Video is from December 2, 2007
“The Founders desperately wanted us to know that we have the power to continue the Revolution….Impeachment is the embodiment of the spirit of the American Revolution.” John Nichols explains the historical and Constitutional imperative for Congress to uphold their sworn duty and use the tool of impeachment to rein in the unprecedented power grab of the Bush presidency.
Today is the 21st day of Leslie’s Hungry for Justice? Impeach him FAST! to pressure Congressman John Conyers and the House Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney. 400 people from Vancouver, Washington to Kennebunkport, Maine, have joined the fast, with more signing on every day.Unfortunately, Leslie’s not feeling well. Last summer she was taken to the hospital for dehydration during her Lieberman fast and at the time she promised her son she would end her fasts before jeopardizing her health. We don’t want to lose the momentum established over these past three weeks, so we’re asking for your help. She would like to ceremoniously break bread in Congressman Conyers’ office to end her fast and then pass on the leadership role to a successor.
On Thursday, February 21st, David Earnhardt, the writer, director, and producer of the best film yet released on election fraud, “Uncounted,” showed the film and spoke about it in Charlottesville, Va., at an event hosted by the Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice (CCPJ). The week of the event, Charlottesville’s daily newspaper and its two weekly newspapers wrote about the movie and the issue of election fraud: Daily Progress, The Hook, and C’ville Weekly.
CCPJ recorded a 50-minute video that includes Earnhardt’s opening remarks prior to the screening of the film, and his remarks and question-and-answer session at the end. During the Q&A, Earnhardt is joined on stage by CCPJ board member David Swanson.
Click here for more information and to see the video.
The culmination of Palestine Week at UNC wasn’t a keynote address by a renowned politician and wasn’t a lecture by a tenured professor in the history department. It wasn’t even a vigil marked by a candlelit Polk Place.
But the event’s organizers and performers would argue “Hip-Hop for Palestine,” a concert that took place Saturday night in the Great Hall, was perhaps the best way to tie the week’s events together.
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The last performer, Kevin James, aka Son of Nun, was perhaps the most effective in ensuring the continuation of discussions about the occupation of Palestine and the United States’ role therein.
James stood in the middle of the crowd for his entire set, rapping about issues including the execution of Stanley “Tookie” Williams, founder of the Crips gang, and Hurricane Katrina, in addition to the situation in Palestine.
And James said he thinks both Saturday’s show and the week as a whole were effective in encouraging further discussion of the role of U.S. foreign policy in Palestine .
“From what I’ve heard about the week this far, it’s resulted in people taking sides on Palestinian issues,” he said. “People are learning what their opinions should be because they’ve seen these issues addressed in this way.”
