War is a Racket by General Smedley Butler, USMC

AWESOME RENDITION OF BUTLER'S FAMOUS SPEECH! MUST WATCH, EVERYONE!

From the sidebar:

War is a Racket by Smedley Butler is a famous speech denouncing the military industrial complex. This anti-war speech by a two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient exposes war profits that benefit few at the expense of many. Throughout his distinguished career in the Marines, Smedley Darlington Butler demonstrated that true patriotism does not mean blind allegiance to government policies with which one does not agree. To Hell with war.

Defend the RNC 8

Eight dedicated peace and justice activists are being charged under draconian anti-terrorist laws in Minnesota stemming from the mayhem and police riots at the Republican National Convention, which says a whole lot more about the dark psychological Shadow of the Establishment that it would look at ordinary militant activists as "terrorists", sinister demonic beings seeking massive death and destruction of the innocent, perhaps worthy of torture and execution by the state. If they get away with imprisoning these eight on these extreme charges, we are all in danger of being labeled "terrorists" at some later date. This is an Orwellian, Totalitarian tactic utilized by a degenerate system in an attempt to perpetuate itself forever, insulating itself from dissent and protest, allowing its internal rot to worsen even more.

Speak out and fight back against this travesty!

From the Defend the RNC 8 Website: http://rnc8.org/

Defend the RNC 8!

The RNC 8 are organizers against the 2008 Twin Cities Republican National Convention who have been falsely charged in response to their political organizing: Luce Guillen-Givins, Max Specktor, Nathanael Secor, Eryn Trimmer, Monica Bicking, Erik Oseland, Robert Czernik and Garrett Fitzgerald.

On Saturday, August 30th 2008, the Ramsey County, Minnesota Sheriff’s Department executed search warrants on three houses, seizing personal and common household items and arresting RNC organizers Monica Bicking, Garrett Fitzgerald, Erik Oseland, Nathanael Secor, and Eryn Trimmer. Later that day Luce Guillen-Givins was arrested leaving a public meeting at a park. Rob Czernik and Max Specktor were arrested on Monday, September 1. These arrests were preemptive, targeting known organizers in an attempt to derail 2008 anti-RNC protests in St. Paul, MN before the convention had even begun. The “RNC 8″ were originally charged with conspiracy to riot in the 2nd degree in furtherance of terrorism, a felony which is the first ever use of Minnesota’s PATRIOT Act.

In December 2008, Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner (who is also running for Governor of Minnesota as a Democrat) added three more felony charges: 2nd degree conspiracy to riot (without the terrorism enhancement), 1st degree conspiracy to commit criminal damage to property in furtherance of terrorism, and 1st degree conspiracy to commit criminal damage to property (without the terrorism enhancement). Combined, we believe the charges would carry a maximum of 12.5 years in prison.

This site contains news updates, press releases, biographies, resources, events, and information for contributing to their legal support, and is maintained only by the support committee for the RNC 8. For the latest updates on the defending the RNC 8, view the Recent Posts on the right.

This case is as an opportunity to demonstrate community solidarity in the face of repression and to establish a precedent of successful resistance to the government’s attempts to destroy our movements. We will not be intimidated!

SEE YOU IN THE COURTS!

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Watch background on the case and interviews with the RNC 8 in the new film Terrorizing Dissent: (~35min.)

Something to do today.....

Looking for something to do today? Want to meet Mosquito Blog's Mac McKinney? Mac's doing Post-Katrina blues at Barnes and Noble Bookstore at TCC at MacArthur Center, 300 Monticello Ave, in downtown Norfolk. He'll be at the Barnes and Noble Bookstore at TCC, in MacArthur Center, 300 Monticello Ave, downtown Norfolk. Mac will be doing a book-signing from 2 to 4. For further info, call the store at: 625-3459. Mac will be reading and signing his book from 2-4 pm.

THANK GOD FOR THE RENEGADES BY STEVE VAUS

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country!

Post-Katrina Blues

This book is a journey of discovery, best to be swept along, to linger, absorb...It’s not something to force in a rush through read. This is a book that should be read by spontaneous inclination not assignment.

I’ve had a difficult time reviewing this book. I thought my resistance was due to the fact that Mac is a friend--which naturally creates a conflict because this writer’s duty is to the reader and this author is my friend. It was the job-like assignment of agreeing to write a review that made this reading and assessment so difficult.

This is not a book to be wolfed down like a BK burger...it’s more akin to tabouleh.

It is a book of revelation(s).

If you've ever been to New Orleans I imagine that, like me, you fell in love with this enchantress. Mac Mckinney's book, Post Katrina Blues, gives you an opportunity to reconnect with New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Mac utilizes poetry, photographs and prose to graciously escort his guests on a guided tour with commentary of what is happening and NOT HAPPENING in the recovery effort that is the legacy of the Bush Administration. The legacy that turned the USA upside down so that it's the most vulnerable who pay the costs and the wealthy elites who get the handouts.

Get in the car with Mac traveling along the gulf coast. Mac says:

In many of these towns the casual observer does not see a lot of the hurricane damage. It is hidden. The layout of Ocean Springs weaves in and out of coastline and bayous, and much of the lingering damage is obscured by tree lines, swamps, and winding roads. You have to take the time to look.

Mac shows the:

Front-steps going nowhere,
floors without walls, pillars without ceilings
jar the eye
Walls without windows, windows without glass, houses without houses; loosely speaking.....
The Bob Cat hoe is digging up the street-
that's all the city cares about; fixing the plumbing and wiring.
Everything else can go to hell. The streetlights go on, don't they?

It was rare during my read to be jolted from the Katrina journey but there were moments when this occurred. I was almost angry when I saw one metaphor repeated.....I was “okay” with the imagery of a shark circling once but when I reencountered the shark I would prefer an alligator metaphor which seemed more appropriate for this realm. It was difficult for me to keep my reviewer hat on....I preferred being swept along wearing my reading glasses.

I had to revisit certain poetry selections. On the first read I might have an adverse reaction. It would take an additional reading (or two...) for me to appreciate the craft that Mac developed by writing “...a monstrous five-act drama in iambic pentameter about King Phillip the Fair and the Knights Templars.” Since I’ve never spent a lot of time dealing with poetic drama I was surprised at how Mac’s gumbo of poetry, prose, and photos could stir me up so much.
Mac uses poetry and photos to create vivid snapshots while prose provides the necessary context. It’s a creative endeavor that brings the rich blues heritage of the NOLA region into a book format.

Join us this Saturday afternoon, March 28, at Barnes and Noble Bookstore at TCC, in MacArthur Center, 300 Monticello Ave, downtown Norfolk. Mac will be doing a book-signing from 2 to 4. For further info, call the store at: 625-3459.

If you want to know what occurred and is occurring in NOLA and along the gulf coast this is a golden opportunity.

Poet Remi Kanazi at the March 21, 2009 Anti-War March in Washington DC

Remi Kanazi was one of the featured poets at the ANSWER COALITION-spearheaded rally and protest march on Saturday, March 21, 2009. During the rally portion of the event in West Potomac Park, scores of representatives from different organizations took to the stage to speak. Remi was only one of two poets I saw invited, the other being the Hip-Hop poet, Son of Nun.

Remi is very intense, very passionate, cutting to the core of the lies that enslave this world with his powerful words of truth.

His affiliated website, by the way, is: http://www.poeticinjustice.net/index.html

You will have to listen closely and in high quality because there was a lot of background noise up at the stage.

Here is a second poem by Remi:



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Here are the basics of the event:

I attended the massive and powerful protest march in DC on Saturday, Mar 21 and took tons of photos and some videos, of which this is one. This was the first nationwide protest against the Obama Administration for its continuance of the destructive, unethical and horribly brutal policies of the Bush/Cheny era. This is the first shot across the bow telling Obama to stop the imperialist war machine or there will be many more, larger and larger protests, especially as the economy collapses and people find themsleves increasingly jobless and homeless while our money goes toward the destruction of other lands and peoples to the tune of billions of dollars.

This is from the Answer Coalition (Act Now to Stop War & End Racism) website:
http://answer.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ANS_homepage

On Sixth Anniversary of Iraq war... More than 10,000 march on Pentagon, leading war profiteers

A "throng of war protesters swelled Saturday as they marched across the Memorial Bridge." (AP) The protesters marched on (actually near-police diverted the march) the Pentagon and what followed was a dramatic direct action at Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and KBR, corporations that demonstrators labeled "merchants of death." The predominantly young crowd continued to grow as the day proceeded. They marched through the Pentagon north Parking Lot and then into downtown Crystal City, where the leading war corporations' headquarters are located. The march was led by a contingent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. There was a significant delegation from members of the Arab and Muslim communities and many students participated. The Arlington County Police mobilized in full riot gear in an attempt to block the demonstrators from delivering symbolic coffins at the doorsteps of the war corporations. They brought tear gas, snarling dogs and pointed guns loaded with rubber bullets directly at demonstrators. The Arlington County Police also put out an absurdly low count of the demonstration, which was more than 10,000 people. In Los Angeles, a simultaneous demonstration drew 4,000 people, which culminated with a dramatic die-in at the Kodak Theater. Another 4,000 demonstrated in San Francisco, where police carried out violent attacks on demonstrators and arrested numerous people. "This is the launch of the anti-war movement in the post-Bush era. Bush is gone, but the occupation of Iraq continues, the war in Afghanistan is escalating, and the people of Palestine are living under a state of siege," stated Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition.

Join the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care

Important Congressional Forum:

“National Lessons for Health Reform: An Examination of US Health Insurance”
April 1, 2009,     2 pm – 4 pm, 

2226 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington DC
This forum is open to the public.

The US has relied on private health insurance for sixty years --- what lessons can we take from this experience? What are the implications of the growing pehnomenon of underinsurance? As President Obama says, we must keep what works and end what does not. The April 1 forum will examine insurance mechanisms that will be increasingly debated as national models for health reform.

The panel of witnesses include:

• Louis Balizet, MD, Oncologist
• Marilyn Cawthon, ICU RN, Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals
• Leonard Rodberg, PhD, Professor and Chair of Urban Studies Queens College
• Annette Ramirez de Arellano, DrPH, Health Research Group, Public Citizen
• Cindy Young, Senior Health Policy Advisor California School Employees Association
• David L Rabin MD, MPH, Professor of Community Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center

The witness panel will address topics highly relevant to the debate over national health reform:

• How well does US health insurance work for doctors, nurses, and their patients?
• What problems do those with insurance have in accessing care?
• Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan, is it a model for national reform?
• What has the fragmented US health insurance system meant for minority populations?
• If, as many believe, employer-based insurance is broken, what is buttressing it?
• Has private insurance within Medicare met expectations?

All Members of Congress are invited to participate in the forum by listening to witness testimony and asking questions. Congressman Eric Massa [NY-29] will serve as Chairman. Ask your Representative to listen to the witnesses testimony and ask the tough questions. We cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past--too much is at stake.

Announce the Forum
http://www.healthcare-now.org/docs/Announcment.pdf

Invite your Representative to Attend
http://www.change.org/actions/view/ask_your_rep_to_attend_national_lessons_for_health_reform

If you will attend the forum, please RSVP to Jessica Yarbrough, jyarbrough@calnurses.org, or (202) 974-8300.

Sincerely,

Katie Robbins
Assistant National Coordinator, Healthcare-NOW!
Support Staff, Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care
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Pat Buchanan and Mosquito Find Common Ground

Buzz....Buzz....I actually agree with Pat Buchanan on this one!!

Hope some of you were able to attend the Naro event with Kathy Kelley. Kathy humbly demonstrates how to live a loving peaceful life.

Clifford May makes many false statements...among them the outright lie that the Palestinians could walk out tomorrow (you will notice this produces a big laugh from Pat Buchanan). Note that Clifford May's response to the statement that "They (the Israelis) continue to steal their (the Palestinians') land is so irrational....Because they want all of Jerusalem. Such a lie.

We have corresponded with a 26 year old Palestinian man with a business degree who has been frantically trying to escape Israel's open air prison system....He "thought" he was finally going to be able to get a job and a visa in England. But that fell through. The fellow is beside himself with frustration, depression. To live in an environment where a rogue government is involved in war crimes and alleged ethnic cleansing.....

How can Americans allow their tax dollars to be spent in attacking civilians with horrific munitions that are "war crimes" when used in civilian areas?

Why does our government allow such madness? Why is Obama continuing to support Israel's alleged war crimes? Now that I think about it why isn't Obama seeing to it that an independent special prosecutor investigate the alleged war crimes of the Bush Administration? More than a million Iraqi's have died (the majority are civilians) and more than 4000 American soldiers have died to enrich our VP Dick Cheney and Bush cronies....

This is the sort of thing that continues to make us a target of terrorists.

Corporate Media Should Air This

These days corporate media even censors paid advertisements......this is evidenced by the many political ads they refuse to air. (An example of this is the wonderful moveon.org ad that was refused during the superbowl which showed children working to pay off Bush's Deficit).

So...why in the world does the US INSIST on spending billions of dollars to lock up people who's only crime is to smoke a plant? Why in the world is tobacco legal when it is highly addictive and has no medicinal benefits to speak of? It's time to get real folks...
Allow folks that have a doctor's prescription to buy it from pharmacies (or grow their own medicines.

Better yet....legalize the plant so that "recreational users" can choose a healthier alternative to alcohol and the state can sell it to recreational users in their ABC outlets and make lots of money taxing the recreational use.

Just think of the funds we will save and this will also put a major dent in the illegal drug profits.  This is an economical way to help stop the violence in Mexico's drug war.

Take the profits away from the criminals.  Prohibition is expensive and does not work!!

Answer Protest, March 21, 2009, Boeing Coffin Drop

Sidebar:

A "throng of war protesters swelled Saturday as they marched across the Memorial Bridge." (AP) The protesters marched on the Pentagon and what followed was a dramatic direct action at Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and KBR, corporations that demonstrators labeled "merchants of death." The predominantly young crowd continued to grow as the day proceeded. They marched through the Pentagon north Parking Lot and then into downtown Crystal City, where the leading war corporations' headquarters are located.

The march was led by a contingent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. There was a significant delegation from members of the Arab and Muslim communities and many students participated.

The Arlington County Police mobilized in full riot gear in an attempt to block the demonstrators from delivering symbolic coffins at the doorsteps of the war corporations. They brought tear gas, snarling dogs and pointed guns loaded with rubber bullets directly at demonstrators. The Arlington County Police also put out an absurdly low count of the demonstration, which was more than 10,000 people.

In Los Angeles, a simultaneous demonstration drew 4,000 people, which culminated with a dramatic die-in at the Kodak Theater. Another 4,000 demonstrated in San Francisco, where police carried out violent attacks on demonstrators and arrested numerous people.

"This is the launch of the anti-war movement in the post-Bush era. Bush is gone, but the occupation of Iraq continues, the war in Afghanistan is escalating, and the people of Palestine are living under a state of siege," stated Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition.

College Students Protesting War at Washington DC's "Crystal City", Saturday March 21, 2009

College students from all over converged on Washington DC to join the Saturday protest march, many of them in this contingent, which began chanting:

"Students can stop this war! We won't wait a minute more!"

Here are the basics of the event:

I attended the massive and powerful protest march in DC on Saturday, March 21 and took tons of photos and some videos, of which this is one. This was the first nationwide protest against the Obama Administration for its continuance of the destructive, unethical and horribly brutal policies of the Bush/Cheny era. This is the first shot across the bow telling Obama to stop the imperialist war machine or there will be many more, larger and larger protests, especially as the economy collapses and people find themsleves increasingly jobless and homeless while our money goes toward the destruction of other lands and peoples to the tune of billions of dollars.

This is from the Answer Coalition website:
click here

On Sixth Anniversary of Iraq war...
More than 10,000 march on Pentagon, leading war profiteers

A "throng of war protesters swelled Saturday as they marched across the Memorial Bridge." (AP) The protesters marched on the Pentagon and what followed was a dramatic direct action at Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and KBR, corporations that demonstrators labeled "merchants of death." The predominantly young crowd continued to grow as the day proceeded. They marched through the Pentagon north Parking Lot and then into downtown Crystal City, where the leading war corporations' headquarters are located.

The march was led by a contingent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. There was a significant delegation from members of the Arab and Muslim communities and many students participated.

The Arlington County Police mobilized in full riot gear in an attempt to block the demonstrators from delivering symbolic coffins at the doorsteps of the war corporations. They brought tear gas, snarling dogs and pointed guns loaded with rubber bullets directly at demonstrators. The Arlington County Police also put out an absurdly low count of the demonstration, which was more than 10,000 people.

In Los Angeles, a simultaneous demonstration drew 4,000 people, which culminated with a dramatic die-in at the Kodak Theater. Another 4,000 demonstrated in San Francisco, where police carried out violent attacks on demonstrators and arrested numerous people.

"This is the launch of the anti-war movement in the post-Bush era. Bush is gone, but the occupation of Iraq continues, the war in Afghanistan is escalating, and the people of Palestine are living under a state of siege," stated Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition.

Students and Youth at Washington DC's "Crystal City", Saturday March 21, 2009

Youth and Students of ANSWER engaged in some lively chanting as the protest march reached its final destination on Crystal Drive.

Here are the basics of the event:

I attended the massive and powerful protest march in DC on Saturday, March 21 and took tons of photos and some videos, of which this is one. This was the first nationwide protest against the Obama Administration for its continuance of the destructive, unethical and horribly brutal policies of the Bush/Cheny era. This is the first shot across the bow telling Obama to stop the imperialist war machine or there will be many more, larger and larger protests, especially as the economy collapses and people find themsleves increasingly jobless and homeless while our money goes toward the destruction of other lands and peoples to the tune of billions of dollars.

This is from the Answer Coalition website:
http://answer.pephost.org/site/PageSe...

On Sixth Anniversary of Iraq war...
More than 10,000 march on Pentagon, leading war profiteers

A "throng of war protesters swelled Saturday as they marched across the Memorial Bridge." (AP) The protesters marched on the Pentagon and what followed was a dramatic direct action at Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and KBR, corporations that demonstrators labeled "merchants of death." The predominantly young crowd continued to grow as the day proceeded. They marched through the Pentagon north Parking Lot and then into downtown Crystal City, where the leading war corporations' headquarters are located.

The march was led by a contingent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. There was a significant delegation from members of the Arab and Muslim communities and many students participated.

The Arlington County Police mobilized in full riot gear in an attempt to block the demonstrators from delivering symbolic coffins at the doorsteps of the war corporations. They brought tear gas, snarling dogs and pointed guns loaded with rubber bullets directly at demonstrators. The Arlington County Police also put out an absurdly low count of the demonstration, which was more than 10,000 people.

In Los Angeles, a simultaneous demonstration drew 4,000 people, which culminated with a dramatic die-in at the Kodak Theater. Another 4,000 demonstrated in San Francisco, where police carried out violent attacks on demonstrators and arrested numerous people.

"This is the launch of the anti-war movement in the post-Bush era. Bush is gone, but the occupation of Iraq continues, the war in Afghanistan is escalating, and the people of Palestine are living under a state of siege," stated Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition.

Protest March through Washington DC's "Crystal City", Saturday March 21, 2009

Standing on a street corner on Crystal Drive in Washington DC, I simply recorded, for five minutes or so, the marchers walking by, and we were nowhere near the end when I turned the camera off. You will see the great diversity of participants passing. I estimated there were eight thousand people at the march, organizers said 10,000, the cops a lot less, which they always say. I think I am closer to the final number, but it could have been 10,000.

Here are the basics of the event:

I attended the massive and powerful protest march in DC on Saturday, March 21 and took tons of photos and some videos, of which this is one. This was the first nationwide protest against the Obama Administration for its continuance of the destructive, unethical and horribly brutal policies of the Bush/Cheny era. This is the first shot across the bow telling Obama to stop the imperialist war machine or there will be many more, larger and larger protests, especially as the economy collapses and people find themsleves increasingly jobless and homeless while our money goes toward the destruction of other lands and peoples to the tune of billions of dollars.

This is from the Answer Coalition website:
click here

On Sixth Anniversary of Iraq war...
More than 10,000 march on Pentagon, leading war profiteers

A "throng of war protesters swelled Saturday as they marched across the Memorial Bridge." (AP) The protesters marched on the Pentagon and what followed was a dramatic direct action at Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and KBR, corporations that demonstrators labeled "merchants of death." The predominantly young crowd continued to grow as the day proceeded. They marched through the Pentagon north Parking Lot and then into downtown Crystal City, where the leading war corporations' headquarters are located.

The march was led by a contingent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. There was a significant delegation from members of the Arab and Muslim communities and many students participated.

The Arlington County Police mobilized in full riot gear in an attempt to block the demonstrators from delivering symbolic coffins at the doorsteps of the war corporations. They brought tear gas, snarling dogs and pointed guns loaded with rubber bullets directly at demonstrators. The Arlington County Police also put out an absurdly low count of the demonstration, which was more than 10,000 people.

In Los Angeles, a simultaneous demonstration drew 4,000 people, which culminated with a dramatic die-in at the Kodak Theater. Another 4,000 demonstrated in San Francisco, where police carried out violent attacks on demonstrators and arrested numerous people.

"This is the launch of the anti-war movement in the post-Bush era. Bush is gone, but the occupation of Iraq continues, the war in Afghanistan is escalating, and the people of Palestine are living under a state of siege," stated Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition.

Code Pink at Washington DC's "Crystal City", Saturday March 21, 2009

Code Pink had a powerful presence at this march and, for their grand finale, sang a number of peace and justice songs after taking the high ground, while the Darth Vader Star Wars Troopers stood behind them like a silent Greek chorus. In this video they are singing:

Gonna Build a Brand New World

Here are the basics of the event:

I attended the massive and powerful protest march in DC westerday, Saturday, Mar 21 and took tons of photos and some videos, of which this is one. This was the first nationwide protest against the Obama Administration for its continuance of the destructive, unethical and horribly brutal policies of the Bush/Cheny era. This is the first shot across the bow telling Obama to stop the imperialist war machine or there will be many more, larger and larger protests, especially as the economy collapses and people find themsleves increasingly jobless and homeless while our money goes toward the destruction of other lands and peoples to the tune of billions of dollars.

This is from the Answer Coalition website:
http://answer.pephost.org/site/PageSe...

On Sixth Anniversary of Iraq war...
More than 10,000 march on Pentagon, leading war profiteers

A "throng of war protesters swelled Saturday as they marched across the Memorial Bridge." (AP) The protesters marched on the Pentagon and what followed was a dramatic direct action at Boeing, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and KBR, corporations that demonstrators labeled "merchants of death." The predominantly young crowd continued to grow as the day proceeded. They marched through the Pentagon north Parking Lot and then into downtown Crystal City, where the leading war corporations' headquarters are located.

The march was led by a contingent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. There was a significant delegation from members of the Arab and Muslim communities and many students participated.

The Arlington County Police mobilized in full riot gear in an attempt to block the demonstrators from delivering symbolic coffins at the doorsteps of the war corporations. They brought tear gas, snarling dogs and pointed guns loaded with rubber bullets directly at demonstrators. The Arlington County Police also put out an absurdly low count of the demonstration, which was more than 10,000 people.

In Los Angeles, a simultaneous demonstration drew 4,000 people, which culminated with a dramatic die-in at the Kodak Theater. Another 4,000 demonstrated in San Francisco, where police carried out violent attacks on demonstrators and arrested numerous people.

"This is the launch of the anti-war movement in the post-Bush era. Bush is gone, but the occupation of Iraq continues, the war in Afghanistan is escalating, and the people of Palestine are living under a state of siege," stated Brian Becker, National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition.

Bearing Witness in Gaza: An Evening with Kathy Kelly in Three Parts

Part 1



Part 2



Part 3

This event was presented by the Tidewater Peace Alliance and
the Hampton Roads Chapter of Amnesty International on March 18, 2009:

Author and activist Kathy Kelly returned to the Naro Cinema in Norfolk, Virgina with stories from her recent travels to Egypt and Gaza during the Israeli invasion. Circumventing the Israeli blockade, Kathy was able to enter Gaza from Egypt during the Israeli siege, on the sixteenth day of the 22 day duration.

Twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, Kathy founded Voices in the Wilderness and is executive director of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. She has traveled twenty-four times to Iraq and was in southern Lebanon in summer 2006 during and after the Israel-Hezbollah war. (see: http://vcnv.org/speaker-bio/kathy-kelly)

De-Cloaking the Economic Scandals

Check out the 3/19/09 Democracy Now episode contains accurate in depth economic reporting on the largest economic scandal in American History.

Matt Tabbi has a great article--The Big Takeover--covering the economic scandal in Rolling Stone.

France Goes on National Strike

Sidebar:

Hundreds of thousands have marched in France, in protest at the president's handling of the economy.

Historic power shift in El Salvador

The historical shift, however watered down this might be in El Salvador, continues throughout Latin America, from extreme Right-wing elitism toward Leftist populism. One small step for El Salvador, one more big step for our brothers and sisters throughout the hemisphere.

ENOUGH! STOP THE PREDATOR CLASS FROM ROBBING US BLIND!

http://takebacktheeconomy.org

Take Action against Corporate Excess! Join the movement on March 19.

Longtime Activist Kathy Kelly On The Destruction In Gaza. Democracy Now 1-27-09 2 of 2

Amy Goodman's interview with Kathy Kelly continues.

Longtime Activist Kathy Kelly On The Destruction In Gaza. Democracy Now 1-27-09 1 of 2

Sidebar from Amy Goodman:

President Obama has dispatched George Mitchell on his first trip as Middle East envoy. Mitchell is set to begin in Egypt today followed by Israel, the occupied West Bank, Jordan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. My next guest has just returned from the Gaza Strip, where she witnessed the Israeli attack. Kathy Kelly is the Executive Director of Voices for Creative Nonviolence.

Bearing Witness in Gaza: An Evening with Kathy Kelly

Wednesday, March 18 at 7:15pm at the

NARO Cinema in Ghent

1507 Colley Ave, Norfolk, VA 23517

757-625-6276