Too Big to Jail? No Banker Left Behind...

Although this Youtube-video(1) has a New Year orientation--it is a Must See!

Too Big to Fail? Too Big to Loan Money--apparently.

What to do? Move Your Money to smaller banks here(2) {enter zip-code}; then pass this on!

{Bonus article: The great grandson of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis(3) writes on the Huffington Post of The Religious Case for Moving Your Money Where Your Heart is. Perhaps there's an Industrial-Worker case as well!}


(1) Full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icqrx0OimSs&feature=player_embedded#
(2) http://MoveYourMoney.info/
(3) See also--Other People's Money(4) (or at full link: http://www.law.louisville.edu/library/collections/brandeis/node/191)
(4) Which probably inspired Danny DeVito's movie of the same name, and I'm not sure about Emile Gaboriau's book also of the same name (link1, link2).

Health Care 4 min video

Rep. Louise Slaughter Speaks at White House Health Summit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee3uA_oSOfE&feature=player_embedded

(Original source was www.michaelmoore.com/ )

Pro-Life? (Must-see Keith Olbermann video)

"That is the goddamned death panel, Sarah Palin." --Keith Olbermann --> http://www.truthout.org/keith-olbermann-an-american-cry-help-video57177

Sign up with the Union of the Unemployed?

Apparently founded by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
Unionofunemployed.com Blogs — Home . No it's not the IWW but...

Source: http://laboreducator.org/lt100119.htm

Tom Morello, formerly of Rage Against The Machine, The Nightwatchman, & (currently of) Street Sweeper Social Club*--is rallying to help Cort Guitar Workers**. Take action here or http://cortaction.wordpress.com/2010/01/12/night-of-guitars-concert-tom-morello-boots-riley-and-more/ .

Notice Tom Morello donning the IWW-cap!


* Also Lockup & Audioslave.

** Manufacturer of such guitars as Fender & Gibson.

'Capitalism: A Love Story' opens Fri, Oct 2

To find theater near you, go to 'Capitalism: A Love Story' and enter your zip-code. Lancaster residents nearest theater (as of opening-day/Oct 2) is at this link {Regal's Manor Cinema 16, 1246 Millersville Pike, Lancaster, PA 17603 (800)326-3264. Directions.}.

Michael Moore asked viewers to take photos of the crowd for him to post at MichaelMoore.com.

Panopticon Failure & The Hope Of Caring

For those of you who still may not be aware, I would like to inform you that the Lancaster Community Safety Coalition is nearing its goal of having 165 omnidirectional, interconnected surveillance cameras installed throughout Lancaster City. Much has been already said and will continue concerning all aspects of this issue. From the lack of public input in their implementation to their long term ineffectiveness in dealing with crime.
But the purpose of this article is to examine the more basic effect this totalizing surveillance has on human interaction and solidarity. Most of what I write about has to do with Labor struggles, but the matter of surveillance has far reaching consequences in and out of the workplace, in public or private spaces. Individuals, thanks in part to the media, struggle to find fulfillment in objects and as a consequence, sees as objects other people. Insecurity at home crashes against imperialism abroad. The air of mistrust already haunts our streets.
Atop this, the constant presence of surveillance cameras turns the presumption of innocence on its head. The unblinking eye states you are always guilty, and by default, always in need of watching. All of whom you associate are criminals. All transactions are suspect. The aerial positioning of these machines has a subliminal message: we are your overlords, don't do anything stupid; you are inept and unable to work together to solve any of the problems in your community.
This brings us to a key point that is often missing in the movement to oppose video surveillance: Mutual aid. The ability of human beings to express solidarity with each other directly; to look after each others needs (including safety) without mediation from unauthorized third parties. Mutual aid digmifies communities, by casting aside the condescending paternalism of organizations such as the L.C.S.C. It exults the ability of neighborhoods to find common sense solutions to anti-social violence. Lastly, it fosters a society free from the tyranny of both exploitative economics and overly repressive legal codes. Now more than ever do we need to stop this ever invasive authoritarianismwhile breaking down the alienation corporate culture broadcasts into every space of our lives.
Love...Communicate...Resist-Invidious Rose