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occupy with aloha
Bookmarked 747 weeks ago taken on 111211 in honolulu on the grounds of the hale koamy guitar tech shot this with a camera phone during my performance for the world leaders dinner at apec which was hosted by the first familyhe had to be extremely discreet as secret service had warned those on site that any phones used to capture photography or video would be confiscated since he has a guitar tuner app on the phone we were able to justify having it out but grabbing video was not easy we were under constant surveillance personally i like to have video of every performance it039s my art and my rightabout an hour into my set of generally ambient guitar music and hawaiian tunes i felt inspired to share some songs that resonated with the significance of the occasion i sang a few verses from quotkaulana na puaquot a famous hawaiian protest song in honor of the anniversary of our queen039s passing then segued into bob dylan039s quotall along the watchtowerquot sting039s quotfragilequot and finally my newest song quotwe are the manyquot my goal was not to disturb the guests in an offensive fashion but rather to subliminally fill their ears and the entire dinner atmosphere with a message that might be more effectively received in a subconscious manner i sweetly sang lines like quotyou enforce your monopolies with guns while sacrificing our daughters and sons but certain things belong to everyone your thievery has left the people nonequot the event protocol was such that everyone there kept their expressions quite muffled now and then i would get strange befuddled stares from heads of state it was a very quiet room with no waiters only myself the sound techs and the leaders of almost half the world039s populationif i had chosen to disrupt the dinner and force my message i would have been stopped short i instead chose to deliver an extremely potent message in a polite manner for a prolonged intervali dedicate this action to those who would speak truth to power but were not allowed the opportunityme ka ha039aha039amakana |
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activists rally against new s korea navy base
Bookmarked 760 weeks ago peace activists and locals are protesting against the south korean government039s plans to build a new naval base on an island off the country039s south coastthe protesters in gangjeong the village in which the base is slated to be built say they are not willing to cede an inch of the village for the base which they say serves to help the us contain china039s growing military powerthe government says it will press on with the 90m project as it will allow the military to swiftly respond to any future threats from north koreaal jazeera039s harry fawcett reports from jeju island |
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nj govchris christie gets mic checked
Bookmarked 743 weeks ago ows protesters mic check gov christie but he handle it pretty well pointing them in the right direction |
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comedian lisa lampanelli versus the westboro baptist church
Bookmarked 771 weeks ago when the westboro baptist church boasted that they would picket comedian lisa lampanelli039s show in topeka kansas on may 20 2011 she decided to donate 1000 to the gay men039s health crisis for every protester who showed up before the start of her show she went outside to see how the protest was going |
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wallstreet protest not getting the attention they deserve demand rights
Bookmarked 754 weeks ago over 50 thousand people marched near wall street in new york in a failed attempt to occupy the heart of global finance to protest greed corruption and budget cuts and with near-total media blackoutplans by protesters to turn lower manhattan into an quotamerican tahrir squarequot was thwarted when police on saturday blocked all the streets near the new york stock exchange and federal hall in lower manhattanquotthere039s a war in libya there039s a war in afghanistan there039s a war in iraq and we have cuts in education social programsquot said a masked protester who declined to be identifiedthe demonstrators had planned to stake out wall street until their anger over a financial system they say favors the rich and powerful was heardquotthe one thing we all have in common is that we are the 99 percent that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the one percentquot said a statement on the website occupy wall street |
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quotfox news liesquot geraldo driven out of occupy wall street protest must watch
Bookmarked 751 weeks ago a massive crowd at the occupy wall street protests shouting fox news lies so much that the entire fox news crew left |
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cornel west almost loses it when o039reilly tells him he doesn039t lie
Bookmarked 751 weeks ago october 11 2011 news corp http:moxnewscom |
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quotoccupy wall streetquot lands in europe
Bookmarked 751 weeks ago demonstrations are being held across europe in solidarity with quotoccupy wall streetquot as charlie d039agata reports cuts in spending and rising unemployment are fueling the anger spreading across the continent |
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100000 on tahrir: 039us funds military dictatorship in egypt039
Bookmarked 724 weeks ago in egypt up to a hundred thousand demonstrators have again engulfed cairo039s tahrir square to protest against the ruling military council the rally involves supporters from opposite ends of the political spectrum with secular activists rubbing shoulders with islamists - joined in a common cause for more on this and the wider picture in egypt rt talks to jacob hornberger the president of the future of freedom foundationrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews |
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clashes erupt ahead of greece austerity vote
Bookmarked 734 weeks ago 02122012violence breaks out between police and protesters ahead of a crucial vote on austerity cuts in greecehttp:leaksourcewordpresscom |
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i am bradley manning
Bookmarked 772 weeks ago share this video and share your voice: http:iambradleymanningorglearn more and get involved: http:bradleymanningorgbradley manning is the accused wikileaks source who allegedly provided the truth about the human cost of our wars in iraq and afghanistan exposed government corruption and lies around the world and changed journalism forever he has been held in punitive pretrial detainment for nearly a year official video of the bradley manning support network created by agit-pop communications music by dj spooky |
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july 16 2012 us_occupy activists protest against secret camp of 1 in california
Bookmarked 711 weeks ago in the us occupy protesters have descended on the quiet california redwood grove retreat of monte rio where some of the world039s elite gather every yeardemonstrators say the two weeks officially portrayed as a time of rest and relaxation is really a chance to discuss plans for the world039s futurequotless than a mile from us there are millionaires billionaires people who control the world control the central banks build nuclear weapons this is their summer playground they039re making business deals there they039re talking policy in a lot of conversationsquot says peter phillips project censoredauthor and activist mark dice has a rare grove yearbook showing everything from men in drag to high profile politicians giving speechesthe book shows george w bush and his father giving lakeside talks along with presidents jimmy carter and richard nixonothers who have attended are david brooks of the new york times along with ceos from cnn and fox jimmy buffet david rockerfeller and henry kissingermark also has an official 2005 membership list of grove attendeesquotyour typical war mongerers george bush senior colin powell richard pearle and typical republican establishment insidersquot he sayshundreds heeded the call to protest activist felipe messina worries about dangerous policies that are drafted from within the redwoods:quotthe nuclear program was discussed here and then developed later and that reagan was here in the 03980s and then afterwards we had the reagan revolutionquotan event with so little transparency has bred theories - some of them pretty wild about what goes on inside especially at the quotcremation of carequot ritual where grove members burn a coffin effigy to a 40-foot owlpeace and justice activist cindy sheehan speculates on the lack of media coveragequotbecause they are a part of it they are the propaganda arm for the one percentquotpeter phillips of project censored says corporate media is an instrument in the hands of those in powerquotthe corporate media is the one percent i mean if you look at it that way nbc msnbc fox cnn they are in a corporate one percent they are not going to do negative stories about themselves about capitalism about global empire and warquothow can someone own a 2000-year-old redwood grove that039s the question the occupiers are asking about the bohemian grove which they say belongs to everyone and not just the one percentat the gates of the bohemian grove a line of riot police made sure that everyone did not gain access to the lair of the one percentthe great day of annihilationhttp:thegreatdayofannihilationcom20120717july-16-2012-occupy-activists-protest-against-secret-camp-of-1-in-california |
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occupy wall street marks 3 months
Bookmarked 742 weeks ago 12172011occupy wall street protesters are demonstrating at duarte square just north of tribeca todaythe group is holding speeches and musical performances to mark three months of the movementdemonstrators are also marking one year since tunisian mohammad bouazizi set himself on fire inspiring what became known as the quotarab springquotduarte square at sixth avenue and canal street is owned by trinity church which has been supportive of the occupy wall street movement but yesterday a top bishop with the episcopal church pleaded with protesters not to trespass on the property saying that could result in quotlegal and police actionquotprotesters argue the space is vacant and therefore should be open to themmore than a dozen protesters were arrested at the site after the evacuation of zuccotti park last monthhttp:occupywallstreetorghttp:occupywallstorghttp:occupytogetherorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom |
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occupy wall street - three months - we will not go away
Bookmarked 742 weeks ago 12172011we must be the change thank you all whom are standing and keeping our voice loud and clear thank you for your solidarity thank you for keeping our voice non-violent and resisting the urge to retaliate quotdo not be afraid we are winningquot stay safe stay vigilantlil_king420 - minnesotaoccupy wall street protesters are demonstrating at duarte square just north of tribeca todaythe group is holding speeches and musical performances to mark three months of the movementdemonstrators are also marking one year since tunisian mohammad bouazizi set himself on fire inspiring what became known as the quotarab springquotduarte square at sixth avenue and canal street is owned by trinity church which has been supportive of the occupy wall street movement but yesterday a top bishop with the episcopal church pleaded with protesters not to trespass on the property saying that could result in quotlegal and police actionquotprotesters argue the space is vacant and therefore should be open to themmore than a dozen protesters were arrested at the site after the evacuation of zuccotti park last monthhttp:occupywallstreetorghttp:occupywallstorghttp:occupytogetherorghttp:occupymnorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom |
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the globalization of war - grtv backgrounder
Bookmarked 741 weeks ago the world039s attention is increasingly focused on syria and iran as the region continues to move toward military confrontation less noticed however is that the pieces are being put into place for a truly global conflict with military buildup taking place in every region and threatening to draw in all of the world039s major powers find out more in this week039s grtv backgrounder |