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Newt Gingrich continues to rely on his strong performances in the 2,671 televised Republican debates to boost his long shot campaign for the White House.
This week was no different as the ex speaker opened the most recent debate in South Carolina with a blistering attack on the news media. The subject of his riposte was a sensational story about his marital antics based on testimony from his ex-wife.
Gingrich lashed out at CNN for discussing this topic during a presidential debate, thee Republican audience responded with a standing ovation, which was all caught on camera.
The CNN anchor made little defense.
Gingrich continued to berate the “liberal” news media for their soft peddling on Obama and over-aggressiveness with Republicans.
This is an interesting assertion as the media appears to be predominantly conservative (according to this research).
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DOCcupy the Movement #2 from ircumbc on Vimeo.
USDemocrazy presents a series of short videos documenting the Occupy Baltimore movement. Rather than focus on the oft-purported ideologies of the protestors, these videos focus on the realities and logistics of the movement. The second selection in this installment, this video is about some of the security issues faced by Chief and other members of the movement.
Let us know what you think and be sure to keep an eye out for the third installment in our series.
- Courtesy of The California Aggie
There’s nothing like a little pepper spray in the face to get folk’s attention.
At the University of California, Davis an unfortunate campus fracas featuring the “Occupy” movement and an assertive police force has got the nation’s attention.
Last week the “Occupy” movement organised a series of protests on the UCD campus. When tents went up on Thursday, the University Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi gave a 3PM Friday deadline for the encampment to disperse. The protesters ignored the directive.
At 3:30PM on Friday the police were sent in on the Chancellor’s orders. When a group of students linked arms and sat on the ground, police unloaded pepper spray into their faces.
The graphic image (above) of UC Davis Police Lieutenant John Pike spraying seated, passive students spread online immediately.
Students and faculty are now holding the Chancellor responsible for what they consider overly-aggressive action, and calling for her resignation,
In an email to students a professor, Bob Ostertag, stated
Throughout my life I have seen, and sometimes participated in, peaceful civil disobedience protests in which sitting and linking arms is understood by both police and citizens as a posture that indicates the clearest possible way available to them, protesters’ intent to be non-violent.
The Chancellor (In the photo below) has since commented that the students were forewarned and that the issue needs further discussion.
If our policies do not allow our students enough flexibility to express themselves, then we need to find a way to improve these policies and make them more effective and appropriate.
Courtesy of The California Aggie
Was the situation justified or have the authorities gone too far? Are the times (or policies) a-changin? How would you react if this happened at your school?
UPDATE: Our favorite web reaction to the incident can be seen below. Title: A quiet afternoon at UC Davis.
Some of the USDemoCrazy team went to hear former Bush (W) advisor and current Media pundit Karl Rove, speak at Johns Hopkins University on Monday. It turned out to be exactly the calamity we thought it would be.
About ten minutes into Rove’s speech, (which was mostly a critique of President Obama) protesters began chanting over Rove:
“Mic check? Mic check! Karl Rove? Karl Rove! Is the architect? Is the architect! Architect of Occupy Iraq! Architect of Occupy Iraq! Architect of Occupy Afghanistan!”
As this video shows, the remainder of the evening devolved into a shouting match between Rove and the protesters.
Check out our first report on the Occupy Baltimore movement in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Each week we’ll be featuring different folks who are making the occupation possible and learning about some of the logistical details in order to take our understanding beyond the reasons why people are spending their time with other Occupy participants.
Let us know what you think and be sure to keep an eye out for the next clip in our series.
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#DOCcupy the Movement: A recap of the past few weeks
by LittleBones 
#DOCcupy the Movement
It’s been an eventful few weeks with the Occupy movement around the country. The video above show the aerial view what is estimated to be 100,000 Occupy protestors taking over a highway in Oakland last week.
Now that more people are looking at the movement, some criticism on the recent weeks of police violence has been emerging. One marine says that the crowd-control methods of the Oakland police are even prohibited in war zones.
Saturday marked the International Day of Divestment from international banks where thousands of people transferred their money from big corporations like Bank of America to local credit unions. One report shows that since September 29, 4 in 5 credit unions have seen membership increases. This is an increase more than all new membership in 2010.
Over at Occupy Wallstreet, female protestors have constructed a safe haven for women. This safe house is in response to the few incidents of sexual assault that have taken place in Zuccotti Park.
Still confused about what this movement is and why people are so passionate about it? Take a look at this short animation that summarizes the problems at hand.
And FYI – we’re putting the final touches on our first installment of our own #DOCcupy that features our local movement in Baltimore. Fingers crossed that it’ll launch this week!
#OCCUPYWALLSTREET: Bloomberg backs down, protestors stay in park
We at USDemocrazy bring you a new regular feature documenting the “Occupy” movement as spreads from Wall street to far flung places around the globe.
Today we share with you some of the most notable Occupation stories of the past week!
Despite an announcement made late Thursday night that the NYC Occupy Wall Street protesters would be evicted Friday morning at 6:55am, the Mayor and the NYPD postponed the eviction at 6:40am. The video above shows what happened when the protesters found and and the power of the people’s mic, the tactic being used to spread information to the crowd thousands in number by the power of the human voice.
Naomi Klein tweeted late last week about an incident that occurred in San Francisco in which protestors’ items were disposed of by police. Her tweet reads,
“After cops raided #occupysf and tossed their stuff in the dump, garbage workers returned it to the protesters, saying ‘we r 99% too.”
Reacting to the criticism that the Occupy movement has been a largely white movement, two people started an “Occupy the Hood” protest aimed at educating Blacks and Latinos in their own neighborhoods that is spreading through inner cities across the country. Organized through Twitter and Facebook, this movement seeks to connect capitalism and racism.
Sunday in Santa Cruz and NYC, protesters attempting to end their banking relationships with Bank of America and Citibank were arrested and denied service. Bank staff said,
“you cannot be a protester and a bank customer at the same time.”
We haven’t heard that one before…
Keep an eye out for our next #DOCcupy postings. Our team will be heading down to #OccupyBaltimore later this week to talk with folks and see how things are going as the protest there celebrates its third week in McKeldin Square.
