Working on the Chain Gang: Prison Labor in 21st Century U.S. Suzan Koch WAMM Newsletter The true purpose of the burgeoning penal system is now well-documented—it is the exploitation of inmate labor for the profit of private corporations, which include weapons manufacturers among other industries. “Prison” by MW Private prison lobbies, legislative laws, the judiciary, More
You Can Arrest an Idea Robert Scheer Dec 1, 2011 truthdig via RSN A Los Angeles Police Department officer stands guard on the eve of the city’s eviction of the Occupy L.A. protest. AP / Dan Steinberg The bankers slept well. Their homes in Beverly Hills were not spotlighted by a noisy swarm of police helicopters, More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwOTm3ShQh0&w=560&h=315] December 1, 2011 NAACP.org ¦The Koch brothers don’t just want to take away your right to vote. They want to trick you into believing they are voting rights supporters. The same oil billionaires who bankroll the Tea Party are now channeling their vast fortune to limit the right to vote in 38 More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWmk31P3pJU&w=420&h=315] So why is it - going off the decision by the high court in Buckley versus Valeo - that when political expression is given the "broadest possible protection" - money is protected, but tents are not? And why is it - when recogning the CREATIVE dynamic of free expression - that again - More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zlg8xQpXEQ&w=420&h=315] With Occupy Wall Street in full swing - it's time to begin a new occupation...of our nation's court system. Today we learned that corporations are spending millions and millions of dollars meddling in judicial elections around the nation. In fact - a new report by the Brennan Center for Justice, the NYU School More
Nonviolence Is Creative Posted by Reverend Billy Talen November 24, 2011 AlterNet Consumerism is violent. The apologists for ads and products, life styles and brought-to-you-by media are disastrously wrong. The thousands of marketing confrontations that a person must get through daily are not persuasive, clever, or normal. The 50 foot-tall actor wearing a watch and grinning at More
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Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Ms. Civil Society v. Mr. Unaccountable Tom Dispatch When it set up its campsite at Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street was facing in only one direction: toward the financial heart of the planet two blocks away. The police, who promptly surrounded the encampment and organized their own occupation of the neighborhood, were in a sense facing More
How the 99% Won in the Fight for Worker Rights The Unsung Victors in the Hottest Election of 2011 By Andy Kroll Tom Dispatch No headlines announced it. No TV pundits called it. But on the evening of November 8th, Occupy Wall Street, the populist uprising built on economic justice and corruption-free politics that’s spread More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otipWxAtmV8&w=420&h=315] Uploaded by UpTakeVideo on Nov 22, 2011 In early November, Occupy MN and a host of Twin Cities activist organizations began occupying Monique White?s foreclosed home in North Minneapolis. The public relations department at U.S. Bank, which now owns the house, reached out to the activists to hear their concerns. That emboldened Occupy MN, which this More
National Lawyers Guild files FOIA requests seeking evidence of Federal role in Occupy crackdown by Dave Lindorff Published: Sunday 20 November 2011 Nation of Change “The National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee and the Partnership for Civil Justice today filed requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).” With Congress no longer performing More
Cindy Sheehan. (photo: Mike Kepka/SF Gate) We Will Never Pay, So Stop Harassing Us By Cindy Sheehan, Mike and Friends Blog 10 November 11 Reader Supported News In this open letter to the IRS, Ms. Sheehan tells Federal tax collectors that she refuses to pay ‘your bill’ for the cost of the war More
