London Sound Posse presents: Cynthia Mckinney in London - Confronting the Empire
London Sound Posse | 12.09.2007 21:13 | Analysis | History | Terror War | London | World
Former Congresswoman, Cynthia McKinney, visits the UK
Date: 10th September 2007
Place: Friends' Meeting House, Road, Camden, London
Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, gave a talk called "Confronting Empire" on 10th September in London.
The speech and q&a touches on a wide array of subjects including the assassination of MLK and RFK, Rwanda, The Project for a New American Century, 9/11, The Jena 6 amongst others. Organised by the 9/11 truth campaign in Britain and Ireland.
In 1992 Cynthia made history when she became the first African American woman to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives.
During her tenure, Cynthia won recognition as an outspoken leader for human rights, an ardent advocate for peace, and a determined worker for justice. As reports now surface that US soldiers are returning from Iraq and testing positive for depleted uranium, it is important to note that Cynthia McKinney sponsored legislation to end the use of all depleted uranium weapons until their health effects are known.
Cynthia voted against record Bush administration Pentagon budgets, and challenged the Pentagon to explain how it "lost" over $2.3 trillion in un-traceable transactions. She continues to decry the Pentagon's sweetheart deals with Halliburton, the Carlyle Group, and DynCorp and its successor companies.
Cynthia speaks out against the loss of fundamental freedoms under the Bush administration. She became one of the first Members of Congress to demand a thorough investigation into the events of September 11, 2001 and responsibly asked the question: "What did the administration know and when did it know it about the events of September 11th?" As a result of her thought-provoking question, an estimated 40,000 Republicans voted in the Georgia Democratic Primary to oust Cynthia. It is called "crossover" voting and her supporters filed a lawsuit against this practice.
Credits: We Are Change UK
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/
http://www.confrontingtheempire.org.uk/
http://www.911truthcampaign.net/
Date: 10th September 2007
Place: Friends' Meeting House, Road, Camden, London
Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, gave a talk called "Confronting Empire" on 10th September in London.
The speech and q&a touches on a wide array of subjects including the assassination of MLK and RFK, Rwanda, The Project for a New American Century, 9/11, The Jena 6 amongst others. Organised by the 9/11 truth campaign in Britain and Ireland.
In 1992 Cynthia made history when she became the first African American woman to represent Georgia in the United States House of Representatives.
During her tenure, Cynthia won recognition as an outspoken leader for human rights, an ardent advocate for peace, and a determined worker for justice. As reports now surface that US soldiers are returning from Iraq and testing positive for depleted uranium, it is important to note that Cynthia McKinney sponsored legislation to end the use of all depleted uranium weapons until their health effects are known.
Cynthia voted against record Bush administration Pentagon budgets, and challenged the Pentagon to explain how it "lost" over $2.3 trillion in un-traceable transactions. She continues to decry the Pentagon's sweetheart deals with Halliburton, the Carlyle Group, and DynCorp and its successor companies.
Cynthia speaks out against the loss of fundamental freedoms under the Bush administration. She became one of the first Members of Congress to demand a thorough investigation into the events of September 11, 2001 and responsibly asked the question: "What did the administration know and when did it know it about the events of September 11th?" As a result of her thought-provoking question, an estimated 40,000 Republicans voted in the Georgia Democratic Primary to oust Cynthia. It is called "crossover" voting and her supporters filed a lawsuit against this practice.
Credits: We Are Change UK
http://www.allthingscynthiamckinney.com/ http://www.confrontingtheempire.org.uk/ http://www.911truthcampaign.net/
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Additions
Cynthia McKinney's congressional briefing and Ward Churchill on COINTELPRO
12.09.2007 21:48
Cynthia McKinney mentions her congressional briefing — The 9/11 Commission Report One Year Later, A Citizens' Response: Did the Commission Get it Right? whic was held on July 22nd, 2005 in the above recording.
The audio from this hearing were originally on radio.indymedia.org but that server has been down for a while. However the audio of Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed's presentation, Ties With Terror: Western-Al-Qaeda Relations in the Post-Cold War Period is available here: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368971.html and addition there are links to the videos of the presentations on this page.
She also mentions Ward Churchill and his work on COINTELPRO -- this is a recording of him talking about this:
THE HISTORY OF COINTELPRO AND THE FBI
This is a passionate, scholarly, and far reaching analysis of the Counter Intelligence Operations of the FBI. Beginning with World War I, Churchill covers the Palmer Raids, the defeat of the Anarchists and of Marcus Garvey; the attacks on the Civil Rights Movement, the 1964 murders of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney, and the murders of Black Panthers. Dedicating his speech to Leonard Peltier, who by now has spent almost 30 years in prison, Churchill gives a detailed description of the FBI raid on the Pine Ridge reservation on June 26, 1975 and of the case against Peltier.
For years the FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs, BIA, had supported and financed a private army (the goons) of Tribal Chief Dick Wilson. Wilson had agreed to sell of 1/8 th of the reservation land to the Federal Government when uranium was found on the Sheep Mountain Gunnery Range. Tribal elders refused to turn over the land and asked for help from AIM after over 60 people had been murdered. The FBI and the BIA, says Churchill, then provoked a shoot-out in order to militarize the area and defeat the land rights movement. Two FBI agents died. A Native American, who admitted to killing them, was found to have acted in self defense and is free. Leonard Peltier, who denied involvement, was charged with murder and convicted.
Amnesty International considers Leonard Peltier a political prisoner who should be "immediately and unconditionally released." Nelson Mandela, Rigoberta Menchu, the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights, the Dalai Lama, the European Parliament, and countless others have called for his freedom.
Ward Churchill is professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is also a Vietnam veteran and survivor of the FBI war against the American Indian Movement. Among his many books are: The COINTELPRO Papers, Indians Are US, and A Little Matter of Genocide. (This is an updated archival TUC Radio program from 2001)
Contact http://www.freepeltier.org/
http://www.tucradio.org/new.html
http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=15187
http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/
tuc@tucradio.org/1123conintelproone.mp3
http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/ tuc@tucradio.org/1130cointelprotwo.mp3
The audio from this hearing were originally on radio.indymedia.org but that server has been down for a while. However the audio of Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed's presentation, Ties With Terror: Western-Al-Qaeda Relations in the Post-Cold War Period is available here:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368971.html and addition there are links to the videos of the presentations on this page. She also mentions Ward Churchill and his work on COINTELPRO -- this is a recording of him talking about this:
THE HISTORY OF COINTELPRO AND THE FBI
This is a passionate, scholarly, and far reaching analysis of the Counter Intelligence Operations of the FBI. Beginning with World War I, Churchill covers the Palmer Raids, the defeat of the Anarchists and of Marcus Garvey; the attacks on the Civil Rights Movement, the 1964 murders of Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney, and the murders of Black Panthers. Dedicating his speech to Leonard Peltier, who by now has spent almost 30 years in prison, Churchill gives a detailed description of the FBI raid on the Pine Ridge reservation on June 26, 1975 and of the case against Peltier.
For years the FBI and Bureau of Indian Affairs, BIA, had supported and financed a private army (the goons) of Tribal Chief Dick Wilson. Wilson had agreed to sell of 1/8 th of the reservation land to the Federal Government when uranium was found on the Sheep Mountain Gunnery Range. Tribal elders refused to turn over the land and asked for help from AIM after over 60 people had been murdered. The FBI and the BIA, says Churchill, then provoked a shoot-out in order to militarize the area and defeat the land rights movement. Two FBI agents died. A Native American, who admitted to killing them, was found to have acted in self defense and is free. Leonard Peltier, who denied involvement, was charged with murder and convicted.
Amnesty International considers Leonard Peltier a political prisoner who should be "immediately and unconditionally released." Nelson Mandela, Rigoberta Menchu, the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights, the Dalai Lama, the European Parliament, and countless others have called for his freedom.
Ward Churchill is professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is also a Vietnam veteran and survivor of the FBI war against the American Indian Movement. Among his many books are: The COINTELPRO Papers, Indians Are US, and A Little Matter of Genocide. (This is an updated archival TUC Radio program from 2001)
Contact
http://www.freepeltier.org/ http://www.tucradio.org/new.html http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=15187 http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/ tuc@tucradio.org/1123conintelproone.mp3 http://www.radio4all.net/pub/archive2/07.01.07/ tuc@tucradio.org/1130cointelprotwo.mp3
Chris