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  • Video: Protesting Radioactive Nuclear Waste
    30 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    On September 29, 2010, demonstrations were conducted on an international basis protesting radioactive nuclear waste. Joining in that action, the “Crabshell Alliance” staged a demonstration on Charles Street, in Baltimore, Maryland, near Penn Station. I talked with two activists at the site: Max Obuszewski and Maria Allwine. Mr. Obuszewski said that September 29th was the anniversary of one of the “worst radioactive waste accidents” in history. It happened in Russia, in 1957. See: (…)

  • Video: Obama’s FBI Gets Earful from Protesters at Washington, D.C. Rally
    29 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Obama’s FBI Gets Earful from Protesters at Washington, D.C. Rally from William Hughes on Vimeo.
    On Tuesday afternoon, September 28, 2010, a demonstration was staged in front of the FBI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The protest action was in response to recent “FBI raids and Grand Jury subpoenas,” which targeted activists associated with the Antiwar Movement, according to the press release of the organizers. For background, see: http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs09272010.html and (…)

  • Video: Demonstration at FBI’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
    29 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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    On Tuesday afternoon, September 28, 2010, a demonstration was staged in front of the FBI’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The protest action was in response to recent “FBI raids and Grand Jury subpoenas,” which targeted the Antiwar Movement, according to the press release of the organizers. For background, see: http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs09272010.html and
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opd3WuTZzWg&feature=player_embedded
    This video contains excerpts from today’s rally. A fuller (…)

  • Print Email Share ’Kill team’ soldier in video confession (videos)
    29 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    In what is being described as one of the worst crime cases out of Afghanistan, five US soldiers have been accused of the premeditated murder of three randomly selected civilians.
    The five soldiers, who were stationed in the country’s south, are accused of forming their own "kill team".
    Prosecutors say the soldiers kept body parts of their victims and three of the accused men have confessed.
    In a video, one of the accused - Corporal Jeremy Morlock - tells investigators his sergeant (…)

  • Video: Authors Deborah Rudacille and Kari Lydersen Discuss Labor’s Legacies and Victories
    27 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Authors Deborah Rudacille and Kari Lydersen Discuss Labor’s Legacies and Victories from William Hughes on Vimeo.
    On Sunday afternoon, September 26, 2010, authors Kari Lydersen (Revolt on Goose Island) and Deborah Rudacille (Roots of Steel), discussed issues relating specifically to their two books; and then generally to the cause of Organized Labor in the U.S., via its legacies, victories and future.
    The event, held at Baltimore’s BookFest, in Mt. Vernon Square, was sponsored by Red (…)

  • Youth Organizing Philosophy 101
    27 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Guido, from NY2NO & YCCA gives us the run down on the youth organizing principles at play in the collaborative efforts of Our School at Blair Grocery, New York to New Orleans Coalition and the Youth Coalition for Community Action.
    NY2NO is a non hierarchical student run high school organization that formed after hurricane Katrina to organize volunteer trips from NYC to NOLA.
    http://www.ourschoolatblairgrocery.org
    http://www.ny2no.org
    http://youthcoalition.webs.com

  • Video: Jesse Ventura on Conspiracies and Government Lies
    26 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Jesse Ventura on Conspiracies and Government Lies from William Hughes on Vimeo.
    On September 25, 2010, before an SRO audience, Jesse Ventura discussed his book, "American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us." He was speaking at Baltimore’s annual BookFest, which is held in the Mt. Vernon Square section of the city. Mr. Ventura was joined on the program by Richard Sher, an ex-news reader/presenter for WJZ-TV in Baltimore, MD.

  • Video: Ventura Charges: “Huffington Post Censored my 9/11 Article!”
    26 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    On September 25, 2010, Jesse Ventura discussed his book, "American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us." During the session before an SRO audience, he charged that the Huffington Post, aka HuffPost, a news web site, “censored my 9/11 article!” Mr. Ventura was speaking at Baltimore’s BookFest. He was joined on the program by Richard Sher, an ex-news reader for WJZ-TV in Baltimore, MD.

  • US Alliance rejects Ahmadinejad’s call for scientific UN investigation of 9-11 => US did 9-11?
    26 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Rational risk management successively involves (a) getting the facts, (b) scientific analysis (the critical testing of potentially falsifiable hypotheses) and (c) systemic change. However Spaceship Earth is dominated by a violent and irrational US Establishment that secures hegemony through (1) lies and propaganda, (2) anti-science spin (use of asserted “facts” to support a partisan position) and (3) blame and shame, with the typical outcome being wars and invasions that have killed 23 (…)

  • Video: Max Obsuzewski on the Oct. 2nd DC March/Rally at the Lincoln Memorial
    25 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Saturday, September 25, 2010, Max Obsuzewski, a peace and justice activist, based in Baltimore, MD, discussed the planning and objectives for the rally and march for Jobs, Peace, Justice, Education for All, and a Single Payer Healthcare System, etc., to be held in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, at the Lincoln Memorial. For background on the event, please go to: http://www.onenationworkingtogether.org/content/main