The Brandywine Peace Community strikes again, this time protesting against Lockheed Martin building parts for nuclear missiles on the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. The protest went well with speeches, music, and the use of crime scene tape to block the entrance. The civil disobedience squad was arrested trying to deliver documents to Lockheed Martin.

Tags: bomb | weapons | Enola Gay | Pennsylvania | King of Prussia | Lockheed Martin | civil disobedience | police | atomic | arrest | protest | Brandywine | war | peace | nuclear | Hiroshima

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Braving the one-hundred degree heat, and looking like Brave Heart, Michael Heise lead a group that protested the brutal macing, arrest, & abuse of four young men on July 3 by the West Chester, PA police. He tells the sad story of what happened that night in this video.

Tags: 1st amendment | free speech | cops | cop | noise | PA | Pennsylvania | West Chester | brutality | July 2011 | protest | police | signs | mace | pepper spray

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"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."
- Thomas Jefferson

We have also learned that despots prefer timid subjects. In the USA the imperial government desecrates the memory of Thomas Jefferson by insisting that all behave timidly in said place. Words like “solemn” and “reverent” flow from them to describe the atmosphere and behavior they expect at the memorial. Thomas Jefferson would have objected to this. He knew better than to call that liberty.

Tags: Adam Kokesh | Code Pink | dancing | police | protest | Thomas Jefferson | Washington DC

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The recent video of Seattle Police Patrol Officer Ian P. Walsh punching a 17-year-old woman in the face as she tries to help her friend evade him has caused much controversy. There is an understandable reaction among many decrying the young women’s lack of respect for authority. This is correct, they do lack respect for the police, but the question is why?

Tags: women | Seattle | punch | police | jaywalking | citation

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