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Sep 01 2010
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Complicit in Torture: University of St. Thomas defends its star Law Professor |
Law students headed to class Monday morning at the University of St. Thomas School of Torture -- so called by anti-torture activists waiting outside.
At 10:30 am on August 30, Professor Robert Delahunty taught his first class of the school year at the School of Law, but not without facing the protesters on his way to work. An activist group called Tackling Torture at the Top was there to educate the public about Delahunty's role in the Bush administration, paving the way for CIA and military torture as a tool against terrorists.
At 10:30 am on August 30, Professor Robert Delahunty taught his first class of the school year at the School of Law, but not without facing the protesters on his way to work. An activist group called Tackling Torture at the Top was there to educate the public about Delahunty's role in the Bush administration, paving the way for CIA and military torture as a tool against terrorists.
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Aug 31 2010
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America's Racist Rally |
Sitting by the Washington Monument, Joel Segal watched - and occasionally greeted - wave after wave of white people heading to the Lincoln Memorial for the "Restoring Honor" march. Just after I completed an interview with Segal, an activist with Progressive Democrats for America, he asked an elderly man what he thought of President Obama. The elderly man responded by saying that Obama is the first nigger President.
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Aug 30 2010
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Packed house hears Middle East report |
Ashland, Oregon
On Saturday August 28th, Kate Gould gave a presentation sharing experiences from her eight months volunteering, working, and traveling throughout Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. She delivered her speech to a packed crowd in the Gresham Room of the Ashland Public Library that was followed by a heated question and answer session illustrating the diversity of perspectives in the room and reminding everyone of the urgency of bringing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a just and peaceful resolution.
Event sponsors: Citizens for Peace & Justice and Peace House
On Saturday August 28th, Kate Gould gave a presentation sharing experiences from her eight months volunteering, working, and traveling throughout Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. She delivered her speech to a packed crowd in the Gresham Room of the Ashland Public Library that was followed by a heated question and answer session illustrating the diversity of perspectives in the room and reminding everyone of the urgency of bringing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to a just and peaceful resolution.
Event sponsors: Citizens for Peace & Justice and Peace House
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Aug 29 2010
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Civil Rights or Civil War? |
Ayatollah Beck rallied alot of white people to restore the pre-Civil Rights white Property Owner's Constitution. African-Americans are still marching to make the Amendments real. Some people still don't get it. Turning back the clock, was the whole damn point of the Beck rally, (in spite of 6 months worth of TV trying to show "The Tea Party isn't racist"). Read More || Censorship at Glenn Beck Rally Video || Reclaim the Dream Rally March pt.3 || Reclaim the Dream March || Teabagger gets punched for trying to smash camera
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Aug 26 2010
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Back from Gaza, the West Bank, & Israel |
Hear about Kate’s diverse experiences in Palestine and Israel
Learn about:
• Inspiring initiatives Kate encountered firsthand
• How you can support peace in the region
Saturday, August 28
2:00-4:00 pm
Ashland Public Library, Gresham Room
Free, Donations Accepted for Birthing Center & Ambulance
Learn about:
• Inspiring initiatives Kate encountered firsthand
• How you can support peace in the region
Saturday, August 28
2:00-4:00 pm
Ashland Public Library, Gresham Room
Free, Donations Accepted for Birthing Center & Ambulance
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Aug 25 2010
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Cuccinelli launches attack on reproductive choice! |
We knew this was coming. Ken Cuccinelli has launched his first attack on reproductive choice as attorney general! On a week when the rest of us are commemorating the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and women’s suffrage in the United States, Virginia’s Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is trying to take rights away from the women of the Commonwealth.
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Aug 19 2010
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Illinois ACLU seeks end to prosecutions for recording public conversations with police |
Responding to a series of incidents in which individuals in four counties in Illinois have been charged with violating Illinois’ eavesdropping law for making audio recordings of public conversations with police, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois today asked a federal court to rule that the First Amendment bans such prosecutions. The ACLU lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Chicago, argues that individuals (and organizations such as the ACLU) may make audio (and video) recordings of police who are performing their public duties in a public place and speaking in a voice loud enough to be heard by the unassisted human ear.
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Aug 13 2010
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Peace Camp 2010 Relocates from County Courthouse to Santa Cruz City Hall |
Red, a participant in the Peace Camp 2010 protest against the Santa Cruz Sleeping Ban, said that she and about 15 other demonstrators moved to City Hall at 3am on August 11th. The Peace Camp had been at the Santa Cruz County Courthouse since July 4th, and persevered through six Sheriff raids. Although Sleeping Bans have been ruled unconstitutional and overturned in several California cities, including San Diego, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles and Richmond, it is still enforced vigorously in Santa Cruz.
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Aug 12 2010
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Proposition 8 Day of Decision Demonstration Celebrates Victory |
On Tuesday August 3rd, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker struck down the discriminatory Proposition 8, a ballot measure which was passed by voters in California in November, 2008 and which banned same-sex marriages in the state. Walker declared the proposition patently unconstitutional. In Houston, 100 members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities, and their supporters, came out the next day in front of City Hall to celebrate the victory. Many speakers at the rally noted the the need to continue the struggle.
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Aug 12 2010
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Government to Restart Program to Watch Peaceful Civilians |
by Joseph Caye TALON(Threat and Local Observation Notice) was a program ostensibly created to track the activities of those deemed potential terrorist threats. The aim was to gather loads of raw, unfiltered data from citizen reports, and use it to stop disruptive or violent activity. The TALON program grew out of Eagle Eyes, a program created by the Air Force Office of Special Investigation that called on the denizens of each air force base to keep an eye on their scheming neighbors and report suspicious activity. TALON was essentially the same thing, but it was run under the Department of Defense, and so was no longer specific to Air Force bases, and it required hundreds of people and more than a billion dollars to collect and catalog the thousands of reports they received every year. While it existed, if you had reason to believe someone was involved in any activity you deemed “suspicious,” you could call the toll free number, 1800-CALL-SPY, and leave an anonymous, unverified voicemail for the Pentagon. Like many government programs created in response to 9/11, it attacked our personal freedoms and instilled anxiety and distrust in many people. This is the program they’re going to revive.
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Aug 11 2010
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Former Prisoners Testify at Hearing on Solitary Confinement |
August 2, 2010 Yeadon, PA — At a PA House Judiciary Committee hearing, former prisoners testified about rampant abuse and mental cruelty inside PA's solitary confinement units.
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Aug 10 2010
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The Charade Begins: Netanyahu's Flotilla Massacre Probe Testimony |
whitewash and cover-up assured
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Aug 06 2010
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Proposition 8 Ruled Unconstitutional |
Wednesday, August 4th - The California Federal Prop 8 case decision was announced today. Judge Vaughn Walker ruled for the plaintiffs in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court that challenged the constitutional validity of California's Proposition 8. The plaintiffs sought to have the federal court strike down the proposition, saying it is contrary to the 14th Amendment's guarantee to equal protection. Rallies were held in response throughout the the Bay Area and elsewhere in California. Read More | Related: Skeletons in Target's political closet: immigrant and LBGTQ advocates come out against corporate hypocrisy
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Aug 03 2010
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RIP LOLITA LEBRON~1920-2010 |
The struggle for Puerto Rican independance lost one of it's true warriors today.
Great sadness...
"I did not come to kill. I came to die."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pom5iJlVLrk
Great sadness...
"I did not come to kill. I came to die."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pom5iJlVLrk
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Aug 01 2010
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Fasting Against Torture on 8th Anniversary of Yoo Memos |
August 1 is the eight-year anniversary of the John Yoo/Jay Bybee torture memos. Tackling Torture at the Top (a committee of Women Against Military Madness) and others will commemorate that day by Fasting Against Torture for 24 hours starting at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug 1. Coincidentally, the statute of limitations applicable to the Federal Torture Statute is also eight years. read more