#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy Barbie's Dreamhouse! And Quit Telling Girls to Dream. http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/05/22/barbie_dreamhouse_experience_occupy_the_berlin_exhibit_and_stop_telling.html Where do you even start with Barbie? Few toys inspire such feminist gnashing of teeth as the 11 ½-inch plastic doll, with her blindingly white skin, impossible figure, and fathomless wardrobe. And now her Dreamhouse tourist attraction has descended, like the hut from the Baba Yaga story, on Berlin, where it’s been greeted by topless protestors waving burning crosses and men ironically dressed in pink skirts and blond wigs. “Occupy Barbie’s Dreamhouse,” they cry, condemning the doll for promoting consumerism, narcissism and unhealthy body ideals. Their placards—and torsos—are scrawled with slogans like “Pin…http://www.twitpic.com/cshqag
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Other than Honorable: Army Strips Benefits of Wounded Veterans by Kicking Them Out for Misconduct http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/22/other_than_honorable_army_strips_benefits A new investigation by the Colorado Springs Gazette says the U.S. Army is downsizing from a decade of war by increasingly kicking out soldiers, including wounded combat veterans. Despite serving multiple tours of duty, the wounded soldiers lose their medical care and other benefits for life. We’re joined by Colorado Springs Gazette reporter Dave Philipps, whose three-part series, “Other than Honorable,” tells the stories of several discharged veterans suffering severe health issues from injuries sustained in combat. “The Army’s difficulty in dealing with this is…http://www.twitpic.com/cshrze
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] TED TALKS Naomi Klein: Addicted to risk http://www.ted.com/talks/naomi_klein_addicted_to_risk.html Days before this talk, journalist Naomi Klein was on a boat in the Gulf of Mexico, looking at the catastrophic results of BP's risky pursuit of oil. Our societies have become addicted to extreme risk in finding new energy, new financial instruments and more … and too often, we're left to clean up a mess afterward. Klein's question: What's the backup plan? In her latest work, Naomi Klein wonders: What makes our culture so prone to the reckless high-stakes gamble, and why are women so frequently called upon to clean up the mess?http://www.twitpic.com/cshw6n
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Emails discussing Occupy Portland show political motives to evict, nonprofit says http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/05/emails_discussing_occupy_portl.html#incart_river A nonprofit has released dozens of emails obtained through the Freedom of Information Act that offer a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes discussions among government officials in the days before the November 2011 eviction of Occupy Portland protesters from two city parks. The emails were primarily sent to and from unidentified employees of the Federal Protective Service, the agency that handles security for federal properties. Although Occupy Portland protesters took over two city parks for more than a month, several also briefly camped on the federally owned Terry Schrunk Plaza. Th…http://www.twitpic.com/cshxm7
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Marc Calvert on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/marc.calvert1/posts/10201225708183963 A little history most people will never know….but now you will- please share Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall There are 58,267 names now listed on that polished black wall, including those added in 2010. The names are arranged in the order in which they were taken from us by date and within each date the names are alphabetized. It is hard to believe it is 36 years since the last casualties. The first known casualty was Richard B. Fitzgibbon, of North Weymouth , Mass. Listed by the U.S. Department of Defense as having been killed on June 8, 1956. His name is listed on the Wall with that of his son, Marine Co…http://www.twitpic.com/cshz9v
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Cantor's con would steal workers' overtime pay http://www.jimhightower.com/node/8035#.UZ1uDqL7JaY Little Eric Cantor, the prancing political prissy who serves as the GOP's House majority leader, apparently thinks he's too slick to get caught in an outright legislative lie – or maybe he thinks we rubes are too dumb to figure out that he's trying to slick us. Either way, a crude deceit is at the very heart of his “Working Families Flexibility Act,” which he recently slid through the House. It eliminates a central piece of America's middle-class framework, namely the 8-hour workday and 40-hour week. Under the 1938 Fair Labor Law, bosses can make hourly employees work extra, but only by paying an overtime wage for the …http://www.twitpic.com/csi5b2
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] From Housekeeper to City Council: Help Tell Carmen’s Story http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/From-Housekeeper-to-City-Council-Help-Tell-Carmen-s-Story Carmen Castillo is a UNITE HERE union steward, immigrant and 19-year veteran hotel housekeeper. In November 2011, the single mother of three from the Dominican Republic won election to the Providence, R.I., City Council. Since then filmmaker Margo Guernsey and her crew have been following Castillo at home, work, on the council and in the community…http://www.twitpic.com/csi6jz
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Choice Source: http://mediamatters.org/video/2012/10/18/msnbcs-maddow-blasts-right-wing-media-conspirac/190728http://www.twitpic.com/csi83z
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Free Mahmoud Bouneb http://atunisiangirl.blogspot.com/2013/04/free-mahmoud-bouneb.html Mahmoud Bouneb was the founder Executive Genral Manager of Al Jazeera Children's Channel and Baraem TV from 2004 to 2011/ The award winning Channels are internationally recognized for producing educational and societal content. Mahmoud is held in Qatar since September 27, 2011The allegations filed against him and his colleagues are totally unjustified, and the carried-out investigations and audits had proved their innocence from any indictable offenses. Mahmoud Bouneb a été Directeur Général d'Al Jazeera Children's Channel et Barem TV de 2004 à 2011. Ces deux chaines qui jouissent d'une reconnaissance internationale étaient honorées par de nombreux prix pour leur contenu sociétal et ludo-éducatif. Mahmoud est retenu au Qatar depuis le 27 Septembre 2011 faisant face à des allégations totalement injustifiées et sans fondement. Les enquêtes menées par les différents audits ont démontré son innocence de tout acte répréhensible شغل محمود بوناب وظيفة المدير العام التنفيذي لقناتي الجزيرة للاطفال و براعم من 2004 الى 2011. و قد اكتسبت القناتان تحت ادارته سمعة دولية و حصلتا على العديد من الجوائز تقديرا لمضمونهما الاجتماعي و التربوي و الترفيهي. غير أنّ محمود محتجز في قطر و ممنوع من السفر منذ 27 سبتمبر 2011 حيث يواده اليوم تهما غير مبرّرة و لا أساس لها من الصحّة . و قد أظهرت التحقيقات براؤة محمود و زملائه من أيّ تهمة جنائية.http://www.twitpic.com/csickv
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty San Diego Labor Leader Wins State Assembly Race in a Landslide http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/In-The-States/San-Diego-Labor-Leader-Wins-State-Assembly-Race-in-a-Landslide Lorena Gonzalez, 41, secretary-treasurer of the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, defeated rival Steve Castaneda on Tuesday in a special election to fill the vacant 80th Assembly District in California, the U-T San Diego reports. ‘I'm humbled by the broad support I have received,’ Gonzalez said in an interview shortly after she received a congratulatory call from Assembly Speaker John Pérez, D-Los Angeles. ‘Now it's time to get down to the business of creating jobs, protecting health care and improving our schools.’http://www.twitpic.com/csidub