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White Bird Clinic Announces New Medical Director

A resident of Eugene since 2009, Dr. Saint-Louis served as the Medical Team Leader for the Occupy Medical Clinic for 18 months...

(EUGENE) - White Bird Clinic recently named Dr. Leigh Saint-Louis as Medical Director of the White Bird Medical Clinic.

Dr. Saint-Louis is Board-certified in Family Medicine. After working for a decade as a community health organizer and perinatal peer counselor, she graduated cum laude from the University of Illinois, with a degree in Biochemistry and extensive study and research in Clinical Psychology.

September Song For A Snowbird Stock Market

I never saw a city boy yet who was worth a damn. - Ernest Hemingway.

(DAYTONA BEACH, FL) - The lament that Walter Huston commissioned for the 1938 Broadway musical "Knickerbocker Holiday," and which Sinatra crooned as late as 1946, is an apt metaphor for a stock market laboring out of Labor Day and a foreshortened hurricane season.

The factors that have been dragging on the Dow, and the portents – according to a growing number of portenders – signal that the half-assed honeymoon since Obama's first State of the Union speech is being pelted with autumn leaves falling in the narrow canyon east of Trinity Church.

Occupy Marines (OMC) Issue Statement on Obama, Future of America

The decision has been made the world over, your time has ended and we go forth to usher you and your kind from power.

(BOSTON) - As humans, when making mistakes, erring in judgment, indiscretions are a part of our learning capabilities; and learning is essential to becoming a better discretionary, leader, and human.

However, some indiscretions are inexcusable. When the consequence of a decision impacts another human life so far that, that affected life is lost or is so inadvertently altered there exists no chance for recourse.

Iran Review: Protests in Turkey: A New Wall Street in Taksim Square

Most protesters are voicing their opposition to the way chosen by Erdogan to run the country’s affairs.

(TEHRAN Iran Review) - Turkish people’s demonstrations started in late May 2013 in protest to the government’s urban development plans and gradually swept the entire nation.

Early protests, which still continue, targeted the municipal officials of the port city of Istanbul after they decided to destroy the city’s iconic Taksim (Division) Square and an adjacent park.

TURKEY: Protesters Call for Resignation of Prime Minister Erdogan

More than 100,000 Turkish protesters have gathered at Istanbul’s Taksim Square, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan.

(ISTANBUL) - The protesters occupied the iconic Taksim Square on Saturday as part of their demonstration against the government’s decision to demolish Gezi Park and replace it with an Ottoman-era military barracks to be used as a shopping mall.

Police forces clashed with protesters, using tear gas and water cannons to disperse them.

Analyzing Strategies in Nonviolent Protest

An article on Organizing strategy by Theresa Griffin-Kennedy.

(PORTLAND, OR) - In nonviolent protest, success or failure can depend on a variety of strategies that can determine the final outcome: whether or not the protesters are able to declare victory at the end of the day.

One way that “victory” can be determined, is by planning when participant departures take place and how long a protest will last.

Can True Blue Democrats Do What Other Progressives Won`t?

"The self-labeled Progressive Movement that has arisen over the past decade is primarily one big propaganda campaign" - John Stauber

(COPENHAGEN) - Sympathetic critics of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) contend that its passionate energy has faded due to massive federal, state and local government spying and police brutality.

They also cite a lack of political direction that could inspire millions of the 99% to join in, thus enabling it to be alive and kicking today.

Activist Suing Eureka Police for Violating Civil Rights During Occupy Eureka Protest

Support in the courtroom is vital...

(EUREKA, CA) - Please support the civil rights lawsuits against the Eureka cops who intimidated, hurt, stole from, incarcerated, and violated people during the Occupy Eureka demonstrations!

Verbena is suing the cops in small claims court for 3 separate arrests, massive theft, huge police attacks, for being arrested and jailed for FILMING, and being jailed for participating in a demonstration.

Ray Gun Feared as America`s Biggest Threat

Conducting interviews on this topic is the former security policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the author of the newly released book "A Nation Forsaken", F. Michael Maloof.

(WASHINGTON DC WND) - The nation's attention of late has focused on a nuclear bomb or an intense solar storm as the source of an electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, assault on the nation's vulnerable electrical grid system that could fry our electronics and wreak havoc on critical infrastructures.

Estimates are that tens of millions of fatalities could occur in the aftermath of such an event as food, fuel and power supplies evaporate and the nation is transported instantly back to the 18th-century lifestyle without a power grid or anything else electronic.

Marines Occupy Airwaves Tonight

(Program is having technical issues, should be resolved shortly!) Dial in tonight to hear Lars Ogren of OCCUPY Marines and Salem-News.com's Tim King.

(TRENTON, NJ) - The founders of Salem-News.com and OCCUPY Marines will be live tonight on psn-radio.com tonight at 8:00 p.m. EST (5:00 p..m. Pacific) to talk about the goals and aspirations of each group.

Salem-News.com and OCCUPY Marines joined forces several months ago to cross promote and assist one another, as Salem-News is founded by Veterans and has paid particular attention to issues involving the U.S. Marines.