Please Contact Your Local, State and National Representativces and DEMAND that Chen Guangcheng and ALL State Prisoners of Conscience be FREED NOW!

China: Chen Guangcheng is prisoner of conscienceHuman
rights activist Chen Guangcheng was today sentenced to four years and
three months in prison. In reaction, Catherine Baber, Deputy Asia
Pacific Director at Amnesty International said:

“We condemn
utterly the sentence imposed on Chen Guangcheng and consider him a
prisoner of conscience. Chen has been imprisoned solely because of his
peaceful defence of human rights and he should be released
immediately.”

“The charges against Chen were politically
motivated and the trial was grossly unfair from start to finish. Chen's
lawyers were obstructed at every step of the way, from collecting
evidence to representing him in court. By some accounts the trial
lasted only two hours; and the courtroom was filled with official
representatives preventing members of the public and most of Chen's
relatives attending.”

Chen was charged with “damaging public
property and gathering people to block traffic” in June 2006, after he
had been detained incommunicado for three months. He had been
arbitrarily confined to his home since September 2005. Before his
detention Chen had been helping local villagers in their attempt to sue
the local authorities in Linyi City, Shandong province, for
carrying out an illegal policy of forced abortions and sterilizations
which reportedly affected thousands of local women.

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For more information please call Amnesty International's press office in London, UK, on +44 20 7413 5566
Amnesty International, 1 Easton St., London WC1X 0DW. web: http://www.amnesty.org

Tune-In and Call-In To The Blue Rose Report This Wednesday at 8pm CST

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Washington Post - Chinese Rights Activist Stands Trial After Police Detain Defense …
Washington Post, United States - Aug 18, 2006
Chen Guangcheng,
34, appeared pale and thin when he showed up at a county courthouse in
eastern Shandong province wearing a black T-shirt, gray pants and

Arrests of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Condemned
Christian Post, CA - 6 hours ago
… Gao demanded the release of Chen Guangcheng, a blind legal activist who has campaigned against China[base ']s harsh population control measures. …

Chinese Government Must End Crackdown on Lawyers
BBSNews, NC - 38 minutes ago
… On August 18, the trial of another legal activist, Chen Guangcheng, turned into a mockery of justice when his lawyers were physically assaulted and then …


Chinese Court May Issue Verdict on Times Researcher Friday
New York Times, United States - Aug 21, 2006
… At the same time, officials in Shandong Province last week held a secret trial for Chen Guangcheng, a legal expert and peasant rights advocate. …

China court may rule soon in Times researcher's case
International Herald Tribune, France - Aug 21, 2006
… At the same time, officials in Shandong Province last week held a secret trial for Chen Guangcheng, a blind legal expert and peasant rights advocate. …

Check out the Audio Archive of the … 

Second BLUE ROSE REPORT.

You'll hear Guest Adam Gorightly as well as calls from Mack White and Greg Bishop.

We talked about Consciousness, Psychedelics, UFOs and  Contactees like Philip K. Dick, Robert Anton Wilson and John C. Lilly. Gorightly talked about his three books: Shadow Over Santa Susanna, The Prankster and the Conspiracy as well as his most recent tome, The Beast of Adam Gorightly - Collected Rantings '92 to '04.

Gorightly also educated us about another connection for explaining the name of our show … The Blue Rose Report. Seems there is a Contactee saucer cult leader, the Rev. Bob Short who founded The Blue Rose Ministry and ministered for years out at the Giant Rock, Joshua Tree, Landers, California vortex with some of the original 50s / 60s Contactees.

Austin Pastor Fights to Spread 9/11 Truth

Submitted by Somebigguy on Sat, 08/19/2006 - 4:53am.
Religious | Video

PERRY AIDE WORKING FOR TTC's CINTRA and More

- Sal Costello [The Muckraker]

New Article Regarding Ongoing 9/11 Family Lawsuits.

Sept. 11 plaintiffs wait for answers, resolution - boston.com

Now, nearly five years after the historic disaster, roughly 60 lawsuits are still grinding their way through court. And the families pushing ahead with litigation, including numerous New Englanders, are mired in a massive legal case that has become a complicated behemoth for the federal judge overseeing it.
..
The case pits those who consider the day's events an unpreventable tragedy against others who believe government and aviation officials ignored clear warnings that such an assault was possible. That lapse, in their view, led to the deaths of beloved friends and relatives, and they now want accountability and answers.

For some litigants, their decision to sue was met by public disapproval from skeptics who questioned their motives and dismissed their quest for justice as futile. But in interviews with the Globe, many family members said they are committed to pursuing the case until government, airline, and security officials are held responsible for their roles in the attacks. And they are aware that litigation is a gamble that could produce neither answers nor money, they said.
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Still, many of the firm's clients say they sued not for financial gain, but because they believe litigation will fully reveal whether government and aviation officials could have anticipated and prevented the events of Sept. 11. Some also sued because life insurance and other “offsets” would have reduced their payments from the compensation fund, which awarded $2 million in death cases and $400,000 in injury cases, on average.

Thanks Revolution Corporation for the heads up!

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By noemail@noemail.org (dz). [911Blogger.com - Paying Attention to 9/11 Related Alternative News]

Media Minutes: August 18, 2006. The FCC opens inquiries into television stations caught airing fake news, and more evidence of continued journalistic deception is on the way. The Supreme Court agrees to hear an anti-trust case involving the nation's dominant phone companies. A federal judge strikes down the NSA's warrentless wiretapping program as unconstitutional, while several lawsuits alleging telecom complicity in the scheme are consolidated. [Media Minutes Podcast]

Homeland Security nabs Free Stater. Mark Frauenfelder:
Anonymous says:

A member of the
Free State Project, Russell Kanning, was arrested recently for attempting to distribute a flyer to IRS agents in his home town asking them to quit their job. The flyers contain anti-war content, criticism the Bush administration for its erosion of civil rights, and a form resignation letter addressed to President Bush, which he is asking IRS agents to sign. Kanning remains in a maximum security and will not be allowed visitors. The Free State Project recently passed 7,250 members more than 1/3 of its 20,000 person goal.

Link

By noemail@noemail.org (Mark Frauenfelder). [Boing Boing]

Swingin' big band song about rejecting surveillance. Cory Doctorow:
Rickie Lee Jones and former members of The Squirrel Nut Zippers, a great big-band revival act, have recorded a jumpin' number about rejecting surveillance and voting for a government that won't spy on us and take away our freedom. This is handily the catchiest political song I've ever heard, and certainly the most danceable.

MP3 Link, Link

(Thanks, Cindy!)

Update: Tom Maxwell, author of this song sez, “Ken Mosher and myself are former Squirrel Nut Zippers. The band no longer exists, and its name is owned by a candy company that might not look kindly on political content. We did the song as Maxwell/Mosher and not as the Zips.”

By noemail@noemail.org (Cory Doctorow). [Boing Boing]