VIDEO: National Guard members deploy to Iraq
Another group of local soldiers is making their final preparations to head overseas to Iraq. They are National Guard members who remove explosive devices and clear roads for convoys, and today they said their emotional goodbyes to friends and family.[...]Melissa Harrell of the 501st Ordnance Battalion says, “I feel honored ...
October 12, New York City, NY – The Kent State Truth Tribunal this weekend heard testimony from forensic audio scientist Stuart Allen that establishes clear orders to shoot live ammunition at unarmed protesting students by the Ohio National Guard. The tape also reveals startling evidence of an altercation with distinct ...
October 5th, 2010
October 5, New York City, NY – On October 9th &10th, 2010 filmmaker Michael Moore will again livecast the hearings of the Kent State Truth Tribunal (KSTT), streaming real time accounts of participants, witnesses and family members of the 1970 Kent State shootings that left four students dead and nine ...
Kent State: The Death of Innocence and the First Amendment
Since the beginning of 2010, the Kent State Truth Tribunal has been focused on collecting and understanding the truth about the circumstances that surrounded the killing of four students and the wounding of nine others at Kent State University in Ohio on May 4, 1970. As new evidence emerges that ...
Photography by Erika BlumenfeldThe scene is post-apocalyptic. Under a gray sky, two families play in the surf just off the beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana. To get to the beach, we walk past a red, plastic barrier fence that until very recently was there to keep people away from the ...
More on Magdzas: Iraq war veteran, Purple Heart recipient
SUPERIOR, WI - FOX 21 News looked deeper into the background of the man described by neighbors as a husband, father and Iraq war veteran. They say 23-year–old Matt Magdzas lived there with his 26-year-old wife April and their 13-month-old daughter.Pictures from a Myspace web account show the two in happy times. FOX 21 News ...
Superior police confirm murder-suicide
Superior police on Thursday confirmed the identities of the victims of an apparent homicide-suicide. Superior Police Chief Floyd Peters identified the victims as Matthew Magdzas, 23; April Oles-Magdzas, 26; and Lila Jean Magdzas, 13 months. Family members said April was approximately 8½ months pregnant.In addition, authorities found three dogs in ...
Shining a Light on the Kent State Shootings of 1970
This last weekend on August 7 and 8, the Kent State Truth Tribunal (KSTT) traveled to San Francisco to record and preserve narratives from west coast-based original witnesses to and participants in the 1970 Kent State shootings. My sister Allison Krause was one of the four students killed at Kent ...
Victim's sister records stories from Kent State
It happened a long time ago in a state on the other side of the country, but the day Ohio National Guardsmen killed four students at Kent State University during an anti-war protest is still a fresh hurt for Laurel Krause.Her sister, 19-year-old freshman Allison Krause, was one of those ...
'Don't ask' critic Dan Choi honorably discharged
One of the most vocal critics of the military's “don't ask, don't tell” policy has been honorably discharged for being in violation of the policy.Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and first lieutenant with the Army National Guard, said he learned of the decision on Thursday. “It's painful mostly, not ...
VIDEO: Gay soldier's discharge delivered to parents' Tustin home
TUSTIN – A letter notifying gay activist soldier Lt. Daniel Choi of honorable discharge was delivered to his parents' house in Tustin at the end of June. Choi said he learned of the discharge from the New York Army National Guard on Thursday, when his commander called to give him ...
Unjustified, Indefensible, Wrong
My sister Allison Krause was one of four students killed in the 1970 Kent State shootings. You may have heard about that day in American history - May 4, 1970 - when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students protesting the invasion of Cambodia. Some of those killed ...
Vermont soldier dies in Afghanistan bombing
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A 25-year-old soldier from Vermont was killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan, the Vermont National Guard said Saturday night. Spc. Ryan J. Grady of West Burke died Saturday after his military vehicle struck a roadside bomb near the Bagram Air Base, the National Guard said. ...
Soldier from Fall River dies in blast in Afghanistan
FALL RIVER — As Lydia Andrews pulled into her driveway Monday afternoon and saw the military officials and police parked in front of her three-decker, her heart sank. Her son, Alfred, told relatives he had a similar foreboding the day before, on Father’s Day, when his son did not call ...
Family, friends and fellow soldiers of Sgt. Patrick McCaffrey gathered to remember the Army National Guardsman who was killed 6 years ago in Iraq.A memorial ride from Livermore to the Tracy War Memorial was held Saturday afternoon. Family and friends took turns speaking about McCaffrey was killed in Balad Iraq ...
Senate moves forward with war funding bill after dismissing litany of amendments
The Senate moved ahead with a war supplemental funding bill on Thursday after it cleared a key procedural hurdle. Senators voted 69-29 to end debate on the legislation and invoke cloture after dismissing a number of amendments to the legislation this morning. The vote clears the way for senators to ...
Army UH-60 Black Hawk drops in for a visit at Torrington High School
TORRINGTON, CT — While their classmates were busy taking notes and handing in homework Tuesday, a lucky group of Torrington High School students were strapping into their seats aboard one of the military’s most prized combat vehicles.As part of an ongoing recruiting effort, the Army and the Conn. National Guard ...
Kent State shooting victim seeks action based on tape
One of the Kent State University students shot by Ohio National Guardsmen during antiwar protests on May 4, 1970 is seeking a new investigation of the incident, based on evidence uncovered by The Plain Dealer.Alan Canfora said Monday he will ask U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Ohio Attorney General ...
Gulf slick spreads west, BP tries another cover
ROBERT, Louisiana – The huge slick from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill threatened Louisiana shores west of the Mississippi Delta on Monday as BP Plc said it will again attempt to contain the oil leak, this time with a much smaller funnel than it tried before.National Guard helicopters in ...
BP sprays more chemicals into main Gulf oil leak
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO – A remote-controlled submarine shot a chemical dispersant into the maw of a massive undersea oil leak Monday, further evidence that authorities expect the gusher to keep erupting into the Gulf of Mexico for weeks or more.Crews using the deep-sea robot attempted to thin the ...
1970 Kent State shootings become enduring history lesson
Forty springs ago, on the day the Vietnam War came home as it never had before, Mary Ann Vecchio was there. She's the girl in the haunting photo — crying, kneeling over the student's body.That was Kent State University, May 4, 1970, a few days after Richard Nixon, who'd campaigned ...
Families still search for answers in Kent State tragedy
Laurel Krause looks back on that last weekend with her big sister as a treasure.It was April 1970 and 15-year-old Laurel Krause took a train from Pittsburgh to Ohio to visit her sister, Allison, at Kent State University.They celebrated Allison's 19th birthday on April 23 and had put away their ...
Kent, Ohio – On May 1, 2010 the Kent State Truth Tribunal will launch a four-day truth-seeking initiative that will examine the deaths and injuries of student protestors at a 1970 campus rally over the invasion of Cambodia. Dozens of witnesses and participants are scheduled to share their accounts over ...
2 Iraq vets arraigned in Chesco armory fire
PHOENIXVILLE — Two Royersford men were arraigned in Phoenixville District Court Friday afternoon on charges they allegedly set fire to the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory along Rapps Dam Road on April 15.Dominic Toye Majors and Guy Carlton Jones, both 20, of Royersford, are charged with arson, burglary, possession of explosive/incendiary ...
Michael Moore to Broadcast Kent State Truth Tribunal for 1970 Campus Shootings of War Protesters
Kent, Ohio – On May 1-4, 2010 filmmaker Michael Moore will livecast the hearings of the Kent State Truth Tribunal, streaming in real time the accounts of participants, witnesses and family members of the 1970 Kent State shootings that left four students dead and nine injured. The livecast is the ...
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June 5th, 2013
Here's How We Built a Movie Theater for the People – and Why the MPAA Says It's #1 in the World
This past week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main federation of Hollywood's six major studios, posted on their web site a list of what they believe ...
March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
America, You Must Not Look Away (How to Finish Off the NRA)
The year was 1955. Emmett Till was a young African American boy from Chicago visiting relatives in Mississippi. One day Emmett was seen "flirting" with ...
February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
February 26th, 2013
Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
September 11th, 2010
If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
OpenMike 9/11/10 Michael Moore's daily blog I am opposed to the building of the "mosque" two blocks from Ground Zero. I want it built on ...
December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that ...
May 12th, 2011
Some Final Thoughts on the Death of Osama bin Laden
"The Nazis killed tens of MILLIONS. They got a trial. Why? Because we're not like them. We're Americans. We roll different." – Michael Moore in ...
November 22nd, 2011
Where Does Occupy Wall Street Go From Here?
This past weekend I participated in a four-hour meeting of Occupy Wall Street activists whose job it is to come up with the vision and ...
September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
I encourage everyone I know to never travel to Georgia, never buy anything made in Georgia, to never do business in Georgia. I will ask ...
December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
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Why have you started a comedy festival in northern Michigan in the middle of winter?
Because if you were here in the dead of winter in the middle of nowhere (which is actually somewhere to us), you'd need a few laughs too ... Continue Reading
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