White Obama

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A Hurricane Ike victim from Galveston Texas discusses the hypothetical question "What if Obama was White?".

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Crawford Nebraska: We Live in Fear

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embedding options @ Revver Red Ribbon Grand Jury Testimony regarding racism & corruption in Dawes County Nebraska. Specifically Crawford, Nebraska.

Related Links ::: Local News, Mobile Broadcast News

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Testimony Regarding Dominique Ten Fingers

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A part of the Republic of Lakotah Red Ribbon Grand Jury Against Racism & Corruption in Dawes County Nebraska. This is testimony regarding felony assault charges brought against Dominique Ten Fingers, apparently for defending herself in her home.

Related Links ::: Local News, Mobile Broadcast News

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Red Ribbon Grand Jury: Opening Remarks

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Russell Means and Vernon Moves Camp give opening remarks at the Republic of Lakotah sponsored Red Ribbon Grand Jury on Systematic Racism and Corruption in Dawes County Nebraska. Racism, however is a door that swings both directions.

Related Links ::: The Republic of Lakotah

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Russell Means Freedom

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An interview regarding Freedom and sovereignty with Russell Means leader of the movement to establish the Republic of Lakotah as an independent nation, separate from the United States

Related Links ::: Russell Means, The Republic of Lakotah, Wikipedia

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Welcome to New Orleans

58 min. ~ Download“Welcome to New Orleans” is a 58 minute documentary about the city of New Orleans during the first year after Katrina. This film depicts ... all » the violence and racism in the impoverished American South. This is a story about the bottom-side of United States--a society that has been left to fend for itself. But more importantly, this film is about hope, in the face of overwhelming adversity. “Welcome to New Orleans” depicts the ravaged city through the eyes of Malik Rahim, a 58-year-old former member of the Black Panthers, who stayed during and after Hurricane Katrina, in order to help residents. He has become a local hero, as he has built up his grassroots organization, Common Ground Collective, over the past two years. Common Ground has served over 170,000 residents with the help of over 12,000 volunteers, who have traveled from all 50 states and 40 different countries. But there is still plenty of work to be done.

To find out more information, or to make a donation, please visit our site, CommonGroundRelief.org. Thank you.
See Also: Fluxview, USA 1st year Hurricane Aftermath Videos

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Fascism in New Orleans

The government is scheduled to demolish thousands of UNDAMAGED units of public housing in New Orleans. The city is in the middle of an affordable housing crisis. Rents have skyrocketed and thousands are homeless. Meanwhile these undamaged apartments have remained unoccupied since the hurricane due to the city boarding them up, fencing them off and arresting trespassers who hold legal leases.

These properties are slated to begin demolition on or after December 15th.
Press Conference 9AM \ MONDAY December 10th \ City Hall
History Lessons and Direct Action Training to follow the press conference.

Related Links ::: Justice for New Orleans, Defend New Orleans Public Housing, People Hurricane, St. Bernard Projects video, NOTV Colective Housing Videos

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How Hollywood Vilifies a People

This documentary dissects the slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters.

Related Links ::: Reel Bad Arabs, Challenging Media

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The Drug War is People

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This is a video from New York City May 5th 2007. The Global Marijauna March to legalize drugs and focus on treatment instead of prison for addicts. Also of great concern is to get the fascist pigs to stop locking up harmless, peaceful, hard working members of our society for choosing marijuana over alcohol and prescription drugs. Our tax money is far better spent on fighting actual crime even though that will make a "detective"s job a lot harder. Witholding Marijuana from those who would benifit medically from using it is cruel and unusual punishment; witholding recreational marijuana is an infringement of the people's right to pursue happiness.

Related Links ::: The Ibogaine Story, William Moses Kunstler Fund for Racial Justice, Freedom Root, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

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Cop Killer Confesses

Arnold Beverly's Confession

Arnold Beverly, NOT MUMIA, killed the cop. He explains the facts and details of what REALLY happened. - Video from the Partisan Defence Committee.

From Death Row, Mumia Abu Jamal (part 2 of Mondays video)

From Death Row, Mumia Abu Jamal (part 3 of Mondays video)

ALL OUT IN PHILLY MAY 17th

Related Links ::: Partisan Defense Commitee, FREE MUMIA NOW!, Mo' Mumia

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Mumia's Last Chance ~ Freedom or Death

Mumia Abu-Jamal is a Peabody award winning journalist who smashed a ring of corrupt police. Just a few months later, he was arrested, tried and convicted (by an all-white jury). The charge: killing a cop. Mumia is innocent, and he embodies everything good about the American Free Press.

His final chance at freedom is approaching. If he is not granted pardon, he will either be executed, as he is on death row, or he will spend the rest of his life in a cage.

What are you going to do?

Related Links ::: More about Mumia, Gonzo Muckraker

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50 Shots an a Mule ~ full movie ~ wide screen

50 Shots an a Mule
A documentary on protests for justice for Sean Bell & the fate of protests in general. Part one focuses on the march on December 16, 2006 and gives some context through interviews of people on the street. The second part of the film deals with the march on wall street on december 22, 2006. This part was partially shot with immersive 360 degree camera and focuses on police surveliance of demonstrators at the march.
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part 1 ~ part 2

Glass Bead Collective

Meanwhile Back in NOLA...
MLK Day: St. Bernard Residents Go through Barbed Wire Fence
in order to Clean Out Their Apartments ... AGAIN
New Orleans, LA (January 15, 2007) –With mops and buckets in hand, displaced residents of the St. Bernard Public Housing Project will go through the barbed wire fence surrounding their homes to clean and rehabilitate them.

On Monday, January 15, Martin Luther King Day, the residents will rally at 12:00pm at Bynum Drugs Store, 3838 St. Bernard Ave, and then enter the property to restore their homes at 12:30.

"Our homes are livable, and we are cleaning them out so that we can live in them," says Sharon Seans Jasper, a St. Bernard resident and organizer. "We will not let the city destroy them."

"The residents who will be cleaning their apartments have current leases and therefore have a legal right to enter their homes," says rally organizer Endesha
Juakali of Survivors Village. "However, the police may not honor this right. Therefore public housing residents will be evoking the spirit of Dr. King on this
Martin Luther King Day."

Last Spring these same people did the same thing... They're still trying to get back into their UNDAMAGED APARTMENTS. ... the injustice of this is rediculous.

Related Links ::: New Orleans IMC, April 4th, 2006 St. Bernard Clean Up Action, FIRE RAY KELLY, Sean Bell Vigil, Dark Star News, Todays NOLA Action Updates, Glass Bead Collective, Skeptical Brotha

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Black Panther Flag Ceremony

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At the end of the 40,000 person strong "Shopping For Justice" March lead by Al Sharpton a group of Panthers raised their Fists in front of Macy's and burned a flag for justice.

Related Links ::: Fire Ray Kelly, Failing to Protect,
History of the Black Panther Party, New Orleans Panthers

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4 Directions ~ Indigenous Hurricane Relief

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The Four Directions Relief Project was started in early October in recognition that the Native American communities of storm ravaged southern Louisiana remained under-served and in urgent need of relief efforts. Despite the immense pride and independence of these communities, Katrina and Rita created an intense burden on the people, and storm assistance was requested.

Four Directions was organized to help gain both short and long term storm relief, working in solidarity and respect for the pride of local communities, and the preservation of their cultures.

Working in solidarity with tribal leaders, Four Directions was formed by community organizer/spiritual activist Naomi Archer and medic Dave Pike who had been working on the ground in southern Louisiana building the innovative mutual-aid relief work of Common Ground in Algiers.

Between October 2005 and January 2006, Four Directions, in collaboration with our tribal partners, NGO partners, and a very limited number of volunteers facilitated:

* 27 tons of food and material aid collected and distributed
* 1600+ volunteer hours in the community
* 8 home repair projects
including 2 emergency housing projects for homeless families
* 30 classroom teaching kits to the most damaged elementary schools
* 26 large and small appliances bought and distributed
* 2 tons + of trash collected
* 1200+ holiday meals distributed
* Stories, interviews or links in 20+ native, commercial,
and independent media outlets

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I spent a great deal of time doun de bayou in Chauvin the last couple of months in Louisiana. Much love & respect to the Courteaux's for allowing me to hang around , mostly working on other projects from the Wonder Pod Satelite internet hook up, camping at the Volunteer Center. It was magical ... as long as you had bug spray. The locals have systematically developed their natural defense to the mosquitos by feeding children increasing doses of a local berry... Unprepared volunteers however, often ran, flapping & screaming across the yard. During the first weeks after Hurricane Katrina I followed my friend Naomi's blog and wished I could be there, she kept me interested in coming to New Orleans.. even though I was sure I'd missed it all. How ridiculus to think it was all over in November. 6 months later and New Orleans is truely a thing of the past, most of the coastal communities are STILL completely wiped out and some have just begun to return ... it's STILL long from "over".

Related Links ::: Four Directions Solidarity Network, Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw of Louisiana, Sustainability Research & Education Project, Plenty International, Islamic Relief, Hurricane Autonomous Workers Collective, Seventh Generation, National Relief Charities, New Orleans Voices for Peace

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Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton at St. Augustine Church

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They speak of St. Augustine's place in Black History and the validity of the upcoming Mayoral Elections process.

BTW This was last night and includes a healthy dose of the Treme Brass Band.

Related Links ::: April 1st star studded Return, Vote & Rebuild Rally, VIDEO: Voting Right Rally, VIDEO: St. Augustine Church Takeover, VIDEO: Occupied St Augustine Church Press Conference, Catholics On Line ~SPIN, 1/2 a story from KATC, NOLA views, Save St. Augustine Parish Website, Official St. Augustine Parish Website

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St. Augustine Church Takeover

Capitalism & Racism in Religion


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Several people have occupied St. Augustine Catholic Church in the Treme area of New Orleans, for over a week to date, to draw attention to the unjust treatment this parrish is recieving from the archdiocese.

This will be history some day.

Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton stopped by this evening. You'll see it soon.

Related Links ::: VIDEO: Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton at St. Augustine Church, VIDEO: Occupied St Augustine Church Press Conference, Catholics On Line ~SPIN, 1/2 a story from KATC, NOLA views, Save St. Augustine Parish Website, Official St. Augustine Parish Website

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Occupied St Augustine Church Press Conference

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Press Conference 3-28-06 at an Historic Black Catholic Church currently occupied to prevent a hostile takeover ... more to come

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Related Links ::: VIDEO: St. Augustine Church Takeover, VIDEO: Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton at St. Augustine Church, Catholics On Line ~SPIN, 1/2 a story from KATC, NOLA views

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Mamie H. Mackey - Survivor

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Mamie H. Mackey, storm survivor and the campsite host for the first night of the Walkin' to New Orleans March.

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Housing Rights for New Orleans Hurricane Survivors

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When considering the rebuilding of New Orleans, every issue eventually boils down to housing. Housing for those who've evacuated, housing for those who've returned, housing for contractors ...

Evacuees are growing weary of getting jerked around with no real long term solutions being offered. Meanwhile the city is attempting to close down most of the Public Housing Developments in New Orleans even though they recieved VERY LITTLE damage. Landlords have been getting in on the act by throwing tenants property into the street, breaking leases and jacking the rent up on the profiteers that are dividing up New Orleans like Haliburton is dividing up Baghdad. This is a fine example of how perverse it is to put Profit over People.

This video includes interviews from evacuees in NY and those who've returned to New Orleans. This issue is currently effecting the lives of thousands of people and it's still not too late to help put pressure where it needs to be put to force the goverenment to deal with these people properly.

People who had leases with HANO and want to join the lawsuit against HANO can sign up online at: http://publichousing.justiceforneworleans.org

Public Housing Update April 06, 2006
NEW video shows residents prevented from cleaning their apartments by the Police

Related Links ::: Katrina Action, N.O. H.E.A.T., On the Ground, Common Ground Collective, Community Labor United, Kahvi, Ben Frank, The Katrina Files

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New Orleans East: Sustaining a World Community in a Neglected Disaster Zone

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New Orleans East: October & November 2005
by Mary Beth Black

New Orleans East is a large part of New Orleans and totally flooded and devastated by Hurricane Katrina. This predominantly African-American and Southeast Asian community to this day remains in the shadows of house-high piles of trash and waste. Utities, including water and electricity, are intermittant - if at all, and residents openly ask for recognition and aid. Some community elders, who stayed since the hurricane, remain without governmental aid, including contact with Red Cross or FEMA. Neighbors and community members are the first responders, with relief support from grass roots organizations and the Mary Queen of Vietnam Church, which drew thousands of Versailles community members from Houston and other evacuee areas to its re-opening in October.

This video documents some of these voices and the relief efforts of Resource Action Group

Related Links ::: Resource Action Group

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