The State

OccupySEATTLE Updates - Police give 24 hour notice to OccupySeattle at Westlake Park - Boston VFP members arrested

Submitted by victimized on 10 October 2011 - 11:56pm

LIVE VIDEO: OccupySeattle Live Stream:

VIDEO: Police in SEATTLE threatening people with arrest if they do not leave Westlake park

VIDEO: BOSTON Police arresting VFP members for exercising their right to peacefully assemble

There's more info below! - PSST! Don't keep this a secret!

America's gulag

Submitted by rick on 31 January 2011 - 3:06am

Stephen Grey
Published 17 May 2004
http://www.newstatesman.com/200405170016
Stephen Grey uncovers a secret global network of prisons and planes that allows the US to hand over its enemies for interrogation, and sometimes torture, by the agents of its more unsavoury allies

Here's a link to a good discussion of Egypt's uprising

Submitted by rick on 31 January 2011 - 1:58am

http://www.juancole.com/2011/01/egypts-class-conflict.html

Deep Democracy Thursday: Just 10 Groups Are Responsible for More than Half the $176.1 Million Spent in Midterm Elections

Submitted by wildleaf on 28 October 2010 - 1:32pm

Oct. 27, 2010

Election Spending by Outside Groups Is Concentrated and Hidden, New Public Citizen Analysis Shows

Just 10 Groups Are Responsible for More than Half the $176.1 Million Spent in Midterm Elections

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Of the $176.1 million spent by outside groups using
large, often undisclosed contributions to influence the current
elections, just 10 groups are responsible for the bulk of the spending,
according to a new analysis released today by Public Citizen.

There’s a reason American workers aren’t paying much attention to the new financial regulations.

Submitted by Anonymous on 16 August 2010 - 8:37am

And no, it isn’t out of “apathy.”

Despite making a combined $18 billion in profits last quarter alone, major banks are still doing all that they can avoid new consumer protection legislation – and, we might add, new legislation hasn’t made it too difficult for them.

Much like the recent CARD Act, banks are quickly finding loopholes in the new legislation to recoup any of their potential losses. A new Bank of America program in Georgia, for example, is now charging customers to simply receive bank statements in the mail.

Amongst other plans in the works, banks may begin raising arbitrary “minimum balance requirements” for consumers, charging people for simply not having enough money in their accounts.

New Oversight:

Five years after huricane Katrina, community still trying to find justice for residents

Submitted by Anonymous on 26 June 2010 - 10:57am

For the full, original article, feel free to visit: thetbf.wordpress.com

Last friday, three officers were finally indicted by a federal grand jury for the post-katrina murder of Henry Glover, and the ensuing 5 year cover up.

The Murder of Henry Glover:

Henry Glover and his fiance Rolanda Short were residents of New Orleans 4th District when hurricane Katrina struck.

Like many African-Americans in New Orleans, Henry and his family were stranded without any supplies, and with no sign of help.

On the morning of September 2nd, running low on provisions, Henry had taken it upon himself to forage his neighborhood for food, water and charcoal for the couple’s extended family, now staying with them in their small home.

Freedom Socialist Party National Convention

Submitted by radicalwomen on 24 June 2010 - 11:16am