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Major Musicians Donates Artwork for the Charity "War Child"
According to The Pulse of Radio, artwork by members of Rage Against The Machine, Modest Mouse, Spoon, R.E.M., Death Cab For Cutie, and My Morning Jacket will be auctioned off to benefit the War Child International charity starting tomorrow (September 30). The donated pieces are all protest signs designed by the musicians to reflect their take on today's political climates.
Members of Ok Go, The Dresden Dolls, Built To Spill, British Sea Power, The Decemberists, and Supergrass also contributed to the project.
All of the protest signs involved appeared in the "protest issue" of Under The Radar magazine earlier this summer.
The auction lasts for a week on eBay. According to The Pulse of Radio, artwork by members of Rage Against The Machine, Modest Mouse, Spoon, R.E.M., Death Cab For Cutie, and... more -
Politics? Global warming? Mind Control Hate Propaganda, Hate Speech & Crimes, ...
This is a little long... but interesting in these political times.
This is about how mind control, hate, propaganda, etc. is used in politics, genocide and war.
My purpose for posting it is simply so that people can be aware that in politics, and other areas, people are paid to pull our strings and make us react.
For example the writers of political speeches have desired outcomes.
The more charismatic the speaker the greater the outcome.
the question is...
How much do you feel and think is a result of how someone else tells you how to feel and think?
In the end... what is it truly yours?
With the violence reported from the crowds at the DNC and now at the RNC (monday) I wonder... what are these people thinking?
Please don't dissect political candidates here. That's not what it's about. I simply wanted to highlight that other people often pull OUR strings. And make us aware.
It's amazing how this is used.
Hate speech and propaganda are protected under our bill of rights. This is a little long... but interesting in these political times. ... more -
15 arrested during anti-war protests at Port of Tacoma & Fort Lewis Army Base
With the return of the equipment of the 4th Stryker Brigade 2nd Combat Infantry Division at the Port of Tacoma, Port Militarization Resistance (PMR) and other groups continue to protest the use of civilian ports in the Northwest for the revolving door policy of redeployment. Regionally, the port demilitarization movement, comprising of PMR and others has brought out hundred of protesters from all over the northwest and has resulted in over 150 arrests in the last 2-1/2 years. It is the largest and longest sustained direct action movement in the Northwest in opposition to the US war and occupation of Iraq – a war that has resulted in the death of over 4,000 US soldiers and hundreds of thousand of Iraqi civilians.
Anti-war demonstrations are ongoing at Port of Tacoma since Wednesday, July 30th. Protesters and observers have gathered at the port, despite harassment by law enforcement such as the demanding identification, arbitrary detention of pedestrians and use of physical violence. Six arrests have taken place at Port of Tacoma, all of which are unjustified and used to intimidate protesters from expressing their first amendment rights to oppose the occupation of Iraq.
By Friday Night/Early Saturday morning protests moved to the gates of Fort Lewis Military Base. A total of nine arrests have taken place at various exits off of I-5, all in an attempt to stop the return of Strykers to the base to ready for redeployment. This was the first time that the port demilitarization movement spread to the gates of a northwest army base. Bethel Prescott, a Port Militarization Resistance support and photographer (Freedom Bridge - see photo link - http://olypmr.org/gallery.html), “The war is against international law and immoral. It has to be stopped and that is what we are doing. One of these ways is to do what we can to stop the machinery.” On Saturday, three protesters were arrested at Exit 120.
Protests will continue through the duration of the use of the Port of Tacoma to transfer military equipment used in the illegal occupation of Iraq. A Unity Rally to Demilitarize Our Ports and Communities is scheduled for Saturday, August 9th at 4pm at Schuster Parkway. More information can be found at www.olypmr.org.(more details on arrests and abuse by law enforcement) With the return of the equipment of the 4th Stryker Brigade 2nd Combat Infantry Division at the Port of Tacoma, Port Militarization Re... more -
Raging Grannies Sing For peace, Generations To Come
In the heat and humidity of midday, an anti-war group of over-50-year-old activists known as the Raging Grannies sang just outside the Celtic Festival on Sunday, July 20.0731 02 1After the weekly Sunday protest on the corner of Main Street and High Street, nine grandmothers marched down Main Street to the waterfront to sing. Their uniforms included black T-shirts that read “I’m a Raging Granny,” aprons and large sunhats.
The grandmothers - the Raging Grannies - say they are focused on the welfare of America. “We’re concerned about generations to come,” says Nancy Galland.
In order to express their frustration with “war and American imperialism,” the Raging Grannies sing in protest, especially of the war in Iraq. They also write pamphlets to distribute their message.
Many of their songs are sung to well-known tunes like “Auld Lang Syne.” The Grannies used the tune “My Bonny Lies over the Ocean,” and charged the lyrics with political fervor:
“The Bushies lied over and over;
They all lied to you and to me;
The Bushies lied over and over;
Oh, bring back democracy!”
Raging Grannies is an international group that originated in 1987 in Victoria, British Columbia. It began as a club of women between the ages of 52 and 67 protesting the presence of U.S. warships and submarines in their waters, which they said posed threats to the environment.
The concept of using their “innocent” roles as grandmothers to fight for causes they believed in spread to the United States, where there are now more than 50 grandmother groups.
As Raging Grannies member Cathy Mink declared, “Outrage is our message!”
Jane Sanford and Margaret Laing co-founded the Belfast branch of the Raging Grannies. They debuted in March to commemorate the sixth year of the Iraq War. They meet once a week to rehearse songs and discuss politics.
There are between eight and 10 members in the Belfast chapter, and they are eager to “dress up and rail against authority,” as Laing put it.
The Grannies also stage appearances at the WERU Full Circle and Common Ground Country fairs, and are willing to sing at any event free of charge. Anyone more than 50 years old, grandmother or not, can become a member. In the heat and humidity of midday, an anti-war group of over-50-year-old activists known as the Raging Grannies sang just outside the... more -
AMERICA THE NOT SO GREAT
America is a great nation but that doesn't mean that it is a perfect nation. We have experienced disasters, terrorism, and death but America has also been one of the greatest purveyors of violence in history.
Patriotism is not to be judged by one's blind loyalty to their nation but is judged by one's committment to make their nation great and stay true to the pillars of its inception. America is a great nation but that doesn't mean that it is a perfect nation. We have experienced disasters, terrorism, and death ... more -
the other presidential contest.
Less than six months after the next American president takes office, Iran will hold its own Election Day. To win that race takes not only popular acclaim but the approval of one man—Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—and so far, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has the edge. For all his economic and diplomatic bungling, Ahmadinejad is still liked by Iran's poor: he stands up to the West; he knows how to talk to ordinary folk, and he's never been accused of personal corruption. Fat oil revenues help, too. Most important, he's no threat to Khamenei. Here's a look at other contenders.
Ali Larijani: Speaker of Majlis (Parliament). Khamenei likes him, but his ego puts others off.
Gholam Ali Haddad Adel: Supreme Leader's in-law and friend, not independent enough for some voters.
Mohammad Khatami: Reformist ex-president, widely seen as hopelessly wishy-washy.
Mehdi Karrubi: Tougher than Khatami, but equally poor odds. Reformists like him scare Khatami.
Mohammad Jafar Ghalibaf: War-hero mayor of Tehran has been running since 2005.
I wonder if the current administration has taken this into account while planning to deal with Iran. Less than six months after the next American president takes office, Iran will hold its own Election Day. To win that race takes not o... more -
The Legal Framework for the Prosecution fo GWB
Palpable Anger
By Vincent Bugliosi
My anger over the war in Iraq, some will say, is palpable in the pages of this book. If I sound too angry for some, what should I be greatly angry about — that a referee gave what I thought was a bad call to my hometown football, basketball, or baseball team, and it may have cost them the game? I don't think so.
Virtually all of us cling desperately to life, either because of our love of life and/ or our fear of death. I'm told there is a passage in a novel by Dostoyevsky in which a character in the story exclaims, "If I were condemned to live on a rock, chained to a rock in the lashing sea, and all around me were ice and gales and storm, I would still want to live. Oh God, just to live, live, live!"
So nothing is as important in life as life and death. We fear and loathe the thought of our own death, even if it's a peaceful one after we've outlived the normal longevity. We fear not only the loss of our own lives, but the lives of our parents and sisters and brothers, as well as our relatives and close friends. We don't think of our children too much in this regard because our children, in the normal scheme of things, are supposed to outlive us. When they die before us, the already hideous nature of death becomes unbearable. And that's when they die a normal and peaceful death from illness. If the death is from an accident, like a car collision, the death of the child, if possible, is even more unbearable.
So one can hardly imagine the gut-tearing pain and horror when the only child of a couple, a nineteen-year-old son, call him Tim, the center of his parents' lives, whom they showered with their love and lived through vicariously in his triumphs on the athletic field and in the classroom, and who was excited as he looked forward to life, planning to wed his high school sweetheart and go on to become a police officer (or lawyer, doctor, engineer, etc.) dies the most horrible of deaths from a roadside bomb in a far-off country, and comes home in a metal box, * his body so shattered that his parents are cautioned by the military not to open it because what is inside ("our Timmy") is "unviewable." (To make the point hit home more with you, can you imagine if it was your son who was killed in Iraq and came home "unviewable" in a box? Yes, your son Scott, or Paul, or Michael, or Ronnie, Todd, Peter, Marty, Sean, or Bobby.)
No words can capture the feelings, the enormous suffering, of Tim's parents. But I think we can say that among a host of other deep agonies, they will have nightmares for the rest of their lives over the horrifying image of their boy the moment he lost his life on a desolate road in Iraq. As a mother of a soldier who died in Iraq wrote in a May 17, 2004, letter to the New York Times: "The explosion that killed my son in Baghdad will go on in our lives forever." She went on to say that "seared on" her soul are the "screams and despair" of her family over the loss of her son and the "sound of taps above the weeping crowd at the grave site of my son. Palpable Anger By Vincent Bugliosi ... more -
Tell Bill O'Reilly: Stop Pretending to be a Journalist
Rupert Murdoch and his on-air bully Bill O'Reilly launched a laughable attack against Free Press, the media reform movement, and quality journalism everywhere.
The O'Reilly ambush is typical Fox News fare. Murdoch uses his media empire to attack his political foes and -- not to inform citizens or tell the truth. The fight for media reform is about regular people like you and me fighting undue corporate control of the media. This kind of abuse of media power aggravates progressives and conservatives alike.
Send this letter to Bill O'Reilly and thank him for proving once again that Fox News Channel has nothing to do with real journalism. Rupert Murdoch and his on-air bully Bill O'Reilly launched a laughable attack against Free Press, the media reform movement, and ... more -
National CALL IN day to stop war with Iran
National Call-In Day for Dialogue with Iran, Tuesday, June 10th
Peace Action is participating in an exciting and innovative "Time to Talk with Iran" media event on the Terrace of the west side of the Canon House Office Building from 10 am until 2 pm on Tuesday, June 10. With the U.S. Capitol backdrop, Members of Congress, celebrities, former officials, and other citizens visiting Capitol Hill will use a row of 60's-era red "hotline" telephones to talk directly to average Iranians in Tehran
TAKE ACTION!
June 10, the we're calling for a nationwide Call-in to Congress for Diplomacy with Iran for organizations with grassroots constituencies and those who can not be in Washington.
CALL: 202.224.3121
TALKING POINTS
•Tell them to work for direct, unconditional, and comprehensive talks between the U.S. and Iran;
•The U.S. and Iran share a common interest: a stable Iraq, Middle East and Afghanistan.
•The U.S. pursued negotiations with North Korea and Libya-it's time to talk with Iran. National Call-In Day for Dialogue with Iran, Tuesday, June 10th ... more -
McCain nuclear proliferation/Iran attack ‘speech’ interrupted
Several times! Good work guys/girls! The tide is turning.
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Media and the War
Was/is the media complicit in going to war?
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Faslane365
Faslane365 is a year long peaceful blockading campaign of the U.K. nuclear weapons base in Faslane, Scotland. Here's what happened on the last day of that campaign. Faslane365 is a year long peaceful blockading campaign of the U.K. nuclear weapons base in Faslane, Scotland. Here's what happen... more
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Aldermaston 50 years on
In 1958 some ordinary folk marched from London to Aldermaston to protest about the nuclear weapons factory that was being established there. 50 years on, they have not given up. In 1958 some ordinary folk marched from London to Aldermaston to protest about the nuclear weapons factory that was being established ... more
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Marine Recruiting Station: Voices from Berkeley
I wanted to find out for myself what was going on at the recruiting station, so I went to Berkeley...I was surprised to find high school students protesting the recruitment on the steps of UC Berkeley campus! I have never seen such young activists!
I was able to interview some bystanders, protestors, and a Berkeley Police Sargeant about their views that day. I find that reporting on these events has made me a better listener...a skill that probably the whole world could use a little more of!
I hope that by sharing these interviews, others may have a little more insight to the thinking process behind the actions happening at Berkeley. I wanted to find out for myself what was going on at the recruiting station, so I went to Berkeley...I was surprised to find high scho... more -
The day politics stopped working?
It's been five years since the biggest anti-Iraq war demonstration took
place. John Harris asks if this was the day that politics stopped working. It's been five years since the biggest anti-Iraq war demonstration took ... more -
"Yes We Can" Showing the Indomitable Will of the American People
Like many others, I loved the music and video that Will.I.Am and his friends created for his “Yes We Can” video.
I could not help but picture the history of the US people invoked by the lyrics, and I saw a history of our people standing up for what is right…for equality, for justice, for peace.
When faced with adversity, the American people will Sit in, Stand up, and Speak Out for what is right.
My video is just a one minute capsule summary showing the indomitable will of the people in the ongoing, “unlikely story that is America”.
Thanks, Will.I.Am for the beautiful song, and thanks, Obama, for rekindling hope in America, and for inspiring so many of us to take action.
Power to the peaceful!
Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.
- Robert F. Kennedy
.... Like many others, I loved the music and video that Will.I.Am and his friends created for his “Yes We Can” video. ... more -
Top Ten Signs Your Country May Be Going Fascist
Is your country becoming a fascist nation? Let's use this checklist.
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Code Pink Hunger Fast & Peace Rally Aug 2007
Some members of Code Pink are currently on a hunger strike. Pictured here is a rally on the 11th day of fasting in front of San Francisco's Federal Building. The peaceful protest included spirited songs asking for a meeting with Nancy Pelosi.
The rally concluded with a Die-in and blocking of the entrances to the federal building by the Code Pink.
Rally occurred on August 23, 2007 Some members of Code Pink are currently on a hunger strike. Pictured here is a rally on the 11th day of fasting in front of San Franci... more -
The People Want Peace!
Politicians are like weathervanes?it is our job to make the wind blow?David Brower
I have been pondering the idea that so many of us wish for peace, yet still our leaders lead us into war. Thus, my classmates I at the City College of San Francisco created a music video to make more visible the idea that the People Want Peace!
It is my hope that everyone find a way to stand up, speak out, dance, sing, and create for peace.
Little actions by all, is all that it takes...Let?s make that weathervane turn!
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Many thanks to Misha for his commitment and inspiration.
Special thanks to all the peacemakers pictured here who had participated in the marches, rallies, vigils, die-ins, press conferences in San Francisco in the fall of 2007.
We have the power! We have the will!
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Looking for more things you can do?
You are invited to show up at the vigils or die-ins or other peacemaking events, signs are provided at the vigils.
For weekly vigils every Thursday noon at federal building (meeting for the last 6 years!), go to 450 Golden Gate Ave, near Larkin Street, San Francisco
For monthly die-ins: Go to same address above, every first Thursday of the month, at 1pm
For all kinds of unique and humorous peace activities, including singing: go to www.codepink4peace.org
More info at:
www.sfquakers.org
www.declarationof peace.org/monthly-die-in-in-san-francisco
www.codepink4peace.org
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Credits:
The Peace Girls performing are Tafara, Stefannie, & Mareni.
Audio Production by Scott. Singing by Tafara, Stefannie, Mareni,& Jenny.
Lyrics edited by the Peace Girls.
Studio production by CCSF students, including Will, Zach, Savannah, & Kee-Ziah.
Video and Lyrics by Olive G. ©2007
www.codepink4peace.org
they do all kinds of different things, even singing-with humor and pink clothes! Politicians are like weathervanes?it is our job to make the wind blow?David Brower ... more -
I Shoot Protesters
Dan Marracino photographs the art of protest signs and protest performance at a DC protest against the war in Iraq.
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