My audio slideshow of the protest on Wall Street on September 25, 2008. Protest Against the Bush Bailout on Wall Street from lee-sean on Vimeo. Also on YouTube and Blip.tv. Photos on Flickr.

Your money is being given away by the government to big corporations who are in trouble because they made a lot of bad bets on inherently risky investment products. Click here to send a letter to your Senators and Representatives, demanding them to take a stand against public liability for private debt. Learn more at [...]

CITIZENS STAND AGAINST BAILOUTS WITH PETITION AND INTERNET SITE EndBailouts.org established 24 hours after bailout plan was announced A group of outraged American businesspeople and academics from Arizona, New York, and California are taking a stand against the proposed $1 trillion plan to use taxpayer dollars to absorb bad debts from private corporations. EndBailouts.org, the [...]

I just got an email from Paul Hilder of Avaaz.org about a Global Handshake for the China Olympics: As the Beijing Olympics begin, the world looks on with mixed emotions. It’s a moment which should bring us closer together, and Chinese citizens deserve their excitement — but the Chinese government still hasn’t opened meaningful dialogue [...]

Boris Dittrich, Advocacy Director of LGBT Rights at Human Rights Watch, has been nominated for the Jos Brink Prize, award by the Dutch government for outstanding work on furthering LGBT human rights. Before coming to HRW, Boris was member of the Dutch Parliament.  He sponsored a bill on the opening of civil marriage to same [...]