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Court, Day 1: Bright then boring
Originally posted on Transform Now Plowshares:
“Let’s stop pouring our billions into false, impossible security.” — Sister Megan Rice Anabel Dwyer put the focus on this quote of Sister Megan’s this morning as she addressed a handful of media representatives at the Transform Now Plowshares pre-trial press orientation. Nuclear weapons have unavoidable catastrophic global effects,…
Jeremy Hammond: One Year Imprisoned, Still No Bond
Originally posted on #OpPenPal:
Today marks one year that our brother and comrade Jeremy Hammond has been imprisoned by the Federal government. He has been denied bond, and therefore the opportunity to aid in his own defense. He has been denied a fair trial with an impartial judge. He has been placed in solitary confinement…
Ramsey Clark on Nuclear Weapons; AND update on charges
Originally posted on Transform Now Plowshares:
One Charge Dismissed; Two Remain Since entering the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in July of 2012, Greg Boertje-Obed, Megan Rice and Michael Walli have faced four charges ranging from trespass to sabotage. In November, the government dropped the trespass charge. Today, April 25, the government dismissed a second charge:…
Happy May Day!
May Day has arrived. If you’re in New York and you want to know what’s going on, there are worse places to look for information than here. I realize Huffington Post posted a eulogy for the Occupy Movement yesterday, and the movement obviously doesn’t have the energy it did a year ago at this time. […]
The errant Boeing landing gear
Okay, was settling down for the weekend with a really good Margarita and checking my e-mail and the usual places, when suddenly the news comes out about a big piece of the landing gear from one of the 9/11 planes being found in a tiny wall gap between the backs of buildings at Park Place […]
Why we have no recovery
I’ve been taking a tip-toe through Craigslist for the past few days, and (as usual) I’ve found some interesting positions. It is amazing how many prospective employers want folks to work for free at tasks that used to be, well, you know, JOBS. Jobs that paid, even if they didn’t pay much. So that was […]
The suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing–interesting link
WARNING–CONSPIRACY THEORIES AHEAD When I’m at WBCR, I seem to be the go-to source for many of my colleagues who want to know arcane things about history. My problem is that I read a lot of alternate press pretty voraciously, and every once in awhile, I recall some obscure detail I’ve read a decade or […]
A great show on Sex and Politics!
We had a helluva time tonight on Sex and Politics–hope you were listening, but if you weren’t, here are the highlights! We spoke to Rachel Schragis of People’s Puppets of Occupy Wall Street. Lots of big events planned for May first, and a history of the colorful giant puppets you see at demonstrations. Their work […]
Pictures we saw from Boston; pictures we didn’t see from Sandy Hook
Over the last few days, we have been ‘treated’ to dozens of photographs of the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing–people who were seriously injured and covered with blood and gore being taken away on gurneys or given tourniquets to strap on limbs soon to be amputated. There were even photos of the blood-soaked concrete […]
Bradley Manning Evidentiary hearing on April 10
Ups and downs in yesterday’s hearing for Manning regarding charges and evidence. Judge Lind made it clear that the prosecution would have to show intent if it wanted to charge Manning under the Espionage Act laws and the Army’s assisting the enemy code. But the Army will be able to present a witness who purportedly […]
The Brooklyn Culture Jam 