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Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Amelia Kroeger

Evergreene Digest Editor's Note: We incorrectly stated where John Yoo teaches. Robert Delahunty teaches in the University of St. Thomas (MN) Law School. We regret the error.

Interrogation memos written by John Yoo and Jay Bybee dated August 1, 2002, have now been named "torture memos" because the methods described in these memos and used on prisoners are cruel, inhumane, and degrading—in other words, torture.

Sonja Johnson, Women Against Military Madness

August 1, 2010, is the eight-year anniversary of the Yoo/Bybee torture memos. To commemorate this infamous anniversary, Tackling Torture at the Top (T3) a committee of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) and friends are inviting individuals and groups to join them in a 24-hour Fast Against Torture. This Fast will start on Sunday, August 1 at 6:00 p.m. and last until 6:00 p.m. the next day.

There will also be a 12-hour vigil held at the Federal Courthouse Plaza in Minneapolis (300 4th Street South) on Monday, August 2 from 6:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. This vigil is a call for repentance and accountability for the torture done to others in our name. People are invited to join in this vigil for however long they can. So far over 200 people have signed up to participate in one or both events.

For further information: Sonja Johnson, Women Against Military Madness, 612-721-1416

Join us in calling on Facebook to remove Unilever's racially charged application today.

Change.org Weekly

This past week (July 11-17), Vaseline launched a controversial Facebook application that encouraged users to lighten the appearance of their skin. The application was targeted at users in India, who were asked to upload their profile photos and whiten their faces.

This isn't the first time Unilever -- which owns Vaseline -- has used less-than-discreet attempts to market the virtues of white skin in India. Back in 2008, the multinational began hawking a skin-whitening product called "White Beauty."

The difference now is that by using Facebook, Unilever has the potential to reach its more than 500 million users around the world, and spread its racially charged message that white is beautiful.

The skin whitening industry has taken off across India and other Asian countries, and creams are sold on shelves in black neighborhoods in the U.S. as well. The last thing we need is a tool on Facebook to extend this disturbing trend online.

Two girls found an unusual way to honor Anthony Titus and fight back against the violence that has taken several of their friends this year.

Matt McKinney,  Star Tribune | MN

Sierra O’Connor, 16, and Destiny White, 13, went to the corner of Dowling and Fremont Avenues N. to honor their friend, Anthony Titus, 16, who was gunned down July 4. O’Connor gave a hug to Jermaine Jackson, 13, who was there with a group of his friends. David Joles, Star Tribune

Two teenage girls stood at a Minneapolis street corner waving to cars, hoping one more driver would take them seriously.

"Honk for Phat Phat!" they yelled.

A driver waiting at a red light rolled down her window. "Who?" she asked.

"Anthony Titus," one of the girls said, and the driver nodded at the name of the 16-year-old who had recently been shot to death in Minneapolis. She tapped her horn once.

The girls smiled, then shouted "Flocka," Titus' favorite word, a sort of one-word memorial.

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Help us reach 100,000 signers in support of Elizabeth Warren. Click here -- then forward this email to your friends.

Aaron Swartz and others, Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)

Submitted by Evergreene Digest Contributing Editor Amelia Kroeger

Incredible.

In 48 hours over 91,000 people have come together to support Elizabeth Warren to run the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- over Treasury Sec. Tim Geithner's objections. Will you join us?

Sign our petition to the President today -- telling him to appoint Elizabeth Warren.

Then, pass this email to your friends so we can reach 100,000 signers.

Our petition with Credo Action was reported by numerous political publications. Excerpts: