The Unknown Candidate

The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder - Trailer

2011-09-04T22:41:00.000-05:00

A MESSAGE FROM ANONYMOUS - #OpUNITY

2011-09-04T22:36:00.001-05:00

The Wisconsin Protest Wave: Four ways to build the movement!

2011-02-22T17:43:00.002-06:00

The Wisconsin Protest Wave: Four ways to build the movement!

This week, Move to Amend organizers are at the forefront of the democratic uprising in Wisconsin!

The Liberty Tree Foundation and the Center for Media and Democracy have launched the "Wisconsin Wave" to bring together working people and expose the true culprits in the state budget crisis.

Check out this information from these two MTA coalition organizations:

--> This Wednesday, tomorrow, Wisconsin Wave is organizing a picket and rally against Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce - the corporate strategy makers and financial backers for Governor Scott Walker.

--> The Center for Media and Democracy published a special report about Walker's Koch Brothers connection. These masterminds behind the Tea Party spent millions to place Walker in office and now he's carrying out their agenda. Wisconsin is just the beginning -- the Kochs invested similarly in other states and their anti-working and middle class policy proposals will be introduced there as well.

--> Ben Manski, Move to Amend Executive Committee member was interviewed on Fox "News" with a message to America about the real solution to state budget shortfalls: tax the wealthy and corporations.

There's more to come in the days ahead:

--> The Center for Media and Democracy has been live blogging every day - tune in to get the latest updates.

--> Spread the word about the Wisconsin Wave, especially to your friends in Wisconsin!

And even more exciting MTA news from the Badger State:

--> On April 5 residents of Madison and Dane County, WI will have the opportunity to pass a resolution to amend the U.S. Constitution to abolish Corporate Personhood. The campaign is organized by South Central Wisconsin Move to Amend. Last fall the group collected over 15,000 signatures to get the resolution placed on their city and county ballots.

Bring the movement to your community!
Join our Move to Amend Local Action Webinar to find out how:

MOVE TO AMEND LOCAL ACTION WEBINAR
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
4pm Pacific / 5pm Mountain / 6pm Central / 7pm Eastern
Register Now!

A Hated Dictator is GONE thanks to the people's uprising

2011-02-11T13:09:00.001-06:00

As we join the celebration with the people in Egypt who showed such courage in the face of 30 years of repression, those of us living in the United States must stop the crimes of our own government towards the people of the region:

The Mubarak regime was “Made in the U.S.A.” Since 1979, the U.S. has given the regime $35 billion, $1.3 billion per year in military support. Because of this, Egypt has a large military, and the world’s 4th largest fleet of F-16 fighter planes. Egyptian police who have held 10,000 political prisoners receive training from the U.S. military. Even the tear gas fired on demonstrators is "Made in the U.S.A."

Despite decades of torture, disappearing political opponents, and the most open brutality against its own citizens, neither Republican or Democrat leaders plan to reduce military aid to Egypt (LA Times 2/9/11).

The U.S. government and leaders know Egypt is a torture state. The United States, including the Obama administration, knows about the torture, abuse, indefinite detention, political suppression, rape and sexual assault that had been taking place over years under the Mubarak regime.

According to Human Rights Watch, “law enforcement officials have used torture and ill-treatment on a widespread, deliberate, and systematic basis over the past two decades to glean confessions and information, or to punish detainees.” Omar Suleiman – now the vice president – was the intelligence chief responsible for arranging “extraordinary rendition” of prisoners to be tortured in Egypt for the Clinton and Bush administrations, interrogating some himself.

Saturday March 19: STOP These Wars Now! On the 8th anniversary of the U.S. War & Occupation of Iraq, Join the protest! At The White House 12:00 pm, or wherever you are. U.S. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan!

The World Can’t Wait
worldcantwait.net (866) 973-4463

Our government must stop supporting torture & repression in Egypt!
Friday, 11 February 2011

A&C : Art & Copy on Independent Lens

2010-10-26T15:13:00.004-05:00

Meet the real Mad Men (and women!) in Art & Copy, an intimate glimpse at the people behind the curtain of modern consumer culture. They brought you “Just Do It,” “I ♥ NY,” “Where's the Beef?” “Got Milk?” and “Think Different.” Love them or loathe them, they have mastered the art of persuasion.

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/art-and-copy/

Check local listings here: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/broadcast.html

Watch the full episode. See more Independent Lens.

Playing For Change | Raghuvamsa Sudha

2010-09-09T12:14:00.008-05:00

Playing For Change | Raghuvamsa Sudha

Sign Our Petition: Defend a free and open Internet

2010-08-10T12:18:00.000-05:00

Sign Our Petition: Defend a free and open Internet

Poem in Mourning

2010-08-07T14:23:00.003-05:00

Weary as an old plow,
dulled blades from too many rotations,
rusty red,
Death looms on every channel.
Don't they ever tire of the swords?
Slicing brains like so much red meat,
cleaved in the womb,
No blood, just catsup, to give it that
all American flavor.
Savor It
is what we have made it, gourmet
sushi,
served with
bitter herbs and ginger,
under headstones
made of ash.

ⓒ 2010 The Unknown Candidate

Speak Truth to Power

2010-07-17T14:49:00.003-05:00

Noam Chomsky: A World of Freedom And Justice

2010-04-13T23:47:00.002-05:00

If you want to understand what is actually transpiring politically in our country, why Obama has been such a disappointment to those who supported him, and why the Tea Party movement should not be dismissed lightly, this is a MUST WATCH lecture:

Noam Chomsky : A World of Freedom And Justice

Video Of Lecture

Havens Center, Orpheum Theater, Madison - Thursday, April 8, 2010

No, We're Not a Broken People | Let's Try Democracy

2009-12-29T16:29:00.000-06:00

No, We're Not a Broken People | Let's Try Democracy

7 Great Websites for Information on Healthcare Reform

2009-09-18T14:44:00.005-05:00

By Mary Ward, Guest Contributer

If you’re like most people, you’ve been interested in following the healthcare debate as it happens. But, if you’re busy like most people, you may find it difficult to keep up with this ever changing debate. Following are some great resources for keeping up with the healthcare debate – and they’re all online.

Twitter – Twitter’s not just a site for keeping up with your friends, it’s also a great way to keep up with the news. There are 25 different feeds on Twitter that provide updates on healthcare reform as they happen. Some of them are admittedly a bit biased, but some are also dedicated to simply delivering developments.

Senate Health Education and Pension Committee – This is a link to the committee that started it all! This committee formerly chaired by Senator Ted Kennedy keeps track of the bill as it progresses. On this site you can see the bill as authored as well as changes to it as it moves through the process. This is one of the few places where you can read the bill in its entirety with no commentary.

White House Office of Management and Budget – Peter Orszag is the chief of the Office of Management and Budget at the White House, and he posts a regular blog, which is lately often about healthcare reform. This is a great place for the White House take on things. New happenings are generally commented on frequently.

The Treatment – This is a blog, but it is written by Jonathan Cohn, the author of “Sick- the Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crisis – and the People Who Pay the Price”. Cohn is extremely knowledgeable and works hard to write a fair and informative blog.

Side By Side Comparison of Major Healthcare Proposals – Authored by the Kaiser Family Foundation, this site does a good job of comparing various major healthcare reform proposals. It takes a lot of the work out of the comparison for the consumer.

Covering Health – A website for journalists who report on healthcare, this site keeps very up to date on happenings regarding the healthcare debate. Since journalists use this website to assist them in their reporting on healthcare, you can count on it to be up to date and factual.

Healthcare Reform 2009 – This is the website for the New England Journal of Medicine. Most of the site requires membership, but anyone can access their extensive coverage on healthcare reform. This site offers commentary from several different points of view, and most of their commentators are experts in a particular area of healthcare.

There’s plenty of coverage out there right now on healthcare reform. Regardless of your opinion on the subject, you can find someone who’ll report exactly what you believe. But, if you want to know what’s really happening, these websites should give you plenty of information that is fairly reported and balanced. Sometimes, in any debate, the hardest information to come by is the factual information.

Mary Ward is a freelance writer and likes writing about medical education topics, such as how to research and choose among online X-ray tech schools, how to apply for online college grants, and more.

Deborah Orr: A Tribute to the Propaganda Box

2009-04-10T23:32:00.003-05:00

Sean Madden (inoodle.com) tackles one of my all time pet peeves: our mindless addiction to the overwhelmingly mindless Boob Tube. It's an interesting piece worth checking out here in its entirety.

Looking at Today's Financial Crisis Through a Historical Lens

2009-03-07T12:13:00.005-06:00

This is a MUST READ:

BANKERS MANIFESTO 1917/1934 - iReport.com

It's difficult to read the documents linked above and not join the ranks of the "conspiracy nuts" of the world. One cannot help but draw parallels to our current financial crisis and come to logical conspiratorial conclusions.

Am I wrong?

Doctor's Orders?

2009-02-20T14:40:00.001-06:00

Republicans claim that the new law says the government will tell physicians what procedures can and can't be performed. It doesn't.

read more | digg story

Did Obama pay for Hamas-affiliated terrorists to emigrate to the United States?

2009-02-20T13:36:00.000-06:00

More lies circulating from the Wingnuts: FactCheck.org sets the record straight.

High Noon: Geithner v. The American Oligarchs

2009-02-17T20:06:00.002-06:00

Bill Moyers interviews former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), MIT Sloan School of Management professor and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Simon Johnson examines President Obama's plan for economic recovery.

Broadcast February 13, 2009

For further information, see Simon Johnson's website: The Baseline Scenario

SOURCE: Information Clearing House - ICH

Petition Attorney General Eric Holder to Appoint a Special Prosecuter

2009-02-04T13:59:00.002-06:00

Formal Petition to Attorney General-Designate Eric Holder to appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute any and all government officials who have participated in War Crimes.

Sponsored by Docudharma.com and Democrats.com.

Blacklisting Progressives: The Untold Story Beneath the Daschle Headlines

2009-02-03T21:38:00.002-06:00

THIS IS A MUST READ:

David Sirota (Open Left) reports:

"Amid the swirling headlines about Tom Daschle withdrawing his nomination for Health and Human Service Secretary is a very dark, very foreboding story that tells us a lot more about what to expect from the Obama administration than a single nomination fight. It is a story that every single voter who supported Barack Obama because of his progressive economic platform should know about - and worry about...."

Putting Torture Behind Us

2009-01-29T13:41:00.003-06:00

"Rather than lose forever the chance to grow from our missteps," Nicholas Kristof (NYT) has a interesting "proposal for confronting Guantánamo without distracting from the work on the economic crisis."

Photo Credit: Nicholas D. Kristof. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)

Feingold: Give Appointment Powers to the People

2009-01-26T16:20:00.002-06:00

Senator to Push For Constitutional Amendment

John Nichols (The Capital Times) reports:

"Following New York Governor David Paterson's controversial selection of Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the U.S. Senate vacancy created by the resignation of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and with the impeachment trial of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for abuses of office allegedly including the bartering off of the vacant Senate seat of President Barack Obama, Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold wants to require that Senate vacancies be filled by the voters rather than individual governors...."

Continue Reading.

The People vs. Dick Cheney

2009-01-26T15:20:00.005-06:00

Karen Greenberg answers the question:

"Will Obama bring the Bushies to account? Will Congress? Some local DA? A judge in Europe? Anyone...?"

Illustration: Roberto Parada (Mother Jones)

Who Will Throw the Book at the Bushies?

2009-01-26T15:14:00.002-06:00

In a companion piece to "The People vs. Dick Cheney," Jonathan Schwarz reports:

"If Congress won't, these folks might...."

Obama, Pakistan, terrorism | Salon

2009-01-16T13:26:00.003-06:00

Obama, Pakistan, terrorism | Juan Cole | Salon:

"The president-elect wants to work with the Pakistani government to "stamp out" terror. It's not nearly that simple." Continue reading.

Photo Credit: Juan Cole. The Vineyard of the Saker: Amy Goodman interviews Professor Juan Cole on Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Kurdistan

Technorati tags: Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Obama, Foreign Policy, Juan Cole

The Unknown Candidate

The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder - Trailer

A MESSAGE FROM ANONYMOUS - #OpUNITY

The Wisconsin Protest Wave: Four ways to build the movement!

A Hated Dictator is GONE thanks to the people's uprising

A&C : Art & Copy on Independent Lens

Playing For Change | Raghuvamsa Sudha

Sign Our Petition: Defend a free and open Internet

Poem in Mourning

Speak Truth to Power

Noam Chomsky: A World of Freedom And Justice

No, We're Not a Broken People | Let's Try Democracy

7 Great Websites for Information on Healthcare Reform

Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009

Deborah Orr: A Tribute to the Propaganda Box

Looking at Today's Financial Crisis Through a Historical Lens

This is a MUST READ:

Doctor's Orders?

Did Obama pay for Hamas-affiliated terrorists to emigrate to the United States?

High Noon: Geithner v. The American Oligarchs

Petition Attorney General Eric Holder to Appoint a Special Prosecuter

Blacklisting Progressives: The Untold Story Beneath the Daschle Headlines

THIS IS A MUST READ:

Putting Torture Behind Us

Feingold: Give Appointment Powers to the People

Senator to Push For Constitutional Amendment

The People vs. Dick Cheney

Who Will Throw the Book at the Bushies?

Obama, Pakistan, terrorism | Salon