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  • Video: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Urged Against Israel!
    24 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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    On Monday, March 22, 2010, activists from Code Pink, a peace and justice group, staged a demonstration in front of the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. Their purpose: Protesting AIPAC! One of the speakers at the event was Mai Abdul-Rahman. She is with the Washington Interfaith Alliance for Middle East Peace (WIAMEP). She urged a “boycott, divestment and sanctions” against Israel. Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin served as the moderator for the rally. To view the latest on Gaza, go to: (…)

  • Video: Rabbi Weiss Slams AIPAC!
    23 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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    On March 22, 2010, a protest demonstration against AIPAC was held outside the Convention Center, where it was meeting in Washington, D.C. The mega-Israel Lobby convenes annually in this city. One of those speaking out at the anti-AIPAC rally was Orthodox Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss. He is associated with "Orthodox Jews United Against Zionism,” and he is a member of "Neturei Karta International." See: http://www.nkusa.org/ Rabbi Weiss was sharply critical in his remarks of AIPAC, Zionist Israel (…)

  • Video: Code Pink Rips AIPAC!
    23 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Code Pink Rips AIPAC!
    On Monday, March 22, 2010, activists from Code Pink, a peace and justice group, staged a demonstration in front of the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. Their purpose: Protesting AIPAC! Sharing their views on AIPAC and the desperate Human Rights’ situation in Gaza on this video are: Gael Murphy, Medea Benjamin, Ann Wright and Athena Viscusi.
    To view the latest on Gaza, go to: http://www.wrmea.com/ For an insightful analysis on the enormous and growing power of the (…)

  • How to Quash a March: Chris Hedges is wrong
    20 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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    As I have been saying (see here), the demonstration in Washington today seems to have been systematically undermined by "progressive" websites (by non-promotion) and has lost all focus. Today I read on OpEdNews that "hundreds of civic organizations and activists are heading to the nation’s capital to demand (from) the White House and Congress the passage of an immigration reform that would allow millions to regularize their legal status."
    Huh?
    On the ANSWER homepage we find nary a (…)

  • Video: Is Verizon Redlining Baltimore City, re: Next-Generation FIOS?
    16 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    A rally was held, on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at noon, outside the headquarters of Verizon, in downtown Baltimore, MD. Activists, representing a coalition of concerned citizens, demanded to know why Verizon doesn’t have any plan to “deploy its next-generation fiber-optic data communication technology” in Baltimore City? They underscored how the company does provide that service to other jurisdictions in Maryland, and also in the District of Columbia. The coalition, according to its press (…)

  • Video: Labor Rally/Lobby Day in Annapolis, MD
    16 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Monday evening, March 15, 2010, Maryland’s AFL-CIO staged a “Labor Rally/Lobby Day,” in Annapolis, in front of the State House. Among the speakers were: Ms. Donna Edwards, Secretary-Treasurer of MD State & DC AFL-CIO; Patrick Moran, Maryland Director of AFSCME; and Rod Easter, President of Baltimore Building & Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO. For background, see: http://aflcio.org/ Ernie Grecco, President of the Baltimore Council AFL-CIO, served as the moderator for the (…)

  • Video: Billonaires For Wealthcare, Plus!
    10 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Video: Billonaires For Wealthcare, Plus!
    On March 9, 2010, a rally was held in Washington, D.C. championing Healthcare Reform. The spirited demonstration began at Dupont Circle, at 10: 30 AM, and then moved south, about 10 blocks to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Fat Cats from the Healthcare Insurance Industry were holding a conference at that site. The protest action was organized by Health Care for America Now (HCAN), along with more than 50 major Labor, grassroots and religious leaders. For (…)

  • Video: Scenes from Rally for Healthcare Reform in D.C.
    10 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    On March 9, 2010, a rally was held in Washington, D.C. championing Healthcare Reform. The demonstration began at Dupont Circle, at 10: 30 AM, and then moved south, about 10 blocks to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Fat Cats from the Healthcare Insurance Industry were holding a conference at that site. The event was organized by Health Care for America Now (HCAN), along with more than 50 major Labor, grassroots and religious leaders. For background go to: http://healthcareforamericanow.org/ Featured (…)

  • Video: Civil Disobedience at Health Insurance Fat Cats’ Confab
    10 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    On March 9, 2010, around noon, about 14 pro-Healthcare Reform activists were arrested at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in down town Washington, D.C. They attempted to cross a police line set up at an entrance to the hotel, where the Fat Cats of the Healthcare Insurance Industry were holding a conference. Earlier, the protesters had convened at Dupont Circle for a rally. Then, they paraded down to the hotel, about ten blocks away. The crowd was estimated at about 5,500. The event was staged by (…)

  • Citizen’s Arrest of George Bush Justified, Court Hears
    9 March 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Calgary Sun March 8, 2010
    Political activist John Boncore [Splitting the Sky] was entitled to try to arrest US President George W Bush for war crimes, his lawyer told a Calgary court Monday. Defence counsel Charles Davison said his client’s attempts at breaching a police barrier to gain access to Bush was justified.
    Boncore is charged with obstructing a peace officer for repeatedly trying to get past security and into the Telus Convention Centre last March 17.
    "Mr. Boncore had (…)