nypd kick may day marchers away from chase bank
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how long does it take an impromptu rally outside a chase bank branch in manhattan to get shut down by the nypd take a look and see

occupy student debt day of action
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rt039s anastasia churkina reports from the new york protests against 1 trillion dollar student debt in the us

american theocracy
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religious rhetoric has been running rampant in the gop campaign with social issues at the forefront rick santorum rose as a top contender appealing to the religious right and setting the tone for the campaign but there is a growing movement in america advocating the separation between church and state dubbed the quotreason rallyquot over 10000 non-believers gathered on the mall in what they called the largest secular event in world history

women in the military face unreported hardships
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while americans traditionally take memorial day to look back and remember the men who have given to their country the women who have entered the battlefield often go unnoticed 150 female us soldiers have been killed in the iraq and afghanistan wars and as amber stone of military families speaks out says even once off the frontline there is a war within that is never truly silenced stone speaks to rt about her ordeals on and off the frontfollow lucy on twitter at http:twittercomlucykafanov

police attack media at occupymn
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on saturday during a protest in minneapolis minnesota a police officer is caught on video shoving a kstp cameraman039s camera off his shoulder and proceeds to attack another camera man video courtesy of youtube user rubicondrawnlike us andor follow us:http:twittercomrt_americahttp:wwwfacebookcomrtamerica

cispa: nightmare cybersecurity bill
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cispa or the cyber intelligence sharing and protect act also known as hr 3523 is a cybersecurity house bill that039s already gained over 100 sponsors and is perhaps the worst of them all it would allow companies to collect and monitor private communications and share them with the government and anyone else so is it really as scary as it sounds eff039s trevor timm explains twitter: http:twittercomthealyonashowfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomthealyonashow

hedges: quotno outcry within mediaquot on ndaa
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we had reported on the show that a group of political activists and journalists testified in a new york court about why they039re suing the obama administration over the national defense authorization act or ndaa chris hedges author and pulitzer prize-winning reporter is also one of the plaintiffs he joins the show to discuss twitter: http:twittercomthealyonashowfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomthealyonashow

david house takes on dhs in court
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a federal court ruled this wednesday that david house will after all have his day in court despite the government039s attempts to get the case dismissed us customs agents had detained house confiscated his laptop thumb drive and digital camera and held on to the equipment for 49 days he was also detained and questioned for over 90 minutes about his relationship with bradley manning his work on the support network and any association with wikileaks he argues that his first and fourth amendment rights were violated as this was politically motivated house joins the show to discuss twitter: http:twittercomthealyonashowfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomthealyonashow

ron paul supporters get angry
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in the past ron paul and his supporters have expressed concerns about possible election fraud throughout the primaries ron paul has been encircled by thousands of people every place he goes to many it seems the votes don039t equal to voter turn at the polls and on monday several paul supporters started some commotion at the missouri caucus claiming they just want to be heard brad friedman an investigative journalist joins us with his take on why ron paul supporters are getting angrylike us andor follow us:http:twittercomrt_americahttp:wwwfacebookcomrtamerica

state dept whisteblower fired
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peter van buren state department employee and whistleblower has been a diplomat for 24 years but came under fire for writing a critical book on the iraqi reconstruction effort while still working for state last week he received a termination notice based on eights charges include linking to wikileaks on his blog failing to clear each blog post and using bad judgment for criticizing hillary clinton and michelle bachmann but is this another example of the government retaliating and going after whistleblowers van buren and jesselyn radack with the government accountability project join the show twitter: http:twittercomthealyonashowfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomthealyonashow

urgent breaking news - free speechprotesting is now a felony punishable by jail
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the first amendment to the constitution prohibits the government from infringing upon the freedom of speech the freedom of association and the freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances speech is language and other forms of expression and association and petition connote physical presence in reasonable proximity to those of like mind and to government officials so as to make your opinions known to themthe declaration of independence recognizes all three freedoms as stemming from our humanity so what happens if you can speak freely but the government officials at whom your speech is aimed refuse to hear you and what happens if your right to associate and to petition the government is confined to areas where those of like mind and the government are not present this is coming to a street corner near youcertain rights like thought and privacy and travel can be exercised on their own you don039t need the government to cooperate with you you just need to be left alone other rights like those intended to influence the political process require that the government not resist your exercise of them remember the old one-liner from philosophy 101: if a tree falls in a forest and no one is there does it make any noise here039s the contemporary version of that: if you can criticize the government but it refuses to hear you does your exercise of the freedom of speech have any valuewhen the framers of the constitution wrote the first amendment they lived in a society in which anyone could walk up to george washington or john adams or thomas jefferson on a public street and say directly to them whatever one wished they never dreamed of a regal-like force of armed agents keeping public officials away from the public as we have today and they never imagined that it could be a felony for anyone to congregate in public within earshot or eyesight of certain government officials and yet today in america it islast week president obama signed into law the federal restricted buildings and grounds improvement act of 2011 this law permits secret service agents to designate any place they wish as a place where free speech association and petition of the government are prohibited and it permits the secret service to make these determinations based on the content of speechthus federal agents whose work is to protect public officials and their friends may prohibit the speech and the gatherings of folks who disagree with those officials or permit the speech and the gatherings of those who would praise them even though the first amendment condemns content-based speech discrimination by the government the new law also provides that anyone who gathers in a quotrestrictedquot area may be prosecuted and because the statute does not require the government to prove intent a person accidentally in a restricted area can be charged and prosecuted as wellpermitting people to express publicly their opinions to the president only at a time and in a place and manner such that he cannot hear them violates the first amendment because it guarantees the right to useful speech and unheard political speech is politically useless the same may be said of the rights to associate and to petition if peaceful public assembly and public expression of political demands on the government can be restricted to places where government officials cannot be confronted then those rights too have been neuteredpolitical speech is in the highest category of protected speech this is not about drowning out the president in the oval office this is about letting him know what we think of his work when he leaves the white house this is speech intended to influence the political processthis abominable legislation enjoyed overwhelming support from both political parties in congress because the establishment loves power fears dissent and hates inconvenience and it doesn039t give a damn about the constitution it passed the senate by unanimous consent and only three members of the house voted against it and the president signed it in secret it is more typical of contemporary china than america it is more george iii than george washingtonthe whole purpose of the first amendment is to assure open wide robust uninhibited political debate debate that can be seen and heard by those it seeks to challenge and influence whether it is convenient for them or not anything short of that turns the first amendment into a mirage

obama administration putting freedom of information in jeopardy
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on wednesday the senate held a hearing to discuss the freedom of information act the goal was to address safeguarding critical infrastructure and the public039s right to know many americans believe foia is essential for holding the us government accountable for any wrong doing since 1966 presidents have acknowledge the importance of an open government but obama039s administration has expressed that any information released should be mindful of the obligation to work in the spirit of cooperation jason leopold lead investigative reporter for truth-outorg joins us for more like us andor follow us:http:twittercomrt_americahttp:wwwfacebookcomrtamerica

troops march on white house for ron paul
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ron paul039s consistently strong anti-war message is one that resonates with many us troops today hundreds of active duty troops veterans and paul supporters marched from the washington monument to the white house this afternoon sick of fighting seemingly never-ending wars overseas troops that took part in the march say they are ready for radical change liz wahl spoke to veterans that say their only hope for that is getting paul into the white house

will bradley manning have a fair trial
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private first class bradley manning was arraigned in a military court at fort meade maryland on thursday manning deferred his plea in the largest cast of leaking classified information in us history although he is being accused of aiding the enemy many see manning as a true patriot president obama has gone on record accusing the 24 year old of being a criminal so will manning have a fair trial kevin zeese the organizer of the october2011 movement joins us to discuss the whistleblower039s caselike us andor follow us:http:twittercomrt_americahttp:wwwfacebookcomrtamerica

bradley manning to face life in prison
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bradley manning has spent nearly two years in us custody for leaking classified information manning039s case is thought of as the biggest whistleblower case in us history and the private first class will be arraigned on thursday manning is facing a life sentence for his alleged crime of volunteering secret information to wikileaks so will the us make an example of manning and hopefully discourage others from doing the same chase madar author of the passion of bradley manning joins us for morelike us andor follow us:http:twittercomrt_americahttp:wwwfacebookcomrtamerica