WINTER SOLDIERS

"Winter Soldiers" is an inside look at a peace protest held in front of the White House on December 16, 2010. Led by Veterans For Peace, 135 people stood in swirling snow and blistering cold to bring an end to the occupation of Afghanistan. They included Pulitzer prizewinning author Chris Hedges and Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.

IN THE FREE SPEECH ZONE AT THE SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS

Freedom is in such great danger that we must put a fence around it. Inside, you will find everything that's best about the movement to abolish war. Led by artists, veterans, faith organizations, students, and labor organizers, this is a movement for the ultimate human right from which all other rights flow: the right to be free of conflict.

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Linchpin of Progress

The tea party astroturfing has been an attempt to imitate progressive activism. But when was the last time you saw an act of civil disobedience at a tea party?

No matter how hard they try, corporate shills can't steal this act. Their useful idiots will inevitably wind up stomping a woman's head.

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