Thu 15 May 2008
FreePress just announced the the Senate just voted to throw out a decision by the FCC to allow big media companies to swallow up even more local media. I pasted the announcement below. (more…)
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Sun 11 May 2008
Many of us should be getting our rebate checks in the mail soon. President Bush claims that by putting more money into the public’s hands we will be more likely to spend it and, in so doing, prevent the economy from continuing down its slow and steady spiral towards a recession. (more…)
Tue 6 May 2008
Alabama Paper Reports Yet Another Iraq Vet Suicide — With Mother Watching
Posted by Peter G under uncategorizedNo Comments
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[From the journal Editor and Publisher]
By
Greg Mitchell
Published: May 06, 2008 9:30 PM ET updated Tuesday
NEW YORK As the scandal of suicide attempts
by Iraq veterans expands — in the face of Veterans Administration
denials — another horrific case has emerged, once again only gaining
attention because of a local newspaper. E&P has been tracking these
accounts for almost five years and only recently has the problem, with
an estimated 1,000 attempts a month now reported, gained wide media,
and official, attention.
The latest story came Saturday in a story by Patrick McCreless in The Cullman Times of Cullman, Ala.
The headline is similar to so many others lately: “Family pushing for changes after soldier’s suicide.”
It tells how one Dorothy Screws “witnessed her only
son, U.S. Army Pvt. Tommie Edward Jones, commit suicide right before
her eyes six weeks ago in Colorado. She says the Army, which promised
to be there for Screws and her family to deal with the loss, has yet to
provide assistance. (more…)
Fri 25 Apr 2008
Greg Butterfield sent a message to the members of Workers World Party. --------------------Subject: Killer cops acquitted -- Justice for Sean Bell protest TONIGHT New York Times Breaking News 9:14 a.m.3 Detectives in Bell Shooting Found Not Guilty of All Charges NYPD has gotten away with murder AGAIN! JUSTICE FOR SEAN BELL AND ALL VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE!!COME OUT APRIL 25th THE DAY OF THE VERDICT!! In Nov. 2006, Sean Bell was murdered by the NYPD in a hail of 50 bullets. His friends - Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman - were seriously injured. 3 of the officers involved now await the verdict of their trial. The judge has stated that he will announce the verdict on FRIDAY, APRIL 25th. PEOPLES JUSTICE for Community Control and Police Accountability is calling for a rally and community speak-out in front of the Queens DA's office ON THIS DAY*. COME OUT: APRIL 25th at 5:30 pm @ the Queens DA's Office 125-01 Queens Blvd. (between Hoover Ave & 82nd Ave.) E or F train to Union Turnpike The NYPD's murder of Bell and attempted murders of Benefield and Guzman are NOT isolated or random events. They represent the continued targeting of communities of color by the police and the lack of accountability for police misconduct and abuse. Endorsers (list in formation): Audre Lorde Project Black Radical Congress-NY CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities Center for Constitutional Rights Congress for Korean Reunification Critical Resistance Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM) DJ Chela Domestic Workers United (DWU) FIERCE Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC) Hasan Salaam Hip Hop Caucus Immigrant Justice Solidarity Project International Action Center Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) Justice Committee Lynne Stewart Organization Make The Road By Walking Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Mano a ManoMay 1st Coalition National Hip Hop Political Convention New Abolitionists Nodutdol for Korean Community Development October 22nd Coalition Parents Against Police Brutality Rebel Diaz Revolting in Pink (R.I.P)Rights for Imprisoned People with Psychiatric Disabilities (RIPPD) Sylvia Rivera Law Project Sylvia Rivera Law Project VAMOS Unidos War Resisters League Where We Live Radio Program/WBAI-FM NY--------------------
Thu 6 Mar 2008
The Punishment Industry
Posted by steve fournier under uncategorized , crime , justice , corporate crooks[7] Comments
Our legal system wasn’t designed to keep the prisons full to capacity, but it accomplishes this with amazing consistency. Today, one out of every 100 people in America is in a penal institution. If we build them, they will come. (more…)
Tue 19 Feb 2008
Barack Obama Emailed Your Dad And Told Him How Great You Were
Posted by Juniemoon under uncategorizedNo Comments
Go here: http://www.barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com/, and keep hitting your refresh button.
It’s all true, I swear!
Mon 18 Feb 2008
Hartford Parents Not Getting the Attention or Respect We Deserve
Posted by Dave under uncategorized , Hartford , education1 Comment
Comments to be delivered at the Board of Education Mtg.
Feb 19, 2008 Hartford Public High School I see it on the faces of everyone I meet. The Shock and Awe as we are all subjected to the constant bombardment by corporate con men. The experts and economic hit men are brought in to flood our eyesight with the facts and figures of failure. We are constantly assailed with statistics that show our children are failing, teachers are faulted for their inability to raise test scores, unions are hammered for resisting the gutting of contractual rights, parents are vilified for not being able to control the behavior of their children. We are stunned by the constant drumming of fear. Fear of terrorism, fear of disease, fear of economic recession, fear of unintended consequences. All of this is used purposefully by the change agents, the vision masters who have a program that will correct all of our concerns if we just simply surrender. If we give over our constitutional rights to participate and be willing sheep led to the slaughter house, all will be well. It is time to put our feet down and resist. (more…)
Thu 7 Feb 2008
This Saturday the 9th at 4:30 there will be meeting to discuss the formation of a new coop in Hartford at the Alchemy Juice Bar on New Britain Ave. The Growing Green Coop will be unlike any other as it attempts to roll a whole lot of sustainability under one tent. Not only will there be a food buying club, but the coop also plans to pursue bulk biofuel purchases, group health care, and a shared space that will house child care and afterschool programs, yoga classes, gardening and a summertime farmers’ market. It’s an ambitious project that will require many hands. Please come to find out more and share your ideas about ways to better work and live together in the Hartford area.
Tue 5 Feb 2008
The last time I had been inside the building was in 1992, with a fourth-grade boyfriend to see Something On Ice (everything is more worthwhile when it is On Ice, apparently).
The Whalers banners still hang here, I am sitting right under them. Me and my coworker drove from work, up from New Haven. I am not sure what to expect, I am excited. (more…)
Sun 13 Jan 2008
A lot can happen over the course of five years.
Since the Hartford Independent Media Center started in 2002, we’ve seen volunteers relocate for their jobs and school, while others have started families. We think that our 5-year mark is as good of a time as any to remind the community that the Hartford IMC–a not-for-profit media activism organization–welcomes new volunteers. (more…)