[vimeo http://vimeo.com/103981052] From Sunday Song, Bruce Gagnon's Organizing Notes August 24, 2014 From DreamDefenders 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. Find us on Twitter at Rise Up Times More
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Activist, Chalker, Blogger talking about the surveillance state in Minnesota. In September 2011, Melissa Hill was the first person arrested in connection with Occupy MN protests. Following a lawsuit claiming she was wrongfully arrested for trespassing on what was public property, she received a $15,000 settlement for her trouble. Hill now has a blog, "Track the More
Many people don’t know that for a time, Dred Scott lived in Fort Snelling, where he met and married his wife, Harriet Robinson. Full story: MSR News (MN Spokesman Recorder) [youtube=http://youtu.be/0kubhN6dXvk] Published on Aug 18, 2014 http://www.democracynow.org - Just miles away from the scene of the protests in Ferguson lies the grave of Dred More
National Guard troops have been ordered to Ferguson, MO, after two nights of mandatory curfew were ignored by protesters and rioters following the officer involved shooting death of teenager Mike Brown. Image credit: DVIDSHUB Nick Bernabe | The Anti-Media August 18, 2014 What looked like a deescalation only a few days ago following the transfer More
Grady Flores’ one-year sentence is the result of a strange legal sleight of hand that positions the Hancock Air Base commander, Col. Earl A. Evans, as the victim of protests. By Frida Berrigan BillMoyers.com August 13, 2014 This post originally appeared at In These Times. “This has got to stop.” Judge David Gideon’s words refer not More
BOB BUTLER, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK JOURNALISTS, WRITES THAT THE ARREST OF TWO JOURNALISTS IN FERGUSON REMINDS HIM OF 1964 By#TEAMEBONY August 15, 2014 Press freedom in Ferguson: Is this 1964 or 2014? Fifty years ago, America's living rooms were interrupted with images of peaceful protesters in Selma or Washington or More
"The report, which is the result of a collaboration between nine civil rights organizations, exposes disturbing worldwide governmental policies and law enforcement practices where the fundamental democratic right to protest publicly is viewed as a threat that requires a brutal police response." By Gilbert Mercier NEWS JUNKIE POST Oct 11, 2013 A report from The More
In addition to shedding light on his motives, Snowden says he meant the clues to allow the NSA to avoid collateral damage from his leaks, changing codenames and plans to anticipate the release of some of its most sensitive secrets. BY ANDY GREENBERG Wired.com 8.13.14 Photo: Platon If the NSA still doesn’t know the More
Nafeez Ahmed reports that "NSA Prism is motivated in part by fears that environmentally-linked disasters could spur anti-government activism". By Pakalolo Daily Kos August 11, 2014 Most of us on this site are well aware that climate change impacts will exacerbate marginal living in poor and desperate nations particularly those in Africa, South Asia and the More
A video of the full conversation with Senator Al Franken and antiwar activists is included below. [youtube=http://youtu.be/0SX1d_1Vr_A] By BILL SOREM The Uptake August 1, 2014 Palestine supporters in Minnesota got to directly vent their anger at Sen. Al Franken over his support for Israel in its conflict with Palestine. The Palestine supporters were part of a More
Apologists for Israel's barbarism allege that pro-Palestinian marches opposing the attack on Gaza are rife with anti-Semitism. [youtube=http://youtu.be/Rh3R1nLwFFk] Barnaby Raine, one of the organisers of the Jewish Bloc that marched on the London demonstration for Gaza on 26/07/14, interviewed about allegations of anti-Semitism on pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Lindsey German StoptheWarCoalition.org Posted in News 29 July 2014 NOT More
