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Resolution Against Attacking Iran Makes Its Way to Richmond Va City Council
Submitted by davidswanson on Sun, 2012-02-05 23:34. IranPart 4/7 - 2012 Jan. 23 - Citizen Comment Period - Richmond City Council - Richmond, Virginia from Silver Persinger on Vimeo. » read more »
Charlottesville can take pride in having started something important.
Audio: Brandon Collins and David Swanson on the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice
Submitted by davidswanson on Sun, 2012-02-05 21:00. NewsWNRN Wake-Up Call: Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice
CvillePodcast
Rick’s guests this week were Brandon Collins and David Swanson with Charlottesville’s Center for Peace & Justice.
Nullify the NDAA (Well, the Detention Bit of it, not the Massive War Spending) in Virginia
Submitted by davidswanson on Fri, 2012-02-03 16:56. Civil Rights
On the last day of 2011, President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which allows the government to imprison anyone—even a US citizen—in military detention indefinitely and without trial. This law threatens the very fiber of our nation, and We the People must demand that our rights to trial and due process be restored.
And Virginia has a chance to do just that. State Delegate Bob Marshall recently introduced H.B. 1160, which “prevents any agency, political subdivision, employee, or member of the military of Virginia from assisting an agency or the armed forces of the United States in the investigation, prosecution, or detainment of a United States citizen in violation of the Constitution of Virginia.”
On Monday, February 6, the Virginia House Courts of Justice will vote on whether to send the bill for a full House vote. To make sure the bill moves forward, the committee members need to hear from you.
Is your state delegate a member of the House Courts of Justice? If so, call to ask them to (1) amend H.B. 1160 to restore the due process rights of "all persons in the US," and (2) vote on Monday to send the bill to the House floor for a vote. » read more »
UVA, MLK, and the Living Wage
Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2012-02-02 23:34. Audio / VideoThis campaign is starting to pick up, and we all need to help.
Audio: On Air Debate on Corporate Personhood and Citizens United
Submitted by davidswanson on Mon, 2012-01-30 15:52. Civil RightsHere's the audio of a debate on the Rob Schilling Show on the question of whether corporations should have Constitutional personhood and whether Citizens United v. FEC was properly decided. David Swanson v. Charles Buddy Weber.
MLK Reflections at UVA This Wednesday
Submitted by davidswanson on Sun, 2012-01-29 23:47. NewsLong after the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts were passed, Dr. King still did not feel that he had succeeded in the pursuit of civil rights, and continued to work tirelessly for social and economic justice in America. When Dr. King was murdered, he was organizing with underpaid sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee, and planning the massive Poor People’s Campaign to demand economic justice for all Americans. To respect Dr. King’s legacy is to remember that he died before his dream was realized. Dr. King’s legacy confronts us with a challenge to think deeply about our nation and act to fight the injustices King gave his life battling.
This Wednesday, don’t just sit down and hear about Dr. King’s victories. Stand up and reflect with activists and professors on what Dr. King’s legacy really means and what we can do to keep working for the America he died trying to realize.
Learn why the Civil Rights Movement never ended!
LEARN WHY IT NEEDS YOU!
This Wednesday, February 1, 4:00pm
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Charlottesville Resolution Against Attacking Iran Makes News in Russia
Submitted by davidswanson on Fri, 2012-01-27 12:52. IranJohn Yoo Stuck in Room With Sane Person, Badly Loses Debate: Watch
Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2012-01-25 16:04. Civil RightsLeslie Harris was there and wrote this most excellent report. » read more »
Japanese Delegation Wants U.S. Out of Okinawa
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2012-01-24 13:28. NewsA 24-member delegation from Japan is in Washington, D.C., this week opposing the presence and new construction of U.S. military bases in Okinawa. Participating are members of the Japanese House of Councilors, of the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly, and of city governments in Okinawa, as well as leading protest organizers and the heads of several important organizations opposed to the ongoing U.S. military occupation of Okinawa.
The famously stingy U.S. tax payer, frequently seen bitterly protesting outrageously wasteful spending of a few million dollars, is paying billions of dollars to maintain and expand some 90 military bases in Japan (and to make those who profit from such business filthy rich). Thirty-four of those bases, containing 74% of their total land area, are in Okinawa, which itself contains only 0.6% of Japanese land. Okinawa is dominated by U.S. military bases and has been for 67 years since the U.S. forcibly appropriated much of the best land.
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Living Wage at UVA
Submitted by davidswanson on Tue, 2012-01-24 01:57. Civil RightsWatch this excellent video please please please please please please.
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