Joe Lieberman’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee currently has before it HR 1955- the “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.” This bill represents an assault on American freedoms on par with the PATRIOT Act of 2001. (more…)
November 2007
Monthly Archive
Fri 30 Nov 2007
Thu 29 Nov 2007
History Stalks John Larson
Posted by steve fournier under politics , justice , impeachment[2] Comments
Congressman John Larson was presented on Monday with a set of pointed questions challenging his stated position on the impeachment of the President of the United States. (more…)
Thu 29 Nov 2007
My window looks out on a church parking lot, and I was gazing in that direction yesterday while the Foodshare truck was parked there. The line for provisions was alarmingly long, with quite a few children waiting alongside their parents. I don’t know how people shop in such a line, whether they get to ask for what they need or just take what’s offered, but they weren’t walking away with much, a bag or two. (more…)
Thu 29 Nov 2007
Join TransAdvocacy and Queers without Borders at UCONN, Storrs to reveal the REAL TRUTH about HRC, ENDA and Trans Exclusion…
On Saturday, December 1, 2007 from 2 - 5 PM there is to be a Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) Town Hall / Meet Congressman Joe Courtney and sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) at UCONN Storrs Thomas J. Dodd Center. The Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition strongly opposes the prominent role HRC has taken in this event (more…)
Thu 29 Nov 2007
On International Human Rights Day, join us in calling on the federal government to
Stop the ICE Raids in Hartford!Release the Parkville Detainees!
March on the ICE Headquarters in Hartford
Monday, December 10th, 5 p.m.
Gather at 4:30 p.m. in South Green Park (corner of Park and Main streets)
Step off at 5 p.m. and march to the ICE headquarters, 450 Main St., for a rally. (more…)
Tue 27 Nov 2007
Council Passes Immigration Resolution
Posted by Josh under Hartford , politics , immigration[3] Comments
The Council passed resolution #39 last night.
According to the Council Review, which is provided by Hartford 2000 and the Hartford Public Library, they first amended the resolution so that the 4th Whereas clause reads as follows (addition in bold type) “During a recent region wide search for the perpetrator of a serious crime, a large number of our citizens, who were in no way involved with said crime or the perpetrator, were tentatively identified as undocumented residents and arrested…”
This differs from the fine reporting of Heather over at Urban Compass. We’ll have to get a confirmation on the exact text.
Tue 27 Nov 2007
Hartford, Come for the Mayhem, Stay for the Movies
Posted by yossarian under art , fun , cultureNo Comments
That’s what the Metro Hartford Alliance’s new promo campaign could say.
Read the post below and maybe that headline will make sense. Howsoever, on the Veterans of Future Wars Monday Night at the Movies outing last night, we saw a movie at Real Art Ways called “Romance and Cigarettes”. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll come out humming a tune. It’s worth stepping over a few bodies and dodging a few bullets to see.
Tue 27 Nov 2007
Once again I had to stop mid-sentence to believe what I was reading on Dennis House’s blog–he actually wrote that Hartford is less dangerous than Disney. This is not what I expected to read from a person who is part of the same news media that specialize in making Hartford seem like the Wild West.
Sunday evening a man was shot dead at Norwich and Wyllys Streets, a few blocks from where I live. (more…)
Mon 26 Nov 2007
Tomorrow- Stop the Raids! Meeting
Posted by Undercurrents under Hartford , politics , immigration , activism1 Comment
Stop the Raids!
Statewide Public Meeting to Oppose the ICE Raids in Hartford
Tuesday, Nov. 27, 7:30 p.m.
St. Augustine’s Church (in the church basement), 10 Campfield Ave., Hartford
For more information, call Frank O’Gorman of CT People of Faith at
860-841-5006 or Kate Prendergast of Stop the Raids! Trinity College at
610-209-9264.
Also of note, tonight’s city council meeting will vote on a resolution to force the Mayor to formulate an immigration policy. It’s the last agenda item. Luis discusses it here.
Sun 25 Nov 2007
I just finished listening to a wonderful and inspiring interview by Amy Goodman with Ernie Harburg, the son of Edgar “Yip” Harburg on the 75th year anniversary of Yip’s “Brother Can You Spare a Dime.” (more…)