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Sicilian Friends Helping With World Peace
We are almost back from a whirlwind tour of Sicily visiting friends and family, people that have backed EuroRock, Peace Full Sail and all our world peace efforts. We continue until we have accomplished our goals.
I'm Italian. My family is Italian. I grew up Italian. The family organization is second to none in the world and I believe if all the worlds people and religions copied our traditional 'family' ways, this world would be mostly trouble free.
I live Italian...I breathe Italian as well as eat Italian. I even married an Italian this time.
When I arrive back from Sicily, I will ammend this post. I have a connection that is not that great, but I want to say right now to my Friends and family, Thanks...and to all Current peace activists trying to get the world and vibe out...I love you all just like family.... We are almost back from a whirlwind tour of Sicily visiting friends and family, people that have backed EuroRock, Peace Full Sail and ... more -
RNC: Into the Lions' Den
Minneapolis-based filmmakers Rikshaw Films bring a local perspective to the floor of the Republican National Convention.
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RNC: Bring The Party
As Republicans streamed into St. Paul, someone had to throw them some parties!
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RNC: The Un-Convention
On the other side of the Twin Cities from the Republicans, Minneapolis' local art community decided to hold the UnConvention - an artistic response to the celebrations of the GOP. On the other side of the Twin Cities from the Republicans, Minneapolis' local art community decided to hold the UnConvention - an... more
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Anarchy RNC & DNC
On the streets of both Denver and St. Paul, protestors, demonstators and anarchists were out in force.
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Open Letter to Barak Obama from Leonard Peltier
August 28, 2008
An Open Letter to Barack Obama
Symbolism Alone Will Not Bring Change
By LEONARD PELTIER
I have watched with keen interest and renewed hope as your campaign has mobilized millions of Americans behind your message of changing a political system that serves a small economic elite at the expense of the peoples of the United States and the world. Your election as president of the United States, where slaves and Indians were long considered less than human under the law, will undoubtedly constitute a historic moment in race relations in the United States.
Yet symbolism alone will not bring about change. Our young people, black and Native alike, suffer from police brutality and racial profiling, underfunded schools, and discrimination in employment and housing. I sincerely hope your campaign will inspire some hope among our youth to struggle for a better future. I am, however, concerned that your recent statement on the Sean Bell verdict, in which the New York police officers who fired 50 shots at a young man on the eve of his wedding were acquitted of criminal charges, displays a rather myopic view of the law. Until the law is harnessed to protect the victims of state violence and racism, it will serve as an instrument of repression, just as the slave codes functioned to sustain and legitimize an inhuman institution.
As I can testify from experience, the legal institutions of this nation are far from racial and political neutrality. When judges align with the repressive actions and policies of the executive branch, injustice is rationalized and cloaked in judicial platitudes. As you may know, I have now served more than three decades of my life as a political prisoner of the federal government for a crime I did not commit. I have served more time than the maximum sentence under the guidelines under which I was sentenced, yet my parole is continually denied (on the rare occasions when I am afforded a hearing) because I refuse to falsely confess. Amnesty International, South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama of Tibet, my Guatemalan sister Rigoberta Menchu, and many of your friends and supporters have recognized me as a political prisoner and called for my immediate release. Millions of people around the world view me as a symbol of injustice against the indigenous peoples of this land, and I have no doubt that I will go down in history as one of a long line of victims of U.S. government repression, along with Sacco and Vanzetti, the Haymarket Square martyrs, Eugene Debs, Bill Haywood, and others targeted by for their political beliefs. But neither I nor my people can afford to wait for history to rectify the crimes of the past....
Continued in comments below. August 28, 2008 An Open Letter to Barack Obama Symbolism Alone Will Not Bring Change By LEONARD PELTIER ... more -
RNC: This Was Day 1
The convention in St. Paul kicks off with a bang and a whimper as protests hit the streets but many first day speakers cancel out of concern for the effects of Hurricane Gustav. The convention in St. Paul kicks off with a bang and a whimper as protests hit the streets but many first day speakers cancel out of c... more
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Life In America
This is a time lapse sequence that I shot for a Photo 206 assignment, all shot with my Canon 30D. The goal of the assignment was to show our view on life in America. My view as it is an intricate dance based upon the "beat" of the sun and time - with an emphasis on the difference between man and nature. Music by Pamyua. This is a time lapse sequence that I shot for a Photo 206 assignment, all shot with my Canon 30D. The goal of the assignment was to sh... more
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THE GREAT RACE, THE HUMAN RACE, AN ADVENTURE UNDER WAY.
Would any of you like to form a usefull group?
I have some ideas I think would be usefull to get something together,
just a start,
A collection of doers.
THE CHALENGE
I want to organize an adventure,
right here on current,
share the adventure with current,
An adventure, i believe, that will change the world
THE ADVENTURE
The first adventure would be a river adventure,
the Mississippi river,
from the head waters to the gulf of mexico
the core group that makes it to the gulf plans the next adventure.
The Traveler
PS
Travel close to the ground,
the vision is there. Would any of you like to form a usefull group? I have some ideas I think would be usefull to get something together, just a start, ... more -
Gay Republicans
In this Election pod, VC2 Producer Nerina Penzhorn, examines the phenomenon of gay republican activists, who work for both progressive social policies at the same time they advocate conservative positions on both economic and security issues. She follows around two young, prominent members of the Log Cabin Republicans, a candidate for state senator and up-an-coming lobbyist to understand why it is easier for them to tell their "republican friends they're gay, than gay friends that they're republican." In this Election pod, VC2 Producer Nerina Penzhorn, examines the phenomenon of gay republican activists, who work for both progressive... more
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"Private" Levee Danger
It's interesting that the media and the government are referring to the Caernarvon levee, which is the one which is about to burst as a "private" levee as opposed to a public levee. The government paid for the levee with taxpayers money and the Army Engineer Corps. were in charge of the project, anything to shrug responsibility for another catastrophe off the shoulders of Bush I suppose. It's interesting that the media and the government are referring to the Caernarvon levee, which is the one which is about to burs... more
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Plenty of Work Left in China-Tibet Matters
This is from an email (and their website) from the International Campaign for Tibet, to its supporters and others.
"The 2008 Beijing Olympics are behind us and, as a result of Tibetan activism, the situation in Tibet was clearly the most significant human rights backdrop for the Games.
Monks march in protest at LabrangThe spring demonstrations across the Tibetan plateau and the protests along the route of the international torch relay not only put the Tibet issue on the Olympic agenda - it preempted Beijing from using the Olympics to show economic progress and social harmony in Tibet.
Just a year ago, the media was ignoring Tibet in its preparation for covering the Games in China. All that changed after March 2008.
Tens of thousands of Tibetans protested across Tibet this spring . . . not to demonstrate against the Olympics, but against Chinese misrule. Then, as the resulting Chinese crackdown intensified in Tibet, tens of thousands of Tibet supporters protested its parading of the Olympic torch around the world. Even during the Olympics Tibet supporters managed to hang banners in Beijing and show that the right to freedom of expression cannot be extinguished by dictatorial rule.
Despite the Chinese government’s efforts to silence Tibetans and make the world think there is no Tibet problem, exactly the opposite occurred.BBC News: Tibet Banner Hang
As a New York Times editorial said, the final gold medal for authoritarian image management can be safely awarded to China’s Communist Party leadership:
“Along the way, government critics were pre-emptively rounded up and jailed, domestic news outlets tightly controlled, foreign journalists denied full access to the Internet and thousands of Beijing’s least telegenic residents were evicted from their homes and out of camera range.”
I want to thank each and every one of you for helping to ensure that the voices of the Tibetan people were heard before and during the Olympics.
We have a tremendous amount of human rights work ahead of us: hundreds of Tibetans detained this spring have yet to be tried and sentenced. We must win the release of these men and woman, many who are Buddhist monks and nuns. In our new report, Tibet at a Turning Point, ICT confirms the names of more than 900 Tibetans detained.
Two Tibetan filmmakers who made a powerful film in Tibet about how Tibetans really feel about the Beijing Olympics have been arrested. Their whereabouts are currently unknown and we must win their release.
Before the Olympics, ICT was concerned that the Chinese government’s intense focus on the success of the Games would undermine the struggle of brave Tibetans and Chinese for human rights, democratic freedoms and self-determination.
Beijing did its best to silence them.
But thanks to you and tens of thousands of other Tibetan activists inside and outside Tibet, our cause has been strengthened and we go forward from the Olympics with a renewed confidence in the spirit and tenacity of the Tibetan people." This is from an email (and their website) from the International Campaign for Tibet, to its supporters and others. ... more -
Mad Aussie Driver Sentencing Tomorrow?
Remember this guy? His sentencing is set for tomorrow... Links to the original stories below.
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Science With Curves: Women in the Field
One woman's struggle in a career dominated by men. Her story touches on issues such as: lower salaries and juggling family and career that women in science have to face. One woman's struggle in a career dominated by men. Her story touches on issues such as: lower salaries and juggling family and c... more
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Save Our Levees
Its not everyday that a story literally shows up on your front doorsteps. Check out what's happening with New Orlean's Infrastructure nearly three years after Katrina.
How can you tell if the infrastructure in New Orleans is sound? Should what the Army Corps of Engineers does be taken as final fact and truth? Should they be critiqued? Ever?
See how New Orleans residents are feeling about their relationship with the government agency responsible for keeping them safe. Its not everyday that a story literally shows up on your front doorsteps. Check out what's happening with New Orlean's Infra... more -
DNC: Backstage
Follow the Collective Journalism team backstage at the Pepsi Center. Turns out, if you play your cards right, you can get some great free food! Follow the Collective Journalism team backstage at the Pepsi Center. Turns out, if you play your cards right, you can get some great f... more
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DNC: Party Crashers
Not everyone came to Denver to hang out with the Democratic Party, some people just came to party down. Meet Jill, DNC party-crasher.
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DNC: Hawaiian Delegation
Arguably Barack Obama's biggest fans on the convention floor? The Hawaiian delegation.
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DNC: Protests
In the streets of Denver, riot police and protestors were out in force, and a clash was inevitable.
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DNC: Scoring the Show
Rock the Vote blogger Donnie Lumpkins speaks with the maestro behind the scenes, the music director for the DNC event.
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