February 2013 archive

Blockadia Rising: Voices of the Tar Sands Blockade

Blockadia Rising: Voices of the Tar Sands Blockade from Garrett Graham on Vimeo.

Save our Nurses

On Febuary 6, 2013 Occupy Bellingham joined with Jobs with Justice to support St. Josephs Hospital nurses during their difficult contract negotiation.  

Tar Sands Tailings Contaminate Alberta Groundwater

Tar Sands Tailings Contaminate Alberta Groundwater (via Desmogblog) The massive tailings ponds holding billions of litres of tar sands waste are leaking into Alberta’s groundwater, according to internal documents obtained by Postmedia’s Mike De Souza. An internal memorandum prepared for Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver and obtained through Access to Information…

FOLLOW THE DARK MONEY

  This topic was brought to my attention today by a member of our General Assembly.   This has to do with a recently discovered source of money from right-wing group called Donors Trust.  This is revealed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now. The Center for Public Intergrity who first published this information is now …

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Has Dark Matter Finally Been Found? Big News Coming Soon

This “Big News Coming Soon” is going to be very interesting on it own merits.  At the least, this is an interesting video and I have learned a bit from embedding the new video player it plays within. My purpose in placing this video here is to stimulate a discussion about what goals and uses …

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SEATTLE RALLY – WE WERE THERE

  We filled the 12 seat van we rented to reduce the carbon footprint and it was well worth the effort.  Everyone had a good time.  We helped make a large crowd.  Backbone was there with their signs and snowflake the polar bear.  Mark and Ronna made this sign with the lions share of the work credited to Mark.  Below …

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KOCHTOPUS REVEALED

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== Too Big to Fail == Too Big for Trial == Too Big to Jail ==

What is the most important thing you need to do today? Consider using your “Share” button to take this video and its message “viral” as that most important thing. The issue addressed by doing this is this. == Too Big to Fail == Too Big for Trial == Too Big to Jail ==   Everyone …

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“Walk the Walk” — Local Rally in Solidarity with #F17 “Forward on Climate” National and Regional Rallies

 Sit-in against Climate Change If you stand ardently against Anthropogenic Climate Change, especially that brought on by Fossil Fuel Consumption, you may question the contradiction inherent in combusting the fossil fuel necessary to transport yourself to the National and/or Regional #F17 Actions Against Climate Change. To be heard, many need to “talk the talk” by …

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Leaving Felons in Charge of the Banks

Originally published December 23, 2012 at therealnews.com, this Paul Jay interview with William K. Black, author of THE BEST WAY TO ROB A BANK IS TO OWN ONE, discusses “Too Big to Prosecute” aka “Too Big To Jail” YouTube version of the Interview is seen above, and the same video is available within the article below …

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