Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder and State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal will be among the speakers Thursday at a rally in support of Israel. Last week, local anti-war activists held events in support of the Palestinians in Gaza. Continue Reading

The Instead of War anti-war organization will be a leading a protest this evening at the corner of Lindell and Grand in support of the people of Gaza. Continue Reading

Last month, the anti-war women group CODEPINK St.Louis drove through the night to New Orleans for V-Day, the 10th anniversary of Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues”, and to share in the struggle and celebration of 1,200 women who returned to New Orleans after being previously displace by Hurricane Katrina.

A new Gallup Poll released today show President George W. Bush with the highest disapproval rating of all time!

Bush registers a staggering 69 percent disapproval rating, the highest in that survey’s history, according to CNN, even higher than President Nixon during the Watergate scandal.

From CNN:

But he can take comfort in the fact that the lowest positive rating in history still belongs to another commander-in-chief: Harry Truman, whose 23 percent mark in 1951 still bests Bush’s 28 percent approval. The runner-up in that category is Nixon, with 24 percent in 1974, shortly before his resignation.

That can’t be good news for the Republican nominee for President, Senator John McCain, who just a couple of months ago was having a tough time even convincing a majority of Republicans that he was their man.

In a CNN poll of polls from back in Feb, less than 50% of Republicans supported McCain.