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
For many outside the U.S. Senate, the discovery that even progressive stalwarts such as Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Al Franken, D-Minn., voted for the resolution is more than disappointing. It does more than confirm U.S. Senate support for Israel. It pushes that statement beyond any rational or ethical or moral framework imaginable. More
The Treason of the Intellectuals "These liberal warmongers, 10 years later, remain both clueless about their moral bankruptcy and cloyingly sanctimonious. They have the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocents on their hands." By Chris Hedges Posted on Mar 31, 2013 truthdig.com The rewriting of history by the power elite was painfully evident as the nation marked the 10th More
The Treason of the Intellectuals "These liberal warmongers, 10 years later, remain both clueless about their moral bankruptcy and cloyingly sanctimonious. They have the blood of hundreds of thousands of innocents on their hands." By Chris Hedges Posted on Mar 31, 2013 truthdig.com The rewriting of history by the power elite was painfully evident as the nation marked the 10th More
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/47632993 w=500&h=281] <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/47632993">August 13, 2012 Torture Accountability Forum with Rep. Keith Ellison, D-MN</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user544655">Thomas Dickinson</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> From Coleen Rowley via Tackling Torture at the Top Here is the entire forum held in connection with the 10 year anniversary of the "torture memos" on Monday, August 13, 2012, "Ending Torture More
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/47632993 w=500&h=281] <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/47632993">August 13, 2012 Torture Accountability Forum with Rep. Keith Ellison, D-MN</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user544655">Thomas Dickinson</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> From Coleen Rowley via Tackling Torture at the Top Here is the entire forum held in connection with the 10 year anniversary of the "torture memos" on Monday, August 13, 2012, "Ending Torture More
Sen. Franken and Conservatives Unite to Fight Indefinite Detention By Joe Picard and Jeremy Herb, The Hill 28 January 12 RSN trange bedfellows on Capitol Hill, ranging from Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) to Rep. Jeff Landry (R-La.), are joining forces to change controversial detainee language that was signed into law by President Obama last More
Editorial: Challenge Iran with diplomacy, isolation Note for Twin Citians: Come to the Lake Street/Marshall Avenue Bridge Vigil this Wednesday, January 18, to say “No New Wars.” 4:30-5;30. We also urge you to take some time on Wednesday, January 18, to send a message to our two senators, Amy Klobuchar (612-727-5220) and Al Franken (651-221-1016) telling them More
