Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of "Spiritus Mundi"
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
-- William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming"
Voter Calling in Amagansett
Phonebanking in Amagansett, starting this week!
Most weekday evenings 7-9.
Contact voters in battleground states.
Location:
Rick’s office
530 Montauk Highway, Suite 203.
Amagansett (east of Amagansett center)
Be sure to contact Betty since hours may vary!
Betty Mazur at seabetty@optonline.net
Most weekday evenings 7-9.
Contact voters in battleground states.
Location:
Rick’s office
530 Montauk Highway, Suite 203.
Amagansett (east of Amagansett center)
Be sure to contact Betty since hours may vary!
Betty Mazur at seabetty@optonline.net
Week of September 11, 2008 - click here for updates
"Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act" Talmud ( Sabbath, 54b)
Click on the following links:
Sustainable Southold Presents Escape from Suburbia
Voter Registration Campaign on East End
UPDATED 09-11-08: Attention Parents of High School Students - Info for Military Recruiters
Peace and Justice Calendar
Suffolk Peace Vigils
WPKN/WPKM - Tidings from Hazel Kahan - Downloads
Including 'Olive Oil from Palestine' and 'Should We All be Vegans?'
Recommended Reading: 9-11: Main man, an army general, goes scot free. Iraqi family on east end seek new life, Stories from the forgotten coast,Do Native Americans Have 1st Amendment Rights? - Free Gaza: Activists sail to break blockade, & more
Counter Recruiting Schedule
Alternative Media
Democracy Now!
The independent news hour with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez:
on Riverhead/Southampton/Southold/Shelter Island Channel 20:
Note: Channels 20 and 22 will require a digital cable box in at least some areas starting September 16. Contact Cablevision for more information.
Monday 10 pm
Tuesday 11 pm
Wednesday 7pm
Thursday 6pm
Friday 9 pm
Saturday - 6:30 am
Also on WUSB 90.1 FM 5pm Mon-Friday and East Hampton LTV Ch 20
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For more Information on Peace Activism on LI
see North Fork People of Conscience at www.nfpofc.blogspot.com
see Suffolk Progressive Vision at www.spv.active.ws
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The East End Report is compiled by Tony Ernst.
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WPKN Benefit Concert - Sunday Sept 14 - Bellport
^click to enlarge ^Performers Jo Williamson, Alfonso Velez, The Thunder Bird Sisters (Shinnecock) and Lucky 13 will be at Painters Restaurant at 416 South Country Road in Bellport / Brookhaven from 1 to 7pm Sunday September 14.
Democracy Now? Amy Goodman Arrested in st. Paul
Update: Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 1, 2008
Contact: Mike Burke
UPDATE
Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC
Goodman Charged with Obstruction; Felony Riot Charges Pending Against Kouddous and Salazar
ST. PAUL--Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar have all been released from police custody in St. Paul following their illegal arrest by Minneapolis Police on Monday afternoon.
All three were violently manhandled by law enforcement officers. Abdel Kouddous was slammed against a wall and the ground, leaving his arms scraped and bloodied. He sustained other injuries to his chest and back. Salazar’s violent arrest by baton-wielding officers, during which she was slammed to the ground while yelling, “I’m Press! Press!,” resulted in her nose bleeding, as well as causing facial pain. Goodman’s arm was violently yanked by police as she was arrested.
On Tuesday, Democracy Now! will broadcast video of these arrests, as well as the broader police action. These will also be available on: www.democracynow.org
Goodman was arrested while questioning police about the unlawful detention of Kouddous and Salazar who were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman’s crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press.
Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were arrested on suspicion of rioting, a felony. While the three have been released, they all still face charges stemming from their unlawful arrest. Kouddous and Salazar face pending charges of suspicion of felony riot, while Goodman has been officially charged with obstruction of a legal process and interference with a “peace officer.”
Democracy Now! forcefully rejects all of these charges as false and an attempt at intimidation of these journalists. We demand that the charges be immediately and completely dropped.
Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns this action by Twin Cities’ law enforcement as a clear violation of the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of these journalists.
During the demonstration in which the Democracy Now! team was arrested, law enforcement officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and excessive force against protesters and journalists. Several dozen demonstrators were also arrested during this action, including a photographer for the Associated Press.
Amy Goodman is one of the most well-known and well-respected journalists in the United States. She has received journalism’s top honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and the subsequent criminal charges and threat of charges are a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists.
Democracy Now! is a nationally-syndicated public TV and radio program that airs on over 700 radio and TV stations across the US and the globe.
Video of Amy Goodman’s Arrest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ
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