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Mister President Obama The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington DC 20500
Mister President,
The letter that I’m sending you this month is rather special.
Because, since last September 12th, the five Cubans - René González, Ramón Labañino, Gerardo Hernández, Fernando González et Antonio Guerrero – have started their thirteenth year of imprisonment in your country. (…)

IDF orders immediate probe after Channel 10 airs clip on national TV.
A video uploaded to YouTube shows an Israel Defense Forces soldier wriggling in a belly dance beside a bound and handcuffed Palestinian woman, to the cheers of his comrades who were documenting the incident.
The IDF’s internal investigation department ordered an immediate probe into the matter after the Ch. 10 television program Tzinor Laila caught wind of the clip on the internet. The full clip and the details behind (…)

Colleen Finnerty on Free Speech TV from William Hughes on Vimeo.
On Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, I interviewed Ms. Colleen Finnerty of Free Speech TV, aka “FStv.” She was at the “One Nation Working Together” rally. It was held on the Mall, in Washington, D.C. Ms. Finnerty talked about how FStv, the new “independent” network, which is “one hundred percent viewer sponsored,” is doing, including its plans for the immediate future. For background on FStv, go to:
http://www.freespeech.org/

George Galloway on Rabble TV in Toronto addresses the legal implications of his recent court decision indicting the Canadian government for barring his entry to Canada as a ’terrorist’. Galloway at his best - Look out Jason Kenney
http://www.rabble.ca/rabbletv/progr...

On the National Mall, on Oct. 2, 2010, in Washington, D.C., at the Lincoln Memorial, a massive rally/march was held. Its organizers advocated for jobs, peace, quality education, a single payer healthcare system and for other important social justice issues. For background on the “One Nation Working Together” rally/march and for the latest crowd estimates on it, see: http://action.onenationworkingtogether.org/content/main. Check out a slideshow of 50 photos of the rally, at: (…)

Here’s a slideshow of 50 photos by William Hughes from the "One Nation Working Together" rally, held in Washington, D.C., on the National Mall, on Oct. 2, 2010.

(San Francisco) – Now it is official. Researchers have shown that uranium oxide, or DU, “travels the nerves from the nose to the brain,” in the words of a University of Chicago doc and researcher.
A tiny amount (a milligram) of this radioactive poison quick marches up your smelling nerves right into your brain and keeps firing 1.2 Million bullets a day – forever. That’s a bunch. 850 Rounds a Minute
The radioactive 850 rounds a minute automatic weapon is about as big as the period at the (…)

Neighbours close borders with Ecuador as nations from across the Americas signal their support for Rafael Correa.
World leaders have pledged their support for Rafael Correa, the president of Ecuador, after a state of emergency was called amid protests by police officers angry over plans to remove some of their benefits.
Correa himself sought refuge in a hospital in Quito on Thursday after being teargassed by as he attempted to speak to offficers at a barracks in the capital.
Hugo (…)

Country’s leader trapped in hospital after assault, as government declares a one-week state of emergency
Ecuador teetered on the brink of chaos early today as rebellious police officers protesting against austerity measures blocked airports and roads, occupied the national assembly and besieged the president in a hospital after physically assaulting him.
The government called the revolt a coup and declared a one-week state of emergency which put the military in charge of public order (…)

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: (…)