#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Fight for and a Union Spreads to Milwaukee as Fast Food Workers Strike in 5th Major U.S. City http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2013/05/fight-for-15.html Milwaukee fast food workers took action last Wednesday calling attention to poverty wages and poor working conditions. Hundreds of workers from fast food and retail stores including Burger King, McDonald’s, Popeye’s and Dollar Tree walked off the job in solidarity in the fight for an hour and a union. Tessie Harrell, a mother of six who has worked at Burger King for five years explained, “If we don’t stand up today we are always going to be on the downfall. We work hard for .25 and we are standing together to say we are worth more. We need to pay our bills; …http://www.twitpic.com/crur73
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] What it was maybe like in Nebraska during the Keystone XL hearing http://350.org/en/about/blogs/what-it-was-maybe-nebraska-during-keystone-xl-hearing-video Last Thursday, braving heavy snow and wind, hundreds of commited citizens lined up to testify at the lone public hearing on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. By most estimates, it was 9 to 1 against the pipeline, and administrators of the hearing had to stay late into the night to hear everyone’s testimony. Nebraska has always been ground zero for opposition to the pipeline. Keystone, if built, would go through the Olagalla Aquifer and Nebraska’s sensitive Sand Hills, putting each at risk. Ranchers and farmers, some of whom have been on their land for generations, see the pipeline as an exi…http://www.twitpic.com/cmqn6k
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Jonathan Manthorpe: South Korea becoming a “swing state” between the U.S. and China http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Jonathan+Manthorpe+South+Korea+becoming+swing+state+between+China/8307535/story.html China is the South’s largest trading partner by far and that gives Seoul options to its habit of unquestioning loyalty to Washington When South Korea’s new president, Park Geun-hye, arrives in Washington at the end of this week for meetings with Barack Obama, the Americans are going to be very much aware that she cannot be counted on to be an unquestioning Asian ally. The Korean Peninsula has always been a tough neighbourhood, subject to cultural, economic and physical invasions from China and Japan. Since four decades of Japanese colonial rule ended at the close of the Second Wo…http://www.twitpic.com/cmrag5
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Interview with Ghazi Beji: atheism as a crime! http://atunisiangirl.blogspot.com/2013/04/interview-avec-ghazi-beji-latheisme.html TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH BY GOOGLE CHROME TRANSLATOR In Tunisia, two years after the popular uprising that led to the departure of the dictator ZABA, trials opinion multiply … Most of these cases are brought under the broad heading of damage to religious or moral damage to the sacred. One example is the trial of Al Ghazi Beji and Jabeur Majeri. Indeed, ” Monday, June 25, 2012, the Court of Appeal upheld the judgment Monastir the trial court that sentenced Mehdia Al Jabeur Mejri young surfer, to imprisonment for seven years and a half. The same judgment was given by default against Ghazi Beji that, he was forced to leave the country seeking political asylum abroad, following the indictment of two young surfers to have caused serious material damage by the publication of photographs and writings on their Facebook pages. “* I had the opportunity to interview Ghazi Beji via Facebook and here is the exchange that took place between us: 1) if you start by introducing yourself to International Opinion readers? Ghazi Beji, 28, holds a bachelor's degree in food and biotechnology. I am originally from the Tunisian city of Mahdia. I am the author of the book The Illusion of Islam. 2) With your friend Jabeur Mejri you end sentenced in March 2012 to 7 ½ years in prison, sentence upheld in June following the Court of Appeal reached Monastir to religious morality, defamation, and disturbing the public order. Can you return to this mishap? After the revolution, I wrote a book called the illusion of Islam and my friend Jabeur Mejri wrote a book in English called Dark Land, or have criticized the fascist religious Tunisia and the exclusion of others in the name of Islam. We were sentenced to 7 years and a half in prison and a fine of 1,200 dinars. Jabeur was arrested on 5 March 2012. As for me, I managed to run away and leave my country on 8 March 2012. I had an amazing career: Libya, Algeria – Turkey then I went to Turkey to Greece to swim. Thereafter, I had from Macedonia and Serbia and Romania and finallyI had the subsidiary protection. Unfortunately, I have been targeted and attacked by Islamic extremists while I continued to move me from one country to another: Hungary-Austria-Switzerland-France. 3) How do you see this verdict and the trial in general? This is an attack on my freedom of expression because the religious do not believe in democracy. Their goal in life is to destroy the lives of human beings. They can not digest the fact that someone is happy, they want everyone to livein the shit (lol) 4) You've managed to run away and leave Tunisia. However, we heard that you had to face many difficulties and problems. Can you talk about that? I met several constraints in Libya with jihadi groups in Algeria I spent 15 days in fear of the dictator regime in Greece I had to resist against the extreme right who was chasing strangers in the streets of Athens and racist hyper police, with its rotten laws. In Macedonia, I was in prison and I have had problems with thieves police. In Serbia, I have not had much luck and I was brutally tortured in prisons in the north you south. In Romania, I discovered that racism n has not been eradicated and I found myself in a refugee camp with the terrorists who attacked me. Now I'm moving in different countries of the Western Europe but still undocumented. 5) What is your current situation? Have you managed to rebuild your life? I managed to partially adjust my status but the biggest remains. 6) Your friend Jabeur Majeri languishing in a cell in Tunisia. Can you tell us about the situation and the conditions of his detention? Jabeur is imprisoned in the Mahdia. His situation is very delicate. Indeed, he is tortured by prison guards and other prisoners who accuse him of being an unbeliever. The conditions of his detention are terrible: he caught scabies and can no longer walk. In addition, he is forced to do the prayers in the prison infirmary. 7) Have you found support of Tunisian civil society? How civil society could it help you and how it could act to save Jabeur? I found the support of the Tunisian civil society in France. However, I was ignored by the Tunisian League of Human Rights. Tunisians-the-Tunisian people condemned me. I was vilified and I got several smear campaigns and threats on social networks. 
How do you see the situation in Tunisia now? Do you believe that the freedoms and human rights are in danger right now? I think this phase is an essential and crucial phase in the history of our country. Tunisians must pass through this phase to understand the meaning of democracy, citizenship, the separation between the state and I religion.Mais remain convinced that we will get out either through a civil war or another. 9) have announced the publication of a book. Can you talk about that? I have not yet published my new book, but it will be soon. I will tell all my journey from Tunisia to France I arrived, with a critical eye towards Europe and what they call human Rights which are lies and illusions. 10) I'll leave the last word. In the end I want to say to the people of Tunisia that the fault is not that of Ennahda. I think the majority of Tunisians are hard religious who are struggling to accept difference and digest democracy. The majority is made up of people who are against freedom of expression, and the difference against the gender. I also want to remind the people who shouted loudly thirst for freedom and dignity is the same who voted for the Islamists and fired from my job three times when I was still in Tunisia and my censored before, but I have no hatred towards my countrymen because they will always be my people, my people … * Excerpt from the press kit of the support committee Ghazi Beji and Jabeur Al Majeri. At a conference organized around the theme “Tunisia: the dangers threatening the freedom of expression after the revolution,” the Tunisian section of Amnesty announced its full support to Al Jabeur Majeri and Ghazi Beji. A campaign to collect signatures has already been launched and you can follow the latest developments on Twitter via the hashtag # FreeJabeur.http://www.twitpic.com/cl2ico
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy London on Facebook – Overthrowing democracies and supporting dictators since… Alwayshttp://www.twitpic.com/cl1jge
#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Steve Withers 5:06 PM – Public Insight into one's own behaviour is, apparently, un-American…..It's always someone else's fault. It says so in the Constitution.http://www.twitpic.com/cl10bk
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty The Wall Street Ticking Time Bomb That Could Blow Up Your Bank Account http://www.alternet.org/economy/wall-street-ticking-time-bomb-could-blow-your-bank-account Derivatives turn the financial system into a casino. And the House always wins. Cyprus-style confiscation of depositor funds has been called the “new normal.” Bail-in policies are appearing in multiple countries directing failing TBTF banks to convert the funds of “unsecured creditors” into capital; and those creditors, it turns out, include ordinary depositors. Even “secured” creditors, including state and local governments, may be at risk. Derivatives have “super-priority” status in bankruptcy, and Dodd Frank precludes further taxpayer bailouts. In a big derivatives bust, there may be no col…http://www.twitpic.com/ciomnz
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Occupy London on Facebook: >> Please Share. Ian Duncan Smith had just been called to speak when campaigner Willie Black rose to his feet and shouted “you're a rat bag” at the politician.<< Video here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21953895 Mr Black had booked himself into the George Hotel in Edinburgh the night before. He told the BBC he had breakfast and then made his way to the conference room in the hotel in time for Mr Duncan Smith's speech. When the secretary of state rose to his feet Mr Black called out: “You are creating a new poll tax and we are going to see the end of you back to England, where you belong, you rat bag.” Mr Duncan Smith replied: “It is always good to be welcomed.” Mr Black was then escorted from the conference room and Mr Duncan Smith continued with his speech.http://www.twitpic.com/cf0dh6
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Going Along Means Getting Along — and That's Not Always Good, Baylor Study Finds http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=127023 Caving in to social pressure — such as saying that you love a movie because friends do — makes for good vibes about being part of a group and can produce more of the same conduct, according to a Baylor University sociological study. The finding has implications for people ranging from philanthropists to gangs, researchers said. “The punch line is very simple: Conformity leads to positive feelings, attachments, solidarity — and these are what motivate people to continue their behavior,” said Kyle Irwin, Ph.D., an assistant professor of sociology at Baylor and lead author. The resear…http://www.twitpic.com/cav3j9
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Sheryl Sandberg’s Good Fight http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/training-women-to-succeed-by-naomi-wolf Is it always offensive to advise women to change something about themselves in order to ensure that they can achieve their goals? To suggest the need for any self-scrutiny on women’s part is a minefield; the safe ground is to urge that we remain focused only on fighting all-too-real gender discrimination. But sometimes it is necessary to cross the minefield. Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, has done something pretty gutsy. She has written a manifesto about breaking the glass ceiling, called Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, and is drawing fire for it, because she argues that women often sabotage themse…
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Sheryl Sandberg’s Good Fight http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/training-women-to-succeed-by-naomi-wolf Is it always offensive to advise women to change something about themselves in order to ensure that they can achieve their goals? To suggest the need for any self-scrutiny on women’s part is a minefield; the safe ground is to urge that we remain focused only on fighting all-too-real gender discrimination. But sometimes it is necessary to cross the minefield. Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, has done something pretty gutsy. She has written a manifesto about breaking the glass ceiling, called Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, and is drawing fire for it, because she argues that women often sabotage themse…http://www.twitpic.com/cacn8o