Bill Hughes

One of the speakers at an “End Torture” rally, in front of the Whte House, on June 23, 2011, was Tom Parker of Amnesty Interational. He underscored the difficulty in attempting to seek redress in the US Court for victims of torture. Mr. Parker said the government regularly imposes the defense of “states secrets privilege,” thus allowing the perpetrators of wrongdoing to get a pass and for the victim to be denied due process of law. The SCTOUS has affirmed the government’s position. See: http://blog.amnestyusa.org/waronterror/torture-awareness-month-2/ and http://www.witnesstorture.org/

Oh my life!

Do not be surprised if I tell you that you were unkind to my poor heart. That the fire in your pretty black eyes lit up another way of love. And I think you loved me less for your part and you never felt as I for those rare things in life I found in a kiss from your lips.

Love of my love, my love what am I to do. I can not settle from being able to contemplate and you paid so badly my sincere affection. You will not get that name anymore.

Love of my love if you stopped loving me no care that people would not know it. Win a man and say my luck changes. Teases me, that no one knows my suffering.

Do not be surprised if I tell you that you were unkind to my poor heart. That the fire in your pretty black eyes lit up another way of love. And I think you loved me less for your part and you never felt as I for those rare things in life I found in a kiss from your lips.

Love of my love if you stopped loving me...

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A solid college education used to be the key to getting a great job in America and was a core component of the American dream. However, the times have changed. With the recession, the number of highly educated unemployed individuals has skyrocketed. An education has become more of a financial burden than a stepping stone into the workforce.

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Police Officers and your rights: http://policecrimes.com/police.html Know your rights, never talk to police officers!

You might beat the rap, but you won't beat the ride.

May 12 2011 - A Rochester woman was arrested for taping a traffic stop in front of her 19th Ward Home. She was standing in front of her house with a hand held recording device when the arrest happened. Officer Mario Masic, Rochester Police Department, executed the illegal arrest.

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from William Hughes

On Saturday afternoon, June 18, 2011, a rally and march was held in Baltimore, MD. Its emphasis was on the need for governmental “funding for the communities,” and to “bring the War $$$$ home.” Meanwhile, the U.S. Conference of Mayors was meeting at a down town hotel. The activists paraded to the hotel and staged a demonstration, raising their demands. A coalition of Social Justice groups were involved in organizing the sprited event. To learn more details, see: ourfunds.org/​ (Note: This video is 29 Minutes, 28 seconds long.)

Note: An album of 33 photos from the event can be viewed here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2126805533097.125723.1334685315&l=c96f7762c9

A flickr slideshow of the same 33 photos can be seen at: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2126805533097.125723.1334685315&l=c96f7762c9

DJKucinich

Congressman Dennis Kucinich's Address to Congress on the War in Libya
As Prepared for Delivery
United States House of Representatives: 1 thru 5

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The British Government has said it is "deeply concerned" by reports of human rights abuses in Bahrain. So why would it give military training to the Saudi National Guard to help quell anti-regime protesters? This edition of Press TV News Analysis will discuss whether this is another mixed message by the UK on human rights, and why Bahrain's case may be heading to the ICC based on numerous accounts of human rights violations.

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Next Tuesday, President Obama will visit Puerto Rico. We hope that during his time there, he'll address the ongoing First Amendment and human rights violations that the ACLU has been investigating and documenting since 2004. Over the last two years, since Gov. Luis Fortuño took office, police brutality and suppression of free speech and peaceful assembly have escalated to an alarming level. http://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech-human-rights/president-obama-address-police-brutality-puerto-rico

DJKucinich

As Congress is poised to debate and vote on raising the debt ceiling, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took to the House Floor to remind fellow Members why we are in debt in the first place: wars and tax cuts for the rich. Kucinich urged Members to take back our authority to print money from the Federal Reserve (the Fed) and to use that authority to invest in America by putting Americans back to work:

The film TAMBIEN LA LLUVIA (Even the Rain), directed by Iciar Bollain and written by Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty, is about, in the director's words, [resistance and friendship. It's a personal journey -- an adventure undertaken by characters which brings the past into the present.] The story intertwines Columbus' arrival in the Americas with the making of a film; it mixes the Spanish crown's exploitation of gold in the 16th century with the fight for water in Cochabamba in the year 2000. The film takes us from the fiction of a period film to the reality of a film set in a small Bolivian city. And from that reality to another which is deeper and more dramatic, that faced by people with practically no rights, prohibited by law from collecting even the rain. But Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain) does much more than compare historic events. It transcends the detail and delves into something much deeper and more universal. Deep down it's a story about loyalty, camaraderie, and empathy.