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Tibet Protest
Monday, April 14th, 2008
Tibet report - monks forced to participate in staged videos.
Friday, April 4th, 2008
In this BBtv vlog episode, Xeni speaks with Tibetan human rights worker Lhakpa Kyizom about reported abuses against so-called “wired monks” in Tibet, by PRC military and police. Using cellphones, these monks photographed dead and injured participants in nonviolent, pro-Tibetan sovereignty protests that took place in March. The monks then disseminated these images to supporters outside Tibet, using connected computers and mobile devices.
After the images spread worldwide, and their origin became known to authorities in the tightly-controlled, tense, post-protest environment in Tibet, Kyizom says, military forces invaded the monastery, confiscated all communications tools, and detained nearly 600 monks in political retaliation.
Kyizom works as a radio producer for Tibet Connection, and is a trainer with the Active Nonviolence Education Center in the Northern Indian town of Dharamshala, also home to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile.
Link to Boing Boing tv episode, with discussion, downloadable video, transcript of Kyizom’s account, and links to related reports.
Grandmothers Against the War
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Grandmothers Against the War vigil on the occasion of the 4000th U.S. soldier’s death in combat. Outside of Rockefeller Center in New York City.
Scroll down for video.
Cheney: ‘The All-Volunteer Force’ : “The president carries the biggest burden, obviously,” Cheney said. “He’s the one who has to make the decision to commit young Americans, but we are fortunate to have a group of men and women, the all-volunteer force, who voluntarily put on the uniform and go in harm’s way for the rest of us.”
“GRANDMOTHERS AGAINST THE WAR: GETTING OFF OUR FANNIES AND STANDING UP FOR PEACE,” by Joan Wile with a foreword by best-selling author, Malachy McCourt, will be realeased on April 29 by Citadel Press.
Signing at Barnes & Noble, Broadway and 82nd Street, on Monday, May 5, at 7 PM.
Joan Says: Malachy will introduce me, and our defense attorney, noted civil liberties lawyer Norman Siegel, will also make some remarks. Many of the grannies discussed in the book will be there, too, and I hope to introduce them to you.
Vigils for the 4000 Dead US Soldiers in the NYC Area
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Monday, March 24 EL BARRIO starting 5:00 PM, 103rd & Lexington Ave.: Army Recruiting Station facing Ortiz Funeral Parlor; questions Gloria E. Quinones <geq339 At earthlink.net>
Monday, March 24, MIDTOWN 6:00 PM on west side of Fifth Ave. btw. 49th & 50th Streets;
<joan.wile AT grandmothersagainstthewar.org> (possibly with Vets For Peace)
Monday, March 24 in STATEN ISLAND 7:00 until 8:30 PM at St. George Recruiting Center & Post Office, 45 Bay Street near the ferry. www.icasualties.org Mourn 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed and over 1.5 million Iraqis. Various groups: 718.309.7458, 347.524.5631 <statenisland @ mds-nyc.org>
Monday, March 24 WHITE PLAINS nowarwestchester.org Chuck Bell — 914 830 0639
Tuesday March 25 UNION SQUARE NYC at 6:30 PM (south plaza & steps) — The long-planned American Friends Service Committee “day after” vigil. Bring candles & pictures if possible. Questions 212.598.0958 <IBieri at afsc.org>. http://www.afsc.org/4000
Wednesday, March 26, Teaneck 4:30-7:00 pm with 5:00 pm press conference & reading of the names of the troops from New Jersey and Iraqi people killed Mark the death of over 4000 US troops and 1 million Iraqis — National Guard Armory Teaneck Road and Liberty Road. Frequent buses right to armory from Port Authority or GWB bus station.
Noting the burden placed on military families, the vice president said the biggest burden is carried by President George W. Bush, who made the decision to commit US troops to war, and reminded the public that U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan volunteered for duty.
According to iraqbodycount.org there are 82,349 – 89,867 documented civilian deaths from violence.
Protest in Leno’s Audience
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
Last night in Jay Leno’s audience, two people stood up and protested the exclusion of Dennis Kucinich from the NBC debate, pointing out that GE is NBC’s owner. Earlier that day NBC challenged in the Nevada Supreme Court a judge’s decision that they had broken a contract in excluding Kucinich after initially inviting him. (Corporate policy, as the best way to serve American Democracy?) As pointed out on the Randi Rhodes show today: NBC’s local affiliate in Nevada blacked out the debate. This to possibly avoid FCC violations, as well as deny free air access to potential Nevada Democratic voters. Yikes!
I initially heard the clips from Leno’s show this morning on Howard Stern. The voices were fairly audible but Stern, a union member and a WGA strike supporter, thought the shouts were about the strike. Robin Quivers, the laughing, sometimes voice-of-reason on the show, discerned that it didn’t concern the strike. Leno’s guest, Bill Maher, should be politically savvy enough to know what they were talking about, but his basic retort was that they are “bat—- crazy.” Maher is a WGA member and purported liberal and smart guy. His show, like Leno’s, is back on the air supposedly without the help of writers. He claims to be using old stand-up material and stuff off the top of his head. He does get off some sharp criticism of bush in the YouTube clip below:
I am in support of the WGA strike and their demands but it is strange that it does somewhat hamper the few voices of dissent in the media (The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Bill Maher). And the ability to keep them stifled during our current political process is within corporate hands.
60 Seconds at the WGA Picket
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Letterman’s writers eat pizza in the shadow of a giant pig, but not much else happens in these 60 seconds at the WGA strike. Though I was disappointed in the lack of creativity in sign writing here, I do believe that the people who create the content need to be fairly compensated. Right now they are getting next to nothing for the digital reproduction of their work.
