Links and sites we recommend

http://www.neverhomeless.org

Mesothelioma Prognosis. Members of the U.S. Armed Services have not only dedicated their lives to their country, but are also unfortunately the most common victims of mesothelioma due to their increased risk of exposure to asbestos.  The military has used asbestos in various aspects of work and construction and ultimately affected close to one million individuals of the 25 million veterans in the U.S.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
An independent media source run by a single individual in an effort to correct the distorted perceptions provided by commercial media.

www.wnpj.org
The Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice (WNPJ) was founded in 1991 as a coalition of activist groups and citizens of conscience within Wisconsin.

http://www.iraqmoratorium.com
The Iraq Moratorium is a national grassroots movement uniting people and groups who interrupt their daily routines to take some action, individually or collectively, on the Third Friday of every month to end the war and occupation of Iraq.

http://iraqmoratoriumwis.blogspot.com/
Iraq Moratorium news and opinion of special interest to Wisconsinites. Listings of state events and actions.

www.alternet.org
AlterNet is an award-winning news magazine and online community that creates original journalism and amplifies the best of hundreds of other independent media sources.

http://www.truthout.org
Truthout works to broaden and diversify the political discussion by introducing independent voices and focusing on undercovered issues and unconventional thinking.

http://www.gregpalast.com
"Greg Palast is one of my heroes. The last investigative reporter in America. In Armed Madhouse he has the best inside story of the war inside the White House over the war in Iraq, the battle between the neo-cons and Big Oil." -Robert F Kennedy Jr. -Air America Radio

http://www.brasschecktv.com/
A sort of bare bones mini-YouTube with a wide variety of interesting perspectives on issues and innovations.

http://ivaw.org/
Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) was founded by Iraq war veterans in July 2004 at the annual convention of Veterans for Peace (VFP) in Boston to give a voice to the large number of active duty service people and veterans who are against this war, but are under various pressures to remain silent.

www.nursinghomeabusecenter.org.
Nursing home abuse is terrible whenever it happens, but when our own military veterans are abused it just cannot get much worse than that. In light of recent news stories about our veterans being abused in  nursing homes we have added a new section to our website. We hope to draw increased attention to this problem and do our part toward ending abuse of our veterans in nursing homes. I encourage you to visit our website and check us out. We work hard to make our site both comprehensive and user friendly.

www.democracynow.org
Democracy Now! is helping to build a truly public media, while producing consistent, quality journalism.

www.vdlf.org
Voces de la Frontera is a Wisconsin nonprofit that educates workers about their employment rights and organizes to protect and improve the quality of life for low-wage and immigrant workers.

www.nnomy.org
Working to stop the militarization of schools and young people .

www.soldiersheart.net
Soldier’s Heart is a veterans’ return and healing project addressing the emotional and spiritual needs of veterans, their families and communities. Soldier’s Heart promotes and guides community-based efforts to heal the effects of war based on strategies presented in “War and the Soul” by Dr. Edward Tick.

www.freerice.com
FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program. Our partner is the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. FreeRice has two goals: 1. Provide education to everyone for free. 2. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

www.couragetoresist.org
Courage to Resist is motivated by a "people power" strategy that we believe can weaken the pillars that maintain war and occupation in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. By supporting GI resistance, counter-recruitment, and draft resistance, we hope to diminish the number of troops available for unjust war and occupation.

www.opednews.com
This is a forum to exchange ideas and information. OpEd.com editors expect responders to become part of a continuing debate. We hope this process will help shape public opinion and broaden the debate on provocative important issues.

www.mfso.org
Military Families Speak Out is an organization of people opposed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who have relatives or loved ones who are currently in the military or who have served in the military since the buildup to the Iraq war in the fall of 2002.

www.commondreams.org
CommonDreams.org is a national nonprofit, progressive, nonpartisan citizens' organization founded in 1997 by political activists Craig Brown and his late wife, Lina Newhouser. With millions of monthly readers, they have become one of the top progressive websites.

www.thewelcomehomeproject.org
The Welcome Home Project Mission is to bridge the historic gap between veterans (including their families) and the civilian communities in which they live. The Welcome Home Project will catalyze meetings and conversations between vets and civilians by promotion of the film Voices of Vets in local communities around the country.

www.mesothelioma.com & info for veterans
Veterans represent the group of people with the highest rate of the cancer mesothelioma. The reason why is simple. Asbestos, the only known cause of mesothelioma, was used by the U.S. military for literally hundreds of applications.

http://www.weitzlux.com/asbestos-cancer_107.html

Thousands of people were exposed to asbestos many years ago and subsequently developed cancers such as mesothelioma and lung cancer. ;Many of those who were simply working to make an honest living do not know their health problems are a result of wrongdoing by the companies that knowingly produced toxic asbestos materials.  Our website, weitzlux.com, offers comprehensive information about asbestos, ways people were exposed to it, health risks associated with that exposure and legal remedies.;