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Fire Walk With Me's JournalQuiet Desperation (Season 3 Ep-8) "The Democratic National Convention"
Rob Potylo ?@quietcry
#QuietDesperation #RealityShow out of #Boston This ep we went to da #Occupy Camp at the DNC with @VerminSupreme
#owc
Research finds Australian dollar not safe haven in European Crisis
@Anon_GovWatchCA
Research finds Australian dollar not safe haven in European Crisis
http://m.phys.org/news/2013-04-australian-dollar-safe-haven-european.html …
Because it is a #GLOBALECONOMICCRISIS DAMMIT!!!
In the first ever study of its kind, Dr Ariful Hoque from Murdoch's School of Management and Governance looked at how six major currencies were affected by the crisis – providing insights into global investor confidence.
"While the euro depreciated against all the major currencies, a regressive analysis has shown that investors viewed the US dollar and Japanese yen as safe-haven currencies in which to invest, which led to strong increases in the prices of US dollar- and Japanese yen-dominated government bonds," Dr Hoque said.
"This was not the case for other currencies."
Dr Hoque said the US dollar was likely seen as a safe investment due to its historical stability and its autonomy – aspects that impacted the Australian and Canadian dollars in a converse way.
(More at the link.)
U.S. Steel locks out nearly 1,000 workers at Lake Erie Works
@Anon_GovWatchCA
U.S. Steel locks out nearly 1,000 workers at Lake Erie Works
http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/us-steel-locks-out-nearly-1000-workers-at-lake-erie-works/article11595621/?service=mobile …
U.S. Steel locked out almost 1,000 unionized workers at its facility in Nanticoke, Ont., Sunday, raising questions from employees about promises the company made to the federal government about continuing production in Canada.
The company shut the gates of its Lake Erie Works plant, located about 130 kilometres southwest of Toronto, at 9 a.m. just as it had warned it would, leaving hundreds of angry workers gathered outside.
“The gates are now closed on one of the most productive steel mills in North America, one of the most efficient steel mills in North America,” said Bill Ferguson, president of Steelworkers Local 8782.
“From what we can see, production has been shifted to the United States.”
(More at the link.)
Urgent Need for NATO 5 Support (USA)
Anonymous ?@OccupyTheMob
Urgent Need for NATO 5 Support (USA) http://dlvr.it/3J3yL4 via; @OpPinkPower
http://325.nostate.net/?p=7732&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
We are calling on comrades around the world to help raise awareness of the NATO 5 cases and support funds for the defendants on the one-year anniversary of their preemptive arrests. Between May 16 – 21, the one year anniversary of their arrests, plan a fundraiser, solidarity action, or just help spread the word in support of the NATO 5!
If you are unable to plan an entire event, you could always pass the hat at a meeting, or even help us promote our WePay.
While their lawyers are working pro bono, the NATO 5 require upwards of $30,000 for expert legal costs, court costs, data retrieval, etc. Any donation amount helps!
For more information, check out the information on the Week of Solidarity on our website: http://nato5support.wordpress.com/international-week-of-solidarity-with-the-nato-5/
Or go to our WePay: https://www.wepay.com/donations/nato-5-defense
In solidarity,
NATO 5 Defense Committee
Tags: International Solidarity, NATO 5, Repression, USA
This entry was posted on Sunday, April 28th, 2013 at 6:51 pm and is filed under Prison Struggle.
Noam Chomsky: Obama's Attack on Civil Liberties Has Gone Way Beyond Imagination
Occupy San Diego ?@OccupySD99
Noam #Chomsky: #Obama's Attack on Civil Liberties Has Gone Way Beyond Imagination | Alternet... http://fb.me/2mDQM7VKu
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/noam-chomsky-obamas-attack-civil-liberties-has-gone-way-beyond-imagination
April 26, 2013 | Mike Stivers: Anyone following issues of civil liberties under Obama knows that his administration's policies have been disastrous. The signing of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which effectively legalizes indefinite detention of US citizens, the prosecution of more whistleblowers than any previous president, the refusal to close Guantanamo, and the adoption of ruthless positions in trials such as Hedges vs. Obama and Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project don't even encapsulate the full extent of the flagrant violations of civil, political and constitutional rights. One basic question that a lot of people seem to be asking is, why? What's the rationale?
Noam Chomsky: That's a very interesting question. I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors. The one thing that did surprise me is his attack on civil liberties. They go well beyond anything I would have anticipated, and they don't seem easy to explain. In many ways the worst is what you mention, Holder vs. Humanitarian Law Project. That's an Obama initiative and it's a very serious attack on civil liberties. He doesn't gain anything from it – he doesn't get any political mileage out of it. In fact, most people don't even know about it, but what it does is extend the concept of "material assistance to terror" to speech.
The case in question was a law group that was giving legal advice to groups on the terrorist list, which in itself has no moral or legal justification; it's an abomination. But if you look at the way it's been used, it becomes even more abhorrent ( Nelson Mandela was on it until a couple of years ago.) And the wording of the colloquy is broad enough that it could very well mean that if, say, you meet with someone in a terrorist group and advise them to turn to nonviolent means, then that's material assistance to terrorism. I've met with people who are on the list and will continue to do so, and Obama wants to criminalize that, which is a plain attack on freedom of speech. I just don't understand why he's doing it.
The NDAA suit, of which I'm a plaintiff - it mostly codifies existing practice. While there has been some protest over the indefinite detention clause, there's one aspect of it that I'm not entirely happy with. The only protest that's being raised is in response to detention of American citizens, but I don't see why we should have the right to detain anyone without trial. The provision of the NDAA that allows for this should not be tolerated. It was banned almost eight centuries ago in the Magna Carta.
(More at the link. Omen signs in the shape of things to come-- none of this is without purpose, without larger design.)
Occupy Buffalo sues city over raid
Occupy Wall Street ?@OccupyWallStNYC
Occupy Buffalo sues city over raid - City & Region - The Buffalo News http://ow.ly/1VHJwQ #OWS
http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130427/CITYANDREGION/130429217/1003
In a related suit, Occupy Buffalo is seeking records from the FBI and recently asked a federal judge to order the release of any documents on when and how the agency monitored the organization.
“Why were they investigating these kids who were simply exercising their constitutional rights?” said Michael Kuzma, a lawyer for the organization. “I think the public has a right to know.”
The suit stems in part from the government’s acknowledgement that other federal agencies kept an eye on the group’s activities.
The Coast Guard, for example, monitored public websites for Occupy Buffalo’s planned activities but, in the end, found only low or negligible threats to local ports and waterways.
(More at the link.)
The crazy, true story of how Dick Cheney's son-in-law stymied regulation of chemical plants.
Christopher Hayes ?@chrislhayes
The crazy, true story of how Dick Cheney's son-in-law stymied regulation of chemical plants. http://www.nbcnews.com/video/all-in-/51669040 …
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/all-in-/51669040
Video report at the link; I don't know how to embed it here.
The Houston Police Department Targeting Houston Activists
http://stylemagazine.com/news/2013/apr/25/houston-police-department-targeting-houston-activi/According to officers speaking on the condition of anonymity HPD has held at least one training session discussing the local activists.
“I’ve seen the intel they have on HFT. Very scary. You’d think they were a violent organization. I’ve been forced to watch videos they have on them, having to keep my mouth shut. I totally support HFT. I sent an email trying to warn them of the intel being gathered on them but never received a response”
“They may very well be aware of what I told them, but if not, they need to know we were shown videos in a class at HPD (HFT own videos posted on YouTube). The instructor was able to name each & every leader of HFT. I felt HPD has a great disdain for their organization. It’s hard to explain & you’d have to have been there to sense the militarized tone of the instructor. Just wanted them to know to watch their backs & wouldn’t be surprised (have no knowledge of this whatsoever though) that they could be infiltrated by undercover officers in an attempt to garner intel. Again, I really have no clue how far HPD takes that stuff. I observed this during a training session at HPD over a year ago. Subsequent training sessions, there’s been no mention of HFT. And please note they were not the subject of the training. Please don’t pass my name along to them. If they are under a surveillance, my name associated with them wouldn’t be good. But if you have direct contact with Broze, I’d be more than happy to provide any info I hear in the future to you so that it can be disseminated to them. I did speak with a couple of others attending the training and mentioned during the break how I couldn’t find anything wrong with what HFT was doing. Definitely wouldn’t have gone over well during the class had I mentioned it.”
As a member of the Houston Free Thinkers (HFT) dealing with the Houston Police Department is not a new thing. Since the groups inception we have been hassled by HPD for protesting outside of the Federal Reserve, and been met with force on our marches against the NDAA and SOPA .
(More at the link.)
The matrix broke today and an actual Yemeni was allowed to testify about drones in the Senate -
Glenn Greenwald ?@ggreenwald 23 Apr
The matrix broke today and an actual Yemeni was allowed to testify about drones in the Senate - he was brilliant
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/04/23/drone-war-terrorizes-yemenis-expert-tells-senate-committee/ …
Drone War ‘Terrorizes’ Yemenis, Expert Tells Senate Committee
The Obama administration’s drone war in Yemen “terrorizes” the local population, kills civilians regularly, and helps al-Qaeda recruit new members by sowing anti-American sentiment, according to testimony from a Yemeni activist in a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
“Just six days ago, my village was struck by a drone, in an attack that terrified thousands of simple, poor farmers,” Farea Al-Muslimi told the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing on the legality of the drone war. “The drone strike and its impact tore my heart, much as the tragic bombings in Boston last week tore your hearts and also mine.”
“What radicals had previously failed to achieve in my village,” al-Muslimi said, “one drone strike accomplished in an instant: there is now an intense anger and growing hatred of America,” adding that he has ”seen Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula use US strikes to promote its agenda and try to recruit more terrorists.”
Rosa Brooks, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, told the Senate that the Obama administration’s drone war undermines the rule of law.
(More at the link. Cross-posted from Occupy Underground.)
The matrix broke today and an actual Yemeni was allowed to testify about drones in the Senate -
Glenn Greenwald ?@ggreenwald 23 Apr
The matrix broke today and an actual Yemeni was allowed to testify about drones in the Senate - he was brilliant
http://news.antiwar.com/2013/04/23/drone-war-terrorizes-yemenis-expert-tells-senate-committee/ …
Drone War ‘Terrorizes’ Yemenis, Expert Tells Senate Committee
The Obama administration’s drone war in Yemen “terrorizes” the local population, kills civilians regularly, and helps al-Qaeda recruit new members by sowing anti-American sentiment, according to testimony from a Yemeni activist in a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
“Just six days ago, my village was struck by a drone, in an attack that terrified thousands of simple, poor farmers,” Farea Al-Muslimi told the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing on the legality of the drone war. “The drone strike and its impact tore my heart, much as the tragic bombings in Boston last week tore your hearts and also mine.”
“What radicals had previously failed to achieve in my village,” al-Muslimi said, “one drone strike accomplished in an instant: there is now an intense anger and growing hatred of America,” adding that he has ”seen Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula use US strikes to promote its agenda and try to recruit more terrorists.”
Rosa Brooks, Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, told the Senate that the Obama administration’s drone war undermines the rule of law.
(More at the link. Do I have to add that war is money, and war requires enemies, even if you have to create them to continue the profit parade? Much less the debt mountain being used to "austerity" the country?)
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