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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Occupy Minnesota- Occupy Obama HQ
February 3rd there was a protest and Occupation of the Obama HQ in Minneapolis. Needless to say, the corporate media in Minnesota were not at all interested in this story. Fortunately for us, a number of credible media were present. The first video was created by Rouge Media alongside the Citizens Media group.MORE »
I have a minor distate for some political bloggers
Last week, I wrote about a blogger named David Seaman who was a contributor for Business Insider. Business Insider is much like another website that I wrote about in the past called Triond. Both websites allow anybody and everybody to start accounts and contribute stories to their website. The same is true for the "Free Speech Zone" of the Daily Planet, so there is nothing inhMORE »
Jim Klobuchar On Amy & American Politics
Author, columnist, adventurer and father of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Jim Klobuchar offers his personal, sometimes moving takes on campaigning with his daughter and the state of American politics.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Will It Matter Who Is Elected In 2012?
As one of a handful of energized people laboring to draft Obama back in 2006, I write this with profound sadness and pained anger. Do we have reason to reelect Barack Obama?MORE »
Apology to my goverment officials re torture
Dear President Obama, Attorney General Holder, Senators Klobuchar and Franken, and Congressman Ellison:
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A call for accountability as Guantanamo enters its 10th year
[Note: The following letter was sent to 83 of the 93 United States Attorneys today, which is the ninth anniversary of the first prisoners arriving at Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. Witness Against Torture and other groups will be demonstrating about Guantanamo and related issues in Washington, D.C., over the next 12 days.] MORE »
December 10—Human Rights Day
December 10 is International Human Rights Day, a day commemorating the United Nations General Assembly's passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
In its third "Whereas" clause, the Declaration encourages codification of these human rights into law.MORE »
Obama erred in the tax compromise for all the wrong reasons
Objections to the Obama tax compromise has been thoroughly vetted, chewed, and debated by my liberal colleagues, and adding to that dialogue offers nothing new or of special value, so I will not reprise it here. MORE »
It's Torture Awareness Month and I am waiting for justice
I am part of a group of people who, since last November, have engaged in a daily vigil for torture accountability at the Federal Building in Minneapolis.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | Obama’s Nuclear Blunder
President Obama has made yet another bad decision, one that will likely harm your children and grandchildren, and generations of your family, for centuries.MORE »
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