Tuesday 25 October '11 show notes
Oct. 28, 2011 5:25 pmBy SueN- Occupy Oakland raided by riot police last night.
- JP Massar, Daily Kos blogger. News of Occupy Oakland.
- Jennifer Lynch, Electronic Frontier Foundation. FBI's next gen ID...will YOU be in the database?
- Professor David Moran, University of Michigan Law School. Drivers face drug checkpoints on highways near Flint.
- Joshua Holland, AlterNet.
Daily Topics - Friday October 28th, 2011
Oct. 28, 2011 9:32 amBy shawnt56#Oct29 "Enough is Enough" Rally @ The US Capitol 12PM-6AM - Thom Hartmann is Kicking off the Rally at Noon
The recovery rooted in wiping out the last of the Middle Class – and that is not sustainable
Oct. 28, 2011 7:42 amBy louisehartmannThe U.S. economy appears to be recovering. Not only did the economy grow at a 2.5% rate during the last quarter – but also GDP in America has finally reached the level seen before Bush’s Great Depression. But ask the average out-of-work American, or the average family that can’t afford soaring healthcare premiums – or to fill their car up with gas – and it sure doesn’t look like the economy is recovering.
Daily Topics - Thursday October 27th, 2011
Oct. 27, 2011 11:01 amBy shawnt56#Oct29 "Enough is Enough" Rally @ The US Capitol 12PM-6AM - Thom Hartmann is Kicking off the Rally at Noon
The New Gilded Age in America is upon us...
Oct. 27, 2011 8:55 amBy louisehartmannOccupy Oakland demonstrator – and Iraq War veteran – Scott Olsen is still in a hospital in serious condition with a fractured skull after being hit in the head with a tear gas canister during Tuesday’s night police assault on Occupy Oakland. In solidarity – demonstrators returned to the streets last night – and this time police left their military tactics at home. The movement marched to San Francisco across the Bay Bridg
Daily Topics - Wednesday October 26th, 2011
Oct. 26, 2011 8:53 amBy shawnt56#Oct29 "Enough is Enough" Rally @ The US Capitol 12PM-6AM - Thom Hartmann is Kicking off the Rally at Noon
#OWS - They may find some success w/shutdowns - but they won’t find success trying to kill off an IDEA
Oct. 26, 2011 8:51 amBy louisehartmannFor a second night in a row – Oakland police resorted to tear gas and rubber bullets to put down the Occupy Oakland movement – which refuses to step down. Late last night – officers in riot gear confronted hundreds of Occupy Oakland demonstrators in front of City Hall – and used canisters of tear gas to clear the crowd. That was just the beginning though – as demonstrators reconvened after each clash with police – only to
Don’t mess with working people...
Oct. 25, 2011 9:14 amBy louisehartmannThe backlash is underway against Republican Governors who attacked labor unions this year. Next month – voters in Ohio will get a chance to repeal SB-5 – the law pushed by Governor John Kasich to strip collective bargaining rights from public workers.
Daily Topics - Tuesday October 25th, 2011
Oct. 25, 2011 9:08 amBy shawnt56#Oct29 "Enough is Enough" Rally @ The US Capitol 12PM-6AM - Thom Hartmann is Kicking off the Rally at Noon
Monday 24 October '11 show notes
Oct. 25, 2011 8:01 amBy SueN- Kelvin Ho, Occupy Chicago. 130 arrests as Occupy Chicago protesters defy order to leave park; 11 arrests in Cincinnati.
- Mark Taylor-Canfield, Occupy Seattle. Latest on police harassment at Occupy Seattle.
- Joseph Hansen, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW).