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BREAKING NEWS: Mychal Bell Finally Released From Jail

Power to the people!

Jena Six Rally Videos

The following videos were all created on Thursday, September 20th at the Jena Six rally in Jena, Louisiana and in front of the prison in Alexandria, Louisiana. Sadly, Mychal Bell, the only member of the Jena six still behind bars more than 10 months after he was charged with attempted second-degree murder for a school yard fight, had his bail denied Friday. And the injustice continues...

Reverend Al Sharpton: “Two wrongs don't make one Civil Right”...

CNN's Tony Harris tells me what he would like to see happen with the Jena Six...

CNN's Tony Harris interviews fellow Angelino Natalia Abrams about the racial makeup of the Jena Six rally crowd...

Jena High School student Sierra...

Carolyn Shannon from Flynt, Michigan believes in educating felons and that there is injustice in our justice system.

The Reverend Al Sharpton states that, “This is the beginning of the 21st Century Civil Rights Movement. In the 20th Century we had to fight for where we sat on the bus. Now we got to fight on how we sit in a courtroom. We've gone from plantations to penitentiaries. Where they have tried to create a criminal justice system that particularly targets our young black men.”

Ramona Bell, who teaches ethnic studies at Bowling Green State, comments on the Jena Six, among other issues, while marching from the courthouse to Jena High School.

A group of protesters chanting what sounds like a Mardi Gras Indians song as they march...

Many believe that the problems in Jena began with the hanging of three nooses from a tree that stood in a courtyard at Jena High School. Some labeled the incident a “prank”. Here, one protester from the Alexandria, Louisiana rally drew attention to this issue...

Frankie Beverly answers a few questions on the Michael Baisden radio show during the Jena Six rally in Alexandria, Louisiana before performing for the crowd...

Nightline's Terry Moran tells me that he wouldn't be surprised if 30,000 protesters showed up in Jena, Louisiana and states that the rally will get the country's attention...

“Jim Crow, you got to go, let my people go”...

Mitchell Austin of Atlanta, Georgia hopes for “a new beginning for the people of Jena, both black and white, for the betterment”...

Ben Hart from Jackson State University and some fraternity brothers sing “zoom zoom zoom”...

Ben Hart first quotes Samuel Johnson, “An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere” and then adds that “leaders are gonna always say what needs to be said, when it needs to be said, regardless of what the consequences”...

Texas Southern University students Faith, Erik and Stephanie speak out against the injustice in Jena, Louisiana and racism in general. Additionally, the three describe and contrast their own personal experiences with that of the Jena Six which helps highlight the extremeness of the measures taken against the Jena students...

Ray Thomas from Phenix City, Alabama, a veteran of the civil rights movement, speaks out about the Jena Six and other issues.

...MORE VIDEOS HERE SOON...

JENA SIX RALLY: Frankie Beverly Performs

Frankie Beverly appears on the Michael Baisden radio show live during the Jena Six rally in Alexandria, Louisiana on September 20, 2007.

Many more videos from the Jena Six rally at BRAD BLOG.

VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: JENA SIX RALLY

I've posted more video with much more to come at BRAD BLOG.

War With Iran Would Be Fun!

Host Terry Keenan: “Iran in the spotlight again. Better for us to act now or pay the price later?”

Jonathan Hoenig: “Guys, what we need is not a George Bush war. Okay, we don't need to build schools and roads and make everyone happy and in our democracy. We need a war that actually protects America. And I think that starts with, at a bare minimum, taking out the nuclear threat from Iran. There's 10 to 15 sites. We've got the technology, we just don't have the cajones to actually use it.”

Ann Coulter: “And it would be fun.”

Fox 'News' Heart General Petraeus

'Fair and Balanced' Fox style.

WWIII?

Is WWIII starting?

John McCain Is A Liar

More at The Daily Background

Blackwater In Hot Water

This ought to be interesting:

The Iraqi government said Monday that it was pulling the license of an American security firm allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of civilians during an attack on a U.S. State Department motorcade in Baghdad.

The Interior Ministry said it would prosecute any foreign contractors found to have used excessive force in the Sunday shooting. It was latest accusation against the U.S.-contracted firms that operate with little or no supervision and are widely disliked by Iraqis who resent their speeding motorcades and forceful behavior.

Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul-Karim Khalaf said eight civilians were killed and 13 were wounded when security contractors believed to be working for Blackwater USA opened fire in a predominantly Sunni neighborhood of western Baghdad.

“We have canceled the license of Blackwater and prevented them from working all over Iraqi territory. We will also refer those involved to Iraqi judicial authorities,” Khalaf said.

Me thinks that the days are numbered for those working in Iraq's Interior Ministry.

More on the incident

IMPEACHMENT MONDAY: Impeach Them

IMPEACH THEM

If These Two Can Become Best Friends

Why can't the rest of us just get along?

More

(h/t Heather)

Kill The Messenger

The long hushed story of Sibel Edmonds.

Everybody knows...

Is Iraq War Making America Any Safer?

Is the Iraq war making America any safer?

Of course not.

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE, PLEASE!

LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE, PLEASE! 

And the reason why nobody will leave Britney alone.

For example!

UPDATE: LEAVE GENERAL PETRAEUS ALONE TOO!

THE SHOCK DOCTRINE by Alfonso Cuaron & Naomi Klein

Alfonso Cuaron, director of “Children of Men” - one of the best movies I've ever seen, applies his trade to a video short based on Naomi Klein's upcoming book, “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism”. It's eye opening to say the least. Watch it, watch Cuaron's great film and read Klein's new book!

“Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)” (Alfonso Cuarón)

“The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” (Naomi Klein)

(h/t Bhc, who is finally back in the saddle after a short hiatus)