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"Kari Lydersen has penned an absorbing book, “Revolt on Goose Island.” It chronicles how 250 members of the UE, a progressive union, occupied a factory, “Republic Windows,” in Dec., 2008, located in Chicago, IL, rather then just meekly submit to its closing. It’s labor history at its best. This “direct action” came not long after AFL-CIO labor leader Richard L. Trumka denounced the evils of “globalization,” and the predatory schemes of the Wall Street boy-ohs. Ms. Lydersen’s “Book Talk” event was held at Red Emma’s Coffee House, a worker-owned store, in Baltimore, MD, on April 9, 2010."

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"On the evening of Jan. 27, 2010, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) spoke, in Baltimore, MD, before a capacity audience at Loyola University Maryland. He addressed a wide range of important issues, including: Civil Liberties, Civil Disobedience, the CIA’s assassination policy, torture, rendition, secret prisons, Enemy Combatants, the ancient Writ of Habeas Corpus, President Barack Obama’s White House and the 2nd and 10th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution. Rep. Paul also expressed his growing fears, post-9/11, for our fast-fading Republic itself. He added that the current critical situation in the country is compounded by the endless wars; and also by the shaky economic and monetary systems; which have been ineptly crafted and dominated by the Wall Street Banksters and “The Fed.” Rep. Paul urged the U.S. Congress to pass a law authorizing the auditing of “The Fed.” It is currently a privately-owned institution, unaccountable to the people."

A very interesting little video clip. It shows us how close we came to utopia and an end to wars fought for the rich and powerful. They couldn’t let it happen, they couldn’t let us be free. Throughout time all those who have attempted to free humanity from exploitation have been destroyed. The American government is in possession of Tessa’s broadcast power technology and many other wonderful inventions. These power sources are clean and non-polluting, but the evil corporate financial elite will not let humanity have them and seek to keep humanity enslaved and beholding to them for all our needs. Our masters haven’t been taking very good care of humanity because some twenty thousand children die of starvation each day on this earth. Our masters have mountains of wealth for themselves, live in palatial mansions, own fleets of plains, garages full of cars, have hundreds of servants, consume only the cleanest purest food and water, and enjoy the highest quality medical care and life extension technologies. The rest of humanity is starving and dieing by the millions in wars fought for corporations, banksters, military industrialists, special interests, and their puppet politicians. They are mass murdering plants, animals, humans and our ecosystem for power and profit. Humanity is being robbed of utopia and the unlimited bounty and freedom the earth could provide for all.

from: William Hughes

On Sunday, April 25, 2010, Human Rights activists, in Baltimore, MD, protested Elliott Abrams. He was a speaker at a Zionist-sponsored symposium on the Middle East, held at the plush Suburban Country Club. Abrams was involved, as an official with the Ronald Reagan Administration, in the Iran-Contra scandal. He was convicted of “withholding information” from the Congress. While Abrams was also working for Reagan, a Far Right regime was in charge in El Salvador. When a massacre occurred in and around the village of El Mozote, in El Salvador, in Dec., 1981, Abrams insisted the claims of a massacre were “propaganda.” Later, events established that “more than 500” people were slaughtered by an army battalion. Mr. Abrams has consistently denied any wrongdoing on his part during his public career. Many others sharply disagree with that view. For some background, check out: http://www.markdanner.com/articles/show/127 and http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Zeroes/Elliot_Abrams.html and
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0209-22.htm

from: William Hughes

On April 20, 2010, author and political gadfly Ralph Nader gave a lecture at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), in Baltimore, MD. He spoke before a near capacity audience for over an hour. Mr. Nader said corporate crimes, as opposed to “street crimes,” go mostly under-reported by the establishment media in the U.S. and are “rarely prosecuted.” He detailed how corporate “misbehavior, negligence and crimes” cost thousands of deaths every year in the country from “preventable” work-related diseases and injuries, [the Massey Mine Explosion]; air pollution; negligence in hospitals; and from medical malpractice cases. He also spotlighted how Wall Street insiders, using various schemes, looted “trillions of dollars” from workers’ pension funds. Mr. Nader added: “Forty-five thousand people die every year because they don’t have any health insurance.” Professor Fimin DeBrabander of MICA introduced Mr. Nader. For more information on Mr. Nader, go to: http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183

from: William Hughes

On April 20, 2010, author and political gadfly Ralph Nader gave a lecture at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), in Baltimore, MD. He spoke before a near capacity audience for over an hour. Mr. Nader spotlighted corporate power and abuses in the U.S., and how AIG, the insurance titan, is the biggest recipient of “welfare--$182 Billion!” He showed how the workers in Western Europe have long had splendid social programs, like: “universal health insurance,” that are regularly denied our citizens. Mr. Nader submitted that the American psyche is dominated by a “fundamentalist market” ideology. Corporation loyalty, he also charged, citing various examples of gross abuse, is to the “dollar sign,” and not to the country. Professor Fimin DeBrabander of MICA introduced Mr. Nader. For more information on Mr. Nader, go to: http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183

from: William Hughes

On April 20, 2010, author and political gadfly Ralph Nader gave a lecture at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), in Baltimore, MD. He spoke before a near capacity audience for over an hour. During the Q&A, he was asked his opinion of President Barack Obama. Mr. Nader labeled Obama as “conflict-averse,” and criticized both his foreign and domestic polices. In response to a question about Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), Mr. Nader said Rep. Paul was a “fresh voice,” and that he was “right” about ending the current privately owned Federal Reserve System, (“The Fed”), and that it should be a public agency and held “accountable” to the U.S. Congress. Mr. Nader also praised Rep. Paul’s opposition to “the wars of aggression” and to “empires,” but disagreed with him on other social justice issues. Professor Fimin DeBrabander of MICA introduced Mr. Nader. For more information on Mr. Nader, go to: http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183

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'I am Anna Baltzer.

My first reaction when I heard these things by the way was complete disbelief.

I thought there is no way, there is no way that Israel is anything different from what I believe it to be, and what I know it to be.

When I met people who told me anything different, I thought well these are perfectly nice people, but they have been brain washed. They have been told propaganda. And I set out to sort of try and prove them wrong. To show them that I knew what I was talking about.

And as soon as I began to do some research, I realized very quickly that I was the one who is missing a lot of information on this issue.

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from: William Hughes

On Saturday, April 17, 2010, poet John Murillo read excerpts from his first book of poetry, “Up Jump the Boogie.” The event took place at Baltimore’s celebrated Central Pratt Library, as part of the annual “CityLit Festival.” It was held in the Edgar Allan Poe room. Reviewer Kimiko Hahn wrote of Mr. Murillo’s debut book, “Dear reader, hold this book in your hands like a steering wheel and keep your eyes on the road.”