by Marco Rosaire Rossi and Sandy Mayes

Adolf Eichmann: . . . (A)t that time these crimes had been legalized by the state and the responsibility, therefore belongs to those who issued the orders.

Judge Benjamin Halevi: But you must know surely that there are internationally recognized Laws and Customs of War whereby the civilian population is protected from actions which are not essential for the prosecution of the war itself.

Adolf Eichmann: Yes, I'm aware of that.

Judge Benjamin Halevi: Did you ever feel a conflict of loyalties between your duty and your conscience?

by Janet Blanding

Protecting the rights of medical consumers to have their prescriptions filled promptly is looking more promising at state level, but locally, Olympia women are still facing hurdles in having their legal prescriptions filled. The Washington State Board of Pharmacy, in an apparent response to intense negative public reaction, has decided to revise its proposed rule that would allow pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for any reason, including reasons of "conscience." The owners of Ralph's Thriftway and Bayview Thriftway, however, have proven less responsive to the . . .

by Peter Bohmer

On Monday, July 3rd 2006 in Olympia, more than 600 concerned community members from Olympia and the surrounding Puget Sound region rallied to oppose the presence of a neo-Nazi group called the National Socialist Movement (NSM).

Our rally began at 1:30 p.m. at the Washington State Capitol campus, near the steps of the Legislative Building and concluded a little before 4:00 p.m., when the NSM left. The NSM had only thirteen members for their rally although they invited their members and other white supremacists from California and the Northwest to join them. Their main speaker was . . .

by Rochelle Gause

The day after arriving in Mexico City, as I stood in a crowd of half a million Mexican supporters who had travelled from all over the country, presidential candidate Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador made his demand for a vote-by-vote recount of the July 2 election. According to journalist John Ross, who has covered Mexico for many years, "This country is absolutely divided right down the center, between the industrial north and the indigenous, impoverished, but resource-rich south. It's an election that has split the county right down the line geographically, . . .

On July 18 and 19, the US Senate unanimously and the House near-unanimously passed AIPAC-backed resolutions in complete support of Israeli aggression in the Middle East. Meanwhile, concerned voters have composed a letter calling for more responsible leadership from local elected representatives in the escalating crisis.

To add your name to the letter, email ammurano@gmail.com and include your name, address and congressional district as soon as possible.

To the Honorable Senators Murray and Cantwell and Representatives Baird and Smith:

Support Lt. Watada as he Faces Pre-Trial Hearing

On August 17, U.S. Army First Lieutenant Ehren Watada will face a pre-trial hearing for refusing to deploy to Iraq. "It is my conclusion as an officer of the armed forces that the war in Iraq is not only morally wrong but a horrible breach of American law. The war and what we're doing over there is illegal," explained the first military officer to publicly take such a stand.