Coke or Pepsi?

The absudity of the 2 party system exposed.

Related Links ::: SubMedia TV

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Conyers FORCED to Stand Up for His Own Principles

John Conyers (D-MI) has been posturing as a representitive that actually represents "the People" for at least 4 years now. He consistently takes up the pledge and rhetoric of impeachment and consistently drops the ball or stands quietly on the sidelines as others drop the ball for the "gipper".

After more than two months of trying to schedule a brief meeting with Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) to deliver VFP's 23,000 impeachment signatures, we politely informed the Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, in writing, that we would drop by his Washington office with them. And we would sit there until he met with us or hauled us off in handcuffs.

On June 10 VFP issued a news release explaining our intention to call on Conyers the following day. Coincidentally (!) the morning of the 11th, his scheduler called asking, "I hear you're in town today, would you like to meet with the Congressman?"

Related Links ::: Veterans for Peace

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Chris Lugo: Tennessee Green Party Candidate for US Senate

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Chris explains his major platform positions.
Related Links ::: Chris4Senate.org, David Rovics, Mobile Broadcast News

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Domestic Terrorism in Baton Rouge

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Bush's trip raised only $500,000. It probably cost the taxpayers at least that much, if not more, in security for him, between the number of local police and overtime; federal security; helicopters, air force one, pilots, delays at the airport, the horrible mess caused by shutting down the interstate between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Add up the lost time for all of the taxpayers sitting in traffic and not being able to be productive anywhere else (the doctors were waiting for the patients at the doctor's office when I got there, and the waiting room was empty---cool, right?), and who knows how much his little fundraising party actually cost. It would have been cheaper to just write John Kennedy a check from the federal coffers for $500,000, and save us all the time and aggravation of being stuck in traffic for an extra hour just so the almighty could come to a fundraiser.

Related Links ::: VVAW

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Dissipating Dissent in the North American Union

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report back from "The Peoples Summit"
after the second sunburnt day of the gulf coast's people's summit, we here in new orleans are acting like we have months left before bush comes to town, when in fact he is here enjoying the city, comforted by air conditioning and motorcades. we are already witnessing the effects of his Security & Prosperity Partnership: with the mississippi river bridge's on and off ramps blocked, I-10 was made into an express highway, directing flows of traffic and people, conveniently out of his way, inconveniencing everyone else from having access to the city.

The canal street ferry, shuttling internally displaced traffic across the mississippi river, was circled through the day by coast guard boats fully armed and ready to fire mounted machine guns, in full show of force and what bush intends to mean by 'security,' we on the docks agreed was menacing and intimidating. the imminent, historic, and nation-altering meeting about to take place between the leaders of the "free world'' is being met with little, hardly any, noticeable resistance. Due at least in part to the crippled condition of new orleans, where 3 years after the hurricanes people continue to face daily struggles to survive, with no surplus resources, time, or active community members to lend to what would likely be, in any other city in the hemisphere, an equally historic People's protest to the executive meeting.

Civilian resistance and protest to massive free trade agreements seems to be planned for more by bush than by the american public or the "progressive left", and so new orleans is the perfect backdrop for the announcement of the spp: sweeping decisions adversely affecting millions of people are met with a strangled cry, gone unheard by the rest of the nation.

"Understanding who profits and how: NAFTA + and Katrina Profiteering" was a misnomer, a vague power-analysis turned roundcircle discussion, facilitated by the people's institute for survival and beyond. The session was attended by community organizers, international public service workers union representative, mexican trade unions, activists from chiapas, american and canadian youth, citizen journalists and media activists, farmer union representative, social workers, non-profit organizations, and new orleanians, served more as the critical race theory workshop that the Peoples Institute is known for, and not as any attempt for a coordinated approach or discussion on how to challenge bush, calderon and harper at this critical moment.

ironically, at this international summit, facilitators asked that we divide ourselves into national groups to notice similarities between new orleans and wherever we were visiting from, something that would have been manifold more useful to hear from each other, as it was a rare opportunity to hear voices from across the heavily guarded borders. discussion was derailed and became about how we are gate keepers, moving further and further away from any plan of action. the 6 hours were used as an introduction to social inequality, as if people signed up to take a class on the internalization of inferiority/superiority. in fact people came to act together in the face of big brother government.

for all of our talk on giving voices to disenfranchised people around the world, taking queues from these communities, learning from eachother, creating access to decision-making, none of the mexicans who traveled the long distance were asked what they thought should happen at this summit. there was no mention of their very successful strategies for organizing resistance to destructive neo-colonial economic policies. nobody asked "what can we do now that all of our presidents are in town?" instead was the same old, painfully ineffective naval-gazing

speaking with a gentleman from mexico after the looooong winded sessions were over, he asked what the break-out group of americans discussed, and i said they were just talking and not saying much, like americans do. and he laughed, agreeing said i should have been sitting with the mexican delegation because they were discussing that very
point.

report back is OK

Related Links ::: SPP.gov, Freedom Fighter Radio, People's Summit,
more NAU coverage @ MobileBroadcastNews.org

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NAU NOLA Peoples Summit Press Conference

Coverage of The Peoples Summit Press Conference April 20th in New Orleans.

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Day Labor Congress Play about the effects of NAFTA on workers.


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Related Links ::: The People's Summit New Orleans

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Security and Prosperity Partnership in NOLA

Going well beyond the Port of New Orleans, Security and Prosperity Partnership plans for "North American Integration" endanger port, trucking, and railroad jobs, as well as investments, incomes, and State revenues all over the country. The SPP is coming to the Big Easy, why should you care? Let's have a look...

Here's what you can expect.



Go to New Orleans and DO SOMETHING
Monday, 4/21
9am – 12pm Community Tour of New Orleans & Story Circles in Congo Square
12 – 1:30pm Opening Ceremony & Lunch in Congo Square
2pm – 5pm Understanding Who Profits & How: NAFTA+ and Katrina Profiteering
6pm – 9pm Understanding Who Profits & How: NAFTA+ and Katrina Profiteering

Tuesday, 4/22
9am – 12pm Self-organized sessions
1pm – 4pm Self-organized sessions
6pm – 9pm Breaking Inferiority & Superiority to Restore Ourselves & Our Communities

Wednesday, 4/23
10am Press Conference

NEW ORLEANS POLICE SAY THEY WILL TREAT NAU PROTEST AS A RIOT

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North American Union, Cintra

House Representative Marci Kaptur on Cintra's involvement with the North American Union that will give this Spanish corporation control over a massive swatch of US land. They will divide our country, literally, in 2.

Related Links ::: NAU meeting (Bush, Calderon & Harper)
April 21st & 22nd New Orleans

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Extraordinary Rendition

Benyam Mohammed al Habashi is an Eritrean national who is detained in Guantanamo Bay prison. In 1994, Mohammed sought asylum in the UK. He was captured and transported in the frame of the US extraordinary rendition program.

Related Links ::: wiki, reprieve, alpha one productions

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Will There Really Be an Election Next Year?

In this rant The Hermit explores the possiblity now available to George Bush to insure that he remains in power beyond 2008. George Bush has recently granted himself the power to sieze control over EVERYTHING. Congress ain't sayin' shit, the Corpo-media ain't sayin shit and activists are still distracted by shiney trinkets in Iraq and the start of the dog and pony show of presidential candidates attempting to convince U.S. we are still a free & Democratic Society.

Related Links ::: The Hermit, Bush Just Gave Himself Dictatorial Powers

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Bush Just Gave Himself Dictatorial Powers

Bush signs unconstitutional "power grab" presidential directives NSPD51 and HSPD20, giving him full-dictatorial powers in the event of a loosely defined "catastrophic emergency."

The directives define "catastrophic emergency" as "any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government function."

It also states that "The President shall lead the activities of the Federal Government for ensuring constitutional government." In other words, the president gave himself the sole power and duty to interpret the constitution anyway he chooses, and neither Congress nor the public shall be allowed to debate or disagree on such matters.

Right now, the only thing standing between democracy and Bush's apparent desire to rule with an iron fist is a lesser event than that of 9/11.

Will you wait until he uses these powers to do something? .. or not.

Related Links ::: tyrranyofsouls, World Net Daily

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Is it Appropiate to say ... HAPPY Memorial Day!

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Filmed on location in Manhattan; featuring Iraq Veterans Against the War on Operation First Casualty to the music of David Rovics.

Related Links ::: IVAW, David Rovics, CC

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This Week in Fascism The 4th Anniversary Extravaganza

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The 2 weeks over due 1st episode of This Week in Fascism. This is the 4th anniversary of the war edition with footage 5 anniversary parties. Technically it's a couple weeks ago in fascism but... circumstances have made doing this show right now too difficult, so don't expect another one next week. I need to regroup. This will eventually be a 10 minute weekly newscast.

This Show features Cindy Sheehan, Ramsey Clark, Malik Rahim, Sunsara Taylor, Garret Reppenhagen, assholes and horse shit.

Related Links ::: This Week in Fascism, Josh Wolf Freed!, Just Do it A Little bit

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FOX NEWS LIES4th Anniversary Extravaganza

Download ~ The Glass Bead Collective 4th anniversary of the 2nd Iraq War Ground Zero Projections were blatently misreported by FOX News Who claim the event was shut down because no "permit" had been issued. Whata you think?... and why would FOX spend valuable News Time telling it's viewers that something they didn't know about, didn't happen.

Related Links ::: NY Magazine, The Gothamist, A Focus Group, 1st Anniversary,
2nd Anniversary, 3rd Anniversary Special, My Human Computer,
Glass Bead Collective

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March on the Pentagon, March 17th

Are You Through Yet?
Related Links ::: A Focus Group, 1st Anniversary, 2nd Anniversary, 3rd Anniversary Special, Why I’m marching on the Pentagon, News Flash,
How-to March on the Pentagon March 17th 2007

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American Blackout

2 elections proven stolen...
You think it'll be better next time just because Bush isn't running?

Related Links ::: American Blackout, Vote Fraud, VoterGate, Keith Olbermann on Counting the Votes

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Robert Fisk Interview: What's a terrorist?

Independent journalist Brandon Jourdan interviews author/journalist Robert Fisk.

Related Links ::: INN World Report, Brandon Jourdan

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Rev. Hagler ReMix ~We Will Not Be Silenced (part2)

A Rev. Graylan Hagler speech at the 2004 School of the Americas protest remixed by someone extremely talented (not me). I believe they used my footage/audio of the event, but.. I'm not sure.

Related Links ::: Fluxview, USA 2004 S.O.A., part 1, We Will Not Be Silenced

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Saddam Hussein: The Trial You'll Never See

Saddam Hussein: fair trial? Justice?

Related Links ::: Barry Lando, Presse TV

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Let's Meet the Taliban!

Follow channel 4's Sean Langan on his quest to meet the Taliban in Afghanistan.

"... to kill me, kidnap me, or grant me an interview."

Related Links ::: Channel 4, Welcome to Hell, The Road to Iraq

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