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Hip Hop Emcee And Activist Immortal Technique Speaks To Occupy Wall Street Protestors

Last night at abotu 2 am EST, Hip Hop Emcee and activist Immortal Technique entered the Occupy Wall Street territory. He spoke to members of the protest about the need for change, the barriers to organization, true democracy and independence. Immortal Technique has long been active in speaking out on sociopolitical issues through his music and actions. In 2008 he took part in helping to fund and build an orphanage in Afghanistan. On YouTube On Qik Video by WeAreChange.org If we don’t change our minds about how this country works then we’re not going to have a country anymore. People...

On Pakistan, Republican Senator Says US Should Consider Yet Another War 0

On Pakistan, Republican Senator Says US Should Consider Yet Another War

Senate Armed Services Committee member and South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham thinks the United States should be open to military action against Pakistan. According to Graham, Pakistan is complicit with terrorists in Afghanistan that America is fighting. He said if experts decided that the U.S. needs to “elevate its response,” he was confident there would be strong bipartisan support in Congress for such action. So let’s check the score card. As recent as July of this year America was flying drones over 6 countries, engaged in a war in Afghanistan and still have troops in Iraq. In the meantime...

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Al Jazeera Covers Occupy Wall Street Protests

Dozens of people have been arrested in New York after police shut down a protest against Wall Street financial firms. The organiser of the demonstration, a group calling itself “Occupy Wall Street”, used social media to call for peaceful protests against what they describe as corporate greed in America. They had hoped to turn the sit-in into an American version of Tahrir Square – a reference to the centre of the largely peaceful uprising in Egypt – before they say the police cracked down. Al Jazeera’s Barbara Benitez reports.   It appears now, roughly 8 days later, media outlets are...

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Police Aggression Against Peaceful Protesters During Union Square Occupy Wall Street Protest

While on a peaceful march near Union Square in downtown Manhattan, multiple female protestors were penned up in the street by orange mesh baricade, then maliciously maced.   The Occupy Wall Street protest continues in Union Square at the time of this posting. At least 80 people have been arrested. During the height of the tension police took an aggressive posture against peaceful protesters in Union Square. Earlier there seem to be a mainstream media black out on the protests that started on Wall Street and have been going on since September 17th. However a few outlets have posting articles...

LIVE FEED: Protest In Liberty Square NYC, Police Getting Violent #OccupyWallStreet 4

LIVE FEED: Protest In Liberty Square NYC, Police Getting Violent #OccupyWallStreet

Watch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com LIVE FEED: Protest In Liberty Square NYC, Police Getting Violent #OccupyWallStreet The feed goes in and out but they are working to keep broadcasting. The previous media team got arrested. Spread The Word! Live Real Time Twitter Feed Additional:https://occupywallst.org/http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/occupywallstreet#.Tn4-A099-ZMhttp://october2011.org/http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreet Jaylon CarterJaylon Carter is a blogger, social media marketing consultant, former Congressional Campaign Media & Communications Director, national labor union vice block leader, and a Hip Hop artist who performs under the stage name Timid (@timidmc). www.IndiePundit.com