http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/democracynow 2008-10-06T12:40:27Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/53646-aig-bailout 2008-10-06T12:40:27Z Colbydog <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Vcy_P5ESm8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Vcy_P5ESm8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/53646-aig-bailout"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/65112" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>As the US economy collapses, who are the winners? Seems the government decided to bail out the crooks with the people's money. </p> <p>Are you ready for the Greatest Depression?</p> </div> <a href="/blog/53646-aig-bailout">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52232-inside-the-rnc-part-2-of-3 2008-10-06T12:21:24Z Big Noise Films <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lrnoTdLeN68&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lrnoTdLeN68&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52232-inside-the-rnc-part-2-of-3"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63374" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Jeremy Scahill - Democracy Now Correspondent and Author of the book "Blackwater"- takes to the floor of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.</p> <p>Part 1: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtlVK9q4_Hw">www.youtube.com</a> <br />Part 3: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGdVyFbn2IA">www.youtube.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/52232-inside-the-rnc-part-2-of-3">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/52231-inside-the-rnc-part-3-of-3 2008-10-06T12:21:24Z Big Noise Films <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NGdVyFbn2IA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NGdVyFbn2IA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/52231-inside-the-rnc-part-3-of-3"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/63373" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Jeremy Scahill - Democracy Now Correspondent and Author of the book "Blackwater"- takes to the floor of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. <br />Part 1: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtlVK9q4_Hw">www.youtube.com</a> </p> <p>Part 2: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrnoTdLeN68">www.youtube.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/52231-inside-the-rnc-part-3-of-3">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/51152-police-bust-thru-attic-to-detain-democracy-now-journalist 2008-10-05T13:41:19Z TheUpTake <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5o6KTqXsdiQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5o6KTqXsdiQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/51152-police-bust-thru-attic-to-detain-democracy-now-journalist"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/62110" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>More at <a href="http://www.theuptake.org">www.theuptake.org</a> <br />A live stream from The UpTake's Chuck Olsen as police in St. Paul conduct preemptive raids on people planning to protest at the Republican National Convention this week.</p> <p>Note: this is a recording of a live video stream.</p> <p>Elizabeth Press is a producer with "Democracy Now" and is in St. Paul to help the group "iwitness Video" document any police abuses during the Republican National Convention.</p> <p>She was staying in a house on Iglehart in St. Paul (949 Iglehart) <br />She says a Federal agent came to the door this morning and asked for someone named Fred who was involved with a bike ride a few months ago and they wanted to question him. He said it wasn't related to the Republican National Convention. He then left. <br />The iwitness video group decided then to move from the house because they felt their meeting wasn't safe.</p> <p>Around 1pm about 20 St. Paul police officers surrounded the house. A few of the group went outside and were handcuffed. They had to wait for the search warrant to arrive. When the warrant arrived, it was not for their house. It was for the apartment next door. Police went into that other apartment and then busted through the attic into where the journalists were.</p> <p>"They came in with pistols drawn" said Press " I was pointing my video camera back. They said 'St. Paul Police, put your hands on your head' and then we were all detained for the next several hours in the back yard.</p> <p>Police then searched the journalists' belongings, unhandcuffed them and let them go.</p> <p>"I feel like these are intimidation tactics. iwitness video has been in the news recently, in the New York Times and all over the internet. Their video work has gotten over 400 people's charges dropped from the National Republican Convention in New York City and they are going to be here today and through out the week to document police behaviors at the 2008 Republican National Convention.</p> <p>Three members of the group were biking away from the home at the time of the raid and were detained by police on the sidewalk. All of their belongings were searched. They went through their maps, their notes and wrote things down after viewing the notes. The police had riot gear and tasers.</p> <p>One of the group members said she asked the St. Paul police how far they have to be away from somebody to shoot a taser. The police officer told her they can be any distance. She had heard that if you're too close they can be fatal or cause heart attacks.</p> <p>She also said she doesn't know if they were targeted because they are with iwitness or because of the house they are staying in, or something totally different.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/51152-police-bust-thru-attic-to-detain-democracy-now-journalist">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26918-media-consolidation-threatened-again 2008-10-06T12:40:30Z Colbydog <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9KTcnZabEL8&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9KTcnZabEL8&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26918-media-consolidation-threatened-again"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28940" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A town hall meeting on diversity and media ownership was held in New York City. Former FCC Commissioner Michael Copps and more than 300 activists and citizens came out to show their opposition to further media consolidation as the FCC reconsiders a number of broadcast rules - including whether a single company should be able to own both a newspaper and television station in the same market.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26918-media-consolidation-threatened-again">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26884-impeach-bush 2008-10-06T12:40:29Z Colbydog <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQj0Hzgm0R0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQj0Hzgm0R0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26884-impeach-bush"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28906" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Bush rips off America and gives the money to his friends! Impeach him yet?</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26884-impeach-bush">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26883-bush-vulture-fund 2008-10-06T12:40:29Z Colbydog <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yI0zfndITgg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yI0zfndITgg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26883-bush-vulture-fund"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28905" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Great Deceiver has his hand called.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26883-bush-vulture-fund">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26882-vulturefund-story 2008-10-06T12:40:29Z Colbydog <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qBnh-KP0Dzc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qBnh-KP0Dzc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26882-vulturefund-story"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28904" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Greg Palast released this story about Vulture Funds and Bush's legal scam on America... also look at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/yI0zfndITg">www.youtube.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/26882-vulturefund-story">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26880-end-of-us-democracy-1of2 2008-10-06T12:40:28Z Colbydog <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lzMAYR9MXgQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lzMAYR9MXgQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26880-end-of-us-democracy-1of2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28902" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Interview with "Nemisis: Last Days of the American Republic" author Chalmers Johnson; CIA analyst, scholar and author of best-selling "Blowback" and "Sorrows of Empire", gives as somber lesson on the problems with US democracy and Empire. 1of 2 parts</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26880-end-of-us-democracy-1of2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26879-end-of-us-democracy-2of2 2008-10-06T12:40:28Z Colbydog <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RyWAYd9MVis&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RyWAYd9MVis&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26879-end-of-us-democracy-2of2"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28901" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Interview with "Nemisis: Last Days of the American Republic" author Chalmers Johnson; CIA analyst, scholar and author of best-selling "Blowback" and "Sorrows of Empire", gives as somber lesson on the problems with US democracy and Empire. 2of 2 parts</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26879-end-of-us-democracy-2of2">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/16009-democracy-now-picks-up-bradblog-story-on-doj-s-tanner 2008-06-09T15:30:33Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SMsg5m1qZQA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SMsg5m1qZQA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/16009-democracy-now-picks-up-bradblog-story-on-doj-s-tanner"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/15791" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>On the October 15, 2007 Democracy Now, Amy Goodman picked up the story - originally broken last week by the Brad Blog - of John Tanner's absurd comments about Photo ID laws at the National Latino Congreso.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/16009-democracy-now-picks-up-bradblog-story-on-doj-s-tanner">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/13489-yankee-jigga-speaks-out-against-racism 2008-06-16T03:32:36Z papa john <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HJ4ozkZwvdc&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HJ4ozkZwvdc&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/13489-yankee-jigga-speaks-out-against-racism"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/13512" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Yankee Jigga...</p> </div> <a href="/blog/13489-yankee-jigga-speaks-out-against-racism">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/13486-ain-t-no-justice-in-geenah-revised 2008-06-10T15:30:06Z papa john <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nqh582eLz7g&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nqh582eLz7g&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/13486-ain-t-no-justice-in-geenah-revised"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/13509" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Download the MP3 @ myspace.com/twin2down4u <br />Revised Version Of Ain't No Justice In JEEnah I was informed by a resident of Jena Louisianna that I mis-pronouced GeeNah, <br />So, I re-recorded the song.... <br />http://www.metacafe.com/channels/twin... <br />Free Downloads @ <br />http://www.myspace.com/twin2down4u <br />http://www.4livingwell.ws</p> <p>No Justice No Peace! <br />AiN'tNoJusTiCeInJeNA (LYRICS) <br />Two Verses <br />Copyright johnnie c. jenkins jr 2007 <br />produced by: Johnnie C. 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Jenkins Jr. 4 HipHopHeavies 4 LitERaCy (more)</p> </div> <a href="/blog/13486-ain-t-no-justice-in-geenah-revised">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/9552-demnow-warrantless-surrender-spying-on-americans-pt1 2008-06-18T03:36:28Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AsQNGG7Sx_Y&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AsQNGG7Sx_Y&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/9552-demnow-warrantless-surrender-spying-on-americans-pt1"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/9675" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Glenn Greenwald: "It is inconceivable on every level that the Democrats would capitulate in this way and it is disgraceful beyond what can be adequately described" <br />Marjorie Cohn: "This is a Congress that has remained terrorized by the Bush administration since 9/11."</p> </div> <a href="/blog/9552-demnow-warrantless-surrender-spying-on-americans-pt1">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/8540-president-bush-chooses-cigarettes-over-children 2008-06-06T03:30:27Z HotPotatoMash <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kDM8QW8eJns&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kDM8QW8eJns&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/8540-president-bush-chooses-cigarettes-over-children"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/7831" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Marian Wright Edelman discusses this incredible story with Amy Goodman on DemocracyNow. The Facts: President Bush has threatened to veto legislation that would provide health insurance for 9 million uninsured children. This despite 91% of the country, both Republicans and Democrats in both Houses of Congress, and even many pharma and insurance groups, being in favor of the legislation.</p> <p>The problem with the law in Bush's mind is undoubetdly that the $35 billion program is financed through a $0.61 tax in cigarettes. This, by itself, is a societal benefit as it would lead to less smokers, lower health costs and ultimately lower taxes.</p> <p>But, Bush, whose Justice Department saw fit to unilaterally cut a legal settlement with Big Tobacco by $120 billion two years ago, is once again choosing cigarette profits over the nation's children, the country's health and, ultimately, all of our tax liability.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/8540-president-bush-chooses-cigarettes-over-children">Watch the video</a>