ACLU Watch|The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has maintained the position that civil liberties must be respected, even in times of national emergency. In these days of the so-called "Patriot Act" our civil liberties are under serious attack. This website monitors the ACLU's efforts to protect our freedom. It also monitors the People's reaction to their efforts.
Being Homeless Is Not A CrimeMay 14th 2012 the city council of Denver voted 9 to 4 to ban urban camping making it difficult to sleep anywhere within city or county limits and taking away more human rights and civil liberties of citizens. After the meeting and a sit in inside the city/county building the angered homeless met the council people as they went out to their cars and Mr Brooks to his scooter.From:Views:20ratingsTime:06:58More inNonprofits & Activism
Asfa Wossen Asserate – Der Prinz aus dem Hause DavidAsserate ist ein "Prinz aus dem Hause David" und der Großneffe des letzten äthiopischen Kaisers Haile Selassie. Nunmehr seit gut vierzig Jahren lebt er in Deutschland, Frankfurt ist für ihn seine zweite Heimat. Asfa-Wossen Asserate (* 31. Oktober 1948 in Addis Abeba, Äthiopien) ist ein äthiopisch-deutscher Unternehmensberater, Bestsellerautor und politischer Analyst, der vor allem durch sein 2003 erschienenes Buch Manieren bekannt wurde. Er ist ein Mitglied des äthiopischen Kaiserhauses, Großneffe des letzten äthiopischen Kaisers Haile Selassie, Urenkel der Kaiserin Menen II. und Sohn des letzten Präsidenten des kaiserlichen Kronrates Leul Ras (Herzog) Asserate Medhin Kassa und seiner Ehefrau Leilt (Prinzessin) Zuriash-Work Gabre-Igziabher. Lij ("Sohn" oder "Junge") Asfa-Wossen besuchte die deutsche Schule in Addis Abeba, die er mit dem Abitur abschloss, und studierte anschließend in Tübingen und Cambridge Jura, Volkswirtschaft und Geschichte. Er folgte einer Anregung von Paulus von Stolzmann, des deutschen Botschafters in Addis Abeba, und schloss sich der Studentenverbindung Corps Suevia Tübingen an; damit konnte er gleichzeitig dem Wunsch seines Vaters entsprechen, vor der Universität ein College zu besuchen. Da Asfa-Wossen Asserate als Angehöriger eines sogenannten Herrschenden Hauses nicht fechten durfte, erhielt er die Schleife des Corps Suevia. In seiner 2007 erschienenen Autobiographie ist seiner Zeit als Corpsstudent ein ganzes Kapitel mit dem Titel „Gaudeamus <b>…</b>From:StuggialiasSteinerViews:00ratingsTime:30:19More inNonprofits & Activism
Chomsky: Occupy Movement "Has Created Something That Didn't Really Exist" in US — SolidarityDemocracyNow.org – Noam Chomsky says the Occupy movement has helped rebuild class solidarity and communities of mutual support on a level unseen since the time of the Great Depression. "The Occupy movement spontaneously created something that doesn't really exist in the country: Communities of mutual support, cooperation, open spaces for discussion … people doing things and helping each other," Chomsky says. "That's very much missing. There [has been] massive propaganda going on for a century, that you really shouldn't care about anyone else, just yourself … To rebuild [class solidarity] — even in small pieces of society — can become very important, can change the conception of how society ought to function." Chomsky also gives his assessment of President Obama, whom he says has attacked civil liberties in a way that "goes beyond George W. Bush." See many other Democracy Now! interviews with Noam Chomsky in our playlist: ADD LINK TO IT HERE For additional reports on this case, or to watch the complete independent, weekday news hour, please visit www.democracynow.org. FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today, visit www.democracynow.orgFrom:democracynowViews:83148ratingsTime:19:10More inNews & Politics
Ron Paul – 5000+ Crowd – UC Davis CA. – 5/3/2012 – Speech HighlightsRon Paul 5000+ Crowd At UC Davis CA. 5/3/2012. Ron Paul Huge Crowds Small Government. Highlights From Ron Paul Speech at UC Davis CA. 5000+ Crowd. Ron Paul End the Wars, End the Fed, End Big Government. Ron Paul Big Government is Tyrannical. Stop Drone Wars In The United States. Ron Paul Revolution UC Davis 2012 CA. Decriminalize Drugs, Repeal NDAA, Repeal Patriot Act, Restore America, Restore Civil LIberties, Power to the People, RON PAUL for President 2012 Ron Paul Choice of the People, VOTE RON PAUL 2012, Wake Up America. WalkerofFaith Infowars.com wearechange.orgFrom:WalkerofFaithViews:151377ratingsTime:12:07More inNonprofits & Activism
TSA – Are they the most hated profession in America?The Transportation Security Administration has been criticized for frisking toddlers and the elderly and many Americans feel the TSA is just a waste of tax payer's money. One American decided to do something about the inadequate agency. Jonathan Corbett, president of Fourten Technologies, put the $87 million body scanners to the test and they failed to detect metal objects in his pockets keywords: US USA United States dhs tsa civil liberties full body scans tsa checkpoints airports privacy travelers national security strip search lobbyist pat downs 9/11 bus train Jonathan Corbett Fourten TechnologiesFrom:WNAYNewsViews:21ratingsTime:10:25More inNews & Politics
*This* is progress!Argentina puts the US to shame. Beacon of civil liberties my… abcnews.go.comFrom:tetsubo57Views:19417ratingsTime:00:53More inEducation
TSA – the most hated profession in America -Published on May 12, 2012 by RTAmerica The Transportation Security Administration has been criticized for frisking toddlers and the elderly and many Americans feel the TSA is just a waste of tax payer's money. One American decided to do something about the inadequate agency. Jonathan Corbett, president of Fourten Technologies, put the $87 million body scanners to the test and they failed to detect metal objects in his pockets. He joins us with more. Like us and/or follow us: twitter.com www.facebook.com Category: News & Politics Tags: RTAmerica RT America RT RTTV US USA United States dhs tsa civil liberties full body scans tsa checkpoints airports privacy travelers national security strip search lobbyist pat downs 9/11 bus train Jonathan Corbett Fourten Technologies License: Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)From:TheLipperTubeViews:30ratingsTime:10:25More inNews & Politics
Mass surveillance in the UK-A Simple Question-05-09-2012UK privacy laws have been under renewed scrutiny recently alongside a new secretive government proposal that allow them unprecedented levels of access to the entire population's phone records, emails, browsing history and activity on social networking sites. What's worse, this process would be allowed without any interference from the courts. The new initiative is called the Communications Capabilities Development Program (CCDP) and resembles IMP-style mass surveillance of the British public that the coalition agreement deemed as unacceptable, when it first formed. While the coalition government is calling the proposal a step towards a more "modernized" system of controlling data, it is being criticized as highly invasive and stripping citizens from their civil liberties since it forces companies to store data locally and make it accessible to police whenever they request. Surveillance on this scale is never proportionate and is therefore in contravention of international human rights norms – it is also unlawful in most democratic countries. Watch this video on our Website: www.presstv.com Follow our Facebook on: www.facebook.com Follow our Twitter on: twitter.comFrom:PressTVGlobalNewsViews:38614ratingsTime:24:26More inNews & Politics
Civil Liberties: Freedom of MarriageA TYT Nation submission from Colby Clipston about marriage equality. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. Send your clip to TYT Nation at upload.theyoungturks.comFrom:TYTnationViews:13ratingsTime:05:47More inPeople & Blogs
The Crisis of Civilization TrailerThe Crisis of Civilization is a documentary feature film investigating how global crises like ecological disaster, financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages are converging symptoms of a single, failed global system. Weaving together archival film footage and animations, film-maker Dean Puckett, animator Lucca Benney and international security analyst Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed – author of A User's Guide to the Crisis of Civilization: And How to Save It – offer a stunning wake-up call proving that 'another world' is not merely possible, but on its way. Like the book on which it is based, the film consists of seven parts which explore the interconnected dynamic of global crises of Climate Catastrophe; Peak Energy; Peak Food; Economic Instability; International Terrorism; and the Militarization Tendency – with a final section on The Post-Peak World. The film reveals how a failure to understand the systemic context of these crises, linked to neoliberal ideology, has generated a tendency to deal not with their root structural causes, but only with their symptoms. This has led to the proliferation of war, terror, and state-terror, including encroachment on civil liberties, while accelerating global crises rather than solving them. The real solution, Nafeez argues, is to recognise the inevitability of civilizational change, and to work toward a fundamental systemic transformation based on more participatory forms of living, politically, economically <b>…</b>From:FlightToTheLightViews:00ratingsTime:01:59More inPeople & Blogs
