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OCCUPY OAKLAND CHILDREN MARCH FOR GENERAL STRIKE NOV. 17

Also click on http://www.bloomberg.com/video/81729932/ to view Bloomberg News video. Fed Loans to Big Banks Undisclosed to Congress   Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in … Continue reading →

BOOK REVIEW By JOHN KAVANAGH “Unequal Protection: How Corporations Became People and What You Can Do to Fight Them Back” by Thom Hartmann  U.S. Supreme Court never voted on seminal decision in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company  In … Continue reading →

By Terah Ann Green-Von de’Rocque, an Occupy Detroit participant This Black Friday; be a part of the solution and not a part of the problem.  Instead of supporting corporations, their corruption and greed; Protest Black Friday!  If you should have … Continue reading →

  Banks Financing Mexican Drug Cartels; Admitted in Wells Fargo Deal          (for info on U.S. government sponsorship of cartels, click on http://voiceofdetroit.net/2011/08/05/targeted-dead-journalist-gary-webbs-allegations-of-fed-involvement-in-drug-trafficking-further-vindicated/ Wachovia/Wells Fargo  made $378.4 billion; paid U.S. fine of $110 million; also involved: Bank of America, American Express Bank … Continue reading →

  By Michigan Forward,Repeal Public Act 4   Nov. 4, 2011 Stand Up for Democracy is announcing it has verified more than half of the 250,000 signatures the group wants to collect. Only 161,304 valid signatures are needed to freeze the … Continue reading →

  Eclectablog posted this on November 3rd, 2011 Back in August, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder sought to bypass the normal court process and asked the Michigan Supreme Court to make a decision on the lawsuit challenging Public Act 4, the … Continue reading →

 ELIMINATES PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO VOTE ON SALE OF DWSD  Demolishes union contract protections, privatization ordinance Bars action by Michigan Employment Relations Commission, state courts, union grievances Diminishes access by Black-owned businesses and Detroit resident construction workers to DWSD contracts  Adopts … Continue reading →

VOD ed: Below is a section of a Reuters report indicating that it was a US drone that took out Libyan leader Col. Muammar Qaddafi’s convoy as it fled Sirte, which had been destroyed by US/NATO bombs. In the video link, Jim … Continue reading →

October 4, 2011 Also earlier story Sept. 27: http://sfbayview.com/2011/california-prisoners-resume-hunger-strike-today/ Strikers’ families denied visits, attorneys banned by Jay Donahue Oakland – As the renewed prisoner hunger strike enters its second week, the federal receiver’s office released information that at least 12,000 … Continue reading →