Cindy Sheehan takes on the Robber Class by Bob Fitrakis

Crossposted with permission from The Free Press.

by Bob Fitrakis
The Free Press
July 11, 2009

Review of Cindy Sheehan’s Book, Myth America
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Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog
Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox

The United States has produced several mythic historical figures – Paul Bunyan, John Henry and the like – but our actual prophetic peace activists are actually far more interesting. People like Eugene Victor Debs, Emma Goldman, and in our present day, Cindy Sheehan.

Myth America: 10 Greatest Myths of the Robber Class and the Case for Revolution places Sheehan firmly in the pantheon of progressive heroes. Myth America is an online book by Sheehan geared towards destroying the military industrial and security industrial complex that killed her son Casey in the corrupt war in Iraq.

Sheehan is calling for re-localization and the uncoupling of the “robbed class” from the war profiteers and new high-tech robber barons that are flourishing under globalization. The beauty of Sheehan’s work, directly echoing the speeches and writings of Debs, is its sheer bluntness.

Video leading to capture of Cynthia McKinney and FreeGaza + Viva Palestina US update

RunCynthiaRun
July 11, 2009

Video taken on the boat “Spirit of Humanity” of Israeli Navy approach and threat before capture of Cynthia McKinney and FreeGaza.

Thank you to the producers http://www.ricenpeas.com/
for permission and making video available.

Thank you to
http://wbaix.org
for reporting the news that the mainstream media wouldn’t.

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Viva Palestina US update

“Viva Palestina” viva Palestina. Aid Convoy to Gaza!

The largest ever U.S. humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza is now gathering in Egypt to head across the border into Gaza on Monday, July 13.

Vehicles are coming from Alexandria, the medical supplies from Cairo and the advanced party of nearly 100 US citizens is heading for the staging post of Al Arish, just before the border with Gaza.

Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of C.I.A. Project By Scott Shane

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By Scott Shane
NYTimes.com
July 11, 2009

The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency’s director, Leon E. Panetta, has told the Senate and House intelligence committees, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday.

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The disclosure about Mr. Cheney’s role in the unidentified C.I.A. program comes a day after an inspector general’s report underscored the central role of the former vice president’s office in restricting to a small circle of officials knowledge of the National Security Agency’s program of eavesdropping without warrants, a degree of secrecy that the report concluded had hurt the effectiveness of the counterterrorism surveillance effort.

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via Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of C.I.A. Project – NYTimes.com

h/t: CLG

see also:

Washington’s Blog: The CIA’s Rogue Operation

see

What Did CIA Lie To Congress About? Cheney’s Personal Assassination Squad… Maybe?

Wiretap Report Questions Effectiveness Of Illegal NSA Spying

Countdown: Spying on us + Feingold questions Holder

from the archives:

Seymour Hersh: Secret US Forces Carried Out Assassinations

Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh describes ‘executive assassination ring’ By Eric Black

If Americans Knew – what every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine + Maps

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[Lots of info, statistics, charts]

http://www.ifamericansknew.org

If Americans Knew – what every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s major sources of instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and increasingly imperiled by its devastation.

It is the goal of If Americans Knew to provide full and accurate information on this critical issue, and on our power – and duty – to bring a resolution.

[...]

1 Israeli is being held prisoner by Palestinians, while 10,756 Palestinians are currently imprisoned by Israel. (View Sources & More Information)

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via If Americans Knew – what every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine.

h/t: Amiah Connel

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UN 1947 partition plan for Palestine

Originally uploaded by Lorri37

http://www.ifamericansknew.org

Maps of Israel and Palestine

Historic Palestine
UN Partition of Palestine
1948 Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip
Refugees and Depopulated Villages
1967 and Occupation
Annexation of Jerusalem
Israeli Settlements on Palestinian Land

via Maps

see

How to Sell Americans on the Idea of Israeli “Settlements” By Dan Ephron

The journey to Gaza begins by Michael Prysner

Israel-Palestine-Gaza-Occupation

Iran Israel US Nukes

Spirit of Humanity Free Gaza 21

chemical weapons-white phosphorus-DU

from the archives:

Occupation 101 (video; watch while available; over 18 only)

Landscapes of Occupation in Palestine

http://vodpod.com/watch/1311875-60-minutes-on-israels-options?pod=dandelionsalad

Who Will Stop The Settlers? By Jonathan Cook

Gaza Strip (Documentary; 2002)

The Fed Under Fire

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AmericanNewsProject
July 10, 2009

The Federal Reserve is one of the most powerful and secretive institutions in Washington, long considered beyond the reach of lawmakers. But now, as details emerge of how the Fed secretly doled out more than a trillion dollars during the financial crisis, a rare bipartisan movement in Congress demands that the Fed be held accountable.

more about “The Fed Under Fire“, posted with vodpod

see

Is the Fed Juicing the Stock Market? by Mike Whitney

What the Big Banks Have Won – Regulatory Capture by Mike Whitney

Kucinich: Fed Deserves Audit First, New Authority Second

The Economy Sucks and or Collapse 2

Federal Reserve on Dandelion Salad

Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions by Andy Worthington

by Andy Worthington
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
www.andyworthington.co.uk
11 July 2009

On Wednesday, I reported how Retired Rear Admiral John D. Hutson, the former Judge Advocate General of the US Navy from 1997 to 2000, had delivered compelling testimony to a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on “legal issues regarding military commissions and the trial of detainees for violations of the law of war,” explaining why the only valid forum for trials of suspected terrorists at Guantánamo Bay is the US federal court system.

The lucidity and directness of Hutson’s testimony was in marked contrast to the amendments to the existing Military Commission system — and terrifying asides about the use of “preventive detention” — that were proposed by Jeh Johnson, the Defense Department’s General Counsel, and David Kris, the Assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department’s National Security Division, in response to legislation already prepared by the Committee, which, it seems, will be presented to the Senate in the imminent future, even though it still allows (subject to certain restrictions) the use of information — I hesitate to use the word “evidence” — obtained through coercion, and other information that is nothing more than hearsay.

Dennis Kucinich: People Love Insurance Companies! Right???

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CSPANJUNKIEdotORG
July 10, 2009

http://earth2obama.org/
July 10, 2009 C-SPAN

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Kucinich Grills Healthcare “Expert”

The More Things “Change”… By Timothy V. Gatto

By Timothy V. Gatto
Featured Writer
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liberalpro.blogspot.com
July 11, 2009

Every one of us has their own “take” on what is happening in this brave new world. I am no different than most, I also have an opinion on what’s going on. When I write an article I usually have no problem giving my opinion as to what is really happening. This time however, I’m going to try not to give my opinion. I only want to present the facts as I understand them. The truth is much more damning than any opinion I could offer, as Sgt Joe Friday once said in Dragnet, an old TV police show; “Just the facts Ma’am, just the facts”.

Let’s start with the two political parties that supposedly “run” this country. The truth is that political parties don’t run this country, money does. Our entire political system is based on wealth. This has been true in some degree since the day we gained our independence, but it has never been as apparent as it is now. Money drives political campaigns. All the politicos know this and so do most people. Senators Russ Feingold and John McCain tried to reform the way that political campaigns were financed, but by the time the reforms were passed by Congress, the politicians and lobbyists had gutted the bill, making it so weak that it was too little, too late.

What Did CIA Lie To Congress About? Cheney’s Personal Assassination Squad… Maybe?

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VOTERSTHINKdotORG
July 10, 2009

http://earth2obama.org/
July 10, 2009 MSNBC

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Bush Altered CIA Threat Assessment To Justify Extraordinary Surveillance

Wiretap Report Questions Effectiveness Of Illegal NSA Spying

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American Civil Liberties Union
7/10/2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: 202 675-2312 or media@dcaclu.org
212 549-2666 or media@aclu.org
WASHINGTON

Report Also Indicates White House Politicized “Threat Assessments” That Provided Foundation For Illegal Program

A report released today by several government agencies’ Inspectors General concludes that little, if any, useful information was collected by the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program and the National Intelligence Agency (NSA). The report also indicates that the Bush White House politicized the “threat assessments” that it then relied upon as a foundation for the illegal program. Detailed findings of the report are listed below.

The report was mandated by the 2008 FISA Amendments Act (FAA) that effectively legalized the unlawful warrantless surveillance program approved by President Bush in late 2001. The FAA also gave the government new spying powers, including the power to conduct dragnet surveillance of Americans’ international communications. News reports have since indicated that the NSA has exceeded the already overbroad limits granted to it under the FAA.

Bill Moyers Journal: Health Care Reform + Wendell Potter (must-see)

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Replaced videos May 13, 2013

Bill Moyers Journal
July 10, 2009

Health Care Reform

Bill Moyers looks at the influence of money and lobbying on health care reform efforts in Washington, D.C.