Kevin Zeese> Is the Use of the Military Designed for the Occupy Movement?
Is the Use of the Military Designed for the Occupy Movement? Posted by Margaret 12 December 2011 October2011.org Kevin Zeese A radical change in law to allow the use of the military inside the United States, against U.S. citizens and residents, and to allow their indefinite military detention based merely on suspicion of being More
Video> Thom Hartmann> Why Occupy Christianity is important
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRpwtbQoRd0&w=420&h=315] Blase Bonpane, Director of the Office of the America & Retired Episcopal Bishop George Packard join Thom Hartmann. Since the Occupy Wall Street movement started more than 3 months again - it's taken on many forms. From physical occupations in cities across America - to occupying individual homes to help struggling homeowners avoid More
Noam Chomsky> Interview with Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers> World Militarization
Noam Chomsky> The U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement is ‘Part of Global Program of World Militarization” Noam Chomsky Published: Saturday 17 December 2011 Nation of Change “It is well understood among the military leadership and also the political leadership in the United States and its allies, that they cannot achieve a military solution of More
How Will the Walls Come Tumbling Down> Diversity of Tactics vs Nonviolence in the Occupy Movement.
Video> Dialogue> Occupy Oakland Nonviolence vs Diversity of Tactics Positive Peace Warrior Kazu Haga [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKYQpSKr1ow&w=560&h=315] Editor’s Note: The video posted here is of the dialogue between the panelists after they have given their individual presentations. Links to the individual presentations—all are worth listening to—are included below, as well as a link to the full program. Questions More
Occupy Libraries> Youth Justice Coalition Cleans Up Abandoned Library in South LA, Confronted by Police
Youth Justice Coalition Cleans Up Abandoned Library in South LA, Confronted by Police Feature Stories | Published 14 Dec 2011, 11:08 am | Uprising Radio The start of the New Year in California may not be something to celebrate if $1 billion dollars in budget cuts go into effect on January 1st as planned. Governor More
The Nation> The Progressive Honor Roll of 2011
The Progressive Honor Roll of 2011 John Nichols December 21, 2011 | This article appears in the January 9-16, 2012 edition of The Nation. MOST VALUABLE CONFRONTATION: Iowa CCI When Mitt Romney came to the Iowa State Fair, he tried to peddle the fantasy that entitlement cuts are needed because the only alternative is to raise More
Cities that broke up Occupy camps now face lawsuits over free speech, use of force
Cities that broke up Occupy camps now face lawsuits over free speech, use of force The Washington Post December 22, 2011 Niedowski reported from Providence, R.I. Associated Press writer Deepti Hajela in New York contributed. Yvette Felarca is among those suing campus police and administration officials at the University of California, Berkeley, after officers forcefully More
FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists
FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists WILL POTTER on DECEMBER 20, 2011 Green is the New Red in TERRORISM LEGISLATION This recent investigation of a McDonald’s egg supplier is an example of the type of activism the FBI calls terrorism. The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force has More
Tomgram> Engelhardt, Restless Planet> The Four Occupations of Planet Earth> How the Occupied Became the Occupiers
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Restless Planet The Four Occupations of Planet Earth How the Occupied Became the Occupiers Tom Engelhardt December 18, 2011 TomDispatch On the streets of Moscow in the tens of thousands, the protesters chanted: “We exist!” Taking into account the comments of statesmen, scientists, politicians, military officials, bankers, artists, all the important and attended to More
Video> Thom Hartmann> NYPD #OWS blues…37 hours in custody. Retinas scanned?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVp73t_EjCQ&w=420&h=315] John Knefel, independent journalist & co-host of Radio Dispatch joins Thom Hartmann. What's it like being a political prisoner of the United States? Thom gets the inside story of one journalist's harrowing ordeal in police custody alongside Occupy Wall Street patriots. Uploaded by TheBigPictureRT on Dec 16, 2011 You may subscribe to WAMMToday from this blog More
Video> Democracy Now!> Greenwald Reports on Bradley Manning’s Military Pre-Trial Hearing
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHpDs02pu2U&w=560&h=315] DemocracyNow.org - Democracy Now! interviews constitutional lawyer and Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald about the military pre-trial hearing now underway for alleged U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning, who has been accused for releasing classified U.S. documents to WikiLeaks. Greenwald comments on the possible strategy being put forth by Manning's defense. "All the Manning [tribunal] More