from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Chris Hedges, journalist/author, was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. For a short bio on Mr. Hedges, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges Many of his most recent commentaries can be found here: http://www.truthdig.com/ This video contains excerpts from Mr. Hedges’ remarks.

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) was one of the featured speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Rep. Kucinich has acted as the conscience of the House of Representatives in opposing U.S. wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan.

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Gael Murphy, cofounder of Code Pink, was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, directly opposite the White House. For information on Code Pink, go to: http://www.codepinkalert.org/

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, Brian Becker was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Becker is the National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition. Check out: http://answer.pephost.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ANS_homepage The ANSWER Coalition is planning a massive antiwar demonstration for Washington, D.C. for March 20, 2010.

from: William Hughes

On Sat., Dec. 12, 2009, David Swanson, activist/author, was one of the speakers at the emergency “End-the-U.S.-Wars” rally. See, for background: http://www.enduswars.org/ The event was held in Lafayette Park, opposite the White House. Swanson is the cofounder of the popular AfterDowningStreet Web Site, go to: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/ His best selling book, “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency,” is both timely and well written. Check out: http://world.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/65972

from Morris

David Aaronovitch is a well known authour and TV presenter in the UK. Regularly appearing in the Times, the BBC etc.

from: William Hughes

On Thursday afternoon, Dec. 3, 2009, advocates for social justice held a “Speak Out” rally in front of the White House. They are demanding that the federal government bail out the people and not the Wall Street banks. The bail out of the “Banksters” may have exceeded $12.8 trillion. Check out: http://www.truthout.org/051309J The White House event was sponsored by the “Bail Out the People Movement,” a national organization, see: http://www.bailoutpeople.org/ Speakers included Larry Holmes, one of the leaders of the BOPM; Mike Gimbel, a member of AFSCME 375, New York City; and, Aminifu Williams, a former auto worker and member of the UAW and also a leader with the People’s Organization for Progress. Activist/Nurse Sharon Black of Baltimore, MD, served as the MC for the spirited demonstration.

from: William Hughes

On Thursday afternoon, Dec. 3, 2009, advocates for social justice held a “Speak Out” rally in front of the White House. They are demanding that the federal government bail out the people and not the Wall Street banks. The bail out of the “Banksters” may have exceeded $12.8 trillion. Check out: http://www.truthout.org/051309J Meanwhile, the Middle Class in America is fast disappearing. Go to: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-warren/america-without-a-middle_b_377829.html
The White House event was sponsored by the “Bail Out the People Movement,” a national organization, see: http://www.bailoutpeople.org/ One of the speakers was the author, writer and activist--Fred Goldstein. His latest book is “Low-Wage Capitalism.” See: http://www.lowwagecapitalism.com/ Mr. Goldstein is also a contributing editor of “Workers World” newspaper. Check out: http://www.workers.org/ Mr. Goldstein said: [President Barack] Obama “started...escalated two wars yesterday;” one in Afghanistan and another “against the people, against the workers...against the poor...and against the cities in the United States.” Activist/Nurse Sharon Black of Baltimore, MD, served as the MC for the spirited demonstration.

from: William Hughes

The US Coast Guard Cutter “Taney,” (WPG37), sits in Baltimore harbor, as a museum/memorial, and is known as “The Last Survivor of Pearl Harbor,” according to the program notes prepared by the “Historic Ships in Baltimore.” See, http://www.historicships.org/ On Dec. 7, 2009, the “68th Anniversary” of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a moving noontime ceremony was held on the “Taney”; it included the dropping of a memorial wreath into the harbor. For background on the attack on Pearl Harbor, see: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bal-md.pearlharbor07dec07,0,740736.story and http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/pearlharbor/
WWII was a massive disaster for Humanity! Check out: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/statistics.htm It also introduced the “Nuclear Age.” Carl G. Jung warned in “The Undiscovered Self: “The evil that dwells within man is of gigantic proportions...If...the unconscious...puts a weapon in your hands, (a Hydrogen Bomb), it is aiming at some kind of violence...Fear of evil which one does not see in one’s own bosom but always in somebody else’s checks reason every time, although everyone knows that the use of these weapons [of Mass Destruction] means the certain end of our present human world.”
This video is dedicated to the memory of Harry C. Agro, U.S. Navy, Seaman First Class, who was one of Baltimore’s finest sons. He was a POW of the Japanese for close to three years during WWII. Go to: http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/5060

from: William Hughes

On Thursday afternoon, Dec. 3, 2009, advocates for social justice held a rally in front of the White House. The event was sponsored by the “Bail Out the People Movement,” a national organization, see: http://www.bailoutpeople.org/ One of the speakers was the Rev. Graylan Hagler, a longtime fighter for peace and justice. He said: “Let’s build a world filled with justice...We need to push and shove to make people do what is right...If we can reward the banks, then we can surely reward the workers in this country.” Rev. Hagler strongly objected to President Barack Obama’s plan to send 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. He added that everyone is entitled to the “dignity of a job with a future...We need a gigantic jobs program once again in this country that puts everyone to work.” For background on Rev. Hagler, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graylan_Hagler