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Video> The Star Tribune> a cog in the military industrial media complex.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8kKafhfQVI&w=420&h=315] Uploaded by WAMMMall on Oct 10, 2011 While "Billionaires" celebrate the Minneapolis' Star Tribune's coverage, Women Against Military Madness protest their poor coverage of the military and the wars. Check out worldwidewamm.org and our blog at  riseuptimes.wordpress.com for more info. Join us! WAMMToday is now on Facebook! Check the WAMMToday page for posts from this blog More

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“Billionaries” Find Unrest Among Their Subjects: “Action is the Antidote to Despair”

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcggXCxuy0E&w=425&h=349] "Action is the Antidote to Despair" The "Billionaires" note that people on the street are noticeably angrier with the current state of affairs. WAMM (Women Against Military Madness) has been interviewing people all summer at Nicollet Mall on Farmers' Market Thursdays. We weren't able to get video of all the people who are More

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What Does “Material Support for Terrorism” Look Like? by Sarah Smith

What Does “Material Support for Terrorism” Look Like? By Sarah Smith  WAMM Newsletter August ◊ September 2011 There are organizations and individuals in the U.S. who have publicly admitted to supporting foreign terrorist organizations by sending money and weapons. However, based on the prosecutor’s argument, it is the advocacy of human rights that is now being More

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WAMM Billionaires Thrown Out by MN Legislator!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDjQ1Zu4uHQ&w=425&h=349] "Billionaires" thank Minnesota state legislators for pushing the ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) agenda - putting the needs of the wealthy and the corporations before those of the common folk. State Senator Dan Hall asks them to leave when he is questioned about ALEC. WAMM (Women Against Military Madness) are the activists talking More

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‪WAMM Video Featured: Anger Over Failure To Tax Rich‬‏ Fairly

Anger Over Failure To Tax Rich Fairly Uploaded by UpTakeVideo on Jul 16, 2011  Posted on TCDailyPlanet.net [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgdkn62g6ps&w=360&h=300] BY MICHAEL MCINTEE, THE UPTAKE July 17, 2011 A street theater troupe pretending to be “Billionaires” elicited the reaction they wanted from a lunch crowd in downtown Minneapolis: anger at Minnesota politicians’ refusal to tax rich people at More

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How the Oligarchs Took America by Andy Kroll

Tomgram: Andy Kroll, How the Oligarchs Took America Posted by Andy Kroll    December 2, 2010.  (Editor’s note:  An older article, but still applicable now.) Tomgram:  We already know that it’s party time for the financial elite who gave real meaning to the phrase “economic meltdown” in 2008, that bonuses are soaring, that corporate profits for the third quarter of 2010 More

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FAIR: Media Malpractice on the Debt Debate

Media Malpractice on the Debt Debate 07/15/2011 by Peter Hart  Fair.org    Fairness and Accuracy in Media The convention in mainstream journalism is that the new stories give you the facts, and the columnists give you their opinions (hopefully backed by facts). But in the coverage over the debt ceiling and budget debates sometimes you're More

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Obama’s Secret Wars: How Our Shady Counter-Terrorism Policies Are More Dangerous Than Terrorism

Obama’s Secret Wars: How Our Shady Counter-Terrorism Policies Are More Dangerous Than Terrorism Obama should be held accountable for vastly expanding the military establishment’s worldwide license to kill. By Fred Branfman   July 11, 2011  |        Alternet.org Although President’s Obama’s partial Afghan troop withdrawal announcement has received more attention, his June 29 “National Strategy for Counterterrorism” is of More

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Video: Billionaires Told Off!!!

Billionaires Told Off!!! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOYy03yVfFs&w=425&h=349] WAMM "Billionaires" met this remarkable women when we were talking with passersby in downtown Minneapolis. WAMM (Women Against Military Madness) members were satirizing the outrageous situation where the Legislature had shut down the state government rather than modestly raise the taxes of the wealthiest.

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Video: Billionaires visit the Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis

Billionaires try to celebrate Minnesota shutdown and their low tax[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv9IkMxvKgo]The Minnesota shutdown goes on.  Members of the WAMM Peace Troupe visit with people on the street during the Farmers Market on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis.

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Klobuchar Peace Rally Draws Optimism for Rallying

[blip.tv http://blip.tv/play/hrI9gseOCwI.html width="480" height="302"] Minneapolis, MN, June 30, 2011. A group of dedicated peace activists rallied in front of Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office to plead for the Senator’s help in voting down war appropriations and in bringing all troops home now from Afghanistan and Iraq. “The economy is in the can, US out of Afghanistan” More

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