http://www.answercoalition.org ANSWER National - News and Analysis Convio Content Management System Module en-us www.answercoalition.org-439218418 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/syrian-war-enters-new-stage.html The U.S. government engages in military action for far more substantial and political reasons than they claim Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:35:37 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-439140302 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/san-francisco-event-Cuban-poet-Nancy-Morejon.html World-renowned Cuban poet Nancy Morejón featured at a well-attended event in San Francisco as part of her Bay Area reading tour Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:16:09 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-438909878 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/protesters-confront-george-w-bush.html Roughly 100 protestors gathered outside the Casino Morongo in Riverside, Calif. to protest a speaking event featuring war criminal and former President George W. Bush Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:40:25 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-437501618 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/pride-season-is-underway.html ANSWER contingents receive enthusiastic receptions; more Pride parades coming up! Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:18:22 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-434231068 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/answer-contingents-2013-pride-parades.html Listing of ANSWER contingents in this year's Pride parades - join us to demand full equality! Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:17:45 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-433986568 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/anaheim-anniversary-socal-march-against-police-brutality.html On the 1 year anniversary of two police murders in Anaheim that sparked the historic uprising against police brutality, join the ANSWER Coalition and a broad coalition of community groups, progressive organizations and the families, individuals and communities who are victims of police violence for a Southern California Unity March Against Police Brutality Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:58:27 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-438020361 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/manteca-calif-police-brutality.html June 9 was the second anniversary of the killing of Ernest Duenez Jr. by Manteca police officer John Moody. Duenez's family marked the occasion by organizing a rally and march to demand that Moody be held accountable. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:08:30 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-438021550 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/battle-for-democracy-turkey.html The current developments are a blow to the image of Turkey as a model democracy, an image that the United States and its imperialist allies like to promote of a country doing their bidding. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:05:17 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-438021029 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/new-mexico-whole-foods.html In the last month, two workers at Whole Foods Market in Albuquerque, plus local high school athletes, have been reprimanded and/or suspended from activities simply for speaking Spanish. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:03:17 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-437997841 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/stand-against-anti-lgbt-bias.html Send a letter to the Indian River County Office of the State Attorney and Florida Governor Rick Scott in defense of Kaitlyn Hunt, an 18-year-old woman facing 15 years in prison on outlandish anti-LGBT charges. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:24:40 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-437943714 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/protest-in-la-hands-off-syria.html On June 8, activists rallied outside the United States Federal Building in Los Angeles against U.S. and Israeli intervention in Syria. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:01:49 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-437977509 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/medgar-evers-hero-in-our-time.html June 12, 2013, marked the 50th anniversary of the murder of Medgar Evers. Evers, a heroic leader of the Mississippi wing of the Southern Freedom Movement, was shot down after a long night working at the Jackson NAACP office by Byron De La Beckwith, an active member of the white supremacist movement. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:59:09 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-434508080 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/fight-back-womens-organizing-conference.html Join Women Organized to Resist and Defend (WORD) and other feminist and women’s organizations for a regional Women’s Organizing Conference Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:58:11 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-437979310 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/the-pillaging-of-the-earths.html The oceans are experiencing profound stress, due to escalating factors directly related to capitalist production and the degradation of the environment. Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:27:32 -0500 www.answercoalition.org-437509624 http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/protest-george-w-bush-in-riverside.html War criminal George Bush is due to address a "leadership conference" in Riverside, CA - join ANSWER and others in demanding the he be brought to justice Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:47:37 -0500