We Stand With Gibson Rally Nashville

10/09/11 • lpmndc.org

Video from the We Stand With Gibson Rally, Nashville, Tennessee, October 8, 2011.

The ‘Getting’ of Assange and the Smearing of a Revolution

10-07-2011 • original.antiwar.com

The High Court in London will soon to decide whether Julian Assange is to be extradited to Sweden to face allegations of sexual misconduct. At the appeal hearing in July, Ben Emmerson QC, counsel for the defense, described the whole saga as "crazy."

Ala.: Inmates can replace Hispanic farmhands

10-07-2011 • www.politico.com

Alabama farmers frantically looking for workers to replace those that have fled the state in the wake of its tough new immigration law should just stop by their local prison, according to the head of Alabama’s agriculture department.

Program Host Amy Goodman and Staff Settle in 2008 RNC Arrest Case.

10-04-2011 • http://www.talkers.com/

Goodman and crew sued the City of St. Paul and the U.S. Secret Service with the assistance of the Center for Constitutional Rights. The settlement includes $100,000 and the promise of police training.

MSNBC Covers Police Brutality of Peaceful Wall Street Protesters

10-03-2011 • www.washingtonsblog.com

"An excellent piece of main stream coverage on this past weekend, I'm sure this video wont be up long, but figured the folks looking at the vids on this channel would appreciate it."

Greenwald on Awlaki’s killing: The ‘Constitution burned and stepped on’

09-30-2011 • www.rawstory.com

“Remember that there was great controversial when George Bush asserted the power to simply detain American citizens without due process or simply to eavesdrop on their conversation without warrant,” he said. “Here you have something much more severe.

Feds to Gibson: Hand over more wood

09-29-2011 • www.bizjournals.com

Federal authorities are pressuring Nashville-based Gibson Guitar to hand over an additional 25 bundles of Indian wood that the company allegedly planned to use in its famous guitars.

Military to Collaborate with Wyoming Cops in Drunk Driving Crackdown

09-29-2011 • www.infowars.com

“In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, F.E. Warren Air Force Base will collaborate with state and local governments and law enforcement. “State, local and military police will also work together under the program to crack down on drunk people who dis

Candid Camera Experiment

09-29-2011 • www.foxbusiness.com

Candid Camera’s Peter Funt discusses how Americans may be to trustworthy towards figures of authority.

Judge rules part of Patriot Act unconstitutional

09-29-2011 • Break The Matrix

Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled that the Foreign Intelligence Surv

Insight: Social media - a political tool for good or evil?

09-28-2011 • www.reuters.com

(Reuters) - After the "Arab Spring" surprised the world with the power of technology to revolutionize political dissent, governments are racing to develop strategies to respond to, and even control, the new player in the political arena -- social med

The ‘Lemon Tree Lady’ Speaks Out About USDA Threats Over TREE (this is NOT satire)

09-28-2011 • www.activistpost.com

When life hands you a lemon tree . . . the USDA takes it away! And don’t even think of making lemonade with any more trees – they’ll take those too.

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Maced / Pepper Sprayed by NYPD Police

09-26-2011 • YouTube

Subscribe for updates at http://uslaw.com/occupywallstreet. Slow motion video analysis of NYPD mace deployment near Union Square on September 24, 2011. Alternate angle analysis seems to indicate retaliation for a just prior interaction between office

Professor Sues Pittsburgh for Zapping Her With Weapon Developed to Fight Terrorists

09-25-2011 • courthousenews.com

PITTSBURGH (CN) - An English professor says she suffered "permanent hearing loss, nausea, pain and disorientation" when Pittsburgh police used a Long Range Acoustic Device, developed to fight terrorists, on a peaceful demonstration against the IMF, i

Martial Law Drill Commences as Economy Begins Descent

09-24-2011 • www.prisonplanet.com

A massive terror drill – remarkably ignored by all but local media – is now underway in Denver, Colorado.

It’s the Occupation, Stupid

09-24-2011 • original.antiwar.com

I’m reminded of how Chinese premier Zhou EnLai supposedly answered a question in 1972 about the significance of the French Revolution. “Too early to tell,” was his reputed reply; and though he may never have said it, how true it is that the major eve

What, Exactly, Is "Suspicious Activity?"

09-20-2011 • cato.org - by Nat Hentoff

More of us, including the new generation, are becoming aware of what the report "Surveillance in the Homeland" (Truth Out, Aug. 22) describes as the state of our personal privacy: "Our phone calls, our emails and web site visits, our financial record

Hacking: Met use Official Secrets Act to demand Guardian reveals sources

09-18-2011 • The Guardian

The paper's revelation in July that police had never properly pursued the News of the World for hacking the phone of the missing murdered girl caused a wave of public revulsion worldwide. The ensuing uproar over police inadequacy and alleged collusio

Quartzsite Videographer Arrested in Town Hall

09-09-2011 • www.thedesertinde.com

Another critic of Quartzsite officials has been jailed in what appears to be retaliation. Local Realtor Doug Gilford has gained notoriety as the blogger and videographer who filmed the unlawful removal of Desert Freedom Press Publisher Jennifer Jones

Quartzsite 8 – Court Hearing Friday Sep 9

09-09-2011 • qtown.us/blog

The “Quartzsite 8” have been granted a hearing in US District Court at Flagstaff. Judge Aspey will preside. Your presence is invited. Arrive in time for a 1:30pm hearing at 123 N. San Francisco Street, Flagstaff Arizona in a first floor courtroom. T

Burma Changing?

09-09-2011 • arclein

(State Peace and Development Council) officially handing over executive power to the president and legislative power to the new assemblies on that day. For those watching the development of Burma's political landscape during those early weeks, it

Passport to the Total State - by Wendy McElroy

09-08-2011 • Ludwig von Mises Institute

"Your papers!" In old movies, the demand is barked at trembling travelers by a Nazi with a guttural accent. If the demand is made in the opening scene, then the audience knows immediately that they watching a totalitarian state in which travelers are

Maryland man fights ban on filming cops

09-07-2011 • rt.com

The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland is going after the Baltimore Police Department after Christopher Sharp had his cell phone confiscated and all of its contents destroyed after he filmed police use excessive force on a friend of his durin

Mall of America Shoppers Entangled In War On Terror

09-07-2011 • NPR

Mall of America officials say that thousands of mall visitors have been stopped and questioned in recent years. The interviews at the mall are part of a counterterrorism initiative that acts as the private eyes and ears of law enforcement authorities

As America’s Economy Collapses, “New Normal” Police State Takes Shape

08-16-2011 • http://www.prisonplanet.com/

Forget your rights. As corporate overlords position themselves to seize what little remains of a tattered social net, the Obama administration is moving at break-neck speed to expand police state programs first stood-up by the Bush government.