Medea Benjamin: An interview with peace activist Kathy Kelly

When I went to trial, the military prosecutor told the judge, “Your Honor, Ms. Kelly is in grave need of rehabilitation.” But I think it’s our policy that’s in grave need of rehabilitation. We’ve already spent $1 trillion on warfare in Afghanistan and will be spending another $120 billion. The Pentagon wants $57 billion for this year alone. We’re squandering resources that are sorely needed at home and abroad to solve extremely serious problems our world is facing, problems like the climate crisis and global poverty.

Pepperwolf: ¡Presente! at the Gates of the SOA and Stewart Detention Center

The SOAW.org website states: “In meetings with human rights organizations, these countries cited the negative human rights message this institution sends to the people in their nations. Comments from representative defense ministers include experiencing firsthand the horrors of tortures, detention, imprisonments, and disappearances caused by WHINSEC’s graduates.

Mark Osler: Mall of America protest: A large assembly, a prosecutorial error

 Bloomington’s city attorney didn’t have to press charges. She had discretion. The scene at the Mall of America on Dec. 20. Bloomington authorities said last week that 10 members of the group had been formally charged.   Photo: Aaron Lavinsky • Star Tribune  Star Tribune photo galleries By MARK OSLER  StarTribune.com  OpEd  January 16, 2015 Just before More

BREAK the BLACKOUT! on King’s Condemnation of US Atrocity Wars for Predatory Investments | Ramsey Clark

  By Jay Janson for Ramsey Clark   Countercurrents.org  January 14, 2015 Social networking, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, cellphone cameras, Everyone everywhere,especially in countries suffering US bombings or CIA covert deadly violence, starvation! BREAK 48 year BLACKOUT of King's condemnation of his gov."greatest purveyor of violence in the world," Don't let genocidal media sucker our eyes and More

#ReclaimMLK: Bringing the Long View Into Contemporary Racial Politics

Martin Luther King Jr.‘s legacy isn’t like a stone statue with fixed significance and predictable contours—it takes on different meanings depending on the American cultural climate at a given moment. truthdig.com  January 19, 2015 Twitter/#ReclaimMLK This year’s observations of Martin Luther King Day around the country carried the charge of galvanizing events in the latter More

▶ Nina Simone: Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)

[youtube=http://youtu.be/9oCbFFwC8Ek] Published on Feb 21, 2013 "Why? (The King Of Love Is Dead)" by Nina Simone Recording session: Live in Stockholm, 1968 Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Rise Up Times is also on  Pinterest, Google+ and Tumblr. More

▶ MLK Walk, Washington: Planting Seeds of Peace

Very inspiring. Video is from the MLK peace walk in Washington state and flashes between the walk and Jeju Island where a large delegation from this region recently went to stand in solidarity with the people in South Korea. By Bruce Gagnon  OrganizingNotes.org  January 16, 2015 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TLowoC2xRQ?feature=player_detailpage] Today we did about 14-miles to the More

Nekima Levy-Pounds: Letter from a Bloomington Jail (Metaphorically Speaking)

Much like protesters during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s, participants of #BlackLivesMatter, have stood on the front lines braving arrests, police violence, surveillance, chemical weapons, and hostility from those who are comfortable with the status quo. Yet, even in the face of such adversity, the young people have demonstrated remarkable courage to continue standing, marching, and fighting for our freedom. They are standing on the right side of history.

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