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  • No One Is Illegal Solidarity With the Anti-G20 Resistance

    Syndicated from Media Co-op
    Promoted by blackandred on Sat, 2010/07/03 - 2:30pm

    July 3, 2010

    From June 22 to June 27, No One is Illegal dared to dream of a world without fences. As we marched with thousands, we dared to confront the walls erected daily to separate the rich from the poor, the powerful from the powerless...We now stand alongside all of those currently caught in the walls of the (in)justice system...In particular, we stand in solidarity with those who have faced and are currently facing the worst excesses of the repressive police state...The state's attempt to criminalize these individuals is a targeted attempt to silence our movements.

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  • (en) Canada, Media, Ottawa anarchists stage protest for Sunday

    Syndicated from A-Infos (English) on Sat, 2010-07-03

    They won't give up. ---- Anarchists, unhappy with the way Toronto police handled things
    during the G summits' protests will be back at Ottawa police headquarters Sunday. --- "At
    this time we need to stand up, make some noise and make a collective statement that we
    will not let these actions stand," the group says in an e-mail circulated late Thursday.

    »  Read more | 113 reads «

  • Chronicles of Rebick: The Real G20 Police Conspiracy To Divide Social Movements

    Syndicated from Infoshop News on Sat, 2010-07-03

    <p>Since my last article debunking long-time Toronto activist Judy Rebick's publicly promoted conspiracy theory that the Toronto police allowed the...

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  • Spectral Imaging Reveals Jefferson Nixed 'Subjects' for 'Citizens'

    Syndicated from Slashdot on Sat, 2010-07-03

    Jamie points out this excellent piece, well timed for America's Independence Day, that says spectrographic evidence has established that the one word Thomas Jefferson fully blotted out from an early draft of the Declaration of Independence was not "resident," or "patriot," but rather "subject." This, he replaced with "citizen."

    »  Read more | 120 reads «

  • Gross National Happiness - our part as individuals

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Sat, 2010-07-03

    We need public policies that help people become happier — things like national health care, social security, and shorter work hours.

    »  Read more | 118 reads «

  • Frederick Douglas on the Fourth of July

    Syndicated from Infoshop News on Sat, 2010-07-03

    <p>Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. Th...

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  • G20: They Were Doing Their G-D Jobs: On Policing

    Syndicated from Infoshop News on Sat, 2010-07-03

    <p>In the days following the mass police assaults on organizers, demonstrators, and bystanders during the G8/G20 events, even as comrades linger in...

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  • Where Are The Maya?

    Syndicated from Intercontinental Cry on Sat, 2010-07-03

    Where Are The Maya? exposes the uncomfortable truth about the tourist Meccas of Cancún and Playa del Carmen in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. The Narco News School of Authentic Journalism presents Where Are The Maya? a new 15-minute documentary film that strikes at the heart of Mexico's tourism industry.

    »  Read more | 159 reads «

  • ProPublica Photographer Detained by BP and Local Police

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sat, 2010-07-03
    by Stephen Engelberg

    This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE (PBS).

    A photographer taking pictures for these articles, was detained Friday while shooting pictures in Texas City, Texas.

    »  Read more | 95 reads «

  • Gagged! Pentagon Clamps Down on Media After Rolling Stone Article

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sat, 2010-07-03

    WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has tightened rules on media relations for the US military, only days after the top general in Afghanistan was sacked over disparaging comments he and aides made in an interview.

    »  Read more | 110 reads «

  • Pentagon Ban on Guantanamo Reporters is Illegal, Group Says

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sat, 2010-07-03
    by Lesley Clark

    WASHINGTON - A coalition of major news
    organizations is challenging as unconstitutional Pentagon rules that
    were used in May to ban four reporters from covering military
    commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

    »  Read more | 102 reads «

  • Gulf Oil Spill Likely to Reach Florida Keys, Miami, Report Says

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sat, 2010-07-03
    by Richard Simon and Molly Hennessy-Fiske

    WASHINGTON/NEW ORLEANS - Hundreds of skimming boats prepared Friday to return to calmer gulf
    waters in the wake of Hurricane Alex and resume cleanup of the massive
    BP oil spill, which scientists now predict is likely

    »  Read more | 97 reads «

  • Researchers Say Obama's Slow on Oil Spill Science, too

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Sat, 2010-07-03
    by Renee Schoof

    WASHINGTON - As an unprecedented amount of oil fouls the Gulf of Mexico, research scientists and ocean experts say the Obama administration's efforts to discover the magnitude of the damage are surprisingly uncoordinated.

    »  Read more | 104 reads «

  • Internet Sales Tax Gets a New Champion

    Syndicated from Slashdot on Sat, 2010-07-03

    Archness1 writes with an excerpt from Declan McCullagh's piece at CNET about the recently renewed push for a sales tax on Internet purchases, led by Massachusetts Representative Bill Delahunt. "At the moment, Americans who shop over the Internet from out-of-state vendors usually aren't required to pay sales taxes.

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  • UK Gov't Launches 'Your Freedom' Website To Seek Laws Worth Repealing

    Syndicated from Slashdot on Sat, 2010-07-03

    Firefalcon writes "The UK Government launched Thursday the 'Your Freedom' website, headed by the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, to 'identify laws that should be repealed.' In a recent tweet, Police State UK pointed out an article in the New Statesman which appeals for people to call on the Government to repeal the ill thought-out Digital Economy Act that was rushed through Parliament without su

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