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Won't Get Fooled Again

by

The Who

Full lyrics after the jump.

Danny
Communications Director

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We'll be hand addressing postcards to inactive DFA members to get them re-energized.  Easy, fun, and quick events.

Both are Sat, June 21, 11am

Clearwater:  Samm Simpson's North County Office

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/events/29635-unity-action-event

St. Pete:  Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/events/29636-unity-action-event

Please RSVP at above links, or call Mike Fox at 727-320-4502

Onward and upward!

(Editor's Note: Click Here to find a Unity Action event near you.  Thanks.  Danny, Communications Director)

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Sen. Edward Kennedy speaking at the 1980 Democractic National Convention:

(This is just audio of the speech)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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Working for the Clampdown

Performed by The Clash

Full lyrics after the jump.

Danny
Communications Director

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45 years ago today, civil rights activist and pioneer Medgar Evers was shot and killed.  From South Mississippi's Sun Herald:

Evers was shot shortly after midnight on June 12 as he got out of his car and dragged himself to the back door of his home, where he died in front of his wife and three children.

A short video on Medgar Evers' work and life:

This video examines Evers' drive to get blacks to vote, the hardships they encountered at the registration office, his murder in his driveway, how the police tried to provoke violence at his funeral, and how all-white juries refused to convict his killer in the 1960's.

Danny
Communications Director

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The Washington Post reports on the General Motors plant closings:

General Motors will close four of its truck and SUV plants in coming months, expand production of its more fuel efficient cars and move forward with development of an electric vehicle, as the auto giant adapts to skyrocketing energy costs and changing consumer preferences.

Danny

Communications Director

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The New York Times reports on Vladimir Putin's efforts to silence his critics and keep them off the airwaves:

On a talk show last fall, a prominent political analyst named Mikhail G. Delyagin had some tart words about Vladimir V. Putin. When the program was later televised, Mr. Delyagin was not.

Not only were his remarks cut — he was also digitally erased from the show, like a disgraced comrade airbrushed from an old Soviet photo. (The technicians may have worked a bit hastily, leaving his disembodied legs in one shot.)

Mr. Delyagin, it turned out, has for some time resided on the so-called stop list, a roster of political opponents and other critics of the government who have been barred from TV news and political talk shows by the Kremlin.

The stop list is, as Mr. Delyagin put it, “an excellent way to stifle dissent.”

Danny

Communications Director