Friday, December 23, 2011

#OWS Anarchists Attempt to Occupy Duffy Sq (12-17-11) vids & pics


D17: OCCUPY (again and again) Saturday, December 17, 2011

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The #OWS Mobsters said this was their THREE MONTH ANNIVERSARY of Occupy Wall St. They also celebrated the birthday of (TRAITOR) Bradley Manning (thanks to Urban Infidel for the picture)


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And insinuated it was the "One Year" anniversary (actually on January 4, 2012) of the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi - the act that sparked the questionable "Arab Spring".

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It was a day so glorified (in their own minds) that it was ultimately called "a Day of Faith & Re-Occupation".

From OWS Press Release (www.occupywallst.org
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Vast resources sit unused while people are in need: in need of homes, schools, jobs and public places to gather and empower communities. Duarte Square is one of New York City's many uninhabited spaces. The non-residential lot is owned by the third largest real estate owner in Manhattan, Trinity Real Estate, the corporate arm of Trinity on Wall Street. This vacant lot has sat empty for the past 3 years, and is not slated for development for at least another year; similar to the hundreds of bank-owned, foreclosed homes in East New York, one of which was re-occupied by a displaced family on December 6th, the OWS National Day to Occupy Foreclosed Homes, with home re-occupations in over 30 U.S. cities.


While the event may include a reoccupation the event itself is a broader celebration and expansion of Occupy Wall Street as we continue to draw attention to the issues facing the 99%, occupy the nation’s imagination with art and culture, as well exercise our first amendment rights. Through on-site performances and a special radio broadcast on WBAI, we will introduce the people's amp, a guerrilla sound system to give voice to the people's movement.


Occupy Wall Street is part of an international people powered movement fighting for economic justice in the face of neoliberal economic practices, the crimes of Wall Street, and a government controlled by monied interests. #OWS is the 99% organizing to end the tyranny of the 1%. 


 They began the festivities at 10:00 AM with Clergy and Friends gathered together for prayer at  OCCUPY FAITH


  • After prayers, they headed for Duarte Square, where at Noon, the clergy 'proudly' lead the insurgency against the police.  

  • Plan A to re-occupying an empty lot owned by the Leftist loving Episcopal Church-USA

  • Plan B to set up a NEW encampment.

  • BUT apparently the historical Trinity Episcopal lost its nerve. After encouraging the occupation of Zuccotti Park:

The CHURCH said NO to an occupation of their own property!  (NIMBY)


 Retired Bishop George Packard, an ex-military chaplain in Iraq, is first to enter the privately owned area in lower Manhattan. He was soon arrested — along with dozens of other demonstrators. Photos by Bryan Smith
Bryan Smith for News


The "CHILDREN", so enraged by this rejection, threw one huge temper-tantrum of a party at the Re-occupation of this empty lot. It was ultimately one big  FAIL.



 Occupy Wall Street protester carries flag as she scales fence near Trinity Church on Saturday.

Bryan Smith for News


An #OWS "wanna-be squatter" reacting to "NO"!

 

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 About 55 anarchists chose arrest and the others eventually dispersed (or so it seemed) Unfortunately, the insurgents surprised the NYPD by 'spontaneously' marching up 7th Avenue.



















Day marched into night as I caught up with them at 36th Street, walking IN the traffic... up 7th Ave... Their new destination: Times Square.

VIDEO PART 1: Marching Up 7th Avenue





Military Island (in front of the Recruitment Center)

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Mic Checks and Temperature Checks ( and wiggle fingers)

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Anti-Israel ( Fakestinian) Agitators

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Anti-Capitalists preaching "Spread the Wealth"

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And Castro-loving NYC Councilman, Ydanis Rodriguez, who supports open borders  and unfettered illegal migration...

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Next they left Military Island and marched two blocks to Duffy Sq,

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VIDEO- Part 2- March to Duffy Sq




Intending to OCCUPY the red steps for a G.A. (the PEOPLES General Assembly).

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 The police were ready and waiting for them at Duffy Square.


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As soon as the 'Occupiers" hit the square there was dancing, chanting, singing and drum(s)

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They also 'entertained' the tourists with silly testimonials of "WHY I OCCUPY" (Caught a few of these in the videos)

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This obnoxious woman (below)stood in front of the officers, who blocked the red steps, and obsequiously repeated over and over, "Why won't you let us sit on the steps? Why won't you answer me?"  When another woman responded with, "We all know why, cause you'll never leave!" She smirked and walked away.


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As  the Occupiers prepared to drift back down town, noticed this floppy, snarky sign:"NYPD, most dangerous Gang in NY".


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Insurgents. Revolutionaries. Anarchists insisting, "We are a  'Peaceful" Movement" (yeah...right...)


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Eventually the Occupiers went back to 60 Wall Street for a General (Peoples) Assembly. They have lots and lots of plans. Next up,  December 24-25, 2011


OCCUPY CHRISTMAS AT ZUCCOTTI (like Brookfield would say 'yes').

Their plans are announced in the Village Voice  here>>

We will host a 24-hour prayer vigil in Zuccotti Park (or Liberty Square, as we prefer to call it) that will open with a midnight service on Christmas Eve, and continue throughout the day, closing with a ceremony at midnight on Christmas Day. We invite congregations and leaders from faiths and Churches throughout the city to design the way in which they would like to come together with the Occupy community, by creating a service that reflects the unique beauty of their own community

 And more info of future Occupations:
In Washington, DC, Benjamin Chavis, another icon of the Sixties’ Civil Rights movement, announced the creation of Occupy The Dream, which is demanding federal grants for university education, an immediate halt to home foreclosures and the creation of a $100 billion fund from Wall Street institutions for new jobs and investment in neighborhoods.  


Chavis is no stranger to organizing. A colleague of King’s, he organized a one-million person march on Washington in the 1960s with a coalition of African Americans, progressive white liberal groups, and organized labor. ‘That is what we have to rebuild,’ he announced.


On January 16, Martin Luther King’s birthday, Occupy the Dream plans its first actions at Federal Reserve Bank locations around America and thereafter every 30 days, and Chavis’ has special plans to marshall the gigantic African-American faith community.


The work has already begun with The Occupy Homes National Day of Action last week, where in more than two dozen cities across America, the occupiers helped evicted residents reoccupy their foreclosed homes, disrupted bank actions and blocked eviction of victims of toxic mortgages and unconscionable mortgage ‘insurance.’

Come Spring, their DRUMS of War will drone on and on and on insisting,  "We're doing this for YOU."

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You have been warned....

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slideshow of pictures

Monday, December 19, 2011

PRO-ISRAEL ANTI-DEMOLITION DEMONSTRATION - Pics & Vids

 

AFSI'S ANTI-DEMOLITION DEMONSTRATION was held in front of the Israel Consulate on a chilly Sunday morning, December 11, 2011. 

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The protestors gathered to support and speak of their love of Israel. 

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AFSI explains why:

The protest was triggered by the recent destruction of the synagogue at Givat Aryeh, and the confiscation of the Torah scrolls. We also protested additional planned demolitions about which we have been informed: in Givat HaUlpana in Bet-El, Givat Assaf, Amona, and additional demolitions of homes in Migron. The AFSI Chizuk group saw three demolished homes there on our recent November visit.


The uplifting story of the creation of Givat Aryeh by a group of young, Jewish pioneers, led by YEDAYA SHOHAM, in response to the brutal butchery of five members of the Fogel family in Itamar, descends into a tragic tale of demolition and disgrace. AFSI was privileged to be part of the joyous creation of the synagogue, and the dedication, on Nov. 15, 2011, of a Torah scroll rescued from the Holocaust.


On Dec. 1 we learned of the Israeli government's betrayal of its purpose and its people when it sent in a Destructo squad, including Arabs, to demolish the modest tent homes and the synagogue on the hilltop.

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From Helen Freedman, Executive Director of AFSI:

It is with a sense of disbelief and shock that we continue to hear about the program being conducted by the Bibi/Barack demolition crews in Israel. In the middle of the night, Destructo crews are sent in to small, hilltop communities, the inhabitants are thrown out of their beds, out of their homes, and into the cold night. Total disregard is paid to babies, nursing mothers, children, the elderly, and adults. Synagogues have been destroyed, private possessions thrown broken and littered along the ground, and lives are left in limbo.


Just two weeks ago, we celebrated the dedication of a new Torah scroll that was presented to the residents of Itamar and Givat Aryeh in the Shomron by its sponsor, AFSI member Jack Ross. Now we are totally disheartened to learn that the destruction of this community was orchestrated by a decision of the Netanyahu/Barak government.



Teenagers who should be enjoying the carefree years of youth, are left embittered and bewildered by the scenes of the IDF, the police, and Arabs, destroying their homes. The love and trust placed in one's parents and government is shattered. Where does one turn for security and protection? The disillusionment and despair is devastating.


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 Freedman informed us that, 

"I had invited many rabbis and mainstream Jewish leaders to attend this demonstration. Many refused; saying that they didn't believe in criticizing Israel in public. I responded by saying, "If your beloved is about to walk off a cliff, wouldn't you reach out to restrain him?"



Protesting AGAINST Israel was something none present took lightly but the current policy of destruction and demolitions must stop. We must not remain silent witnesses to this disgrace.




THE VIDEOS
are each uniquely powerful statements. I'm posting all 14 in a Playlist on You Tube.

The video playing will go automatically to the next video OR you can click thru to YOU TUBE to see the whole page.

There are FOURTEEN (14) short videos in the playlist.




(I'll post each video individually if feedback is negative on the playlist)

Helen Freedman ( Exec. Dir. AFSI), Pastor James David Manning of the ATLAH World Missionary Church.

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Radio Personality and long-time Jewish activist, Charlie Bernhaut, Raanan Isseroff, a representative of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.


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AFSI members Bob Unger and Jack Ross (who had recently dedicated the Torah Scroll that was confiscated).  David Jacobs now lives in Israel with his family and spoke of the anguish he felt seeing the synagogue destroyed (in Gush Katif) where his daughter held her Bat-Mitzvah.

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Brooklyn resident Robin Ticker, Manhigut Yehudit spokesman Rob Muchnick and veteran AFSI volunteer Charlotte Wahle.

A slideshow of the protest pictures:

 



For a  report on the Destruction of Givat Aryeh, please go here>>



 

There are two fine reports on the protest; one from Fern Sidman and, also, Raanan Isseroff from whom I chose some parting thoughts:

In keeping with the theme of Chanukah, speakers pointed out the hard fight that the Maccabees had against the “political Jews” of that time. Jews who put their faith in the Greek nation first. Much like today, where Jews around the world look to the nations of the world for the very survival of Israel. Nations who historically caused the Holocaust.  Yet from them, they seek salvation. And like the political Jews of days of old, this faith in the nations was to such an extent, that it was not beyond them to put Jews in danger and even joined the Greek legions in fighting against those heroes, the Maccabee’s.

While this seems romantic looking back, we are each left with the question of whose side are we really on today?

Have we unwittingly aligned ourselves with the “Political Jews”, those Greek Jews of the Chanukah story against the very hero’s we so revere?

Today, the situation is so similar.  It will only be with those people who are the “small jar of pure oil”. Those who feel the sacred mission of the Holy Land and its Jewish place in the destiny of the world, that Israel will again please G-d, regain its senses and begin to once again put the safety and necessity of Israel’s Jews first.



More from AFSI: Who they are and suggestions on what YOU can do to help.


AMERICANS FOR A SAFE ISRAEL/AFSI has been in the forefront protesting against the inhumane, pointless, self-abasing destruction of Jewish synagogues and homes in the Shomron by the Israeli government. Our message has continuously been that destroying the lives and livelihood of Jews who are adhering to the biblical injunction to inherit the land and to settle in it, is a violation of all the trust and purpose inherent in the creation of the State of Israel. We plead with PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, as well as the Israeli Supreme Court justices, to end this disastrous program immediately.


AFSI has been reporting on the Israeli Destructo squads continue their dirty work undeterred by logic and common sense. Wouldn't it seem natural to suspend all demolition orders while Israel's citizens are under rocket attack from Gaza, and the threat of rocket attack from the north? These matters seem to be unrelated. The demolitions continue regardless of the fact that they ignore the realities on the ground.


Arutz Sheva (www.israelnationalnews.com) reports on the destruction of homes in Mitzpe Yitzhar. The heartbreaking photos of this useless, unwarranted, self-abasing, cruel and inhumane action are here>>. Other communities are also threatened. Yesha Council Chairman Danny Dayan sent a letter to all of the ministers and MKs, noting that 150 homes, housing 1,000 Israelis who have lived in their homes for over ten years, are scheduled for destruction in the near future: Givat Assaf, Ramat Gilad, Migron, the Ulpana neighborhood of Beit El, and Amona are all on the list.


Write to: 
PM Netanyahu: memshala@pmo.gov.il, 
bnetanyahu@knesset.gov.il, pm_eng2@it.pmo.gov.il 

 Defense Minister Ehud Barak: pniot@mod.gov.il 


Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Unions & Leftists Protest American Voting Laws (12-10-11) Pics and Vids



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DECEMBER 10 2011 -HUMAN RIGHTS DAY AT THE UN

(Video of the March from 44th st and Park to Dag Hammarskjold)




( scroll down for video of some speeches)

The UNIONS and MARXIST CHUMS took to the STREETS.

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PROTESTING the STEALING OF AMERICA VOTE BY VOTE

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It was Human Rights Declaration Day (Is that just plain CREEPY, or what?)  

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Al Sharpton, Charlie Rangel, UFT's Michael Mulgrew, 
City Council member Letitia James and Imam Al-Hajj Talib
Abdur-Rashid  filled the air with cries of Racism. Envy. 
Greed and Fraud.

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 WHAT COUNTRY TO THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY LIVE IN?

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(Cuba? Saudi Arabia?)


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They have a bizarre dream ...


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Posting their propaganda announcements here along with the pictures and video I took, seemed the best way to illuminate their HYPOCRISY











Human Rights Day 2011 























10 December 2011 -- On this day in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which has become a universal standard for defending and promoting human rights. Every year on 10 December, Human Rights Day marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration. It is celebrated around the globe that "All human beings are born with equal and inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms".


This year thousands of people decided the time had come to claim their rights. They took to the streets and demanded change. Many found their voices using the internet and instant messaging to inform, inspire and mobilise supporters to seek their basic human rights.

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Social media helped activists organise peaceful protest movements in cities across the globe—in Tunis, in Cairo, in Madrid, in New York, and in cities and towns across the globe—at times in the face of violent repression.


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It has been a year like no other for human rights. Human rights activism has never been more topical or more vital. And through the transforming power of social media, ordinary people have become human rights activists.

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Human rights belong equally to each of us and bind us together as a global community with the same ideals and values. As a global community we all share a day in common: Human Rights Day on 10 December, when we remember the creation 63 years ago of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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On Human Rights Day 2011 we pay tribute to all human rights defenders and ask you to get involved in the global human rights movement.

Source: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)


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5 Million and Counting – Rally Dec. 10 to Protect Voting Rights

Imagine if everyone in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx suddenly lost the right to vote.
That's about the number of people — 5 million and counting — affected by changes already adopted or currently pending in state legislatures around the country. When all is said and done, millions more could lose the right to vote.

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On Saturday, December 10 — Human Rights Day — more than 100 civil, labor, and human rights organizations from across the country — including the New York Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU — will take a “Stand for Freedom” in New York City to protest the attack on voting rights. The march and rally will begin at the Manhattan headquarters of leading voter suppression funders, the Koch brothers, and will conclude outside the United Nations.


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This year, legislatures in 34 states were pressed to pass laws that would undermine voting rights. Fourteen states have passed such laws. Early voting, Sunday voting and same-day registration are under attack. Unfair restrictions on the formerly incarcerated will strike tens of thousands from the voting rolls. Photo ID requirements represent the greatest barrier to voting since the poll tax.

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More than a century ago, extremists attacked voting rights to help establish segregation. Now they’re attempting to suppress voter turnout among groups that typically cast ballots in favor of social justice and civil rights. This tightly coordinated effort targets the voting rights of the elderly, the poor, students and people of color.


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Myths about widespread voter fraud are used to justify barriers to voting, but study after study has shown that voter fraud is extremely rare. The limited fraud that occurs typically involves absentee ballots, which photo ID requirement do not address. It is important to protect the integrity of the election process, but not at the cost of disenfranchising eligible voters.

(The infamous NY City Councilman, Charles Barron)

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Saturday’s march will assemble at 10 a.m. at 61st Street and Madison Avenue, near the Koch brothers Manhattan offices.  Starting at 11 a.m., we will march to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th Street and 2nd Avenue) for a noon rally.


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Come march with ACLU Executive Director, Anthony Romero.
The right to vote is at the heart of our democracy. Help us protect it.

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HEADS UP!!
Friend G.Perry at American Rattlesnake, covered the Anti-Koch Press Conference HERE>>

150+ Rights Groups Rally To Protect Minority Voting Rights on Dec. 10, UN Human Rights Day


Several thousand protesters are expected to attend the Stand for Freedom March and Rally in New York City on Saturday, December 10, the United Nations Human Rights Day. The Rally will be led by a coalition of over 150 civil rights and community organizations in response to the recent national sweep of proposed voter identification laws that are likely to disenfranchise voters of color.

MinKwon Center excerpt from mission statement, "Our goals are to educate community members about issues that are impacting immigrant communities, including the Korean American community; to increase Korean American civic participation and to promote immigrant rights through long-term organizing, advocacy and education programs; to serve the marginalized members of our community through various social service programs; and to preserve our cultural roots by involving members of our community in projects that promote our ethnic and cultural heritage."

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"After monitoring elections for over two decades, we have seen how Asian Americans are disenfranchised by voter identification laws, anti-Asian bias at poll sites, and poor enforcement of the Voting Rights Act's language assistance provisions," said Margaret Fung, Executive Director of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF). "At a time when Asian Americans are more politically engaged than ever, we need to ensure that all Americans, especially new citizens, are able to exercise their fundamental right to vote."

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Fung will join NAACP President Ben Jealous, 1199SEIU President George Gresham, NAACP LDF President John Payton, American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony Romero, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Executive Director Barbara Arnwine, and other civil rights leaders in a press conference before the march and rally on Saturday at 10:30am.

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The march will begin at 61st Street and Madison Avenue at the NYC headquarters of Koch Industries and culminate in a rally across from the United Nations. Busloads of protestors from Maryland, Rochester, Washington, D.C., New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut, Buffalo, and several other places are expected to join.

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"We hope New Yorkers will join us in standing up for freedom on Dec. 10," said Fung. "If these proposals are not defeated, Asian Americans and other communities of color will face new discriminatory obstacles to voting."

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STAND FOR FREEDOM MARCH TO PROTECT MINORITY VOTING RIGHTS

DATE:               Saturday, December 10, 2011
TIME:               Press Conference begins at 10:30am
WHERE:          61st Street and Madison Avenue


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SPEAKERS:   Benjamin Jealous, President and CEO, National NAACP
                          George Gresham, President, 1199SEIU
                          U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel
    Rev. Al Sharpton, Civil Rights Activist/Founder of National Action Network
    Margaret Fung, Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund
                          John Payton, President, NAACP LDF
                          Michael Mulgrew, President, United Federation of Teachers
    Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, President of the NAACP New York State Conference
                          Marc Morial, President, National Urban League
    Judith A. Browne Dianis, Co-Director, The Advancement Project
                          Anthony Romero, Executive Director, ACLU
    Barbara Arnwine, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
    Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director, Center for Community Change
    Lillian Rodríguez López, Executive Director, Hispanic Federation
    Melanie Campbell, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
    Chung-Wha Hong, Exec. Director, The New York Immigration Coalition


http://aaldef.org/press-releases/press-release/150-rights-groups-rally-to-protect-minority-voting-rights-on-dec-10-un-human-rights-day.html

http://beyondoccupy.blogspot.com/2011/12/5-million-and-counting-rally-dec-10-to.html






SLIDESHOW OF PICTURES:




Remember, this is UN Human Rights Day but all they did was complain about the 'human rights abuses' of the NY City Council.

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Sen Chuck Schumer ( D-NY) started out praising himself because he rode his bike to the Rally. Then he trashed our Voter Laws and said how important it is to keep our VOTES CLEAN and HONEST.

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"No to DISENFRANCHISEMENT" "Our Military FOUGHT for Right To Vote". (But, it was the Dems who made sure our men and women in uniform COULDN'T VOTE!)


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ACORN, EX-Felons and our very own REP from the Islamic Leadership Council of NY (and the Muslim Brotherhood.)



The Imam (starting at approx 4: 38) Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid of the Islamic Leadership Council of NY trashed our American Voting Laws while he praised our "membership" as citizens of One World, One People....


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http://www.nymajlis.org/news.php?news_id=49

VIDEO OF SCHUMER AND THE IMAM:




The Imam gave praise to himself and his faith (not AMERICA) Did any in that crowd see thru his lies? Or, MAYBE, those are the folks who stayed away in DROVES....There were lots of UNUSED signs...

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More than 100 civil, labor, and human rights organizations from across the country — including the New York Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU — insisting they  “Stand for Freedom” and protesting what they CLAIM to be an attack on MINORITY voting rights.


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Found this info ... and map......claiming to PROTECT the INTEGRITY of our Right To VOTE as CITIZENS of the United States

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Restrictive voting laws on rise across country

by Michael Hirsch | published November 24, 2011 

In 2011, legislators in seven states — Alabama, Kansas, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin — rewrote voting laws to require voters to present state-issued photo identification, while a voter-ID ballot question passed in Mississippi on Nov. 8. 

Florida and Ohio cut nearly in half the number of days for early voting and eliminated Sunday voting. Florida also will impose penalties for minor infractions on third-party voter-registration drives, prompting the "nonpartisan" League of Women Voters to cease voter registration in the state.

The Maine Legislature eliminated same-day voter registration — until voters overwhelmingly rejected the law in a referendum on Nov. 8.

In all, Republican lawmakers in 23 states have passed, tried to pass or are attempting to pass laws toughening voter registration and voting requirements [see map, below] in what critics call the most concerted effort to roll back voting rights in decades. (?)

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Critics from the NAACP to the AFT call it voter suppression: a blatant effort by states run by Republicans to tamp down on voting by low-income and minority voters in next year’s presidential election.


Restrictive voting laws on rise across country - 1 

American Civil Liberties Union
 
“States where restrictive laws have already passed represent 63 percent of the electoral votes needed to win the presidency,” says the Advancement Project, which tracks election laws.

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The "right-wing" billionaire Koch brothers are big proponents of these new laws.  The American Legislative Exchange Council, funded heavily by them, prepares model voter-suppression legislation. 



ANY WORD ON THE SOROS FUNDED PROJECT VOTE THAT ENCOURAGED EVERYONE TO VOTE TWICE in 2010??



Critics call the new laws a modern-day version of the Jim Crow-era poll taxes and literacy tests — which are no longer limited to the South or African Americans.
 

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Please READ THE REST of the article AND PREPARE TO CHALLENGE THESE LIES AND PROPAGANDA AT YOUR LOCAL LEVEL...


“There is once again a quiet but systematic movement that would deny many African Americans and other American citizens the ability to vote with 21st century versions of old exclusionary practices,” said Marian Wright Edelman, the president of the Children’s Defense Fund, in an article in the Huffington Post.

“The generations ahead of us had to face Jim Crow,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton at the Nov. 8 press conference to launch the “Stand for Freedom” campaign. “We face his son, James Crow Jr., Esq.”
The Republican supporters of these laws say they prevent widespread voter fraud. 

The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, however, found incidents of individuals falsely claiming to be voters accounted for less than one-thousandth of 1 percent of all votes cast. Adds the American  Civil Liberties Union: “Multiple studies have found that almost all cases of in-person voter ‘fraud’ are the result of a voter making an honest mistake.” 

Studies show that laws requiring voters to present official photo IDs, such as a driver’s license or a passport, have a disproportionate impact on poor, minority and young voters. The Brennan Center found that 11 percent of citizens, or 21 million people, don’t have a current photo ID — including 15 percent of low-income eligible voters, 18 percent of young eligible voters and 25 percent of black eligible voters. 


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Critics say the restrictions on Sunday voting target African Americans who vote after church. In the 2008 presidential election, a majority of those who cast early votes did so for President Barack Obama.
Election law changes in states with a history of discriminatory voting practices must get approval from the U.S. Department of Justice to ensure they do not violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The new voter-ID laws in Texas and South Carolina are being reviewed by the Justice Department. Mississippi will have to submit its plan for review as well.

The stakes in this battle are high. As he signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act in the company of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and other civil rights leaders, President Lyndon Johnson said, “This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless.”

CHALLENGE the Marxist/Leftist Assault on our Freedoms  

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EXPOSE their FAKE Patriotism.

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Take Back America VOTE BY VOTE BY VOTE!