Strike Fast Food, Fight For 15

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Thursday September 04, 2014 · 2:35 PM PDT

2014/09/04 · 14:35

Today, September 4th, 2014 Fast Food workers in 150 different cities across the US went on strike to demand salaries of $15 and a recognized union to fight for their rights.

The Police Presence for the #FightFor15 events today. pic.twitter.com/jiSowUS1uc
— StopMotionsolo (@StopMotionsolo) September 4, 2014

(Photo can be found in the second link of the following tweet)

The crowd preparing to march for #FightFor15 in NY will be live at http://t.co/... pic.twitter.com/lmfUOOSlHt
— StopMotionsolo (@StopMotionsolo) September 4, 2014

A vine:

The crowd drumming and preparing to march to #FightFor15 in NY https://t.co/...
— StopMotionsolo (@StopMotionsolo) September 4, 2014

The following URL is livestream archive from the march and rally:

http://www.ustream.tv/...

Check out the following Facebook album from James Woods (@JamesFTInternet)

(He has photos of the civil disobedience taking place.)

https://www.facebook.com/...

Check out the Jeff Rae's Facebook album as well.

https://www.facebook.com/...

Teachout, Credico, and where's Cuomo?

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Wednesday September 03, 2014 · 3:53 PM PDT

2014/09/03 · 15:53

On August 19th, a forum took place for all Democratic Gubernatorial candidates to answer questions about their positions and policies. The candidates present at the forum were Zephyr Teachout and Randy Credico. Governor Cuomo was asked to participate as well but only sent a representative to give a rehearsed statement his place.

See the linked ustream archive to watch the debate and hear what the two Gubernatorial hopefuls had to say.

http://www.ustream.tv/...

Poll

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Which candidate did you like the most?

14 votes Vote Now!

Which candidate did you like the most?

Governor Cuomo/Cuomo's stand-in

1 vote

Professor Teachout

11 votes

Activist/Comedian Randy Credico

2 votes

An ISIS theory.

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Monday September 01, 2014 · 9:26 PM PDT

2014/09/01 · 21:26

Posting this before the entry now because I want to make it very clear:

This is a piece of satire. I am making fun of Conspiracy Theories. I do not mean this legitimately at all. I posted "satire" and "truth" as tags for a reason. I'm doing satire and making fun of truthers (essentially creating a new brand called "ISIS-truthers").

This post is a joke yet it generated several comments in a day...

StopMotionsolo

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Monday August 25, 2014 · 10:23 AM PDT

2014/08/25 · 10:23

August 22nd marked the 1-year anniversary of Syrian President Bashar Assad's chemical attack on the Syrian people.

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Monday August 18, 2014 · 12:18 AM PDT

2014/08/18 · 00:18

I really find it disheartening that throughout the Israel-Gaza bombing AIPAC has practically never been mentioned. It's really sad that people seem to not give a damn about Money in Politics anymore. I see plenty of people posting about the US resolution to give more money to Israel. I see lots of posts about how much the US gives Israel in general. What I rarely see are posts about why the US government makes these decisions. They have to please their campaign financiers... all of them.

It seems we are back to blaming the government for our problems without mentioning the lobbying influences.

Reactions and organization

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Wednesday August 13, 2014 · 10:27 PM PDT

2014/08/13 · 22:27

A reflection on activism:

Generally, the craziest shit happens at first when there is a feeling amongst the public of "We just can't take this shit anymore" and the reaction is noticed. It is noticed because of the conflict between the police and the public. The police react to the public reaction and they go way too far. They go too far because the situation is unprecedented and they act on the spot with aggression. The public responds to this aggression with far less aggression, when they do show aggression, partially because they generally just have no interest in the same aggression. It is the police though who draw the majority of the attention to the conflicts though as the police reaction is just so over-the-top and unnecessary. This clash of reactions creates a conflict which "sells."

In the past this conflict would be packaged by a media outlet going through various editorial stages before finally being broadcast to the world through media systems. That was the past. Now the traditional media systems have become extremely conjoined and monopolistic after the telecommunications act of the Clinton Presidency. The internet has made up for this gap of information and expanded up on it because the internet has no editorial procedure, and also because of the broad global public accessibility of the internet.

This reaction can only last for so long though. The protests do eventually calm down. When they calm down is when the real problems really come out. We need to organize and address the real issues which led to the reaction. Everyone has a different method of addressing these issues though. Some have also been far more effected by these issues than others and as such are more stubborn in their approaches with how to solve problems. This creates divides.

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Tuesday May 27, 2014 · 9:06 PM PDT

2014/05/27 · 21:06

A response/expansion on this article:

http://www.popularresistance.org/...

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Friday April 11, 2014 · 10:25 PM PDT

2014/04/11 · 22:25

So with Global Warming: I don't think it will destroy the planet. I do think humans will come through in the end. Furthermore, I think the rich will be the ones who do it but we'll see. I say this because in the end the wealthy care about two things, losing their money... and their lives. As such once they realize environmental catastrophes are not cost effective and they destroy the planet they will likely work to fix them.

Basically the problem is these disasters need to affect the wealthy. As the wealthy live in such a bubble, the vast population will be greatly destroyed first before the wealthy are affected at all. They can end up in bunkers and they'll manage to survive however they manage to, they can afford it. Once the wealthy start getting screwed they'll stop, but this takes time. Time, for some, is a luxury.

So in the end humanity will survive. The question though is just one of how much of it. If the public can mount serious offense to the status-quo, get organized and realize that all of us, including our children and their children, are fucked or saved by what WE do NOW there is potential. Otherwise the question just comes down to...

How many of us are left to live on whatever is left of the planet?

Obama, McKibben, and NoKXL

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Monday March 17, 2014 · 2:21 PM PDT

2014/03/17 · 14:21

It's crunch-time for Obama on the KXL pipeline. We know he's been lobbied, we know he's being pressured, the public has put up a good fight and so have the corporations.

Fox News has shown support for the Pipeline (with completely inaccurate information from Rep. Boehner).
https://www.youtube.com/...

Ed scultz came out against it (with real science, a rare commodity these days).
https://www.youtube.com/...

Obama has even spoken out against the "flat earth society."
https://www.youtube.com/...

Yes, or No? What will be his play?

A response to this article:

http://earthfirstjournal.org/...

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Wednesday January 15, 2014 · 8:31 PM PST

2014/01/15 · 20:31

I signed this petition from demandprogress.org (Aaron Swartz's site) to the FCC telling them to save Net Neutrality. I accompanied my signature with the following letter.

Here is the petition:
https://act.demandprogress.org/...

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Friday January 10, 2014 · 1:38 AM PST

2014/01/10 · 01:38

I sent this as the letter accompaniment to the following moveon.org petition being sent to Congress about voting "No" on Fast-Track.

http://petitions.moveon.org/...

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Friday October 11, 2013 · 3:04 PM PDT

2013/10/11 · 15:04

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