Posts tagged “washington dc”
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Ralph Nader talks with the Real News Network about Only The Super-Rich
July 16, 2010
NADER: Now, super-rich people give a lot to charity. This isn’t charity. This is justice. This is shift the power. This is going after the causes of hunger, not soup kitchens. And that’s going to take a while, that kind of move, because, you know, years ago the rich just gave to their churches, and then they started giving to their own foundations—Ford, Rockefeller, Carnegie. Now we have to move them into the justice arena.
JAY: But some people have suggested that this is a bit of you getting pessimistic or giving up on a people’s movement.
NADER: Well, partly it’s a recognition that justice needs money. — from the Real News Network interview with Ralph Nader on “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!”
Tags: fiction, george soros, interviews, only the super-rich can save us, paul jay, ralph nader, real news network, ted turner, videos, warren buffett, washington dc
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David Swanson at National Press Club
July 14, 2010
July 14, 2010 at 6:30PM, the National Press Club will welcome David Swanson to speak on the funding of war. There will be a time for Q&A during the session. Location: National Press Club, The McClendon Room, 529 14th St NW Washington, DC 20045.
Tags: david swanson, daybreak, national press club, nonfiction, washington dc
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Ralph Nader book signing at ALA
June 26, 2010
RALPH NADER SIGNING at American Library Association (ALA) Conference. Saturday, June 26th, 12pm
Seven Stories Press / Consortium Booth #2833 Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Place NW, Washington, D.C. 20001. For more information visit http://www.ala.org/ala/conferencesevents/upcoming/annual/index.cfm. Ralph will sign ONLY THE SUPER-RICH CAN SAVE US. The purchase of one signed book will come with a free copy of another book by Ralph.
Tags: ala, current events, fiction, only the super-rich can save us, ralph nader, signings, washington dc
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Alice Walker at Busboys and Poets
April 14, 2010
April 14, 2010, 6:30 p.m. at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20009
Tags: alice walker, book signing, busboys and poets, overcoming speechlessness, washington dc
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Project Censored’s Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips in Washington DC
March 20, 2010
Two events:
Friday, March 19, 6:00—8:00p, Busboys & Poets, 14th and V St. NW, hosted by Rock Creek Free Press.
Saturday, March 20, 6:00—8:00p, Institute for Policy Studies Conference Room, 1112 16th NW, Suite 600.
Tags: busboys and poets, lectures, mickey huff, peter phillips, project censored, q&a, washington dc
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Ralph Nader at Howard Zinn Tribute
February 15, 2010
February 15, 2010. 6 p.m. Busboys and Poets, 14th and V Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. Ralph Nader will appear as a guest speaker for a Howard Zinn Tribute.
Tags: busboys and poets, howard zinn, ralph nader, washington dc
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David Swanson at the White House: Obama is a war president
January 8, 2010
Take a look at this video from December 12, 2009, featuring Daybreak author David Swanson speaking at the White House about Barack Obama, about the ongoing war, and what Congress — and the people Congress supposedly represents — can do about ending it.
Tags: david swanson, daybreak, obama, videos, washington dc
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Meri Nana-Ama Danquah at Busboys and Poets
November 17, 2009
November 17, Busboys and Poets, 5th and K Streets, Washington DC. For more information, visit busboysandpoets.com.
Tags: busboys and poets, meri danquah, q&a, race, the black body, washington dc
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David Swanson arrested in Washington, DC
October 6, 2009
From Daybreak author David Swanson’s blog post at Antemedius about his arrest:
The crime? Exercising free speech in a group of more than 25 people. Seriously. We’re charged with failing to obey a lawful order. And the order was to move farther away from the White House because with more than 25 people you have to have a special permit in order to exercise free speech. At least 50 of us, maybe closer to 100, went to jail, while many more chose to comply with the lawful (if unconstitutional) order.
And what did the Park Police SWAT team do? Nothing but follow orders. They followed orders to the exclusion of all thought. They asked us not to encourage them to think. They didn’t want to think about freedom of speech. They didn’t want to think about arresting nonviolent people for peacefully demanding peace. They didn’t want to think about whether protesting illegal wars actually constitutes something closer to law enforcement than what they themselves were engaged in. And they certainly didn’t want to think about the men and women and children in Iraq and Afghanistan and Pakistan who will die because the US Park Police arrested peaceful people assembling and speaking, rather than arresting war criminals like Richard Cheney who confess to felonies on television and lives right across the river.
Take a look at the full post for The Real News’s video coverage of the protest, featuring commentary from David Swanson and footage of his arrest.
Tags: arrest, articles, current events, david swanson, daybreak, politics/government, videos, washington dc
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David Swanson’s Twelve Twisted Truths About US Politics
September 15, 2009
David Swanson speaks at Busboys & Poets about his Twelve Twisted Truths About US Politics:
Tags: busboys and poets, current events, david swanson, daybreak, politics/government, videos, washington dc
“washington dc” Posts
- Jul 16, Ralph Nader talks with the Real News Network about Only The Super-Rich
- Jul 14, David Swanson at National Press Club
- Jun 26, Ralph Nader book signing at ALA
- Apr 14, Alice Walker at Busboys and Poets
- Mar 20, Project Censored’s Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips in Washington DC
- Feb 15, Ralph Nader at Howard Zinn Tribute
- Jan 8, David Swanson at the White House: Obama is a war president
- Nov 17, Meri Nana-Ama Danquah at Busboys and Poets
- Oct 6, David Swanson arrested in Washington, DC
- Sep 15, David Swanson’s Twelve Twisted Truths About US Politics
