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The Green Party has continually opposed entry into war and has consistently called for the immediate return of our troops, in stark contrast to the Democratic and Republican parties.
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Reflections on Occupy Wall Street, with photos, fun, and good wishes for the future. eBook, Occupy Wall Street: What Just Happened? (Only $.99 !) In the eBook, the Occupy movement is explored through original reporting, photographs, cartoons, poetry, essays, and reviews.The collection of essays and blog posts records the unfolding of Occupy into the culture from September 2011 to the present. Authors Kimberly Wilder and Ian Wilder were early supporters of Occupy, using their internet platforms to communicate the changes being created by the American Autumn.
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via DemocracyNow.org A Spanish court has opened formal criminal investigations into the suspected torture of Guantánamo prisoner Hamed Abderrahman Ahmad. The court described six Bush administration lawyers, including John Yoo, Jay Bybee and Alberto Gonzales, as the “intellectual authors” of the torture to which Ahmad and four other prisoners were subjected. The probe comes as […]
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NYPD personnel assigned to New York City’s public schools have repeatedly violated students’ civil rights through wrongful arrests and the excessive use of force, according to a class action federal lawsuit filed today by the New York Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union and the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP. The landmark […]
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KW: The Huffington Post article did not seem as kind to the protesters’ side as one would hope. Some mainstream articles led with a byline that there 10,000 protesters. The Huffington Post led with a byline that there was some violence. Though, I will say that the Huffington Post explained the situation the most carefully. […]
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(excerpt from) Daily Politics blog at The NY Daily News: Levy for Gov? By Elizabeth Benjamin …Three days into the 2010 cycle, Suffolk County [Executive] Steve Levy has announced that he is creating an exploratory committee for a potential run for governor this fall, setting up the possibility of a three-way Democratic primary for the […]
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Youtube user Clairedelune is putting up some very powerful videos from the The Poetry Projects’ Annual, New Year’s Day Poetry Marathon. Here is Steve Earle reading a poem about peace. In the next video, Judith Malina, of Living Theater, reads work from her late husband, Julian Beck…
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Our Top Ten Posts of 2009 (in reverse order for drama…) 10. Long Island Concerts Winter/Spring 2009 Though we lean heavily towards politics, we do also consider ourselves to be an arts and culture website. As with politics, we like to cover music that the corporate media ignores. Our number ten top post this year […]
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The New York Civil Liberties Union today sued Suffolk County for records regarding advertisements placed on county buses, in conjunction with a controversy over the rejection of a local LGBT rights group’s attempt to place a bus advertisement expressing support for same-sex marriage. [Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy is a Defendant in the suit.] […]
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It is amazing, the narrow box which elected officials, security officials, and the media use to evaluate what should be the response to a terrorist nearly blowing up another airplane. It is mystifying that when such a big, dangerous, longstanding problem exists, they all still return to the most simple problem solving model: “There are […]
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http://amnestyusa.org/words Amnesty International supporters have used the power of words to demand freedom and justice for countless human rights defenders around the world. Our words are proof that you stand up for human rights, you never stand alone.
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A State Supreme Court judge has ordered the NYPD to turn over to the New York Civil Liberties Union data concerning the race of all people who were shot at by police officers between 1997 and 2006. The NYCLU launched a concerted effort to obtain information on police shootings after NYPD officers shot and killed […]
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New method calculates social value of different jobs: think-tank advocates a fundamental rethink of how the value of work is recognised and rewarded. The research reveals that overall: Elite City bankers (earning £1 million-plus bonuses) destroy £7 of value for every £1 they create. Hospital cleaners create over £10 in value for every £1 they […]
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By Marjorie Cohn Doris “Dobby” Brin Walker, the first woman president of the National Lawyers Guild, died on August 13 at the age of 90. Doris was a brilliant lawyer and a tenacious defender of human rights. The only woman in her University of California Berkeley law school class, Doris defied the odds throughout her […]
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The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit against New York City and two police officers on behalf of a local environmental advocate who was targeted by police and unlawfully arrested last summer in retaliation for publicly criticizing Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro’s economic development policies and opposing his reelection. Edward […]
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Eight other states already ban juvenile life sentences without parole Pennsylvania has highest number of juveniles serving life sentences without parole in nation Last night, the Steering Committee of the Green Party of Pennsylvania votes to endorse PA House Bill 1994 to outlaw juvenile life sentences without parole. This comes as a follow-up to its […]
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