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99% v 1% the data behind the Occupy movement |
| Via Common Dreams: Published on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 by The Guardian/UK 99% v 1%: The Data Behind the Occupy Movement - Animation It has been the rallying cry of the Occupy movement for the past two months - but is the US really split 99% v 1%? As poverty and inequality reach record levels, how much richer have the rich got? This animation explains what the key data says about the state of America today by Mariana Santos and Simon Rogers |
| Date: 2011-11-18 01:34:22 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 871 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 4.25 |
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The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur: The Truth Behind Why Bloomberg Fights Occupy Wall Street |
| Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on Nov 15, 2011 Why is New York City major Michael Bloomberg defending raids on Zuccotti Park to destroy the Occupy Wall Street protests? The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/zuccotti-park-cleared-occupy-wall-st... http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/15/judge-issues-restraining-order-against-... |
| Date: 2011-11-17 10:38:26 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 886 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 |
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Protect IP Act Breaks the Internet |
| Uploaded by kirby1 on Oct 26, 2011 When I found out Fight for the Future needed help with their campaign against a new bill called PROTECT-IP, I had to take a little time away from Everything is a Remix Part 4 and produce the video above. PROTECT-IP is the latest piece of legislation aiming to chip away at your online rights in the name of protecting the entertainment industry's business model. It's legislation that won't work, will give us yet more lawsuits, and will make the net worse. Whether you lean right and hate business regulation, lean left and hate censorship, or lean neither way but hate useless legislation, PROTECT-IP is a bill everyone should oppose. I encourage you to head over to Fight For the Future and contact congress. http://fightforthefuture.org/pipa |
| Date: 2011-11-17 09:34:28 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 818 - Votes: 5 - Rating: 5 |
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Richard Dawkins on Canning Bill O'Reilly |
| Uploaded by bigthink on Jun 2, 2011 If we want to enhance our public debates and earnestly confront the looming issues of our day, the famed biologist believes that the first step is getting rid of unqualified TV hosts like Bill O'Reilly. Check out the rest of Richard Dawkins' interview at http://bigthink.com/richarddawkins. |
| Date: 2011-11-17 09:22:16 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 828 - Votes: 10 - Rating: 4.41 |
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Old Lady in Combat Boots: Keith Olbermann spoke to Dorli Rainey, the 84-year-old woman who was pepper-sprayed at an Occupy Seattle protest |
| Last night Keith Olbermann spoke to Dorli Rainey, the 84-year-old woman who was pepper-sprayed at an Occupy Seattle protest. A longtime activist, she has a blog, Old Lady in Combat Boots, with the slogan, "Change begins in the streets." We want to be her. Her response to how she's doing: "I'm feeling great. I'm so energized. It's amazing what a little pepper spray will do for you." |
| Date: 2011-11-17 09:02:51 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 1003 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 |
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Paramilitary Policing of OWS: Excessive Use of Force Amidst the New Military Urbanism |
| Uploaded by democracynow on Nov 17, 2011 www.democracynow.org - Democracy Now! hosts a discussion on policing and the Occupy Wall Street movement with Chuck Wexler, director of the Police Executive Research Forum, which helped organize calls among police chiefs on how to respond to the Occupy protests, and with Norm Stamper, the former police chief of Seattle, who recently wrote an article for the Nation magazine titled "Paramilitary Policing From Seattle to Occupy Wall Street." "Trust me, the police do not want to be put in this position. Cities need to ask themselves, is there another way to handle this conflict?," Wexler says. Stamper notes, "There are many compassionate, decent, competent police officers who do a terrific job day in and day out. There are others who are 'bad apples.' What both of them have in common is that they 'occupy,' as it were, a system, a structure that itself is rotten. I am talking about the paramilitary bureaucracy." We are also joined by Stephen Graham, author of "Cities Under Siege: The New Military Urbanism," and by by retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, who worked as a legal observer Tuesday morning in New York after the police raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment. "I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested... As I'm standing there, an African-American woman goes up to a police officer and says, 'I need to get in. My daughter's there, I want to know if she is OK.' And he said, 'Move on, lady,' and they kept pushing with their sticks, pushing back and she was crying... he throws her to the ground and starts hitting her in the head," says Smith. "I walk over and I say, 'Look, cuff her if she's done something, but you don't need to do that.' He said, 'lady, you want to get arrested?' I said, 'Do you see my hat? I'm here as a legal observer.' He said, 'Do you want to get arrested?' and he pushed me up against the wall." |
| Date: 2011-11-17 08:41:19 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 862 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 |
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Muslim Brotherhood reject NATO intervention in Syria |
| Published on Nov 17, 2011 by Euronews http://www.euronews.net/ The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria says he would welcome Turkey stepping in to stop the violence, but the West. euronews caught up with Riad Shafka after he held a press conference in Turkey's capital Ankara on Thursday. The organisation is no longer a political force in Syria and many of its top-ranking members have been exiled. |
| Date: 2011-11-17 08:31:33 - Added by: KMC |
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WWF: Orangutan protest in Warsaw |
| Published on Nov 15, 2011 by Euronews http://www.euronews.net/ Conservationists have been hanging out in Poland to highlight the issue of deforestation. Members of the World Wildlife Fund dressed as orangutans demonstrated in the centre of Warsaw. A WWF spokesman said there's a lot of tropical wood on the polish market, and the apes face extinction if their habitat is not maintained. |
| Date: 2011-11-16 05:42:08 - Added by: KMC |
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Government Sachs Europe branch? |
| Published on Nov 15, 2011 by Euronews http://www.euronews.net/ Critics in Europe are very uneasy about the new Italian ECB chief, the Greek premier and the prime minister-designate of Italy's past or present relations with the Goldman Sachs bank. Key European crisis figures Mario Draghi, Lucas Papademos and Mario Monti all have backgrounds with 'Government Sachs'. Goldman Sachs is seen by many as among the most political firms on Wall Street. It was dubbed 'Government Sachs' in the US, as many of its staff have held high level US Government jobs. |
| Date: 2011-11-16 05:40:30 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 926 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 |
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Arundhati Roy: Occupy Wall Street is So Important Because it is in the Heart of Empire |
| Uploaded by democracynow on Nov 15, 2011 www.democracynow.org - Renowned Indian writer and global justice activist Arundhati Roy is preparing to address Occupy Wall Street on Wednesday. She recently joined us in the studio to talk about the Occupy movement. "What they are doing becomes so important because it is in the heart of empire, or what used to be empire," Roy said. "And to criticize and to protest against the model that the rest of the world is aspiring to is a very important and very serious business. So... it makes me very, very hopeful that after a long time you are seeing some nascent, real political anger here." She also discussed her new book, "Walking With The Comrades," a chronicle of her time in the forests of India alongside rebel guerillas who are resisting a brutal military campaign by the Indian government. |
| Date: 2011-11-16 04:49:03 - Added by: KMC |
| Views: 863 - Votes: 6 - Rating: 5 |
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