dissent at Brave New Films

Dissent and Democracy

2008-10-06T10:44:07Z

Dissent is part of our tradition. Without dissent and without that dissent being reported, our democracy cannot function as intended.

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Curt Chancellor dissenting unconstitutional bureaucracy

2008-10-06T10:30:12Z

During a meeting in Medford, OR that was to address Department of Environmental Quality issues where citizens cited examples of poor service, Mr. Curt Chancellor requested the mic to articulate why statute-created bureaucracies are tyranical by design.

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LA School Teacher Fired for Being Too "Afrocentric"

2008-07-01T06:40:20Z

LA School Teacher Fired for Being Too "Afrocentric"; Arizona Bill Proposes to Prohibit Teachings Critical of Western Civilization

We look at two cases of free speech in the classroom: Karen Salazar speaks out about her dismissal from the Los Angeles School District; historian Rodolfo Acuna discusses the Arizona bill that would ban schools from using some books, including Acuna's Occupied America: A History of Chicanos. [includes rush transcript]

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John H. Brown FINDING OUR VOICES Bonus Feature

2008-10-06T10:30:17Z

John H. Brown resigned from the diplomatic corp in March 2003 in oppostion to the war in Iraq.

John Brown is included in the Bonus Features in the documentary, FINDING OUR VOICES. Visit the website at www.findingourvoices.com for more information or to order the film.

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Elizabeth Stephens - Artists and Political Expression

2008-06-09T03:30:33Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Elizabeth Stephens, Chair of the Art Department at the University of California - Santa Cruz, argues that politically-aware artists have a particular responsibility to incorporate their beliefs into their work.

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Political Is Personal Panel: Contemporary Women Artists and Political Expression.

A panel of diverse female artists discuss the feminist art movement and present works that exemplify how the political is personal.

Multimedia artist Elizabeth Stephens works in performance, sculpture, web based media and photography. She lives between the Love Art Lab in San Francisco and the Love Art Shack in Boulder Creek, California. She is currently the chair of the UCSC Art Department where she teaches in the intermedia and sculpture areas.

Most recently she has been performing Exposed: Experiments in Love, Sex, Death and Art with her partner Annie Sprinkle. Together they are doing a seven-year performance art piece about love.

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WINTER SOLDIER: JASON LEMIEUX

2008-06-10T15:37:39Z

Marine sergeant who served three tours in Iraq.

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WINTER SOLDIER: JASON WASHBURN

2008-06-08T21:30:17Z

Corporal in Iraq during three tours from 2003 to 2006.

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Ron Paul is Our Hope (original acoustic song)

2008-06-12T15:33:26Z

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HILLARY CLINTON'S SMUG MUG

2008-10-06T10:42:34Z

In response to activist Tighe Barry's challenge, "How can you say you're for the environment when you are always voting for war?" at the Presidential Forum on Global Warming, Hillary Clinton exhibited her frequent George W. Bush-like disdain for dissent and dissenters - the "I'm so superior smirky smug mug" - only this time using a real mug.

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Thom Hartmann on suppression of dissent: "We're here. We're not going away."

2008-01-12T20:22:43Z

My patented, award-winning quick notes are back. Are we excited yet? Here is the second in my series of... two (2) Thom Hartmann discussions.

Thom Hartmann:

We discussed suppression of speech earlier.
What about suppression of dissent, the turning of Americans into good Germans? What is the most effective way to fight this?

The consequences of a program by the Bush Department of Homeland Security: What if martial law ever became a reality in America? The clergy is helping the government with potentially their biggest problem! The clergy!

Gun confiscation happened during Katrina. Last year the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 was eliminated. [Here's what that is:]

After the Civil War...we'd had enough of our army using guns against us. So, from that point on, it was against the law. The only people who are legally authorized to pull a gun on us are the police and civilians responding to local civilian control. NOT the federal army...until the last session of Congress controlled by the Republicans, and the Republicans did away with this act.

The so-called Clergy Response Team was already active during Katrina to "calm people", to "quell dissent". It's already happening.

(more on the flip, including Thom's remedy)

VOICES OF DISSENT: ACTIVISM & AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

2008-06-06T09:40:34Z

This is a short clip from the documentary "Voices of Dissent: Activism & American Democracy." VOICES reminds us of our roots and the importance of protecting authentic democracy. It challenges anyone who would limit the freedoms and civil liberties granted in the Constitution and Bill of Rights as fundamentally un-American, even if they are our own leaders. It inspires viewers to speak out, vote and actively protect our heritage of democracy, before we lose it. For info on the full 42 minute version, see www.VoicesOfDissent.us

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