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13:32:12 01/21/12
The Pace Report: "The 2012 NEA Jazz Masters Cememony Highlights"
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One of the most important jazz events took place at Jazz at Lincoln Center during the week of APAP last week. The 2012 National Endowment for the Arts held their 30th anniversary of the Jazz Masters Ceremony and Concert to a sold-out crowd. The event pays tribute to the architects of jazz music both living and deceased. More importantly, the NEA gives the current inductees as well as music programs and centers all over the country, grants and funding to continue the legacy of providing the community jazz programming and education to keep the music viable to public. Including this year’s inductees, the NEA has celebrated the work and lives of 128 jazz musicians, awarded more than 2,400 jazz grants, and given over $32 million dollars over the last 30 years. A very important feat for the music that very seldom gets the notoriety or praise like other American black music such as hip-hop, soul, and the blues. This year’s 2012 NEA Jazz Masters inductees include: Sheila Jordan, vocalist and educator; Von Freeman, tenor saxophonist and bandleader; Jack DeJohnette, drummer and pianist; Jimmy Owens, trumpeter, educator, and advocate; and Charlie Haden, bassist and bandleader. The festivities kicked off this year in regal fashion as Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts gave the opening comments about how rich the NEA’s tradition of celebrating and commemorating of America’s only art form. 2007 NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis and last year’s inductee Wynton Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, also gave opening comments of the historical implications of the 30th Anniversary of this year’s jazz masters ceremony. NEA Jazz Master Phil Woods along with alto saxophonist Grace Kelly played “Things To Come” composed by former NEA Jazz Master Dizzy Gillespie. The two were backed by the stellar Jazz at Lincoln Orchestra lead by Wynton Marsalis. Drummer Jack DeJohnette was inducted by his mentor and fellow NEA Jazz Master Muhal Richard Abrams. Abrams helped Jack as a teen study and play both the piano and drums while growing up in Chicago, Illinois. Through Abram’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Jack developed a love and passion to play both classical and jazz music which helped him decide to play music professionally. In the mid-1960’s Jack decided to move to New York City where he played with the late Rashied Ali in the John Coltrane Quintet. He got his first taste of success when he joined saxophonist Charles Lloyd in his first quartet where he played with a young pianist named Keith Jarrett. During the late 1960’s into the 1970’s, Jack backed and recorded with the likes of Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Special Edition, New Directions, and his long association with the Keith Jarrett Trio with bassist Gary Peacock. Today, Jack is still very active and just released his latest disc “Sound Travels” on the the eOne Music label. NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson gave the induction speech of 2012 inductee Von Freeman. Freeman, who couldn’t make this year’s ceremony due to illness, was given some praise and adoration by his sons Chico and Mark Freeman, who gave his induction speech. Earle Lavon Freeman, Sr, was born in Chicago, Illinois where he’s been a musical icon for the last 70 years. Von comes from that elite class of Chicago tenor saxophonists like Gene Ammons, Clifford Jordan, and the late Johnny Griffin. During the 1950’s he and his brothers George and Bruz were the house band at the famed Pershing Hotel in Chicago. Von played with a slew of great local musicians that included Jimmy Witherspoon, Sun Ra, and Andrew Hill. In 1972 he recorded his debut recording “Doin’ It Right Now” produced by Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Currently Von plays weekly at the New Apartment Lounge and Andy’s Jazz Club in Chicago. Bassist and bandleader Charlie Haden has given the world of music and jazz his unique blend of originality and heart. Since he made his way on the bandstand during the late 1950’s, Haden has been a trailblazer and relentless musician always striving to take music to the next level as well as always create new forms of roots music. From his days with saxophonist Ornette Coleman’s group, the quartet recorded the landmark recording for Atlantic Records, “The Shape of Jazz to Come.” But in 1969 Haden would record one of the most ambitious jazz recordings of the time. “Liberation Music Orchestra” was a record that fused the social themes of the times as well as free jazz that spoke volumes in the jazz community. The music was arranged and composed by Carla Bley and the orchestra has been recording sporadically over the last four decades. In addition to Haden’s orchestra, the three-time Grammy Award winner also fronts Quartet West. Charlie couldn’t attend the jazz masters ceremony due to his recovery from a recent surgery. His daughter Patra read his acceptance speech and acknowledged his many accomplishments on Charlie’s behalf. Vocalist, musical visionary, and NEA Jazz Master Jon Hendricks gave one of the most poignant speeches for his friend and contemporary, vocalist Sheila Jordan. Hendricks praised her accomplishments as a vocalist as well as keeping the vocal tradition alive by teaching the next generation of vocalists. Jordan, a Detroit native, comes from a great tradition and legacy of musicians that have made great and important strides in the world of jazz music. She developed her vocal style while singing in a local group named Skeeter, Mitch, and Jean. But it was her drive and determination that got her to move to New York City where she decided to throw herself into the thriving music scene. When she moved here she learned music theory and harmony by bassist Charles Mingus and pianist Lennie Tristano. Pianist George Russell discovered and recorded her on his “The Outer View” recording in 1962. Sheila made history by recording the first vocal record for Blue Note Records titled “Portrait of Sheila.” Throughout her career she’s recorded and performed with the Steve Kuhn Quartet and Harvie Swartz. Today she continues to teach jazz vocal workshops as well as perform all over the world. Trumpeter and educator Jimmy Owens is having a stellar 2012 so far. His latest IPO Recordings release “The Monk Project” celebrates and focuses on the compositions of pianist Thelonious Monk. In his 50 years in the business, the 68 year-old musician has been on the front lines for the betterment for working jazz musicians. As a board and active member of the Jazz Foundation of America, part of Jimmy’s lifework has been to help musicians seek funding for medical expenses, legal assistance, housing, and steady work. He founded the Musicians Emergency Fund due to the lack of support from the arts community and serve as a means to never negate the lives of many musicians that haven’t had the support or the able means to survive. Musicians that have benefited from this generous program were Odetta, Fats Domino, Clark Terry, Freddie Hubbard, Cecil Payne, and Sweet Georgia Brown. In addition to his dedication to the JFA, he’s also been a supporter and advocate for the Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians here in New York City. It’s Jimmy’s drive and passion that he’s fought State Politicians to repeal the 8.25% admission tax for clubs and major venues and to take those funds and contribute them to the AFM’s pension fund.This and his dedication to education in jazz music is why he’s been honored as one of this year’s NEA Jazz Master Inductees. Jimmy, who hails from the Bronx, New York, was exposed to jazz music when he was kid when his parents played the music. He wanted to play the trumpet and one of his first teacher’s as well as mentor, Dr. Donald Byrd, got him to take the instrument and studying it seriously. Over the years he’d back and play with some of jazz music’s leading innovators and icons. Musicians like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillispie, and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. Today he still teaches as well as serves as a mentor to many of today’s current jazz musicians and composers. Some of highlight performances of the evening included two separate duo performances including NEA Jazz Masters bassist Ron Carter and flutist Huber Laws in their rendition of “Little Waltz”/”Memories of Minnie.” Also, Jazz Masters vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson and pianist Kenny Barron’s rendition of Dave Brubeck’s “In Your Own Sweet Way.” The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra under the direction of Wynton Marsalis did an outstanding job in arranging tributes throughout the concert to NEA Jazz Master Horace Silver featuring Dave Liebman, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Candido Camero, and the new trumpet sensation Ambrose Akinmusire. The Benny Carter and Frank Foster tribute also turned a lot of heads featuring saxophonists Frank Wess and Benny Golson. I must add that the National Endowment for the Arts have dedicated to the works and mission to keep the jazz legacy alive via the grants they award every year. Also, they’ve been in tune with the jazz community via journalists, the musicians, and the many jazz associations to help educate and get the word out about America’s only original art-form. The NEA has more info for fans to reach out into their community to support the arts. For more info please visit them on the web at arts.gov.
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07:33:51 12/13/11
Greg Palast: Why We #Occupy: How Wall Street Picks the Bones of America
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Greg Palast: Why We #Occupy: How Wall Street Picks the Bones of America occupyvermont.wordpress.com Sponsored by www.towardfreedom.com Greg Palast is an investigative journalist on tour with his latest book: Vultures' Picnic: In pursuit of Petroleum Pigs, Power Pirates, and High Finance Carnivores. Greg Palast, the BBC investigative reporter who busted open the theft of the election in Florida, is back with a new book, Vultures' Picnic, an investigation of The One Percent. From his four-continent sleuthing, he exposes the high-finance carnivores and petroleum pigs, the movers and shakers who move and shake us. Weird, eye-opening, funny, sick and insanely informative ... it's WHY we occupy. Download the first chapter free ----and check out the uncover films that go with the book----at VulturesPicnic.org. "The most important investigative reporter of our time" - Tribune Magazine Palast is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Armed Madhouse and The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Winner of six Project Censored awards for reporting the news corporate media doesn't want you to hear. To request an interview with Greg Palast, excerpt, review copy, photos or video, contact Leni@GregPalast.com and klestrange@yahoo.com or call 1.212.505.5566. From: WHYNotNews Views: 3 0 ratings Time: 01:11:03 More in Education
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10:23:59 12/03/11
Ophilia Rivas Speaks at action inside ALEC's Salt River Project
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Ophilia Rivas Speaks at action inside ALEC's Salt River Project Ofelia Rivas, founder of O'odham VOICE against the Wall, was protesting SRP. Rivas, an elder and activist, said, "As Indigenous People we understand that the balance of the land is the balance of our people and any disturbance of that is very devastating, not only to our spiritual health, but to our deep connection to the land and all living things. As Indigenous People we are not separated from our environment. We're deeply connected to everything in the universe: the land, the mountains, water, air, and all plant and animal life." Rivas said highway construction, including the proposed loop 202 freeway extension that threatens South Mountain, would devastate more sacred land. Further, O'odham oppose the continuing construction of the US and Mexico border and the militarization. "Trade policies such as NAFTA and CANAMEX alter our way of life and threaten our Him'dag. We will no longer accept the violence the state attempts to enforce on us along their border, especially the aggressive legislation of ALEC. Indigenous Peoples demand the implementation of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as the rights of our Mother Earth," Rivas said. "Enough is enough, it ends now!" The massive canals constructed before the illegal occupation of O'odham lands are now being utilized by Salt River Project. O'odham culture is deeply rooted throughout this area, which is as far north as the Phoenix Valley, as far west as the coast of Mexico in what is now Rocky ... From: shutdownalec Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 02:16 More in News & Politics
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02:09:02 12/03/11
Anti-ALEC Activists Lock Down to Salt River Project
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Anti-ALEC Activists Lock Down to Salt River Project From: shutdownalec Views: 46 1 ratings Time: 01:16 More in News & Politics
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19:35:05 11/24/11
Arundhati Roy - Do Turkeys Love Thanksgiving?
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Arundhati Roy spoke on "Do Turkeys Love Thanksgiving?" January 19, 2004. Last January thousands of us from across the world gathered in Porto Allegre in Brazil and declared — reiterated — that "Another World is Possible". A few thousand miles north, in Washington, George Bush and his aides were thinking the same thing. Our project was the World Social Forum. Theirs — to further what many call The Project for the New American Century. In the great cities of Europe and America, where a few years ago these things would only have been whispered, now people are openly talking about the good side of Imperialism and the need for a strong Empire to police an unruly world. The new missionaries want order at the cost of justice. Discipline at the cost of dignity. And ascendancy at any price. Occasionally some of us are invited to `debate' the issue on `neutral' platforms provided by the corporate media. Debating Imperialism is a bit like debating the pros and cons of rape. What can we say? That we really miss it? In any case, New Imperialism is already upon us. It's a remodelled, streamlined version of what we once knew. For the first time in history, a single Empire with an arsenal of weapons that could obliterate the world in an afternoon has complete, unipolar, economic and military hegemony. It uses different weapons to break open different markets. There isn't a country on God's earth that is not caught in the cross hairs of the American cruise missile and... Read more here: http://www.countercurrents.org/wsf-roy190104.htm
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03:33:21 11/24/11
ZGraphix Demo Reel - Cinematography/Editing by Jeff Zavala
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Jeff Zavala is an Austin documentarian and activist whose work covers live music, music videos, special events, art, immigrant rights, native rights, anti-war protests and the Palestinian liberation struggle. Jeff is a volunteer for Austin Indymedia, the Workers Defense Project and the Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition. He created ZGraphix Productions and is a founder of the Austin Activist Archive, a virtual collective dedicated to broadcasting, citizen journalism, direct action, civil disobedience, social activism, community organizing, lectures and music in and around Austin, Houston, New Orleans, Olympia, Washington D.C. and others places. His work is syndicated on The Mobile Broadcast News website at: http://mobilebroadcastnews.com/NewsRoom/Jeff-Zavala Please visit: http://zgraphix.org and http://zgraphix.blip.tv to view his graphic design and videography. ZGraphix Demo Reel A ZGraphix Production. Produced by Jeff Zavala. http://zgraphix.org http://twitter.com/zgraphix http://facebook.com/zgraphix.org
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21:54:32 11/19/11
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the Week of November 16, 2011
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This is the latest episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah for the weeks of November 16, 2011 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary. Our extended commentary this week touched base on the NYPD's terrible treatment of the press & protesters during Occupy Wall Street (#OWS) including "free speech zones", the midnight raid on Zuccotti Park and more in New York City along with the 2 month anniversary of the international #Occupy movements, Protect-IP & SOPA acts that are trying to be passed in Congress and what that may meant to the Internet as we know it, our opinions on legendary Hip-Hop MC Busta Rhymes recent signing to the Cash Money label, a story from Florida that shows that burning a cross on your yard goes wrong to maintain your interracial marriage and some other diverse topics here and there. There are brand new Black Agenda Report, Black University Radio Network (B.U.R.N.) DIRECT EFX and Free Press "Media Minutes" mini-segments on this week's episode. FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Weeks of November 16, 2011 Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners) 1. Murs/Reach Hire/DD176 & BlueRoc (Played Live) 2. Gregory Porter/1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass RMX)/Tokyo Dawn Records (Played Live) 3. Immortal Technique/Natural Beauty/Viper Records (Top Song Requested) 4. Dr. Maddvibe/Revolutionary Girl/DrMadVibe.com (Top Song Requested) 5. Nicolay with the Hot At Nights/Shibuya Station/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 6. SmCity faet. Skyzoo & Kokayi/Twilight/SmCityMusic.com (Top Song Requested) 7. Goapele/Money/Skyblaze & Decon (Top Song Requested) 8. DJ Premier feat. Nas & The Berklee Symphony Orchestra/Regeneration/White Label (Top Song Requested) 9. Afama Mara/Black Lullaby/Arama-Mara.com (Top Song Requested) 10. Common/Blue Sky/White Label (Top Song Requested) 11. Maya Azucena/Changed My Mind/MayaAzucena.com (Top Song Requested) 12. Sola Rosa/Turn Around/SolaRosa.com (Top Song Requested) 13. Phil Ade/Not Enough/368 Music Group (Top Song Requested) 14. Phonte feat. Pharoahe Monch/We Go Off/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 15. Christopher Titus/Blacker Persident/Comedy Central Records (Top Song Requested) 16. The Roots feat. Big K.R.I.T./Make My/OkayPlayer & Def Jam (Top Song Requested) 17. Robert Koch/Midnight On the Moon/Project Mooncircle (Top Song Requested) 18. Ravage a.k.a. MeccaGodzilla/TREAD (Occupy Wall Street RMX)/MeccaGodzilla.com (Top Song Requested) 19. Justice/Civilization/Ed Banger, Because Music, Elektra & Vice (Top Song Requested) 20. Silent Knight feat. a band called FUSE/Pretty Poison/White Label (Top Song Requested) 21. Malkovich feat. Sum/What I Know/MalkovichMusic.com (Top Song Requested) 22. Bing Ji Ling/Everyday Dub/Tummy Touch (Top Song Requested) 23. DJ Priority & Venomous2000/Rock The Bells/Venomous2000.com (Top Song Requested) 24. Dam-Funk/Electric Breeze/Tokyo Dawn Records (Top Song Requested) 25. Icebird (rjd2 & Aaron Livingston)/King Tut/RJ's Electrical Connections (Top Song Requested) Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast) 1. Meshell Ndegeocello/Dirty World/Naive 2. Dres of Black Sheep & Jarobi of A Tribe Called Quest/PTI/White Label 3. Rahsaan Patterson/6 AM (Old School RMX)/Mack Avenue Records 4. Suzka fat. Maestro Fresh Wes/Narcotic/Never So Deep Records 5. Nuwamba/Unusual/White Label (http://SoulfulManOnAMission-Nuwamba.blogspot.com) 6. Superstar Quamallah & DeQawn/Guerrilla Tactics/Cotter & Brick Records 7. Nicolay with The Hot At Nights/Satellite/FE Music 8. KRS-One/Just Like That/KRS-One.com 9. Dr. Maddvibe/Optimistic-Yes/DrMadvibe.com DJ Fusion Flashback Tracks: House of Pain/On Point (Beatminerz RMX)/Tommy Boy Records PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Jon Judah Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds
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21:54:02 11/19/11
FuseBox Radio Broadcast for the Week of November 16, 2011
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This is the latest episode of the syndicated FuseBox Radio Broadcast with DJ Fusion & Jon Judah for the weeks of November 16, 2011 with some new and classic Hip-Hop & Soul Music, news and commentary. Our extended commentary this week touched base on the NYPD's terrible treatment of the press & protesters during Occupy Wall Street (#OWS) including "free speech zones", the midnight raid on Zuccotti Park and more in New York City along with the 2 month anniversary of the international #Occupy movements, Protect-IP & SOPA acts that are trying to be passed in Congress and what that may meant to the Internet as we know it, our opinions on legendary Hip-Hop MC Busta Rhymes recent signing to the Cash Money label, a story from Florida that shows that burning a cross on your yard goes wrong to maintain your interracial marriage and some other diverse topics here and there. There are brand new Black Agenda Report, Black University Radio Network (B.U.R.N.) DIRECT EFX and Free Press "Media Minutes" mini-segments on this week's episode. FuseBox Radio Playlist + Charts for the Weeks of November 16, 2011 Top Spins (Music Still Lasting in Rotation/Music Played Live on Air Each Week/As Well As Music Requested By The Listeners) 1. Murs/Reach Hire/DD176 & BlueRoc (Played Live) 2. Gregory Porter/1960 What? (Opolopo Kick & Bass RMX)/Tokyo Dawn Records (Played Live) 3. Immortal Technique/Natural Beauty/Viper Records (Top Song Requested) 4. Dr. Maddvibe/Revolutionary Girl/DrMadVibe.com (Top Song Requested) 5. Nicolay with the Hot At Nights/Shibuya Station/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 6. SmCity faet. Skyzoo & Kokayi/Twilight/SmCityMusic.com (Top Song Requested) 7. Goapele/Money/Skyblaze & Decon (Top Song Requested) 8. DJ Premier feat. Nas & The Berklee Symphony Orchestra/Regeneration/White Label (Top Song Requested) 9. Afama Mara/Black Lullaby/Arama-Mara.com (Top Song Requested) 10. Common/Blue Sky/White Label (Top Song Requested) 11. Maya Azucena/Changed My Mind/MayaAzucena.com (Top Song Requested) 12. Sola Rosa/Turn Around/SolaRosa.com (Top Song Requested) 13. Phil Ade/Not Enough/368 Music Group (Top Song Requested) 14. Phonte feat. Pharoahe Monch/We Go Off/FE Music (Top Song Requested) 15. Christopher Titus/Blacker Persident/Comedy Central Records (Top Song Requested) 16. The Roots feat. Big K.R.I.T./Make My/OkayPlayer & Def Jam (Top Song Requested) 17. Robert Koch/Midnight On the Moon/Project Mooncircle (Top Song Requested) 18. Ravage a.k.a. MeccaGodzilla/TREAD (Occupy Wall Street RMX)/MeccaGodzilla.com (Top Song Requested) 19. Justice/Civilization/Ed Banger, Because Music, Elektra & Vice (Top Song Requested) 20. Silent Knight feat. a band called FUSE/Pretty Poison/White Label (Top Song Requested) 21. Malkovich feat. Sum/What I Know/MalkovichMusic.com (Top Song Requested) 22. Bing Ji Ling/Everyday Dub/Tummy Touch (Top Song Requested) 23. DJ Priority & Venomous2000/Rock The Bells/Venomous2000.com (Top Song Requested) 24. Dam-Funk/Electric Breeze/Tokyo Dawn Records (Top Song Requested) 25. Icebird (rjd2 & Aaron Livingston)/King Tut/RJ's Electrical Connections (Top Song Requested) Top Adds (New Joints Played Live On This Week's Broadcast) 1. Meshell Ndegeocello/Dirty World/Naive 2. Dres of Black Sheep & Jarobi of A Tribe Called Quest/PTI/White Label 3. Rahsaan Patterson/6 AM (Old School RMX)/Mack Avenue Records 4. Suzka fat. Maestro Fresh Wes/Narcotic/Never So Deep Records 5. Nuwamba/Unusual/White Label (http://SoulfulManOnAMission-Nuwamba.blogspot.com) 6. Superstar Quamallah & DeQawn/Guerrilla Tactics/Cotter & Brick Records 7. Nicolay with The Hot At Nights/Satellite/FE Music 8. KRS-One/Just Like That/KRS-One.com 9. Dr. Maddvibe/Optimistic-Yes/DrMadvibe.com DJ Fusion Flashback Tracks: House of Pain/On Point (Beatminerz RMX)/Tommy Boy Records PLUS Some Extra Special Hidden Tracks in the Jon Judah Master Mix w/ Old School Black Music Classics and Independent Music Finds
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12:21:32 09/27/11
Barrett Brown live interview - corporate spies, Anonymous, espionage exp0sed
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Barrett Brown live interview - corporate spies, Anonymous, espionage exp0sed Writer Barrett Brown sits for a live interview to discuss all matters of corporate spying and the project to expose the role of major corporations infesting social media with surveillance. A good summary for newcomers to the HBGary saga 7etc. livestream.com download and remix all our vids plz! twitter.com Barrett: twitter.com From: HongPong Views: 23 0 ratings Time: 23:12 More in News & Politics My TIP JAR
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07:49:54 08/07/11
Holiday Inn Austin Midtown Built with Stolen Wages!
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On Thursday, August 4th at Holiday Inn Midtown (6000 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin TX) a dozen construction workers will lead a protest to reclaim over $10,000 in wages from a recent remodel at the hotel. "It's just not right that we worked hard and didn't get paid" said Quirino Juarez, a construction worker who performed framing and drywall work at the Holiday Inn Midtown. Juarez along with 11 other workers worked under Mely's Construction, a San Antonio-based sub-contractor, in January and February of 2011. Over thirty workers are owed wages for work on the hotel, although only 12 have come forward so far. WDP has attempted to negotiate a fair settlement with the general contractor and Holiday Inn management. However, all parties have avoided responsibility, promising to pay numerous times but never following through. "The job is done, the rooms look really great. They raised their rates and are benefitting from the remodel but we've received nothing", said Heladio Liborio who is owed two weeks of wages for drywall work at the Holiday Inn project. "It's been hard to pay my rent, bills and take care of my family." According to Bloomberg News, InterContinental Hotel Group, owner of the Holiday Inn franchise, saw a 38% increase in profits in 2010 due mostly to remodels like that done by these workers1. The worldwide makeover has given the company a fresh new image and a higher level of revenue. Meanwhile the workers who helped remodel Holiday Inn Midtown in Austin have yet to receive payment for their work. "Holiday Inn has an opportunity to be a leader in corporate responsibility by ensuring that those that work so hard to make it one of the nations most profitable hotel chains are compensated for their work" stated Patricia Zavala, Workplace Justice Coordinator at WDP. A ZGraphix Video Production. http://zgraphix.org Video produced for Austin Indymedia by Jeff Zavala http://austin.indymedia.org Photography by Jason Cato Learn more about Workers Defense Project/Proyecto Defensa Laboral: http://workersdefense.org
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19:30:44 07/02/11
Environmental Activist Diane Wilson, Author of 'Eco-Outlaw' on Rag Radio 6-24-2011
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Environmental activist Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation shrimper from Seadrift, Texas -- and a mother of five -- has earned the wrath of industrial polluters everywhere. She has been arrested 50 times and has participated in disruptions of U.S. Senate hearings and corporate shareholder gatherings in Houston, Taipei, and London. Wilson was Mother Jones magazine's "Hell-Raiser of the Month," and was one of Grist's "13 Badass Greens." She was a founder of CodePink, the Texas Jail Project, and Injured Workers United. Diane Wilson is the author of Diary of an Eco-Outlaw: An Unreasonable Woman Breaks the Law for Mother Earth, and An Unreasonable Woman: The True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas. She was featured in the award-winning PBS documentary, Texas Gold, and received a Dobie Paisano Writing Fellowship for 2010. Host and Producer: Thorne Dreyer; Engineer and Co-Producer: Tracey Schulz Video Produced for Austin Indymedia by Jeff Zavala. Video Production by ZGraphix. http://ZGraphix.org http://austin.indymedia.org
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04:57:02 06/24/11
Music from World Refugee Day March & Rally in Austin, TX 2011
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This video contains live Son Jarocho music from June 20th 2011; which was World Refugee Day, and it also marked a lengthy discussion at the Texas Capitol on Senate Bill 9 and House Bill 9, both immigration bills left pending in committee. Outside the Capitol building, civil rights and immigration rights groups marched in opposition of those two bills and in opposition of an immigrant detention center being built outside San Antonio. The march was organized by Texans United for Families, but the immigration bills have stirred up plenty of controversy. Other organizations joined the march including PODER, Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition, Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera, American Gateways, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Detention Watch Network, Grassroots Leadership, Texas Civil Rights Project, Texas Jail Project, Texans United for Families, San Antonio Immigrant Youth Movement, Save Our Youth, Southwest Workers Union, Wilco Justice Alliance and Workers Defense Project. To learn more about the movement and the detention center to be built outside San Antonio in Karnes, check out the Grassroots Leadership website (http://www.grassrootsleadership.org/). This video is a ZGraphix production. Produced for Austin Indymedia by Jeff Zavala. http://zgraphix.org http://austin.indymedia.org
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04:07:21 06/24/11
World Refugee Day March & Rally in Austin, TX 2011
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June 20 was World Refugee Day, and it also marked a lengthy discussion at the Texas Capitol on Senate Bill 9 and House Bill 9, both immigration bills left pending in committee. Outside the Capitol building, civil rights and immigration rights groups marched in opposition of those two bills and in opposition of an immigrant detention center being built outside San Antonio. The march was organized by Texans United for Families, but the immigration bills have stirred up plenty of controversy. Other organizations joined the march including PODER, Austin Immigrant Rights Coalition, Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera, American Gateways, American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, Detention Watch Network, Grassroots Leadership, Texas Civil Rights Project, Texas Jail Project, Texans United for Families, San Antonio Immigrant Youth Movement, Save Our Youth, Southwest Workers Union, Wilco Justice Alliance and Workers Defense Project. To learn more about the movement and the detention center to be built outside San Antonio in Karnes, check out the Grassroots Leadership website (http://www.grassrootsleadership.org). This video is a ZGraphix production. Produced for Austin Indymedia by Jeff Zavala. http://zgraphix.org http://austin.indymedia.org
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01:35:10 06/12/11
Builder of 21Rio Partners with Workers Defense Project to Protect Workers
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It has been almost two years since three construction workers died while building the 21 Rio complex in West Campus. Now, the company that subcontracted some of that crew is partnering with the Workers Defense Project to raise awareness about employee safety. The three men who died at 21 Rio were employed by American Mast Climbers, a company subcontracted by Maxum Development. Investigators say faulty scaffolding led to the workers
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19:57:44 05/18/11
Transmutational Whiplash! An Art Project
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Manor Middle School and Theatre Action Project present "transmutational whiplash". A class art project to paint an evolving mural on the side of a school building, "transmutational whiplash" explores the ever changing nature of collaborative endeavors. This video includes 16 hours of painting time-lapsed down to 3 minutes. Enjoy! Learn more about this project from: http://www.theatreactionproject.org/ Produced by Jeff Zavala. This is a ZGraphix production. http://zgraphix.org
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09:25:29 03/04/11
Day of the Fallen - Austin, Texas 3.2.11
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The Workers Defense Project (http://workersdefense.org ) organized a march and rally called "Day of the Fallen" to commemorate the deaths of construction workers in the state of Texas. We began the march at the Federal Building Plaza and carried 138 black coffin replicas to the steps of the Texas Capitol. Although the coffins were built lightly of foam core board and contained only air, I felt the heaviness of the sadness we were conveying. People had come for the march from as far away as El Paso, Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. We numbered about 300, I think. Included were union members and family members of construction workers who had died on the job. Jim Hightower spoke, and Eliza Gilkyson sang. Rev. Jim Rigby emceed. There were prayers in English and in Espanol, gospel music and a singalong of "If I had a hammer," led by a young trio. On my way home, I looked out the bus window at the beautiful buildings in our downtown, the new lofts and storefronts. Most of the people who built them can not afford to live in them. Some of the people who built them were injured on the job. Some were not paid for their work. When I pass the spot on Rio Grande where three immigrant men fell to their deaths because of faulty equipment, I sense their spirits are present, asking me why. The chic little shop that opened a few feet from where the men hit the earth is called, "Bodega on Rio." Sign the petition asking our legislators to Build a Better Texas: http://buildtexas.org/pettition.html This is an Austin Indymedia & ZGraphix production. Produced by Jeff Zavala. Edited by Jeff Zavala & Matt Gossage.http://austin.indymedia.orghttp://zgraphix.org
