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How the US Turned Three Pacifists into Violent Terrorists

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 18:46 — Dave Culver

Their story should chill every person concerned about dissent in the US. 

Fran Quigley, Common Dreams

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From left, Greg Boertje-Obed, Sister Megan Rice, and Michael Walli. (Photo: Saul Young/News Sentinel)

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | In just ten months, the United States managed to transform an 82 year-old Catholic nun and two pacifists from non-violent anti-nuclear peace protestors accused of misdemeanor trespassing into federal felons convicted of violent crimes of terrorism.  Now in jail awaiting sentencing for their acts at an Oak Ridge, TN nuclear weapons production facility, their story should chill every person concerned about dissent in the US. 

Here is how it happened. 

In the early morning hours of Saturday, July 28, 2012, long-time peace activists Sr. Megan Rice, 82, Greg Boertje-Obed, 57, and Michael Walli, 63, cut through the chain link fence surrounding the Oak Ridge Y-12 nuclear weapons production facility and trespassed onto the property.  Y-12, called the Fort Knox of the nuclear weapons industry, stores hundreds of metric tons of highly enriched uranium and works on every single one of the thousands of nuclear weapons maintained by the U.S.

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Steve Greenberg | Standard Poor / media.cagle.com

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 12:58 — Dave Culver

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Foreclosed Homeowners 'Move In' to the Dept. of Justice

Tue, 05/21/2013 - 12:49 — Dave Culver
  • 'Banks stole our homes so we're moving in to the #DeptofJustice.'
  • Holder Says Leak Required "Very Aggressive Action"... Bank Crimes, Not So Much
  • Fearlessness Grows From the Grass Roots

Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams

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Protesters erected a 'foreclosed home' barricade in front of the Department of Justice Monday afternoon. (Photo: @OccupyDenver)

May 20, 2013 | Underwater homeowners and hundreds of allies barricaded the front door of the Department of Justice building Monday afternoon to protest the "too big to jail banks" who have shirked punishment despite having destroyed "homes, savings and livelihoods."

Organized by Occupy our Homes, Home Defenders League, Campaign for a Fair Settlement, along with a number of community and faith leaders, the group held a sit-in outside the government building.

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Holder Says Leak Required "Very Aggressive Action"... Bank Crimes, Not So Much, Richard (RJ) Eskow, Huffington Post

  • Apparently leaks which keep the public informed require "very aggressive action" -- but crimes which shatter the economy, leaving millions without homes and millions more without jobs aren't worth lifting a finger to investigate.
  • An Itty Bitty Pity Party for the Associated Press

Fearlessness Grows From the Grass Roots, Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Clearing the Fog Radio

A popular resistance is developing throughout the nation; and the more the government fails to listen, the more the media fails to report it, the bigger the explosion of resistance will be.

 

 
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All Out May 18-20 in Support of Chicago Teachers Union!

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 14:33 — Dave Culver

We urge all labor and community activists to do one or more of the following:

  • Go to Chicago for one of the May 18-20 days of action;
  • Contact your local union affiliate and encourage them to participate;
  • Pass resolutions of support of Chicago in your unions; and
  • Organize solidarity call-ins to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office (312-744-5000, or 312-744-3334) during one of the march days -- flood his office!

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May 17, 2013 | The September 2012 strike of 26,000-plus Chicago teachers -- organized by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) -- was undeniably one of the most significant labor struggles in decades.

What was at stake was not only the working conditions of Chicago teachers but also their job security and preservation of their union. Moreover, the teachers were fighting for the survival of public education in the face of the campaign waged by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago School Board to charterize and privatize the nation's school system -- a plan laid out by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, formerly the head of the Chicago public school system.

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Fearlessness Grows From the Grass Roots

Tue, 05/14/2013 - 14:27 — Dave Culver

A popular resistance is developing throughout the nation; and the more the government fails to listen, the more the media fails to report it, the bigger the explosion of resistance will be.

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Clearing the Fog Radio

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A sign from the Forward On Climate Rally in Washington DC, February 17, 2013. Stephen D. Melkisethian (CC BY-ND 2.0)

 

May 10, 2013 | As more people see that the government represents Wall Street and concentrated wealth, instead of them; that the government continues to give the banksters who crashed the economy a break while cutting access to basic necessities, that the government continues to put big energy profits ahead of protecting the planet – more people are becoming fearless.

Last week, front-line environmental groups including climate justice activists, opponents of tar sands, mountaintop renewal and many others who oppose the extraction economy that poisons our land, water and air while risking climate change, announced “Fearless Summer.”  They announced a week of actions from June 24 to 29 to begin “an epic summer of actions.” The rising tide of courage in the environmental justice movement is one we also see growing in many communities on many issues.

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Dan Wasserman | Hands-on Approach to Rising Military Sexual Assaults / www.usnews.com

Mon, 05/13/2013 - 19:54 — Dave Culver

 

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