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UPDATE: BOOK RELEASED TODAY
OMG Barbie. Thank goodness the republican media meisters tell Sarah what to wear and what to say.



GOING ROUGE Sarah Palin – An American Nightmare

Edited by Richard Kim and Betsy Reed
The most honest, revealing account of the Palin story to appear this fall? You betcha!
Going Rouge: The Movie by Robert Greenwald


Sarah Palin has many faces: hockey mom, fundamentalist Christian, sex symbol, Republican ideologue, fashion icon, “maverick” populist. But, above all, Palin has become one thing: an American obsession that just won’t go away. Edited by two senior editors at The Nation magazine, this sharp, smart, up-to-the-minute book examines Palin’s quirky origins in Wasilla, Alaska, her spectacular rise to the effective leadership of the Republican Party, and the nightmarish prospect of her continuing to dominate the nation’s political scene.

With contributions by: Amy Alexander, Max Blumenthal, Joe Conason, Eve Ensler, Michelle Goldberg, Jane Hamsher, Christopher Hayes, Jim Hightower, Linda Hirshman, Naomi Klein, Dahlia Lithwick, Amanda Marcotte, Shannyn Moore, John Nichols, Tom Perrotta, Katha Pollitt, Frank Rich, Hanna Rosin, Matt Taibbi, Michael Tomasky, Rebecca Traister, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Jessica Valenti, Patricia Williams, JoAnn Wypijewski and Gary Younge.

Publication: November 16th, 2009
Price: $16 paperback; $10 e-book
336 pages

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American Casino movie trailer from Leslie and Andrew Cockburn on Vimeo.

We All Lost

“I don’t think most people really understood that they were in a casino” says award-winning financial reporter Mark Pittman. “When you’re in the Street’s casino, you’ve got to play by their rules.” This film finally explains how and why over $12 trillion of our money vanished into the American Casino.

For chips, the casino used real people, like the ones we meet in Baltimore. These are not the heedless spendthrifts of Wall Street legend, but a high school teacher, a therapist, a minister of the church. They were sold on the American Dream as a safe investment. Too late, they discovered the truth. Cruelly, as African – Americans, they and other minorities were the prime targets for the subprime loans that powered the casino. According to the Federal Reserve, African-Americans were four times more likely than whites to be sold subprime loans.

We meet the players. A banker explains that the complex securities he designed were “fourth dimensional” and sold to “idiots.” A senior Wall Street ratings agency executive describes being ordered to “guess” the worth of billion dollar securities. A mortgage loan salesman explains how borrowers’ incomes were inflated to justify a loan. A billionaire describes how he made a massive bet that people would lose their homes and has won $500 million, so far.

Trader's Screen showing Foreclosure
Finally, as the global financial system crumbles and outraged but impotent lawmakers fume at Wall Street titans, we see the casino’s endgame: Riverside, California a foreclosure wasteland given over to colonies of rats and methamphetamine labs, where disease-bearing mosquitoes breed in their millions on the stagnant swimming pools of yesterday’s dreams.

Filmed over twelve months in 2008, American Casino takes you inside a game that our grandchildren never wanted to play.
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'CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY' - In Theaters October 2nd "It's a crime story. But it's also a war story about class warfare. And a vampire movie, with the upper 1 percent feeding off the rest of us. And, of course, it's also a love story. Only it's about an abusive relationship. "It's not about an individual, like Roger Smith, or a corporation, or even an issue, like health care. This is the big enchilada. This is about the thing that dominates all our lives — the economy. I made this movie as if it was going to be the last movie I was allowed to make. "It's a comedy." — Michael Moore Check back for updates at http://ping.fm/eTq1W

http://ping.fm/2cT8W Mike heads to an impoverished city in southern Texas to visit with Fr. Mike Seifert and discuss the moral and ethical questions about our inability to treat everyone who is in need of medical care. He also meets with the Gallegos family, who were dealing with husband and father Joe Gallegos' cancer and their struggle to pay for his treatment. #health-care-reform wwjd Jesus Insurance

"Anti-abortion activist Lila Rose tells the Values Voter Summit audience that abortions ought to be performed in public squares until they are finally outlawed. " If ya don't want abortions then give out free birth control! Make birth control available over the counter. Make it a crime for a man to impregnate a woman unless they signed a parenting agreement.

Protect Insurance Companies PSA from FOD Team, Will Ferrell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Thomas Lennon, Donald Faison, Linda Cardellini, Masi Oka, Ben Garant, Jordana Spiro, lauren, Drew, and chad_carter - Video Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell From: http://ping.fm/aiFc9

Jon Stewart of the Daily Show corners conservative pundit Bill Kristol, and he admits that the private insurance companies are not as good as the public option. Note: Keith Olbermann is on vacation, Governor Howard Dean took his place here. From: http://ping.fm/zLkdR

Fox News producer encouraging a crowd to scream and holler during a "report" by Fox News' Griff Jenkins at the 9/12 protest: http://ping.fm/QZMIo Here's how it looked on Fox News: We would expect that type of behavior from a producer of, say, a daytime talk show with a live studio audience like Oprah or Maury or Jerry, but from a cablenewsproducer? Really? I guess it wasn't enough for Fox News topromote the hell out ofGlenn Beck's 9/12 death march – they also needed to incite the crowd – you know, get them nice and pumped up so they'd looked good for the cameras. Fair & Balanced? More like Fake & Staged. http://ping.fm/QF33d

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http://rethinkafghanistan.com




Veterans for Rethinking Afghanistan consists of a growing number of veterans committed to showing Congress and the public the realities of the war. These vets have been traveling to Washington, D.C., testifying before Congress and meeting with Senators and Representatives. Their message: Rethink U.S. foreign policy to include non-military solutions for the problems in Afghanistan and Pakistan.



War erodes the rights of women and girls. Supporters of the war in Afghanistan often cite the Taliban's assault on women’s rights as a justification for continued military action. But war itself is the main obstacle to the improvement of women's lives in Afghanistan. The burdens of war always fall disproportionately on women. Download this factsheet (pdf)



U.S.Troop Levels in Afghanistan Have Increased Every Year Since 2002. Compare the U.S. troop level in Afghanistan against civilian casualties.
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Peace Action West
By mobilizing diverse constituencies though grassroots action they: work to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons in the future while stopping the development, testing, spread and use of those weapons today; protect human rights around the world by controlling the global trade in lethal weapons; advance national spending priorities that meet the nation's real security and domestic needs; and promote resolution of international conflicts through cooperation and diplomacy.


Get Afghanistan Right
Get Afghanistan Right opposes military escalation in Afghanistan and supports non-military solutions to the conflict. They are concerned citizens and activists from around the country intent on disrupting the notion that a 'consensus' exists on escalation in Afghanistan by laying out our position online.


Institute for Policy StudiesThe counterweight to the dealmakers. They work to reclaim democracy, collaborate with g

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The Cove begins in Taiji, Japan, where former dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry has come to set things right after a long search for redemption. In the 1960s, it was O’Barry who captured and trained the 5 dolphins who played the title character in the international television sensation “Flipper.”

But his close relationship with those dolphins – the very dolphins who sparked a global fascination with trained sea mammals that continues to this day -- led O’Barry to a radical change of heart. One fateful day, a heartbroken Barry came to realize that these deeply sensitive, highly intelligent and self-aware creatures so beautifully adapted to life in the open ocean must never be subjected to human captivity again. This mission has brought him to Taiji, a town that appears to be devoted to the wonders and mysteries of the sleek, playful dolphins and whales that swim off their coast.

But in a remote, glistening cove, surrounded by barbed wire and “Keep Out” signs, lies a dark reality.  It is here, under cover of night, that the fishermen of Taiji, driven by a multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry and an underhanded market for mercury-tainted dolphin meat, engage in an unseen hunt.  The nature of what they do is so chilling -- and the consequences are so dangerous to human health -- they will go to great lengths to halt anyone from seeing it.

Undeterred, O’Barry joins forces with filmmaker Louis Psihoyos and the Oceanic Preservation Society to get to the truth of what’s really going on in the cove and why it matters to everyone in the world.  With the local Chief of Police hot on their trail and strong-arm fishermen keeping tabs on them, they will recruit an “Ocean's Eleven”-style team of underwater sound and camera experts, special effects artists, marine explorers, adrenaline junkies and world-class free divers who will carry out an undercover operation to photograph the o

YouTube - Thru You: Two Million for Internet Freedom http://savetheinternet.com Special thanks to Kutiman's amazing original "Thru You" series -- whose spirit of collaboration, creativity and innovation is what the open Internet is all about. http://youtube.com/watch?v=tprMEs-zfQA http://thru-you.com/ Powered by ScribeFire.

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This inspiring film is part music video and part documentary. In just 2 minutes viewers learn the core facts about slavery. Compelling images tell the story of modern day bondage and inspire us to imagine a world without slavery. Music by W.T. Greer | Directed and Written by Peggy Callahan| Edited by Jeff Olney.
Watch and Learn more at FreeTheSlaves.Net

Watch more of Free the Slaves' documentary films. 
Visit here to learn more about Kevin Bales' book "Ending Slavery"

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ACTION BRUXELLES 2 - GARE CENTRALby JRACTION IN BRUXELLES 1 - JRby JR The Women project wants to underline their pivotal role and to highlight their dignity by shooting them in their daily lives and posting them on the walls of their country. On the other hand, by posting the same images of these women in Western countries, the project allows everyone to feel concerned by their condition and connects, through art, the two different worlds. Kenya, South-Sudan, Sierra-Leone, Liberia - The violence suffered by women there is the extreme expression of discriminations. The ethnic wars in Africa are a source of the worst crimes on women. When meeting them, JR wants to testify of their force, their courage and their noble struggle: first to live, then to exist. Right now JR is in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil where the context of favelas has encouraged to meet women for whom crime, violent lost of loved ones and arbitrary repression are part of everyday life. In 2008/2009, JR plans to visit India, Cambodia, Laos, Marcs, then return to Kenya. To the limits of contemporary art – the goal is once again to reach the limits of Art in a closed social and cultural environment and watch the reaction of the local population. What is at stake here is the assessment of the possibilities of intervention in the different environments. The success of such a process allows drawing a status of women in their countries. Proof by action is chosen. In the Western countries, the exhibitions of the project will recall this artistic adventure, committed and committing.

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Our Reality: University Student Arrested for Handing Out Condoms from RH Reality Check on Vimeo.

Dennis Cheney, a former student at Northern Kentucky University and leader of a student group advocating for better sex education and access to contraception, was arrested while distributing condoms at a freshman orientation event on campus. Cheney says, "The administration put student's health at risk at the expense of appeasing social conservatives."


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