Wednesday, November 30, 2011

The Native American Genocide




After the Mayflower."The Native American Genocide".1of5
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In 1600 the Wampanoag lived in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, as well as within a territory that encompassed current day Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Their population numbered about 12,000.Massasoit the Wampanoag Native met and established a friendly alliance an offered their assistance which led to the salvation of the newly English arrivals who but if not for the Natives help would have perished.


 
Tecumseh's Vision "The Native American Genocide" 2of5
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Tecumseh "Shooting Star" or "Panther Across The Sky", (March 1768 -- October 5, 1813) was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy (known as Tecumseh's Confederacy) which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812. Tecumseh has become an icon and heroic figure in American Indian and Canadian history.
Tecumseh grew up in the Ohio Country during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War, where he was constantly exposed to warfare.[1] With Americans continuing to encroach on Indian territory after the British ceded the Ohio Valley to the new United States in 1783, the Shawnee moved further northwest. In 1808, they settled Prophetstown in present-day Indiana. With a vision of establishing an independent American Indian nation east of the Mississippi, Tecumseh worked to recruit additional tribes to the confederacy from the southern United States.[1]



Trail of Tears "The Native American Genocide".3of5
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The Trail of Tears or the "Walk of Shame" is a name given to the forced relocation and movement of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations, among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory (eastern sections of the present-day state of Oklahoma). The phrase originated from a description of the removal of the Choctaw Nation in 1831.[1] Many Native Americans suffered from exposure, disease and starvation en route to their destinations. Many died, including 4,000 of the 15,000 relocated Cherokee.


 
Geronimo."The Native American Genocide"4of5
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Geronimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé "one who yawns"; June 16, 1829 -- February 17, 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico and the United States for their expansion into Apache tribal lands for several decades during the Apache Wars. Allegedly, "Geronimo" was the name given to him during a Mexican incident. His Chiricahua name is often rendered as Goyathlay or Goyahkla[2][3] in English.
After an attack by a company of Mexican soldiers killed many members of his family in 1858, Geronimo joined revenge attacks on the Mexicans.[4] During his career as a war chief, Geronimo was notorious for consistently urging raids and war upon Mexican Provinces and their various towns, and later against American locations across Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas.[5]
In 1886 Geronimo surrendered to U.S. authorities after a lengthy pursuit. As a prisoner of war in old age he became a celebrity and appeared in fairs[6] but was never allowed to return to the land of his birth. He later regretted his surrender and claimed the conditions he made had been ignored. Geronimo died in 1909 from complications of pneumonia at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.


 
Wounded Knee Incident 1973 The Native American Genocide 5of5
The Wounded Knee incident began February 27, 1973 when about 200 Oglala Lakota and followers of the American Indian Movement (AIM) seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The grassroots protest followed the failure of their effort to impeach the elected tribal president Richard Wilson, whom they accused of corruption and abuse of opponents; they also protested the United States government's failure to fulfill treaties with Indian peoples and demanded the reopening of treaty negotiations.
Oglala and AIM activists controlled the town for 71 days while the United States Marshals Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and other law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area. The activists chose the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre for its symbolic value. Both sides were armed and shooting was frequent. An FBI agent was paralyzed from a gunshot wound early during the occupation; a Cherokee and an Oglala Lakota were killed by shootings in April 1973. Ray Robinson, a civil rights activist who joined the protesters, disappeared during the events and is believed to have been murdered. Due to damage to the houses, the small community was never reoccupied.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

American Holocaust: The Destruction of America's Native Peoples


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Tue, Nov 29, 2011

American Holocaust: The Destruction of America's Native Peoples, a lecture by David Stannard, professor and chair of the American Studies Department at the University of Hawaii. Stannard, author of American Holocaust, asserts that the European and white American destruction of the native peoples of the Americas was the most substantial act of genocide in world history. A combination of atrocities and imported plagues resulted in the death of roughly 95 percent of the native population in the Americas. Stannard argues that the perpetrators of the American Holocaust operated from the same ideological source as the architects of the Nazi Holocaust. That ideology remains alive today in American foreign policy, Stannard avers.

The 31st Annual Vanderbilt University Holocaust Lecture Series, the longest continuous Holocaust lecture series at an American university, takes the theme this year of (over) Sites of Memory and examines places that are infused with memories of genocide and the challenge to find effective ways to honor these memories.


Monday, November 28, 2011

The Compact for Racial Justice


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Mon, Nov 28, 2011
From Facing Race 2008's Plenary 3, held on Saturday, November 15. The Compact for Racial Justice offers concrete strategies and policy proposals to reverse racial disparities and move our society towards full equity, inclusion and dignity for all people. The Compact transcends talk of personal prejudice with compelling evidence of institutional racism and realistic proactive solutions. It seeks to engage a broad multiracial base of activists, opinion leaders and policymakers in making government and powerful institutions accountable for eliminating racial inequality in our schools, hospitals, courtrooms and workplaces.

Moderator: Tammy Johnson, Applied Research Center http://www.arc.orgRinku Sen, Applied Research Center http://www.arc.orgLeeAnn Hall, Northwest Federation of Community Organizers http://nwfco.org/
John Jackson, Schott Foundation for Public Education http://www.schottfoundation.org
Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Drum Major Institute http://www.drummajorinstitute.org
Karin M. Wang, Asian Pacific American Legal Center http://www.apalc.org/
Rinku Sen: Locating Justice

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Death Penalty on Trial


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Sun, Nov 27, 2011

Four cases dramatically illustrate the failings that have made many question the legitimacy of capital punishment.

Almost 100 death row inmates have been exonerated and released in the last few years. Clearly, our judicial system--long trumpeted as the best in the world--has major failings. But what can be done to repair them?

THE DEATH PENALTY ON TRIAL tackles this difficult questions by examining four cases, each illustrative of a critical weakness in the system. John Lee Guy was sentenced to die because he received incompetent defense from an alcoholic attorney who was using cocaine during his trial. Tommy Ziegler's trial was presided over by a judge who had previously opposed Ziegler's defense team, and when the jury recommended life imprisonment, the judge overruled them and sentenced Ziegler to die. Police tortured Leroy Orange for over twelve hours before he finally confessed to multiple homicides. And Charles Munsey died of cancer in jail before it was discovered that the district attorney who prosecuted his case knew that a key witness was lying.

This important, feature-length episode of A&E’s INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS marks the 10th anniversary of the series, and takes an unflinching look at the cost of not fixing a system that is clearly damaged. Hosted by Bill Kurtis.

After this show the innocent protection law was passed making DNA testing available (Cost $600.00 and in many cases DNA evidence was lost or never existed) Also it said judges could not overturn the jury verdict and those under 18 at the time of the crime and retarded people could not be executed. The case in this show would not be affected because his IQ was not low enough.
Sonia Jacobs and Peter Pringle on Their Journey From Death Row to the Wedding Altar



Termination of economy


Robert Foster in his unparalleled musical manner targets the ailing global economy. How can it be fixed? Does it need to be? Who has the guts to do what is necessary?
­Special guests of the episode are (sort of) grassroots movement leaders Congressman Ron Paul and the Zeitgeist Movement founder Peter Joseph. (And also surprisingly a homicidal supercomputer on a quest to eradicate humanity and save the Earth).
It’s a news show you won’t forget.

Dictator dinner: Gaddafi, Hussein & Co in fast food ad




Turns out it’s hard to be the Last Dictator Standing. A new ad for a South African fast-food chain featuring Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe dining all alone while pining for best buddies Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Mao and P.W. Botha has become a YouTube hit.
The ad, created for Nando's by the Johannesburg-based Black River FC agency and directed by Dean Blumberg, shows the African dictator reflecting on happier times with guys long gone from his block.
The video quickly went viral, gathering hundreds of comments on YouTube from enthusiastic fans, some laughing and others booing the poor, lonely dictator.
“It's too funny.”
“This killed me… this is the funniest thing I have ever watched!!! lmao!!! Whoever came up with this idea is an amazing person!!hahahah”.
“This made me feel sorry for him!”
“Who else felt a little bit sorry for Mugabe with no friends?”
Some clearly believe it won’t be long before the politically-incorrect piece is removed from public view: “How long before they take this off air….? It’s AWESOME BTW!” writes TheRalfZer0.
The ad shows a lonely Mugabe sitting at his empty dinner table when his mind drifts off into memories of a time when he could take trips to the beach with Saddam Hussein or play water pistols with Muammar Gaddafi.
At the end of the video, the African dictator is shown all alone at Christmas, but a voiceover brings hope, saying, “This time of year, no-one should eat alone.”
The dinner scene has clearly whetted appetites for a sequel.
“I really wish that there might be a full version of this with all the worst dictators of the 20th century,” posted Ericsakata.
For others, the ad struck a raw nerve.
“Trust me, coming from one of the people kicked out of Zimbabwe by Mugabe, it does bring out some emotions. But at the same time it is a really good ad and is very funny, and makes you think that soon someone will realise that he is just as bad as all the others, worse than some of them, and even though Zimbabwe doesn't have oil or precious compounds, and the buyers of the diamonds don't care where they come from, there’s a good chance he will go soon. But the damage is done :(,“ wrote Danlemes.
Nando's is notorious for its controversial ad campaigns. One television ad in 2000 showed a blind woman being knocked unconscious when her guide dog deliberately leads her into a pole and then proceeds to eat the chicken the woman has just purchased.
This ad caused an uproar among people concerned that it might offend the blind. However the blind people themselves were quoted in the media as finding the advert amusing.
Another ad featured a blonde causing a scene at a restaurant because her burger did not come with fries, when in fact she cannot see them because her prominent bosom is blocking the view.
Nando's is a fast-food restaurant group originating from South Africa with a Portuguese/Mozambican theme. Founded in 1987, Nando's operates in 30 countries on five continents.

Death Penalty on Trial




Four cases dramatically illustrate the failings that have made many question the legitimacy of capital punishment.

Almost 100 death row inmates have been exonerated and released in the last few years. Clearly, our judicial system--long trumpeted as the best in the world--has major failings. But what can be done to repair them?
THE DEATH PENALTY ON TRIAL tackles this difficult questions by examining four cases, each illustrative of a critical weakness in the system. John Lee Guy was sentenced to die because he received incompetent defense from an alcoholic attorney who was using cocaine during his trial. Tommy Ziegler's trial was presided over by a judge who had previously opposed Ziegler's defense team, and when the jury recommended life imprisonment, the judge overruled them and sentenced Ziegler to die. Police tortured Leroy Orange for over twelve hours before he finally confessed to multiple homicides. And Charles Munsey died of cancer in jail before it was discovered that the district attorney who prosecuted his case knew that a key witness was lying.

This important, feature-length episode of INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS marks the 10th anniversary of the series, and takes an unflinching look at the cost of not fixing a system that is clearly damaged. Hosted by Bill Kurtis.

The Exonerated - The Play

Sunny Jacobs was convicted of a crime she did not commit, and lost 16 years of her life to death row. Frighteningly, Sunny's story is not unique. It could, and does happen dozens of times right here, right now, in the United States. The Exonerated tells the true tales of six innocent death row survivors in their own words. In words you won't forget.
The Exonerated played to sold-out crowds at Culture Project's 45 Bleecker Street Theater for 18 months before touring the country with featured performances by Robin Williams, Brian Dennehy, Mia Farrow, Stockard Channing, Avery Brooks, and other distinguished actors. After being seen by over 500,000 people across the country, The Exonerated was made into a Court TV movie starring Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover and Aiden Quinn. The Exonerated has raised over $800,000 for the individuals depicted in the play.

Now read about the authors' journey in creating The Exonerated in the new book

Imagine everything you did between the years of 1976 and 1992.
Now remove all of it.
Those 16 years were taken away from Sunny Jacobs, convicted and sentenced to death for a crime she did not
commit......it could happen just as easily to you. 
   Culled from interviews, letters, transcripts, case files, and the public record, The Exonerated tells the true stories of six people sent to Death Row for crimes they did not commit. In this 90 minute, intermissionless play, we meet Kerry, a sensitive Texan brutalized on Texas' death row for 22 years before being freed by DNA evidence; and Gary, a Midwestern organic farmer condemned for the murder of his own parents and later exonerated when two motorcycle gang members confess to the crime. We are introduced to Robert, an African-American horse groomer who spent seven years on Florida's death row for the murder of a white woman before evidence emerged that the victim was found clutching hair from a Caucasian attacker. We hear from David, a shy man with aspirations to the ministry, bullied into confessing at 18 to a robbery/murder he had nothing to do with, scarred from a youth spent in prison and struggling to regain his faith; and from Sunny, a bright-spirited hippie who spent 17 years in prison, along with her husband, for the murder of two police officers while another suspect had written a confession that was repeatedly discounted by authorities. And we meet Delbert, a poet who serves as the play's center, convicted of a rape/murder in the Deep South of the 1970s and later freed when evidence surfaced suggesting that he was not even in the state when the crime occurred. Moving between first-person monologues and scenes set in courtrooms and prisons, the six interwoven stories paint a picture of an American criminal justice system gone horribly wrong and of six brave souls who persevered to survive it.

   In spring of 2002, "The Exonerated" authors Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen co-directed a critically acclaimed production of The Exonerated at the Los Angeles Actors' Gang Theater under the Artistic Direction of Tim Robbins. Under Bob Balaban's direction, The Exonerated played Off-Broadway (over 600 performances) and toured for 27 weeks across the country. The Exonerated has also been performed at the United Nations and for Washington audiences including Senator Patrick Leahy, Former Atty. General Janet Reno, Former U.S. Atty. Mary Jo White, Supreme Court Justice David Souter, and several members of the Justice Department.

   In 2002, Blank and Jensen were invited to present The Exonerated for Governor George Ryan of Illinois, as he was considering whether to commute the sentences of over 140 Illinois death row inmates. That performance took place at the 2002 National Gathering of the Death Row Exonerated, for an audience including over 40 exonerated death row inmates, Governor Ryan, and several members of the Illinois State Legislature, as well as major religious leaders.

The exonerated:

Kerry Max Cook: Convicted of murdering a neighbor in Texas in 1977; exonerated in 1997.
Gary Gauger: Convicted of murdering his mother and father in Illinois in 1993; exonerated in 1996. 
Robert Earl HayesBlack Florida racetrack worker convicted of murdering a white woman in 1990; exonerated in 1997.  In 2004, the real Robert Hayes plead guilty to manslaughter and arson in a 1987 rape and murder in New York. He is now serving 15 to 45 years. He is also the prime suspect in rapes in Delaware and New Jersey. 
Sonia "Sunny" Jacobs: Convicted, along with common law husband, Jesse Tafero, and his friend, Walter Rhodes, of murdering Philip Black, a Florida state trooper and Donald Irwin, a visiting Canadian constable in 1976; plead no contest and was released in 1992. Tafero was executed in 1990.
David Keaton: Convicted of murdering a Florida police officer in 1971; exonerated in 1973. 
Delbert Tibbs: Black Florida man convicted of murdering a white man and raping his girlfriend in 1974; exonerated in 1976. He was eventually freed in 1979 after serving time for an unrelated charge. 

The Compact for Racial Justice




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http://www.arc.org/facingraceFrom Facing Race 2008's Plenary 3, held on Saturday, November 15. The Compact for Racial Justice offers concrete strategies and policy proposals to reverse racial disparities and move our society towards full equity, inclusion and dignity for all people. The Compact transcends talk of personal prejudice with compelling evidence of institutional racism and realistic proactive solutions. It seeks to engage a broad multiracial base of activists, opinion leaders and policymakers in making government and powerful institutions accountable for eliminating racial inequality in our schools, hospitals, courtrooms and workplaces.

Moderator: Tammy Johnson, Applied Research Center http://www.arc.org
Rinku Sen, Applied Research Center http://www.arc.orgLeeAnn Hall, Northwest Federation of Community Organizers http://nwfco.org/
John Jackson, Schott Foundation for Public Education http://www.schottfoundation.org
Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Drum Major Institute
http://www.drummajorinstitute.org
Karin M. Wang, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
http://www.apalc.org/

Saturday, November 26, 2011

The Exonerated


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Sat, Nov 26, 2011

Sunny Jacobs was convicted of a crime she did not commit, and lost 16 years of her life to death row. Frighteningly, Sunny's story is not unique. It could, and does happen dozens of times right here, right now, in the United States. The Exonerated tells the true tales of six innocent death row survivors in their own words. In words you won't forget.
The Exonerated played to sold-out crowds at Culture Project's 45 Bleecker Street Theater for 18 months before touring the country with featured performances by Robin Williams, Brian Dennehy, Mia Farrow, Stockard Channing, Avery Brooks, and other distinguished actors. After being seen by over 500,000 people across the country, The Exonerated was made into a Court TV movie starring Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover and Aiden Quinn. The Exonerated has raised over $800,000 for the individuals depicted in the play.

The exonerated:

Kerry Max Cook: Convicted of murdering a neighbor in Texas in 1977; exonerated in 1997.

Gary Gauger: Convicted of murdering his mother and father in Illinois in 1993; exonerated in 1996. 

Robert Earl Hayes: Black Florida racetrack worker convicted of murdering a white woman in 1990; exonerated in 1997.  In 2004, the real Robert Hayes plead guilty to manslaughter and arson in a 1987 rape and murder in New York. He is now serving 15 to 45 years. He is also the prime suspect in rapes in Delaware and New Jersey. 

Sonia "Sunny" Jacobs: Convicted, along with common law husband, Jesse Tafero, and his friend, Walter Rhodes, of murdering Philip Black, a Florida state trooper and Donald Irwin, a visiting Canadian constable in 1976; plead no contest and was released in 1992. Tafero was executed in 1990.

David Keaton: Convicted of murdering a Florida police officer in 1971; exonerated in 1973. 

Delbert Tibbs: Black Florida man convicted of murdering a white man and raping his girlfriend in 1974; exonerated in 1976. He was eventually freed in 1979 after serving time for an unrelated charge. 




Friday, November 25, 2011

Occupy Everywhere - Democracy Now


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Fri, Nov 25, 2011


How does the Occupy Wall Street movement move from "the outrage phase" to the "hope phase," and imagine a new economic model? In a Democracy Now! special broadcast, we bring you excerpts from a recent event that examined this question and much more. "Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power," a panel discussion hosted by The Nation magazine and The New School in New York City, features Oscar-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore; Naomi Klein, best-selling author of the "Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism"; Rinku Sen of the Applied Research Center and publisher of ColorLines; Occupy Wall Street organizer Patrick Bruner; and veteran journalist William Greider, author of "Come Home, America: The Rise and Fall (and Redeeming Promise) of Our Country."



Occupy Everywhere: The Movement Against Corporate Power | The New School | Full




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THE NEW SCHOOL | http://www.newschool.edu
Occupy Everywhere: On the New Politics and Possibilities of the Movement Against Corporate Power

THE NEW SCHOOL FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT | http://newschool.edu/public-engagement
A discussion featuring award-winning filmmaker and author Michael Moore (Here Comes Trouble), best-selling author and Nation columnist Naomi Klein (The Shock Doctrine), Nation National Affairs correspondent William Greider (Come Home, America), Colorlines Publisher Rinku Sen (The Accidental American), Occupy Wall Street Organizer Patrick Bruner and Richard Kim, executive editor, The Nation.com (moderator).

Occupy Wall Street at THE NEW SCHOOL | http://blogs.newschool.edu/news/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-into-the-classroom | http://www.newschoolsenate.org/about/events/ows
Location: Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall.
November 10, 2011 8:00 p.m.


When Kids Get Life


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Thu, Nov 17, 2011

The United States is one of the only countries in the 

world that allows children under 18 to be sentenced 

to life without parole. Human Rights Watch and 

Amnesty International report that more than 2,000 

inmates are currently serving life without parole in the 

United States for crimes committed when they were 

juveniles; in the rest of the world, there are only 12

juveniles serving the same sentence, according to

figures reported to the United Nations' Convention on

the Rights of the Child. In When Kids Get Life,

FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel (The O.J. Verdict,

Innocence Lost) travels to Colorado to profile five 

individuals sentenced to life without parole as 

juveniles. See video



Old time radio - Mystery House - 11-16-2011


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Wed, Nov 16, 2011

Before Television my family would watch the radio shows. Yes I said watch, we used our imagination. When TV came I missed the radio shows because the imagination was better than what was shown on TV.

I hope you enjoy the shows like I did. Let your mind free to see what is on the show. You can see more with your mind than with your eyes.

A Case of Homicide
Death in the Saddle
Death Is An Accident
A New Lease On Death


Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price


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Tue, Nov 15, 2011 10:00PM
But just how is Wal-Mart able to charge less than many of their rivals, and what has their success done for their employees?

Documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald takes a look inside the discount retailer’s empire in Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, and discovers a company short on scruples and long on shabby treatment of the people who work for them.


Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial


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Mon, Nov 14, 2011

 
Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial is an award winning NOVA documentary on the case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, which concentrated on the question of whether or not intelligent design could be viewed as science and taught in school science class. It aired in on PBS in November 2007 and features interviews with the judge, witnesses, and lawyers as well as re-enacted scenes (no cameras were allowed in court).

The documentary was praised by Nature, and described as accurate by the National Center for Science Education. Variety magazine also gave the documentary a positive review, and said it was one of the year’s most important television projects, that “should be shown not just in every U.S. high school but in houses of worship as well.”

In contrast to the positive reception the film has been given, creationist and intelligent design supporters have criticized the documentary. The Discovery Institute produced a website critical of the broadcast. Answers in Genesis claimed the evidence for evolution presented by scientists in Judgment Day was fallacious. The Institute for Creation Research (ICR) also claimed the film was not balanced. WKNO-TV, the local PBS affiliate in Memphis decided not to air the documentary because of the “controversial nature” of the subject, but has since promised to broadcast it in 2008.

For the Bible Tells Me So


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Sun. 11/13/2011

We meet five Christian families, each with a gay or lesbian child. Parents talk about their marriages and church-going, their children’s childhood and coming out, their reactions, and changes over time.

The stories told by these nine parents and four adult children alternate with talking heads – Protestant and Jewish theologians – and with film clips of fundamentalist preachers and pundits and news clips of people in the street.
They discuss scripture and biblical scholarship. A thesis of the film is that much of Christianity’s homophobia represents a misreading of scripture, a denial of science, and an embrace of quack psychology. The families call for love.


Capitalism Hits the Fan - Richard Wolff


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Sat, Nov 12, 2011
Economist, author, Professor emeritus UMass, Amherst, Richard Wolff, speaks about the current economic crises, its' roots and what we can do about it.


Who Wrote The Bible?


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Fri. 11/11/2011


Robert Beckford learned the Bible at his mother’s knee and grew up believing that it was literally true.

But, 20 years on from his Baptist upbringing, Beckford is no longer so sure that ‘the good book’ is the pure, unadulterated word of God untouched by human hand.

For Beckford, who wrote the Bible matters more today than perhaps at any other moment in living memory.
His journey takes him from Birmingham to the West Bank, from Jerusalem to Turkey, and from Rome to Bible Belt America.


Thursday, November 24, 2011

Day of Mourning

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Thu, Nov 24, 2011
For the Indians (Native Americans, Indigenous People) Thanks Giving Day is the Day of Mourning. The Original Thanks Giving was to cellebrate a Indian Massacre. 80% of the indians that were in North America were victims of Genocide by the Europeans. When Columbus came there were ove 12,000,000. By 1890 there were 250,000. Today there are about 250,000. That means that our country is still killing them off.
John Trudell is an activist and writer. This show gives you a sample of his work.Go to http://thecrazyoldmannetwork.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/trudell/ for more about John Trudell
Recordings: Interview, I’m Crazy, Why the Elite Need to Keep Us Poor



C. Hedges - Psychological Death West - Death Liberal Class


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Thu, Nov 10, 2011
Brilliant speech by Chris Hedges “Psychological Death of the West “
Chris hedges provides an analysis of the psychopathology of contemporary America and how this dystopia eventually drives many citizens to despair and disillusionment with the current system. Note: The beginning focuses on Michale Jackson as he uses it as a parallel, then he progresses onto wall street, banksters and the corporate state, lost jobs never coming back, etc., etc.

Also Chris Hedges "Death of the Liberal Class"

Chris Hedges, whose book "Death of the Liberal Class" (Perseus) came out the day of this presentation, is also the best-selling author of "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning." Hedges, whose column is published Mondays on Truthdig, spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years. Produced by The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY, this event was co-sponsored by Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace.

The crazy old man talks for the third hour
I will be talking about the sins of our country and how we need to protest and try to take the country back for the people. It is our country but it has been stolen by the 1%


Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Cornel West and Chris Hedges at Goldman Sachs Mock Trial at Occupy Wall St


Mon, Nov 7, 2011

Cornel West Chris Hedges at Goldman Sachs Mock Trial Occupy Wall

St. Nov 3 2011 people's hearing


Recorded November 3, 2011, 10.15am. The People vs. Goldman Sachs


mock trial people's hearing held at Liberty a/k/a Zuccotti Park with fiery


commentary by Dr. Cornel West, eloquence by Chris Hedges, and


testimonies from people directly affected by Goldman Sachpolicies.



Chris Hedges speaking at Occupy Wall Street


Last week, Chris Hedges came down to Occupy Wall Street in New York.


Hedges gave this compelling talk on the history of radical movements and


the power of the people to create change. Here's what he had to say--


Part 2 of Chris Hedges teach-in at Occupy Wall Street on October 9th,


2011. Here, Hedges answers questions regarding: How movements


succeed, Who to vote for in the upcoming elections, and Why it is


imperative to maintain a leaderless movement.



How Does Goldman Sachs Make Its Profits?



PBS NewsHour Correspondent Paul Solman explores the secretive


inner workings of Goldman Sachs.










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