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“7 other treaties the U.S. hasn’t ratified”…Theda Skocpol explains why the upcoming presidential election is one of the most important in US history and an Americana roundup

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Why the upcoming presidential election is one of the most important in US history: an interview with Theda Skocpol, Theda Skocpol from open Democracy News Analysis – by Theda Skocpol This interview conducted at the Kennedy School in Boston was first published in Juncture, the new international journal of the Institute for Public Policy Research. … Read more

MSNBC: Scenes from protests at NATO summit in Chicago

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Americans who are “off the grid”, Incarceration in US and more…an Americana roundup

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Off the Grid There are growing number of people who have decided to live light on the earth to not be a part of problem anymore I spent the last few years with four of them striving for harmony with nature in the most pristine corners of United States. ************ United States: Occupy Wall Street … Read more

“Evolving Narrative of Barack Obama” and more from US…

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Evolving Narrative of Barack Obama from The Global Language Monitor by admin Three Distinct Narratives during Presidency President Obama?s State of the Union Address earlier this week provided the Global Language Monitor the opportunity to analyze the changing Obama Narrative since he rose to the national prominence some five years ago. GLM found three distinct … Read more

Posters of Occupy Wall Street and a roundup…

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  Striking Posters From Occupy Wall Street: Download Them for Free from Open Culture by Mike Springer Blazing de-bullshitification of the arguments for militarized campus police forces from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow UC Davis music professor Bob Ostertag has written a savagely brilliant editorial in the Huffington Post, denouncing the use of military-style force … Read more

police aggression at Occupy Oakland, Egyptians at Tahrir to support Occupy Oakland… an Occupy roundup

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Egyptians march from Tahrir Square to support Occupy Oakland protestors from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin Watch Live: Michael Moore at Occupy Oakland from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin KQED has a live stream of Michael Moore speaking to “Occupy Oakland”, right now. And North Oakland Now is live-tweeting soundbites while he speaks, as is … Read more

Occupy Oakland turns ugly thanks to the Oakland Mayor…

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  Occupy Oakland: Riot police use tear gas, other nonlethal weapons on protestors by Xeni Jardin Photo: Adreadnonymous. Protester in wheelchair at Oakland protest, tear-gassed. [Video Link: Oakland police throwing tear gas bombs at protesters.] From Oakland Nor Police raid on Occupy Oakland: the morning after by Xeni Jardin One-percenter: why I support Occupy by … Read more

Van için Rock! Rockers join forces for Van Earthquake survivors; Turkey begins to accept foreign aid…

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Main website for the Rock Concert here. On 30 October in Istanbul…  Relatives of victims of an earthquake cries on a street in Ercis, Turkey October 24, 2011. Rescuers pulled survivors from beneath mounds of collapsed buildings and searched for the missing on Monday after a major earthquake killed at least 264 people and wounded … Read more

Earthquake in Van: Arrogant gov’t refuses foreign help; Both Aid and hate speech mobilized in social media…

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unfortunately not only aid sources are mobilized but also hate speech against Kurds… But in the last analysis, I can assure you that humanitarian attempts dominated the scene and racists were relatively marginalized…  So there emerged fragments of a racist metaphysical discourse that claimed earthquake was a divine revenge for the fallen soldiers… In the … Read more

In the mean time, Occupy Wall Street movement triggered citizen journalism, production of digital tools… a roundup

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Occupy Wall Street Hackathons Produce Digital Tools and New Activists from Mashable! by Sarah Kessler Groups of programmers gathered in three cities this weekend to build digital tools for the Occupy Wall Streetmovement. Several of those tools have already launched, and in many cases they?re being maintained by activists who?ve never held a sign in … Read more

Sad days for Turkey. Massive earthquake in Van… while Erkan was close to Diyarbakır…

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Like PKK’s Hakkari assault, i have not learnt the earthquake thru internet. My brother called me and asked me how I was as the quake was felt from Diyarbakır, too. However, I was about to arrive Diyarbakır from Mardin when the quake happened so i did not feel anything… There isn’t much accurate news and … Read more

Towards 15th October… a roundup of protests from Occupy Wall Street to Greece…

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15th october: #United we will re-invent the world | Just another Take The Square Sites site from Social Network Unionism by OrsanSenalp Via Scoop.it ? Mapping Social Network Unionism Worldwide On October 15th people from all over the world will take to the streets and squares. From America to Asia, from Africa to Europe, people … Read more

Occupy Wall Street. An American way of spring activism;) #occupywallstreet

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PBS reporter jailed while covering “Occupy Wall Street” protests in NYC by Xeni Jardin While working on a story about citizen journalism at the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York for PBS affiliate WNET Thirteen, John Farley was arrested, along with the demonstrators whose stories he was covering. More than 700 anti-Wall Street protesters … Read more

In the mean time, massive demonstrations in Israel continue…

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Tel Aviv rally (Photo: Moti Kimchi) via Israeli demonstrators protest cost of living from Hurriyet Dailynews by TEL AVIV – Agence France-Presse More than 20,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other places across the country late on Saturday in fresh protests against the spiraling cost of living, media reports said. Why isn?t the … Read more