To celebrate the North American release of Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, Amnesty is streaming all 76 tracks on their Facebook page NOW! Click the link below to listen to and order this amazing collection.
The Nightwatchman joins over 80 other artists (Bad Religion, Jackson Browne, Johnny Cash [...]

January 11, 2012
Today marks the 10 year anniversary of when the first detainees made their way into the now infamous Guantanomo Detention Facility. Amnesty International and over 60 other organizations are marking this as the National Day of Action Against Guantanomo and the NDAA.
Take action NOW and tell President Obama that 10 years is too [...]

Tom Morello will perform along with a diverse assembly of musicians on January 12 at the House of Blues in Hollywood to pay tribute to the late John O’Brien.
Dubbed “Love You Madly: A Concert For John O’Brien”, Morello will be sharing the stage with the likes of members of Maroon 5, Sheryl Crow, The Forest Rangers, [...]

From The NY Times:

By DAN BILEFSKY and SEBNEM ARSU
ISTANBUL — A year ago, the journalist Nedim Sener was investigating a murky terrorist network that prosecutors maintain was plotting to overthrow Turkey’s Muslim-inspired government. Today, Mr. Sener stands accused of being part of that plot, jailed in what human rights groups call a political purge of the governing [...]

From The NY Times:

By ETHAN BRONNER
JERUSALEM — The Israeli Parliament on Monday held its first public debate on whether to commemorate the Turkish genocide of Armenians nearly a century ago, an emotionally resonant and politically fraught topic for Israel, founded on the ashes of the Holocaust and trying to salvage frayed ties with Turkey.
The session resulted from a [...]

MICHAEL VENTURA
LETTERS AT 3AM –
OCCUPY THE FUTURE
Austin Chronicle – December 16, 2011
“I’ll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one.”
The person who created that sign in Zuccotti Park put her or his anonymous finger on the heartbeat of Occupy.
Many wonder what Occupy stands for and why Occupy has not made specific demands – [...]

Taken From Huffington Post
Adam Lewis, a strapping Florida man, joined the Marines in 2004 when he was 19, and within a year he was fighting in Iraq’s Anbar Province with Golf Company, 2nd Marine Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. It was a bloody time in Anbar, with vicious and sometimes hand-to-hand combat with insurgents. Lewis kept [...]

By Harut Sassounian
Publisher, The California Courier
In her newly published 750-page book, “A Memoir of My Years in Washington: No Higher Honor,” former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice proudly describes her efforts to defeat Armenian Genocide resolutions on two separate occasions. With great relish, she brags about her success in undermining the acknowledgment of the Armenian [...]

Where:  The Victorian/ The Basement Tavern on Main Street

When: Sunday, October 23, 2011 from 5-9pm
Come and go as you please!

Who: You!!  and Surprise number callers from the Music Industry, The Adult Film Industry, the pageant world (yep, Miss California 2011), and much more!!

How: $20 for 5 cards, additional cards for $5 [...]

Tom Morello @ Occupy Vancouver
We, the Ninety-Nine Percent, come together with our diverse experiences to transform the unequal, unfair, and growing disparity in the distribution of power and wealth in our city and around the globe. We challenge corporate greed, corruption, and the collusion between corporate power and government. We oppose systemic inequality, militarization, environmental [...]