occupy cal: 39 arrested in forceful crackdown on massive protest at uc-berkeley
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wwwdemocracynoworg - this week the occupy movement drew thousands of california college students to protests on at least 10 campuses including uc-irvine ucla and uc-berkeley where police forcibly removed students and arrested 39 people democracy now airs a video report from john hamilton who reports for kpfato watch an extended interview with david crosby and graham nash on democracy now read the transcript download the podcast and for additional information about democracy now visit http:wwwdemocracynoworg20111110legendary_folk_duo_crosby_nash_onfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy nowtoday visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

slavoj iek: how political correctness actually elected donald trump
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slovenian philosopher slavoj iek thinks the us political machinery is truly broken he guides a verbal tour through the failure of manufactured consent the appeal of human baseness and politics as a real struggle of life and deathread more at bigthinkcom: http:bigthinkcomvideosslavoj-zizek-on-donald-trump-presidencyfollow big think here:youtube: http:googlcptsv5facebook: https:wwwfacebookcombigthinkdotcomtwitter: https:twittercombigthinktranscript - i know that even in the united states when you have someone like donald trump i know that there is a lot of elitist liberal reaction like here we see the limit of democracy but in the wrong sense in the sense that you see stupid ordinary people are seduced and so on and so on well although noam chomsky doesn039t like me very much i admire him sincerely and i must admit that i like his term i think it039s not just a journalistic term it039s a concept which he took over from american tradition even mainstream ri

darling voters for pasch
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help air this ad in wi https:secureactbluecomcontributepagedarlingeducationcutsrefcode=youtubereleased: 842011 - dfa pccc recall committee moveonorgcredit: gumspirits productions aaron duffey jim cole

the word - autocratic for the people - the colbert report - 5911 - video clip comedy central
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colbertnationcom video - michigan

power of global protest
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jonathan schell: global protest movements challenge global elite

alec rock
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quotalec rockquot produced by mark fiore http:wwwmarkfiorecom and the center for media and democracy http:wwwprwatchorg which is the creator of alecexposed http:wwwalecexposedorg and co-produced by the alliance for a better utah http:betterutahorg to help expose alec

historic recall of wisconsin gov walker reveals quotpeople powerquot after 1 million sign petition
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democracynoworg - opponents of wisconsin republican gov scott walker have submitted more than a million signatures seeking his recall in a statewide vote the million-plus signatures amount to nearly double the required number of 540000 and may mark the largest recall effort in us history walker is being challenged for pushing through a controversial law ending collective bargaining rights for most public workers quotmost people do not realize that those one million signatures represent almost a half of the electorate in wisconsinquot says john nichols of the nation magazine quotwalker will be forced to face a new election because he adopted the austerity measure of the republican leadership of washington and try to balance budgets on the back of public employees tried to destroy their unions try to cut school funding and succeeded in cutting funding and we are going to have a referendum on the most fundamental of economic issuesquotto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for the additional information on democracy now visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

let your life be a friction to stop the machine
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a brief and crucial history of the united states

quotare you here to save face or save usquot teen brittany trilford tells rio20 world leaders
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democracynoworg - on wednesday 17-year-old environmental activist brittany trilford of wellington new zealand addressed more than a hundred heads of state at the opening plenary of the rio20 un earth summit the largest united nations gathering ever quotwe are all aware that time is ticking and we are quickly running outquot trilford said quotyou have 72 hours to decide the fate of your children my children my children039s children and i start the clock nowquotto watch the complete weekday independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast search our vast archive or to find more information about democracy now and amy goodman visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-now daily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

michael moore amp cornel west on ows iraq amp progressive discontent obama faces 2012 2 of 2
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wwwdemocracynoworg - as occupy protests against inequality and corporate greed continue across the united states and around the world democracy now speaks with michael moore academy award-winning filmmaker and activist and princeton university professor cornel west quotwe expect president obama to do the work of the peoplequot moore says quotthe people are not going to go away he can either go down as an historic president who become the fdr of this century or he can be remembered as the man who was in the pocket of goldman sachsquot west added quotwhat we are trying to do is connect what is going on with wall street to what is going on in harlem if we continue to have this kind of magnificent movement here and around the world we want to connect in the corporate greed in wall street and the military industrial complex the prison complex and the corporate media multiplexquotwatch part 1 of 2: http:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=h0xs6wwprwufor the complete transcript podcast and for the democracy now039s archive of video reports on occupy wall street and the global occupy movement:http:wwwdemocracynoworgtagsoccupy_wall_streetfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy nowtoday visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

rupert murdoch in quotunprecedented firestormquot as uk panel finds him unfit to run media empire
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democracynoworg - a british parliamentary report has issued a scathing report that finds rupert murdoch is quotnot a fit personquot to run a major international media company because of how news corp handled its phone hacking scandal the parliamentary select committee on culture media and sport said murdoch and his son james showed quotwillful blindnessquot about the scale of phone hacking at the news of the world tabloid the panel039s finding has prompted a us watchdog group citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington to call on the federal communications commission to revoke news corp039s 27 fox broadcast licenses in the united states we speak with david leigh investigations editor at the guardian the news outlet that first exposed the phone-hacking practices taking place within the murdoch media empire leigh says the british panel039s findings could threaten murdoch039s media presence across the atlantic: quotpeople are now beginning to say 039doesn039t this bleed over into the man who runs fox news and has all those tv outlets in the us039 if he is not fit and proper person in britain then he is not a fit and proper person in the us eitherquotto watch the complete independent weekday news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for more information about democracy now please visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

know your news understanding the syrian revolution in under 4 minutes
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in which john green provides some historical context to the current civil war in syria discussing syrian independence the rise of the ba039ath party syria039s relationship with the rest of the arab world and russia the presidencies of hafez al assad and bashar al assad the arab spring protests in syria and the many flags of the syrian nationalso discussed in brief: ryan gosling and homoerotic sherlock watercolors which i found here: http:sadynaxtumblrcompost8702489306beautiful-john-sherlock-picture-for-me-from-auramy tumblr: http:fishingboatproceedstumblrcommy twitter: http:wwwtwittercomrealjohngreen

quotbrutal operation taking place in our namequot israeli military reservists refuse to serve
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http:wwwdemocracynoworg - as israel pledges to continue the assault on gaza for quotas long as is requiredquot we are joined by two israelis who have refused to serve in their country039s military reserves on tuesday the washington post ran an open letter authored by yael even or titled quotwe are israeli reservists we refuse to servequot announcing that more than 50 former israeli soldiers have signed a petition declaring their refusal to be part of the israeli military reserves quotthis petition long in the making has a special urgency because of the brutal military operation now taking place in our namequot even or writes an israeli journalist and activist who evaluated candidates for the israeli army039s recruitment department during her service even or is now a graduate student in international affairs at the new school in new york city she join us to discuss the reservists039 letter we are also joined from tel aviv by yonatan shapira a former israeli captain and air force pilot who in 2003 spearheaded a letter signed by 27 israeli pilots who refused to participate in military operations against palestinians watch full democracy now coverage about the gaza conflict in our archive: http:wwwdemocracynoworgtopicsgazademocracy now is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1200 tv and radio stations monday through friday watch our livestream 8-9am et at http:wwwdemocracynoworgplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today: http:owlliruj5qfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynow twitter: https:twittercomdemocracynowyoutube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynow soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracynow daily email: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribe google: https:plusgooglecomdemocracynowinstagram: http:instagramcomdemocracynowtumblr: http:democracynowtumblrpinterest: http:wwwpinterestcomdemocracynow

bahrain: looting and vandalising by regime loyalist on shia businesses 25012012
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systematic attack looting and vandalising by regime loyalist on shia businesses in bahrain this incident was in jawad 24hours supermarket at awali on 25012012

english report about a huge rally in bahrain
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a video report about a huge rally in bahrain 20-04-2012 :it is estimated that tens of thousands of people from across bahrain have taken part in an anti-government demonstration on budayia highway located to the west of the capital manamathe march and rally organized by the bahraini opposition blocs have been peaceful with the crowds chanting loudly many slogans like quotdown down governmentquot quotno to dictatorship yes to democracyquot quotno surrender no surrenderquot quotelected government we needquot to name but a few protesters have also chanted slogans calling for the release of mr abdulhadi al-khawaja who has been on a hunger strike inside bahraini prisons for over 73 days now along with other prisoners who were arbitrarily arrestedquotthis mass demonstration comes in a time bahrain is hosting f1 race our aim from this gathering is to draw some international attention and get our message acrossquot a prominent opposition leader was quoted as saying quotthe rally was highly successful in terms of its attendees and the slogans chanted were very patriot with this huge number we have shown that democracy-seekers are not few as reported by the regime039s official media outletquot he addedother protests took place concurrently with this demo in different parts of the country the calendar the protesters have set for the coming two days is full of activities despite the regime-led brutality and threats to use bird shots and live ammunition against protestersa firm security fist have been reported with many policemen deployed in streets check-points excessive use of toxic gas and firing live ammunition along with sound grenades such security measures have increased amid the formula 1 race being held in bahrain despite international condemnation