from: Bill Hughes

On Wednesday morning, Feb. 23, 2011, activists rallied at Lawyers Mall, in front of the State House, in Annapolis, MD. They are urging the General Assembly to adopt a bill, entitled: “Maryland Health Security Act.” It calls for a state single-payer healthcare system. I spoke with Dr. Margaret Flowers after the rally. She is a Congressional Fellow with the “National Health Program.” To learn more about this issue, go to: http://www.mdsinglepayer.org/

from: Bill Hughes

On Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, a demonstration was held near the State Office Building, in Baltimore, MD, in support of the Wisconsin Protest. For background on this historic struggle, go to: http://www.afscme.org/

RTAmerica

There is a major debate over new legislation and the impact it could have on the Internet has people from the tech world and Capital Hill talking. There is a clause that will allow the President to pull the plug on the Internet and stop people from accessing it. CNET's Declan McCullagh joins RT's Kristine Frazao to discuss this and other hot web issues.

from Eric Walberg

Two song/videos have captured the hearts of Egyptians and are a way for us to join in the bitter-sweet euphoria of their magical moment in history.The most widely watched video/ song is "The sound of freedom" by Eid Amir/ Many Adel. Here it is with subtitles.

(My translation) I came and vowed not to go back And wrote with my blood in all the streets We made listen those who weren’t listening And defied all the strictures/ forbiddens Our weapons were our dreams Tomorrow is clear before us For a long time waiting Looking for and not finding our place In all the streets of our land The sound of freedom calling.

The poetry read out in the middle is by Abdel-Rahman El-Abnudi: (My translation) Oh dark Egyptian hands, extending discriminating amid the roar, breaking the poster frames under the sun at this appropriate time. The brightness in the sound of the crowd… see Egypt the family of the nation of old men, entrenched old men, vicious, they eat our country, and are alike insatiable, greedy, looking the same. Creative youth arose and turned its autumn into spring and realized a miracle, awakened the killed from the killing. Kill me. My death will not return your country again. I am writing with my blood a new life to our homelands. My blood, it and the spring, the two in the colour green and I am smiling from my happiness and not unhappy.

Amir and Adel certainly were opportunists in the best sense of the word, quickly writing a song, preparing the staging it as part of the demos. It's rather fluffy music, a remix of the famous "We Are the World" video of 1985, but i realize they didn't have much time. They're not well known. It captures the euphoria that people still feel.

The best song that came out during the revolution which I quote in US-Egypt: 'Why?'.

How (Why)? by Mohamed Munir

How to make you happy with me, dear? Your name is beloved but you continue to upset me. How can you not feel my basic goodness?

I don't feel in your love any reason (impulse) Nor does my truth in loving you console me How is it I raise your head and you put me down?

I am your oldest street I am your hopes better than those that abuse you I am a child dependent on you Lost in the middle of the road/ life.

If love of you was my choice My heart would long ago have changed you for another But I vow I will continue to change your life for the better Till you are content with me.

How can (why do) you leave me in weakness? Why are you not standing at my side? I live my life in this condition so I don't have to see fear in your eyes. On your land and sea, how can I protect your back While sleeping with my own back exposed, humiliated and embarrassed?

Eric Walberg http://ericwalberg.com/

djkinetic1

Over 13,000 angry union supporters gathered at the capital building in Madison, Wisconsin for a 17-hour public hearing on the issue. The protesters are calling for opposition to the bill, and an end to Walker's governorship as a whole. But in Tennessee, where their oil billionaire republican governor is moving forward with the same plan to strip unionized state workers of their rights there hasn't been a peep out of the sheep.

drdduke

Good riddance to Mubarak and all Zionist Running Dogs. The revolution is coming, not just to the Mideast but to the whole world against International Zionism and Globalism. To watch this powerful video, just click on it. Make sure that you help spread this video far and wide and don’t forget to rate and favorite the video as well as leave a comment! http://www.davidduke.com/

from: Bill Hughes

The arraignments of Eli and Avi Werdesheim on criminal charges was held this morning, Feb. 16, 2011, in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. They are accused of assaulting, last November, a fourteen-year old African American youth. At that time, the defendants were members of “Shomrim,” a Jewish patrol group. The Werdesheim brothers pled “not guility,” and have denied, through counsel, all wrongdoing. Protesters on both sides of this issue showed up at the Court House this morning. The trial date for the Werdesheim brothers has been set for May 2, 2011. To learn more, check out: http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2011/02/16/protestors-rally-against-jewish-community-patrol-group/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xwGxwbeS2I and http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-shomrim-arraign-protest-20110216,0,3393083.story To see a slideshow of 18 photos, go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/billyclub/sets/72157625942189533/show/

By Gordon Duff

BLOCKBUSTER EXCLUSIVE: NUCLEAR TERROR-”THE KHALEZOV EFFECT”

NUCLEAR TERRORISM IS HERE, AMERICANS HAVE DIED AND OUR GOVERNMENT HAS LIED
Dimitri Khalezov talks about nuclear terrorism, 9/11 and who is responsible for terror attacks that have killed thousands of Americans.

What if someone could prove that the terrorist bombs, Oklahoma City, Beirut Marine Barracks, the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, the Bali attacks and more, many more weren’t car and truck bombs at all, not the kind we were told, what then? Buildings thrown into the air like toys, mushroom clouds rise a dozen miles, explosions larger than anything known previously, many times larger than the biggest bomb, even larger than exploding munition ships from World War 2. These have happened over and over, been misreported in our news, nuclear attacks, new precision weapons that emulate conventional explosives. http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/02/10/gordon-duff-nuclear-terror-the-khalezov-effect-video/

from: Bill Hughes

On Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, Social Justice activist Donna Smith criticized President Barack Obama for meeting today with the Chamber of Commerce. She said Obama has been “a disappointment” with respect to responding to the growing needs of working class people in this country. Ms. Smith was featured in Michael Moore’s movie “Sicko.” She is associated with the National Nurses United/California Nurses Association. Her comments came at a sidewalk union-sponsored rally just north of Lafayette Park, in Washington, D.C. To learn more go to: http://www.guaranteedhealthcare.org/node

from: Bill Hughes

On Monday, Feb. 7, 2011, Peace and Justice activist Ralph Nader ripped President Barack Obama for his “anti-union stroll” across Lafayette Park to meet this morning with the “corporate barons” in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. His comments came at sidewalk rally hosted by the National Nurses United/California Nurses Association and “other friends of Labor.” The demonstration was staged just north of Lafayette Park, in Washington, D.C. To learn more about Nader’s views on “Obama/Bush” go to: http://www.nader.org/index.php?/archives/2238-Open-Letter-to-President-Obama.html