Up on Motorola!
They got down to Lady Gaga's "Telephone" , following up on the Philadelphia's Boycott Divestment and Sanctions group's inspiring example. Log on…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGAdfvGQ-xg <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGAdfvGQ-xg>

6) Witness Against Torture just concluded their two-week Fast for Justice
It was a bittersweet action, the group reports. Bitter because we have not succeeded in shutting down Guantanamo or shuttering Bagram or delivering justice to those indefinitely detained. Still the resistance to the Bush and now Obama policies grow. Check out their website at http://www.witnesstorture.org <http://www.witnesstorture.org>  and log onto their Flicker url to see various thoughts from those who participated…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/99577116@N00/sets/72157625901100942/show/

7) Haiti Notes:
Election update: US and OAS support odd line-up of candidates in run-off election.
Center for Economic and Policy Research reports in their Analysis of the (Organization of American States) OAS Mission's Draft Final Report on Haiti's Election, there is no legal, statistical, or other logical basis for its conclusion that candidate Michel Martelly finished second and Jude Celestin third. For more details, log onto:
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/press-releases/press-releases/cepr-examines-oas-report-on-haitis-election-finds-it-qinconclusive-statistically-flawed-and-indefensibleq
 
Jean Bertrand Aristide, the elected and US-deposed former president wants to return home (he certainly has more a right to do so than does the already returned war-criminal "Baby Doc" Duvalier. Read more via Reuters, logging on at
http://www.pretorianews.co.za/aristide-wants-to-return-home-1.1014290
 
8) The "Creech 14," Protesting US Drone Attacks Found Guilty, Sentenced to Time Served.
From Las Vegas, Nevada: Judge William Jansen found 14 people guilty of trespass for April 2009 demonstration at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada, protesting the remote piloting of armed killer drones from Creech in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. To learn more, log on… http://www.nukeresister.org/2011/01/27/creech-14-guilty-sentenced-to-time-served/ <http://www.nukeresister.org/2011/01/27/creech-14-guilty-sentenced-to-time-served/>
 
9) Turkish government finds Israeli commandos culpable of unprovoked violent in May attacks on Gaza Strip humanitarian flotilla
For a report from the Christian Science Monitor earlier this past week, log onto:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0125/Turkey-releases-report-on-flotilla-incident-accusing-Israel
 
IN PICTURES: The Gaza flotilla and the aftermath of the Israeli naval raid—log on:
http://www.csmonitor.com/CSM-Photo-Galleries/In-Pictures/The-Gaza-flotilla-and-the-aftermath-of-the-Israeli-naval-raid