November 2011

Tonight and Monday in Charlottesville

Charlottesville Event with David Swanson’s New Book: “When the World Outlawed War”

WHAT: David Swanson with his new book “When the World Outlawed War” and thoughts on activism past and present

WHEN: Wednesday, 7 p.m., November 16, 2011

WHERE: Random Row Books
315 West Main Street  
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-295-2493
http://randomrow.wordpress.com

Flyer: PDF.

THIS EVENT IS A DICK CHENEY FREE ZONE

NO ALUMINUM TUBES OR YELLOW CAKE ALLOWED

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Occupy City Council

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One Veteran's Rough Path from Killing and Torturing to Peace

Not yet 30, Evan Knappenberger has already lived several lives.  His story destroys the U.S. government’s case against whistleblower Bradley Manning, exposes the toxic mix of fraud and incompetence that creates U.S. war policies, and highlights the damage so often done to soldiers who come home without visible injuries.

Knappenberger, seen in this video, was trained as an “intelligence analyst” at the U.S. Army’s read more

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Top 5 Reasons Dick Cheney Won't Speak in Charlottesville VA This Week

Number 5. When John Yoo came here, he got a good rowdy rule-of-law unwelcome, which no doubt made the Miller Center hesitate to promise Cheney a room free of decent human beings.

Number 4. Our brothers and sisters in San Francisco confronted Cheney with his crimes last week.

Number 3. It’s a heck of a lot of crimes.

Number 2. Cheney just might have found himself face-to-face with a set of handcuffs.

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Occupy Movement Demands Home Mortgages Correction

On Thursday, OccupyWashingtonDC.org teamed up with the Backbone Campaign, National People’s Action, and the New Economy Working Group in a march from Freedom Plaza to the Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA).

The demand they brought, along with giant props including a foreclosed house under water, was for a correction.  The 1%, they said, inflated house values and made off with ill-gotten gains, but those left with underwater mortgages when the house values were brought back read more

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Cheney Comes to Town

Another year, another war criminal book-touring at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.

This time, at 11 a.m. on November 16th, it’ll be Dick Cheney.

The Miller Center is not allowing members of the public to attend on a first-come basis, as is the standard practice.  Instead, it is asking people to send an email to dcforum@virginia.edu and then wait for approval to attend.

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