#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Scott Olsen, U.S. Vet Who Nearly Lost Life at Occupy Protest, Brings Antiwar Message to NATO Summit http://www.democracynow.org/2013/5/27/scott_olsen_us_vet_who_nearly We’re joined at the NATO summit in Chicago by Scott Olsen, who survived two tours in Iraq but almost died when he was hit with a police projectile at an Occupy Oakland protest last year. Olsen returned four of his medals at Sunday’s antiwar march. When asked why he’s joined the Occupy movement and is protesting against the heavily policed NATO summit, Olsen says, “I’m going to make every effort I can to show them that we’re doing the right thing, we’re in the right, and no matter what they do to any of us, we’ve got each other’s backs, and we’re going forward.” Click …http://www.twitpic.com/ctxh0x
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty VIDEO: Elizabeth Warren Grills Treasury Secretary on Too Big to Fail http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/05/elizabeth-warren-treasury-secretary-jack-lew-too-big-fail At a Senate banking committee hearing Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) grilled Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on too-big-to-fail banks—financial institutions that are so large that their failure would endanger the entire financial system. “How big do the biggest banks have to get before we consider breaking them up?” she asked. Too big to fail is far from over. The largest financial institutions are still ballooning in size. In the past few years, banks have been beset by one scandal after another—from money laundering, to rate-fixing, to foreclosure fraud, and have mostly received wrist-sla…http://www.twitpic.com/csqcjm
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty MPs pay activists refuse to take plea http://www.nation.co.ke/News/MPs-pay-activists-refuse-to-take-plea/-/1056/1858064/-/vldyfxz/-/index.html Seventeen protesters arrested during last week’s anti-MPs-pay-increase demo in Nairobi have refused to plead to criminal charges pressed against them. The activists have been slapped with several charges including taking part in an illegal procession and cruelty against animals. The group Monday said the charges “lacked sufficient disclosure” and asked the court to declare the case “unconstitutional”, and set them free. “The Constitution demands that anyone arrested should be informed of the charge, given sufficient details, understand it first before pleading,” Lawyer Harun Ndumbi for the accused said. The accused, he said,…http://www.twitpic.com/cs1dzw
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Vermont Yankee asked to pay 0,000 in 2014 http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013304290022&gcheck=1 Every year, it seems, the Vermont Legislature looks for ways to tax, punish or shut down the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Every year, Vermont Yankee fights them on it, sometimes in court. This legislative session has been remarkably free of talk about the Vernon plant. It’s as if the two warring parties have retreated to neutral corners to lick their wounds, amass their arsenal and plot their next move. The one exception this year is a little item in the 2014 budget bill. The state wants Vermont Yankee to pay 0,000 over the next four years to help the American Red Cross prepare an evacuation plan that includes…http://www.twitpic.com/cn0d26
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Scrooge lives! http://www.jimhightower.com/node/8016#.UX3_aaL7JaY Ebenezer Scrooge, the Dickens character, perfectly personified the nasty rich. For example, when asked to make a charitable donation for people trapped in poverty, Scrooge curled his lip in contempt and snarled: “Are there no prisons?” Blessedly, our American society has progressed well-past such heartless disdain. Unless, of course, you happen to be poor in Ohio. Or Georgia. Or in the nationwide utopia envisioned by Newt Gingrich. Ohio's Civil Liberties Union recently issued a report documenting the Scroogian return of debtor's prisons, finding that municipal courts there are jailing poor people unable to pay court fines. Last summer, a suburban Cl…http://www.twitpic.com/cmriub
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty COMMUNITY VOICES | Occupy Homes Helps Create a Better Neighborhood http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/news/2013/04/13/occupy-homes-helps-create-better-neighborhood On Friday, April 12th an abandoned house in south Minneapolis was turned into an art gallery, open mic stage, and 'community center' for a neighborhood struggling with distressed housing issues. Two months earlier, Jessica English spoke with the neighbors in the area and asked them for their opinions, ideas, and permission to habitate the dwelling with her family. The response was positive and supportive from other residents and with the help of Occupy Homes, volunteers, and friends Jessica has been living in a 'Home'. The evening's events and purpose attracted many other local homeowners, renters, …http://www.twitpic.com/cjfez8
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy Central plan gets Hong Kong affairs chief's thumbs down http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1199036/occupy-central-plan-gets-hong-kong-affairs-chiefs-thumbs-down HK affairs chief says city does not want to be 'messed up' by proposed protest for democracy A mainland official who oversees Hong Kong affairs says Hongkongers prefer not to see the city being “messed up” when asked about a law academic's proposal to block roads in Central district. Wang Guangya, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, made the remarks in Shenzhen before meeting yesterday with a group of lawmakers loyal to Beijing. “I think Hong Kong compatriots don't want to see Hong Kong being messed up. Hong Kong needs development,” Wang said when asked if he believed the Occupy Centra…http://www.twitpic.com/ce5a96
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Judge Limits Fair Use, But Only Slightly http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/03/judge-limits-fair-use-only-slightly Last week AP won a court case against Meltwater, a company that allows organizations to keep track of where and how they're mentioned in the press. Meltwater provides its clients with the headline and a few snippets from each article that mentions them, and contends that this is fair use. AP argued that it isn't, and asked Meltwater to pay a license fee for using AP's content. James Joyner isn't impressed: Now, this strikes me as silly. Meltwater is in no ways a rival news service. It’s not a news service at all. It’s a way for an organization to keep track of its coverage in the world press. The think tank that employs me …http://www.twitpic.com/ce5e8g
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Are Americans Too Stupid For Democracy? http://www.alternet.org/belief/are-americans-too-stupid-democracy#.UUnOqY3MuPs.facebook How can we rationally pursue our self-interests when we don't know what's going on? In 2011, Newsweek asked 1,000 Americans to take the standard U.S. Citizenship test, and 38 percent of them failed. One in three couldn't name the vice-president. A 2009 study in the European Journal of Communications looked at how informed citizens of the U.S., UK, Denmark and Finland were of the international news of the day, and the results weren't pretty ( PDF). “Overall,” the scholars wrote, “the Scandinavians emerged as the best informed, averaging 62–67 percent correct responses, the British were relatively close behind with 59 percent,…http://www.twitpic.com/cd1cak
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty I Saw the Secret Trade Deal http://alangraysonemails.tumblr.com/post/53325968066/i-saw-the-secret-trade-deal For No Real Reason. You spoke, they listened. Last month, 10,000 of us submitted comments to the United States Trade Representative (USTR), in which we objected to new so-called free trade agreements. We asked that the government not sell out our democracy to corporate interests. Because of this pressure, the USTR finally let a member of Congress – little ole me, Alan Grayson – actually see the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is a large, secret trade agreement that is being negotiated with many countries in East Asia and South America. The TPP is nicknamed “NAFTA on steroids.” Now that I’ve read it, I can see why. I can’t tell you what’s in the agreement, because the U.S. Trade Representative calls it classified. But I can tell you two things about it. 1) There is no national security purpose in keeping this text secret. 2) This agreement hands the sovereignty of…
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty I Saw the Secret Trade Deal http://alangraysonemails.tumblr.com/post/53325968066/i-saw-the-secret-trade-deal For No Real Reason. You spoke, they listened. Last month, 10,000 of us submitted comments to the United States Trade Representative (USTR), in which we objected to new so-called free trade agreements. We asked that the government not sell out our democracy to corporate interests. Because of this pressure, the USTR finally let a member of Congress – little ole me, Alan Grayson – actually see the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is a large, secret trade agreement that is being negotiated with many countries in East Asia and South America. The TPP is nicknamed “NAFTA on steroids.” Now that I’ve read it, I can see why. I can’t tell you what’s in the agreement, because the U.S. Trade Representative calls it classified. But I can tell you two things about it. 1) There is no national security purpose in keeping this text secret. 2) This agreement hands the sovereignty of…http://www.twitpic.com/cxz1gz