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More Sit-Ins for Single-Payer, Thurs. Dec. 10th
Dollars & Sense blog —
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The Mobilization for Health Care for All , about which we have blogged several times, is having another Day of Action for single-payer this Thursday, December 10th, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day. I hope some regular D&S blog visitors can participate in these sit-ins! Here is the ...13 hours ago -
Amy Goodman on Direct Action
The SideTrack —
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Democracy Nows Amy Goodman discusses activism, Tim DeChristopher, and (one of my favorites) The Yes Men . Via Fora.tv : (Watch the entire program or her comments on DeChristopher here ) ____________________________________________________1 day ago -
Poll shows support for local branch libraries but also shows ambivalence
OB Rag Blog —
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Our recent poll on cut-backs to the Citys libraries shows strong support for the local branches - including, of course, OBs library. But the poll also demonstrates a certain ambivalence, and a weakened support for a downtown Central Library for San Diego.58% of respondents gave responses that reflect a strong ...1 day ago -
Why shouldn’t Elaine Clermont do jail time? Her heroes did.
The Hung Juror —
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In his closing arguments in the trial of Nevada v Clermont , defense attorney Mace Yampolsky said something that struck TruTV legal commentators as masterful, but which struck a nerve in me, a former juror. He asked the jurors to imagine themselves at a cocktail party in a year or so where they discuss ...1 day ago -
Dec. 10th : Stand Up and Sit-in for Single-Payer Health Care
The Indypendent —
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Dec 10: Stand Up and Sit-In for Single-Payer Health Care! Join one of the largest civil disobedience campaigns since the Civil Rights Movement. We need you to be one of more than 100 people risking arrest on December 10 to demand the passage of single-payer amendments by targeting our senators. For more ...5 days ago -
When our responsibility to God conflicts with what Caesar commands
1517 —
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There are encouraging statistics that show more Americans are identifying themselves as "pro-life." Nevertheless, Roe V. Wade is still the law of the land and this to our shame. For years there has been broad agreement in congress that tax payers should not be expected to pay for abortions (the Hyde Amendment). But ...5 days ago -
Wall Street Bankers Buying Guns?
Boom2Bust.com —
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It seems Wall Street is taking precautions should the financial crisis turn real ugly. By acquiring guns. From Alice Schroeder, a former managing director at Morgan Stanley turned author and Bloomberg News columnist, on the Bloomberg website today: “I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,” said a ...1 week ago -
Uncivil Disobedience: Why Religious Right Attempts To Invoke Martin Luther King Fail
The Wall of Separation —
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Religious Right leaders love to invoke Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King engaged in civil disobedience to oppose Jim Crow laws in the South, they argue, and so can we to fight abortion or same-sex marriage.The argument reared its head again when a coalition of Roman Catholic, evangelical Protestant and Orthodox ...1 week ago -
Acts of disobedience
MUNNA ON THE RUN —
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Click on the images to enlarge and see the cyclists! “I hope we have grown up to become much more disobedient, because life on this world of ours may well be terminated because of too many acts of obedience.” - John Jordan Everything we take for granted was won over by disobedience. As I watch the ...1 week ago -
‘Dangerous’ Declaration, says the LA Times
BaptistPlanet —
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It is a dangerous declaration full of fake facts and supported by a worthless petition. The Manhattan Declaration is irresponsible, argues the Los Angeles Times:This apocalyptic argument for lawbreaking is disingenuous, but it is also dangerous. Did the Roman Catholic bishops who signed the manifesto consider how ...1 week ago -
The much-signed (?) Manhattan Declaration
BaptistPlanet —
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Just a week after the Manhattan Declaration was unveiled it has some large number of unverified signatures, Lillian Kwon of the Christian Post reports.Without mentioning signature verification.If the petition gatherer cannot somehow verify that there is one, unique, real human being standing behind each signature (and ...1 week ago -
Climate Camp gets its day in court
Next Left —
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In April, following the furore over the policing of the G20 protests, Next Left posed the question: Did the police break the law at Bishopsgate? We are delighted to report that this question will now have its day in court. Climate Camp have succeeded in the first stage of their legal challenge to the Met over ...1 week ago -
Police Spying On Protesters Stirs Outrage in Britain
Politics Daily —
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Filed under: National Security , Woman Up , International Britain has long been famous for its surveillance state. There are security cameras everywhere you go. The country has the largest DNA database in the world. And a national identity card program is well underway . But new revelations that British ...1 week ago -
Pictures Of The Day
Boom2Bust.com —
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Anyone seen this billboard in Missouri (hat-tip ThinkProgress.org )? How about the one it replaced? More to come, I’m sure…1 week ago -
HMIC versus ACPO? The second report of Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary on the policing of protest
Next Left —
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Back in October one of my colleagues felt so strongly that the BBC was wrong to invite Nick Griffin onto Newsnight that he decided to see if there was a protest outside the BBC studios in Oxford. There was indeed a demonstration, which he joined, of about 12 people. It perhaps does not need saying that the 12 ...2 weeks ago -
The Counter-Revolution in 2010
Amber —
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Ladies and Gentlemen, we are in a crises situation. Some people could say we are in the midst of a revolution. Cal Thomas wrote : Not all revolutions begin in the streets with tanks and guns. Some advance slowly, almost imperceptibly, until a nation is transformed and the public realizes too late that their ...2 weeks ago -
The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience
Between The Times —
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Last Friday a document titled “ The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience ” was released to the public. According to the press release , “The 4,700-word declaration issues a clarion call to Christians to adhere to their convictions and informs civil authorities that the signers will not – ...2 weeks ago -
The dilemma of the disenchanted progressive: why it’s important for Ocean Beach – Part III
OB Rag Blog —
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The dilemma of the disenchanted progressive has come full circle. If the progressive is disenchanted and deeply puzzled, what about the progressive community - what about a place like Ocean Beach?This then is the third and final part of the series. In Part 1, I presented what I see as this dilemma for disenchanted ...2 weeks ago -
Manhattan Misdeclaration
BaptistPlanet —
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Robert Parham of EthicsDaily.com blisters the Manhattan Declaration signers for misrepresentation and misappropriation of historic themes:Talk about historical revisionism and theological misdirection. Many of these signatories are the spiritual heirs of the Christian slaveholders. They come from the faith tradition ...2 weeks ago -
Mass Civil Disobedience in Australia and Canada
It's Getting Hot In Here —
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Two large, well organized, but apparently unrelated actions today on either side of the globe underscore the rising intensity of the fight for climate justice. In Australia, about 150 activists were arrested in the capitol as they demanded a strong, legally binding treaty in Copenhagen. Newcastle Rising Tide ...2 weeks ago
