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israel using Collective Punishment on Children of Gaza because parents elected Hamas

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:41:03 +0000

Original Air Date: June 2, 2010 after the Freedom Flotilla Massacre
Guests:
Netanyahu aide: Mitchell Barak, founder and CEO of KEEVOON Research Strategy & Communications
Norman Finkelstein, political scientist & author
Christopher Gunness, spokesperson for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

Complete episode of “Cross Talk” available on RT’s website

http://rt.com/About_Us/Programmes/CrossTalk/2010-06-02/575353.html

EXCERPT:
CHRISTOPER GUNNESS: “Collective Punishment under international law is illegal and we all know that to be a fact… …More than half of the Gaza strip are children. Why are they being collectively punished?”

“Collective Punishment” is against international law and violates Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

Duration : 0:1:45

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Adnan Barqawi Addresses RPV Convention – Part I

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:40:58 +0000

Adnan Barqawi, outgoing commander of the Corps of Cadets at Virginia Tech, addresses the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV) state convention in Richmond on May 30, 2009. Barqawi became an American citizen on April 17 and will teach elementary school in the Mississippi Delta as part of the Teach for America program. (Part 1 of 2 parts)

For more information, see http://tinyurl.com/barqawi

Duration : 0:8:57

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President Herbert Hoover on TV! (1960)

admin — Fri, 21 May 2010 18:22:35 +0000

Wow..I was first surprised to see that a President who was elected in 1928 was still alive to be on TV! While going through some old kinescopes, I came upon this clip of former President Herbert Hoover giving a speech on the opening day of the Republican National Convention held at the International Ampitheater in Chicago, IL.
This was the year that Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge were nominated to run against John Kennedy & Lyndon Johnson. (As you know, Nixon lost but later won along with VP Spiro Agnew.)
Anyway, here is a clip of 85 year old Hoover’s speech to the convention on July 25, 1960.
UPDATE: See my recent updates on both the Democratic & Republican National Conventions of 1960.

Duration : 0:2:10

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Michelle Obama Keynote Address at DNC

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 09:03:17 +0000

Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, gave the keynote address at the first day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. After her comments, Sen. Obama (D-IL) greeted the audience via remote camera.

Duration : 0:22:16

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San Francisco Progressive Convention

admin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:21:13 +0000

I headed out to the 2007 Progressive Convention with the hope of witnessing one or more progressive challengers announce their candidacy for Mayor of San Francisco. While no viable candidates to the occasion, the event served as a good opportunity to revitalize a community that hasn’t had this much collective energy since Matt Gonzalez almost beat Newsom four years ago.

Chris Daly has since announced that he will not be running, but Ross Mirkarimi has been somewhat coy about his possible run. Aside from an interview in BeyondChron, Matt Gonzalez has also been quite non-commital. So who will run against Gavin Newsom?

Duration : 0:6:48

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Respect the law and our collective agreement Bill C-10 Canada

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:19:22 +0000

Betty Bannon, President of the UTE (Union of Taxation Employees) on bill C-10′s impact on a signed collective agreement. Canada Revenue Agency labour canadian

Duration : 0:2:9

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NYC Police State During RNC Convention (Part 2)

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:30:16 +0000

Shocking video of police surveillance, harassment and arrest of protesters and innocent bystanders during the 2004 Republican Convention in New York City. Mayor Bloomberg directed the NYPD to stifle Constitutional rights of free speech and freedom of assembly by stopping any “protests” that may embarrass George Bush and the Republican party. Video includes scene of a National Lawyers Guild (NLG) legal observer being arrested, diners trapped in a restaurant while the street is sealed off by police, protesters running from the NYPD, and videographers being harassed for taking pictures of arrests. Clips are from the documentary, “Watch This!” by Glass Bead Collective, released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 2.0 Licence (CC-BY-NC). Watch the full documentary at http://www.glassbeadcollective.org/

Duration : 0:8:38

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NYC Police State During RNC Convention (Part 1)

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:26:46 +0000

Shocking video clips of police brutality and arrests during the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City. Mayor Bloomberg directed the NYPD to stifle Constitutional rights of free speech and freedom of assembly by stopping any “protests” that may embarrass George Bush and the Republican party. Clips in this video are two days before the Convention even began, when police arrested 250 people during the Critical Mass bike ride, a non-partisan event which has occurred every month since 1994. Even more shocking, many of those being arrested had nothing to do with the bike ride, but had the misfortune of crossing the street while this was happening. Clips are from the documentary “Watch This!” by Glass Bead Collective released under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC) license. Watch the entire film at http://www.glassbeadcollective.org/

Duration : 0:3:16

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National Tea Party Convention Vendor/Attendee from Virginia

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:14:31 +0000

Kerry Schimeleenig, from Portsmouth, VA, talks about t-shirts hes selling at the first National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, TN February 4-7, 2010.

Duration : 0:2:3

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National Tea Party Convention Attendee from Georgia

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:40:46 +0000

Tea Partier William Temple, from Brunswick, GA, dressed as Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence from Georgia. Temple is attending the first National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, TN February 4-7, 2010.

Duration : 0:2:3

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