Someone may want to go out and cover some leg of this historic event.

On April the 4, 2010, the POOR PEOPLES ECONOMIC HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN will start a march/caravan from New Orleans to the United States Social Forum in Detroit Michigan. Over the next couple of months they will participate in various events sponsored by many organization to spotlight the issues of poverty and oppression in the United States. My experiences with PPEHRC have always been very positive. They are a group with both racial and gender diversity, concentrating on fighting oppression and poverty all over the country.

Bruce Gagnon is the founder and director of the Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space. On this subject he states: "Star Wars is back and it's worse that ever. The Bush Administration is pushing to make space into an arena of war and the frontier for future multi-planetary corporations. National Missile Defense is a misnomer. The U.S. proposal is a provacative, aggressive program aimed at weaponizing space and dominating the world below."

National Call for Sat April 10, 2010, The 75 Anniversary of the WPA

Joblessness is as bad today as it was during the 1930s –It’s time to take the fight to D.C.

On
April 8, 1935, Congress passed the legislation creating the largest
public works program in history. The Works Progress Administration
(WPA) created 8.5 million jobs during the depression of the 1930s.

Let’s
mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the WPA by telling the
government that today’s jobless crisis is as bad today as it was back
then and that we need the same kind of bold, sweeping jobs program that
the people demanded in the 1930s – Now!

Martin Luther King Jr.
dedicated the final months of his life to starting a movement for the
right of all to a job or a guaranteed income – we need that movement
now more than ever.

It’s time to say no: to a jobless recovery -
to an economy based on permanent high unemployment and low wages - to

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An intervention during the depoliticized, sanitized commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of Mario Savio’s famous speech. "We will not permit the museumification of Berkeley’s radical past, especially now, as we enter into a new cycle of struggle. The Free Speech Movement is not a way to sell coffee, nor is it a rhetorical sop the administration can use to pacify the existing movement."

http://reclaimuc.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/occupyeverything
http://www.savio.org

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

At this point we know that the students occupying Wheeler Hall have
been arrested. We have surrounded the building and will not let the
protesters be taken out. Police ask nonviolent protesters to move and
after refusingpolice begin beating students @ 2:03

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

In this video:

0:23 - Police violently break through student/supporter protest line.

0:40 - Protester falls down and is beat by police.

1:57 - Student tells media he was shot by a rubber bullet in the stomach and then shows us.

4:20
- More police arrive and are forced to take a circuitous route due to
protesters blocking main path. Notice the brave protester who
continuously tries to block the police by sitting in front of them.

6:18 - My buddy tells me "Don't get too close you might have essential shit."

6:33
- Students and supporters block the entrance to the library only to see
the police sneak through the bushes alongside the parameter of the
building.

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

In this video:

1:38 - Student occupier describes how the group
was not happy when police offered amnesty because they are not
interested in "saving their own asses".

3:01 - Occupiers are told
its their "last chance" to negotiate. So far the only thing that has
been offered is the chief of police being let through the students
barricades. The students are understandibly weary.

4:00 - Police line up on the opposite side of Wheeler Hall (opposite of the side the student occupiers just spoke from).

4:52 - Police violently break through student barricade.

5:05 - Police hit students and knock them to the ground.

5:39 - More police violence.

6:36 - Police arrest Protester

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

In this Video:

0:04 - Occupiers state reasons for occupation/protest.

0:58 - Student occupier states "we are not going to leave until..."

1:52
- Police move in to form line between students and Wheeler Hall,
specifically at the point where occupiers have been communicating to
fellow students/supporters through an open window.

2:30 - Students and supporters move in to resist police presence.

3:38 - Police continue to bring in metal barricades to hold back students and supporters.

4:12 - Protester encourages students and supporters to call for back up.

5:40
- Students and supporters begin to throw bananas, apples, begals and
even Subway sandwiches through open window to student occupiers.

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

In this video:

0:01 - Police harass protesters who are clearly on the other side of the police yellow tape.

0:16 - Police physically move protester standing by himself.

0:20
- Emotional protester repeatedly shouts police brutality after
witnessing police physically push another protester out of their way.

0:51
- Hopkins tells Jackson and other police officers "theres the line" in
reference to police abusing protesters on the other side of the police
line.

1:01 - Hopkins taunts officer Jackson. Jackson smiles.

1:40 - Police give up and walk away. A small but symbolic victory for the protesters.

2:04 - Police (Officer Jackson) again harassing protesters clearly on the other side of the police line.

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

Protesters stand their ground in pouring rain.

In this video:

0:09 - Student asks police "Do you realize you could be cut too?"

0:14 - Student asks police "What kind of training program do they put you guys through to cut you off from your humanity?"

0:25
- It's POURING RAIN!!! Truly a testimate to the dedication of the
students and the community members who came out to support them.

1:55 - Organizers give out telephone number and encourage students to call and make demands.

3:16 - Students occupying Wheeler Hall Give list of demands.

5:13 - Man break student picket line and salutes Hitler.

5:55 - One side shouts "who's University" and the other side answers "Our University".

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

In this video:

0:11 - Police Officer hits metal barricade to intimidate protesters.

0:47 - Officer Jackson introduces himself to protester (Hopkins) in case he needs to get "intimate".

1:20 - After adressing the crowd Hopkins asks Officer Jackson "What does 'intimate' mean"?

2:48
- After overhearing police conversation Hopkins announces police are
planning to push against protesters without provocation.

3:00 - Police re-enforcements move in with batons in hand.

3:17 - Police start to push crowd back using batons.

3:41 - Police violence escalates as officers start using batons to hit protesters rather than push against them.

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was cancelled.

In this video:

Students surround Wheeler Hall and Library in
solidarity with students occupying Wheeler Hall and in an attempt to
stop more police from entering. Contrary to most media reports the 43 students did not break into Wheeler Hall in the morning. The students hid Thursday night when the building was being closed in. They spent the night in the building and began to barricade themselves in around 4AM. 3 Students were beaten and arrested around 5 or 6AM when police snuck into the basement from an underground tunnel connected to an adjacent building.

0:28 - Police violently break through protesters line to bring in metal baricades to hold us back.

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This being the only permitted action in dissent of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh; it is, of course, full of great speeches and fun signs.

I realized after the fact that the organizers of the March had agreed to lead the 10 thousand plus participants by the nose away from the convention center after the protest by claiming to have another locations for speeches however the only speaker of note at the 2nd location was Cindy Sheehan. I'm truely sorry Cindy but I did not film your wonderful speech because my mouth had food in it for the first time that day and I had not slept the night before. Cindy's speech was, of course, brilliant; but not worth leaving the downtown area to hear.

Haven't we learned anything from the Ukraine?

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A layman's explanation of why the g20 is a problem for poor and working class people all over the world.  This was the speech just before the 10,000 + strong permitted march began.

The first speech at The Poor Peoples March Againt the G20.  This guy kicks ass so much it stand the test of reality.  This is raw video, unedited and yes, imperfect. like us and the world will live in.

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At a rally held in Pittsburgh's Point Park on the eve of the G20; we
hear from union leaders from the AFL-CIO, United Steel Workers Union
and city / state officials explain how the green economy, green jobs,
are what is need to save our economy.  Music by Kathy Matea and Joan
Jett.

RePower America

A MoveOn.org sponsored leafleting vigil for Clean Energy that just happened to take place in front of a Senators office. ~ DOWNLOAD

Why?

H.R.2454

American Clean Energy And Security Act of 2009

To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global
warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.

This is the Waxman-Markley comprehensive energy bill, known for short
as "ACES," that includes a cap-and-trade global warming reduction plan
designed to reduce ??economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent
by 2020. Other provisions include new renewable requirements for
utilities, studies and incentives regarding new carbon capture and
sequestration technologies, energy efficiency incentives for homes and

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4/11/2009 Austin, TX
A New Way Forward organized a national day of protest against the banking bailouts and the heavy presence of bank interests in control of our governmental policy.

the kids are mixing it up at the g20. note the BBC spin against the rights of the protesters. the pictures speak volumes above the announcer.

** for educational purposes only.