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Freedom from Fear: First-Person Voices from the Movement Moment
What do we understand about a single person’s journey from fear and immobility to becoming a frontline actor in the struggle for freedom and dignity?
In this “hearts and minds” session, we will hear first-person voices of immigrants and allies who are among the 15 winners of the new national Freedom from Fear Award, a one-time national award that will honor fifteen ordinary people who have committed extraordinary acts of courage on behalf of immigrants and refugees—individuals who have taken a risk, set an example and inspired others to awareness or action.
Through these stories of personal transformation, we will gain a sense of why social justice movements matter and how they can propel advocacy campaigns, and how creative online and offline organizing can coalesce, accelerate and sustain a critical mass of empowered individuals taking action to move a broad progressive agenda.
The honor for closing speaker tonight goes to progressive favorite Rep. Keith Ellison (DFL-MN). His remarks will be preceded by words from Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), and State Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). Cenk Uygur hosts.
Music by Outernational
New York City’s Outernational has assembled an arsenal of blistering rock and roll, defiant lyrics and an infectious sense of rhythm reminiscent of elder rock statesmen The Clash and Rage Against The Machine with a worldly twist.
With an original piece from Jill Sobule (she kissed a girl).
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Sheldon Whitehouse: Netroots Nation 2012 – Providence RI
Jill Sobule debuts her new song now
“They say they want our America back, our America back, but what the fuck does that mean?” Jill Sobule
Ellison’s up
“We need to liberate our President”
“When we can’t walk with the President we have to walk ahead of him”
Who knew he was incarcerated?
by his own craveness
And there have to be enough of us to keep him moving in our direction in spite of all his efforts to walk the opposite way.
Touché!
OT: Does anyone know what happened to Peterr’s thread? It just went….
it’s right here
http://firedoglake.com/2011/06/18/flood-of-rumors-along-the-missouri-river/
Excellent presentation yesterday by Tracy Van Slyke about the whole tilt of national wealth from workers to owners.
– Balkingpoints / www
Thank you….I do not know why I was unable to get back to it.
…an original piece from Jill Sobule (she kissed a girl).
There went another job I was eminently qualified for, dagnabit.
I need a new job-seeking service.
TOO FUNNY
I was just accused of being a “FDL DEADENDER” by someone on HU..F.F.
Better that than a corporatist sell-out giving the idea that they are truly a liberal rag.
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/huffingtons_plunder_20110221/
I was at Netroots Nation folks. For the record, I also ran against Keith Ellison from the left. He flat out refused to debate. Not because “he didn’t have to” but because he knew that I knew what he was doing v’s the image he has created. In include his very first act as a Congressman. Voting for the war funding bill. He also supported the corporate healthcare bill, he sat on the Judiciary Committee with John Conyers and did NOTHING to push Impeachment of Bush, he supported the massive corporate bailout, etc etc etc
Ellison is also a huge Obama apologist.
You tube Michael Cavlan, Keith Ellison and you will see where I challenged him to debate. I did it repeatedly.
As Public Enemy says
Don’t Believe The Hype