Archive for the ‘tax dodging’ tag
Corporate tax-dodgers, MRA has a sad, ex-cop Christopher Dorner now a target for drones
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Allison and Jamie discuss corporate tax-dodgers, the poop…er…pope retiring, William Shatner being the man, this MRA who has a sad because of teh feminists, and how ex-cop Christopher Dorner is now a target for drones.
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Thousands converge on Spain’s Parliament, #Strike Debt, the crime of making public information public
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Thousands converge on Spain’s Parliament to oppose a new round of austerity measures, #StrikeDebt and The Debt Resistors’ Operations Manual, Aaron Swartz charged withnine new felony counts for the crime of making public information public, activists crash HMRC boss’ retirement. Release the hounds!
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End of Borders, GE guts offshore wind-power plans, Louie Gohmert fights for corporations
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Borders officially closes, Allison and Jamie share memories, GE guts offshore wind-power plans, Louis Gohmert defends corporations in his “jobs” bill, NAVY vet sues the state of Florida over drug testing.
Special announcements: Saturday September 17th is the Occupy Wall Street (#OccupyWallStreet) protest: https://occupywallst.org/
Troy Davis protests scheduled TODAY in downtown Atlanta, NYC (4:30-6PM at Times Sq, 43rd St and Seventh Ave,) and in Oakland (4-6PM, Oakland Fed Building, 1301 Clay St, near 12th St-City Center BART).
Jamie will be performing at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, Maryland September 21 in honor of Howard Zinn. http://zinnedproject.org/posts/11738
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To serve and protect…Bank of America
Back from the US Uncut NYC protest, which I posted a write-up of here. I witnessed an interesting interaction inside Bank of America whilst reporting on the day of action. My cameraman, Zach Roberts, and I followed US Uncut organizer Duncan Meisel into the bank to watch him deliver a fake check to the teller. The fake checks represent what Bank of America should have paid in taxes during 2009 ($1.5 billion). Here’s what happened:
Is that a rule now? If a citizen doesn’t produce his/her ID in a timely fashion, are cops allowed to physically assault them? Also, both Meisel and Roberts actually are Bank of America customers. Is this how BoA treats customers who wish to object to the company’s policies? And last question: are the police now the guardians of BoA instead of tax-funded sentinels charged with protecting the liberties (like free speech) of citizens?
Various matters
I’ve been blogging over at The Nation about all of this US Uncut business. The most recent post can be read here, and the rest are available in the archive:
US Uncut Adds Verizon and FedEx to its Target List
Everyone Has a Stake in US Uncut’s Fight
Yesterday, I appeared on GRITtv with a very-much-kidding (please don’t send me emails asking if he’s for real) J.A. Myerson:
And perhaps most importantly (I don’t just mean relatively speaking when it comes to my news, but for all of humanity’s news, ever,) my friend Ian Murphy is running for Congress. You might remember him from that time he horrifically offended you with his profane manifesto in the Buffalo Beast, or from that other time he pwned Scott Walker. Anyway, feed your face this:
For all of you weak liberals out there who watched this and are all, “Hey, he looks crazy. I’m not voting for him.” Ask yourselves this: C’mon. How much worse could things get? Eh?
The man behind the epic Walker takedown, dispatches from Egypt, US Uncut NYC
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Interviews with Ian Murphy from the Buffalo Beast about his epic prank of Gov. Walker, journalist Austin Mackell (@austingmackell) about the evolution of Egypt’s revolution, and Allison plays audio from the US Uncut NYC protest, which includes an interview with Jonathan Tasini, an activist and organizer who challenged New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary for the 2010 Senate special election.
Also, Jamie shares stories from Toronto involving pot, old women, and a suspicious pool table.
Citizen Radio will be in Austin March 2-5, and Citizen Radio Live! with Sarah Silverman, Only Son, and a SUPER MASSIVE musical guest is March 11. Get tix here. Totally no pressure, but it’s the month of Allison’s birth, and if you don’t come out to support the shows, she’ll hate you forever.
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US Uncut Hits the Streets
Here’s my report for The Nation about a US Uncut rally I attended today in NYC at Madison Square Garden.
Journalist Johann Hari on corporate tax dodgers and dispatches from Wisconsin’s union protest
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Journalist Johann Hari talks UK Uncut, US Uncut, and decides who he’d rather fight: David Cameron or Nick Clegg. Also, Godless Maniac Joseph Thoennes reports from Madison, Wisconsin about the protests and spirit of solidarity in the Capitol.
Beforehand, Allison and Jamie dispell some myths about the Wisconsin protests and unions, and offer some advice about how to stick to your Progressive ideals when your friends are being little assholes about it.
Much like Tunisia’s influence on Egypt, the spirit of Wisconsin appears to be spreading with the murmurs of uprising in Indiana due to some deceptively named “right to work” legsilation.
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Labor journalist Mike Elk, US Uncut’s Carl Gibson, and a really long story about Mandy Moore
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Jamie brings back tales from Rhode Island, and then shares a really long story about Mandy Moore. Allison interviews labor journalist Mike Elk (twitter.com/mikeelk) and US Uncut’s Carl Gibson (http://www.usuncut.org/).
Mike Elk talks about the Huffington Post’s free labor practices and activists in Wisconsin protesting Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union threat to bring in the National Guard if workers attempted to use collective bargaining.
Carl Gibson shares what inspired him to found his US Uncut chapter in Mississippi, plus plans for the future of the organization.
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