politics for the 99%

first this:

• FULL video: Black Man KILLED After NYPD Cop Puts Him In CHOKEHOLD For Breaking Up a FIGHT, 3.53 min, uploaded by Forever Stars, July 19, 2014: Advocates and family members are demanding answers following the death of a man who had a heart attack and died in police custody after officers put him in a chokehold – a tactic prohibited by NYPD policy …;
• Dozens arrested as NYC protests Eric Garner decision, on Russia Today RT, Dec 4, 2014: At least 30 people were arrested by the New York Police Department on Wednesday evening, as thousands of protesters flooded city streets after a grand jury declined to indict an officer for killing a Staten Island man via chokehold …;
• LIVE UPDATES on Russia Today RT, Published time Dec 4, 2014;

Related Links:

• Jon Stewart on Eric Garner: I Honestly Don’t Know What to Say [VIDEO 3.38 min] on GAWKER, by Taylor Berman, Dec 4, 2014;
• Eric Garner: Rev Al Sharpton reacts to grand jury decision, on BBCnews, Dec 4, 2014;
• Johnson: 5 Reasons Feminists Should Join the Fight for Justice in Ferguson, on ZNet (Source: Feminist Foundation), by JESSICA JOHNSON, Dec 4, 2014;
• Thousands Protest Police Brutality While NBC Airs Celebrity Concert, on GAWKER, by Gabrielle Bluestone, Dec 3, 2014;
• Ferguson Was the Spark — Eric Garner Is the Fire, on TIME, by John McWhorter, Dec 3, 2014;
• Racial Divide – The Tragedy of America’s First Black President, on Spiegel Online International, by Markus Feldenkirchen and Holger Stark, Dec 3, 2014 (18 Photos in the Gallery): Police killings of black youth in Ferguson and Cleveland have outraged many in the US. The tragic events show how deep the societal divide remains between blacks and whites. Many have given up hope that President Obama can change anything …;
  see specially this graphic: African American as a Percentage of the US Population: in different colors from up to 5% – 50% or more; average = 12.6%;
• The Eric Garner Case Weakens the Argument for Police Body Cameras, on Blommberg Businessweek, by Peter Coy, Dec 3, 2014;
• 1 Marine vs. 30 Cops: Sgt. Shamar Thomas (By. J. handy), 5.31 min, uploaded by Jannah Handy, Oct 16, 2011;
• NYPD Publicly Executes Eric Garner For Illegal Cigarettes, 13.10 min, uploaded by TheAdviseShowTV, July 22, 2014;
• Unseen Video Of Eric Garner Death: Over 7 minutes handcuffed not breathing NYPD chokehold AFTERMATH, 7.35 min, uploaded by Sylor R, July 19, 2014: Eric Garner laying on ground not breathing for over 5 minutes, no resuscitation, he is placed on stretcher and taken into ambulance;
• more videos about Eric Garner on YouTube-search;
• Eric Gamer on Google Images-search;

on en.wikipedia:

• Death of Eric Garner, /See also;
• List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States … (only) during July 2014, /See also;
• Law enforcement, /See also; /External Links;

Other Links:

Haunting: Rare Chernobyl drone footage reveals devastation in Pripyat exclusion zone, on Russia Today RT [VIDEOS, PHOTOS], Dec 3, 2014;

Worst corporate hack? Leaked Sony docs reveal Sony salaries, employee details, on Russia Today RT, Dec 3, 2014;

Reading Samir Amin on Zmag, Reviews of 2 books by Seth Sandronsky, Okt 27, 2014:

• The Implosion of Contemporary Capitalism,
• Three Essays on Marx’s Value Theory
  (both on Monthly Review Press, 2013);

… and this:

• sinfonia celtica ( QUILT ), 3.38 min, uploaded by Armando Rondon, June 3, 2008 … and many other music videos in autoplay;

… und noch dies:

• Sahra Wagenknecht: Merkels Schuldenbremse heißt Sozialabbau …, 30.31 min, von Fraktion DIE LINKE im Bundestag, Nov 26, 2014: Haushaltsdebatte über den Kanzleretat 2015.