Will The Real Mike McMahon Please Stand Up?
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — October 20, 2009. A variety of speakers urge Congressman Mike McMahon to stand up for the people, not the insurance companies. (Video)
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Protesting Obama’s Wars
NEW YORK — October 20, 2009. A group of War Resisters and World Can’t Wait protesters expressed their dismay with Obama’s Wars during the President’s recent visit to New York. (Photos)
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Poetry of Resistance
NEW YORK — October 20, 2009. The Activist Poets’ Roundtable hosted a reading at the Brecht Forum — in solidarity with workers and communities in struggle. NLN was there. (Videos and Photos)
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THAW Protest — “No Guantanamos at Home or Abroad” Vigil at Metropolitan Correctional Center
NEW YORK — On October 19, 2009, Theatres Against War kicked off a series of weekly vigils on behalf of Syed Fahad Hashmi, an American citizen who has been held in severe solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan for the past two and a half years awaiting trial. He is under 24-hour electronic surveillance, is allowed no fresh air or sunshine, and can receive no letters or visits, outside of limited contact with his parents. (Photos)
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Arrested At Grand Central
NEW YORK — October 7, 2009. A WRL organizer was arrested during a protest of the Afghan War at Grand Central Station — on the 8th anniversary of the war. This clip contains footage of the arrest. Filmed by Thomas Good, Carlos Sabater and Tom Martinez. (Video)
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