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Government Surveillance of Occupy Movement

Government Surveillance of Occupy Movement

 FROM CMD by Beau Hodai -  Special Report by Center for Media and Democracy and DBA Press This just released report is a must read for all Americans to understand just how much our Nation’s governmental landscape has been changed since 9/11/2001.  Once again, government agencies created to “protect” Americans have been altered to instead [...]

UPDATE: Liberal group to protest Romney-Koch fundraiser – CBS News

…(CBS News) MoveOn.org, a liberal non-profit advocacy group, is protesting a July 8 fundraiser for Mitt Romney being held at the house of billionaire Republican donor David Koch, it announced on Friday…. Update: A representative for Koch Companies Public Sector responds in an email (links theirs): We have seen media reports about the protest being [...]

The Republicans’ $3 Million Weekend in the Hamptons

Mitt Romney & Eric Cantor hold two swanky fundraisers at David Koch’s Hamptons mansion today Two articles are posted here–from the Daily Kos and from the NY Times. Mr. Romney is expected to pull in $3 million from an event at the Creeks, the estate of Ronald O. Perelman, the billionaire financier and Revlon chairman, [...]

Occupy Winston-Salem protests U.S. Post Office closures

On April 16, local residents and members of Occupy Winston-Salem held a demonstration at the U.S. Post Office in the Waughtown area. Protesters demanded that the only post office in the community not be closed down. Across the country, hundreds of U.S. post offices are on a closure list, based upon the amount of revenue [...]

Fault Lines – History of an occupation

Yesterday, Al Jazeera premiered the first part of a two-part documentary they’ve been working on, focusing on the Occupy movement. The film was made for Fault Lines, the award-winning public affairs documentary program. You can watch part one of the film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4VLYGfGDZg Part two premieres next Tuesday. The first film is called History of [...]