New York City – American-Rattlesnake http://american-rattlesnake.org Immigration News, Analysis, and Activism Wed, 22 Nov 2017 19:42:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.11 Sharia Law Wants Your Money http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/09/sharia-law-wants-your-money/ http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/09/sharia-law-wants-your-money/#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2017 18:01:12 +0000 http://american-rattlesnake.org/?p=25702 September 1, 2017 — NYC. The stealth jihad rolled through Broadway, as the end of Eid brought the inglorious UNVEILING of an Eid al-Adha advertisement to the Nasdaq MarketSite on Times Square.

Read more about Sharia’s financial creep.

The Council for American-Islamic Relations had partnered with Wahed Investment to promote Halal investing on the NASDAQ electronic billboard.

CAIR claims to be a Civil Rights Group, in fact, it is HAMAS in the US” [#TruthAboutCAIR]

Wahed Investment is “Revolutionizing Halal Investing”.

Sharia investment brings with it slavery, homophobia, and misogyny. Is the check good? “Light the lights. Curtain up.”

Sharia-based finance has been shown to have a nasty dark side. Forbes discussed the unique aspects of Islamic finance in 2011:

Islamic finance is not confined to Muslim countries but is spread over Europe, the United States and the Far East; nor is it limited to Islamic borrowers, but is also used by many companies as an alternative source of funds. The principles of Islamic banking are similar in many respects to conventional banking, asset financing and project financing principles commonly used and applied under English law worldwide. Islamic Finance is the application of the Sharia to the finance sector.

So Nasdaq bowed to the CAIR Lobby because petrodollars talked. 

Nasdaq is sliding down that slippery slope: CAIR. Hamas. Sharia. Have they no shame?

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9/11 is a Day of Mourning and Remembrance http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/09/911-is-a-day-of-mourning-and-remembrance/ http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/09/911-is-a-day-of-mourning-and-remembrance/#comments Mon, 11 Sep 2017 21:56:35 +0000 http://american-rattlesnake.org/?p=25766

It’s a day the left would rather we ignore. It’s a day that Islamic supremacists secretly and not so secretly celebrate. It’s a day the elites call a day of service. In service to whom? The attackers? The simpering soft selling and apologetics is a deliberate distraction and a diversion from discussing the enemy and their ideology. September 11th is national day of mourning. Period.  (Pamela Geller)

A day that lives in Infamy.

View from World Trade Center pit- 2006

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What caught my eye, as I got closer, was the Jewish bagpiper playing Amazing Grace and the towers of  blue light shining to the heavens. It reminds us that this is a Day of Remembrance and a Day of Mourning.


Never, Never, NEVER FORGET!

Sadly, in 2017, the truth is silenced and the enemy grows bolder.  The following video, “Can’t We Talk About This,” is an important tool in educating people about the fight against Islamic Terrorism. Never Give In.

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Illegal Aliens Denounce American Freedoms at New York and Boston Rallies http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/08/illegal-aliens-denounce-american-freedoms-at-new-york-and-boston-rallies/ http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/08/illegal-aliens-denounce-american-freedoms-at-new-york-and-boston-rallies/#respond Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:47:02 +0000 http://american-rattlesnake.org/?p=25626 August 15, 2017 — NYC

The first day of protests were ineffectually angry. The second day was full of happy hate against President Trump. Day three of the hatefest saw illegal aliens and their allies denouncing American democracy, freedoms of free speech and assembly, and the rule of law itself in both Manhattan and Boston.

Read more of their lies and their constant attempts to use the police to silence the patriotic opposition.

Hating on Donald Trump and his racist buddy, Mike Pence, with cries of IMPEACH! was de rigueur.

The protest theme might have confused some passersby: defend DACA and TPS illegals (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status).

“… we have to prepare for the worst and get ready to fight mass deportation. We showed up at airports to fight the Muslim and Refugee Ban and now DREAMers and people who have lived here legally for decades with TPS are in imminent danger.”

The chants also included support of the DACA illegals and their dream of a  DREAM ActNo borders. No walls. No Hate. No Fear. Immigrants are welcome here, they chanted, as they continued to unload on Trump.

The hard-core fascist left made it clear: this was definitely another Trump-Pence hatefest.

Day 3 – Flickr slide show

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Scheduled from 5 to 7 pm — they stayed long past 7 pm — the illegals and their marxist chums wouldn’t leave. NEITHER did the patriots retreat! The protest and counter-protest rolled on into the dark of night.

With signs like, “White silence equals white consent,” and, “Go back to hell, you white supremacist piece of shit”, one asks the question, “Can you feel the LOVE?”

Back to the beginning. 5 pm, when the patriots began their counter-protest of flags and signs on the east side of Fifth Ave., a public sidewalk, next to the Defend DACA pen. But that was soon ended by decree: the anti-fascist fascists proclaimed, “OUR sidewalk. Our streets. Get them outta here.”

And so — the officers did just that, after about 30 minutes of the left’s whining, the police closed a public sidewalk to everyone but the anti-Trump rally.

The patriots were banished to the west side of Fifth Ave. (The leftist fascists made that complicated TOO.)

No matter the harassment, the patriots did not vacate (the police knew they had a right of peaceful assembly). The west side of Fifth remained their bully pulpit.


I edited a periscope video of street action. It was an hour 23 minutes. A one-time experiment (for me) using periscope. Edited to about 13 minutes.

Clearly, patriotism “Trumped Hate”! Why else do they attempt to SILENCE us.

7 pm came and the DACA rally was herded one block south into another pen. When asked WHY the DACA  protest was still going 20 minutes after their permit, a white-shirted officer played dumb.

He asked me, What time is it?”

I informed him,”7:20.”

“Oh…” was his reply as he walked away.

Flickr slide show of screen shots from periscope video.  It wound-up being the only record of some of the signs.

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The fascist left stayed on as the Trump-Pence hatred resonated with signs like “Worst President EVER”.

The patriots kept moving, NO stopping allowed, while the anti-fascist fascists continued to mix with and harass the patriots, even advocating murder.

A leftist professor from Staten Island stopped, stood, and LECTURED the people sitting on the steps of the Presbyterian church at 55th St. for about five minutes.

Around 8 PM, the second wave of patriots willingly moved to a pen at 56th St. where a patriot was sucker-punched.

Pictures from the arrest (thank you Karen L)

Regarding “the assault” of a MAGA counter-protestor :

“Two people were arrested during a second wave of protests at Trump Tower on Tuesday, police said.

Roughly 500 demonstrators gathered around the building and faced off with about two dozen Trump supporters. At 9:30 p.m., a protester walked up to someone in the pro-Trump camp (Tim) and punched him in the face as the victim chanted at those opposed to Trump. Cops quickly arrested the attacker.”

Boston saw agitation of its own on August 19. The FASCIST LEFT continued to assault free speech, these club-wielding mobs, self-righteously bludgeoned the American right, justifying violence. “FREE SPEECH For ME, NOT For THEE,” seems to be their unspoken motto.

The Boston Police were awesome. Protecting the Boston FREE SPEECH rally-mates who had a Constitutional right to assemble, but the mob was uncontrollable.

Where THUGS Rule, violence is KING.

Some final thoughts from a Facebook friend attorney on the tenor of these protests and free speech:

(…) “free speech” (…), it’s about the freedom to express, not the freedom to shout louder than someone else so they can’t be heard. It’s about providing everyone with the right to express their views, not about allowing them to infringe other people’s rights.

…if you don’t protect unpopular speech, other forms of speech are vulnerable.

You get to PROTEST. You don’t get to interrupt, quash, drown out, or SILENCE someone else’s views.

Well, I guess in today’s world you DO. Today, you tear down a statue because of its symbolism, or have someone fired because his beliefs are abhorrent.

” Tomorrow, you burn books and lock up “undesirables.”

The New Tyranny — America 2017 — Shut up or DIE”
As the LIES rolls on…

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Trump Haters Hatefest in New York http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/08/trump-haters-hatefest-in-new-york/ http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/08/trump-haters-hatefest-in-new-york/#comments Sun, 20 Aug 2017 16:32:13 +0000 http://american-rattlesnake.org/?p=25600 Sunday, August 13, 2017 — 2 PM — NYC, Columbus Circle to Trump Tower

The usual anti-fascist FASCIST THUGS gathered at the entrance to Central Park, coinciding with demonstrations in Union Square and Brooklyn. The same people repeated the same themes of past protests. “This Nightmare Must End: the Trump Pence Regime Must Go.”  However, after Charlottesville, things morphed. New memes and themes were added like“Take to the Streets, Condemn the Racist, Murdering Nazi Thugs”. BUT, we still heard “In the Name of Humanity, We Refuse a FASCIST America.”  the organizer was RefuseFascism .org .

Read more for the details of these fascists harassing Trump supporters.

Since there was no violence-prone antifas on site, the only thugs were the usual anti-fascist FASCISTS of Refuse Fascism. Some were assigned to certain photographers — who have no rights in a public square — (that would be me).

I was constantly shoved, blocked, and followed the whole hour they were at Columbus Circle. No police were interested UNTIL I body-blocked an anti-fascist Fascist blonde interloper who photo-bombed the Trump counter-protest of three. NOW that got the police got involved.

The blonde set out to obscure the offending signs since OPPOSITION of THOUGHT is NOT ALLOWED.  I joined the fray and blocked her.

She WHINED to the police who said “LEAVE HER ALONE.” SHE had a right to be there and harass us. Her cohorts grew to three committed sign-blockers before fading away.

The Support President Trump counter-protest grew. They picked up a Brit, a Muslim woman, along with a Russian woman and two 20-something young women.

The Trumpers held their ground against the hostile anti-fascist fascists.

The Muslim woman was very outspoken and her enthusiasm was much appreciated.

There was one man of color who embarrassed his children with an expletive-laced tirade on skin color, racism, and WHITE HATE aimed at the Trump counter-protesters, “You got to be taught….”

What a putz!

After an hour, the fascists marched to Trump Tower, leaving behind a couple of ringers who motor-mouthed any one who tried to debate reasonably. They sucked the life out of any exchange of ideas with long-winded talking points; never, NEVER allowing a RESPONSE.

Deep thinking protestors — now that’s the ticket to their success:

On the next day, August 14th, the anti-fascist Fascists took to the streets outside Trump Tower to condemn (again) those racist, fascist, kitten-killing, instant-coffee-drinking murderers in the White House. American Rattlesnake will continue its coverage and bring you the next day’s events in my next post.

 

Flickr Slide show

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Video playlist

 

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Hoisting Linda Sarsour and Letitia James By Their Own Petards http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/07/hoisting-linda-sarsour-and-letitia-james-by-their-own-petards/ http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/07/hoisting-linda-sarsour-and-letitia-james-by-their-own-petards/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:08:23 +0000 http://american-rattlesnake.org/?p=25398 Two women have become important mouthpieces for the radicalized left in New York: Letitia James and Linda Sarsour. Letitia James has served as New York City’s Public Advocate since her election in 2014. Linda Sarsour evangelizes Islam to the left as a private citizen, but she has aspirations for political office.

Let’s throw some light on their rabble-rousing accusations. Both claim to be proud Americans — patriots who are RECLAIMING America. They are saving our Constitution… from those hateful, racist Republicans. Are you buying what they are selling? Maybe not. Sadly, there are plenty of buyers.

They speak for progressives — not the average American. They speak for the Bernie-Sanders-loving collectivist left. They masquerade as patriots and the mainstream media LOVES them.

They are loved by young people. A generation is being primed to RESIST for the REVOLUTION. Danger lurks in the hearts of the Millennial/Alphabet Gens that these women court. Their audience is a generation fed a steady diet of lies, propaganda, fake news, and fake history . The youngest generation of lefties cheer and pump their fists to these women’s rhetoric. The youth are ready for CHANGE as they take to the streets.

I witness the same scenarios over and over again. The seeds of INSURRECTION are nurtured at protest after protest. I call it TREASON. Their message is fed uncritically to the masses through our media, our entertainment, and our schools. There is no competing voice of reason for American patriotism from the right for young New Yorkers.

Nothing damns them so much as their own words. Read on for their self-incriminating speeches.

First up, the words of NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, then Linda Sarsour. Both were central agitators at the July 2nd Emergency Town Hall.  From Wikipedia:

Letitia A. “Tish” James is an American lawyer, activist, and politician in the Democratic Party. She is the current and fourth New York City Public Advocate and first African American woman to hold citywide office. … Howard University School of Law. … admitted to practice law in New York state in 1989. James is the first member of the Working Families Party to win office in New York State and the first third-party member to be elected to the NYC Council since 1977.

Feb.6, 2017 : Washington Sq – Flashback “Tish” James quotes:

If you honor the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, then you have an obligation. Whenever you see a government that is lawless, you’ve got an obligation  and a duty to RESIST. RESIST. RESIST.

We’ve got an obligation and a duty to fight back… to protect the marginalized community and vulnerable community … we’ve got to protect those who they are coming after.

We’ve got to stand with them. Rise them. And let them know that THIS is the America that we love and we’ll FIGHT for it.

We are a city made great by the blood, sweat and tears of immigrants and refugees. And we will not close our borders. We will not close our shores …. [New York City] is an immigrant town and a sanctuary city and we will protect that right.

And so we’ve gotta stand up to the Federal Government. We’ve gotta stand up to bullies. We’ve gotta stand up to an administration that is “too male, too pale and too stale”.

We will not be silent in the face of this oppression, in the face of this discrimination; in the face of HATE. We will not normalize hate.

This is MY country and I will DEFEND the rights of immigrants and refugees. Mr. President, you and your Executive Orders, you have turned back progress for decades.  That puts you on notice, we will resist and we will ultimately see you in court.

I say to Donald Trump, you are NOT my President. I will resist you and stand up to you and I know there is an ARMY out there that will join me.

I need my young people to organize and organize and organize. It is up to you, to get out in the streets, to protect your colleagues, to protect your students, your neighbor and to PROTECT your COUNTRY.

June 29, 2017 — Letitia James sounds like she’s speaking to the Comintern:

Say it Loud. Say it Clear .Immigrants are welcome here. Refugees are welcome here. Grandparents are welcome here. Your entire family is welcome here.

[At] JFK airport to greet immigrants who are only seeking freedom and opportunity, we can not grow tired (or weary) now. We cannot cower now. WE cannot be fearful now.

We gotta rise up and resist with every fiber of our being […] because we are in a CONSTITUTIONAL crisis. We are at WAR with ourselves. This is not America. Our Values.

On this Independence Weekend let us rise up and DEFEND the Constitution. No Wall with separate us. No Ban will stop us.

[…]

Make sure individuals will feel welcome here. Comfort here. We will continue to embrace them.

We will continue to challenge this UN-Constitutional Ban by an illegitimate President [… ] because THIS is Democracy and THIS is what makes America great: ALL of us HERE together. (CHEERS)

I know these are very VERY troubling times. But we cannot grow weary. We cannot be afraid. Understand, we are all in this together. When they come after one group their going to come after ALL of us. So we must ALL stand together.

Say it loud say it clear that immigrants and REFUGEES are welcome here. They’re part of the HUMAN family.

This is nothing but a MUSLIM Ban. A Muslim BAN. So we need to say that MUSLIMS are Americans too and they need to be treated with respect. They need to know that the law covers them as well.

So I stand with you today. I hope to see you at the airport. As we raise our voices. As we continue to RESIST this administration [… ] and all that we stand for and all that we value.

And on the 4th — instead of going to a B-B-Q go to JFK. Instead of fireworks. Instead of taking a day off, sitting by the beach/lying in the sun: Go to JFK!  Let everyone know that we stand for something. That the Millennials — Gen C , they believe in others. That it’s not about themselves. All will work together to make this a more perfect society.

What we must do together, stand up and defend America and its values. DEFEAT Islamophobia and all those who HATE people who are different. Diversity is our strength. We gotta celebrate that. Thank you for recognizing that ALL of us are Americans.

I’m a Muslim tonight. I’m Gay tonight. I’m Latino tonight.  I’m Black tonight. We are all one. No distinction. We are all one.

Let us rise up together. Let us stand together.”(CHEERS) 

 Letitia was followed by the keynote advocate for insurrection, Linda Sarsour.

Sarsour, in her resignation letter from her position as executive director of the Brooklyn-based Arab American Association of New York, wrote, “We are in a critical moment as a country and I feel compelled to focus my energy on the national level and building the capacity of the progressive movement, so it is with a heavy heart that I announce that I will be leaving my post as the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York.

Linda Sarsour  is a Brooklyn native. She is oldest of seven children born to a pair of Palestinian immigrants.

Linda Sarsour quotes from Union Square — June 29th, 2017:

I feel like I’m having the same conversation like – every week. I came here to say what I say to New Yorkers, and in any platform that I have (had?)  before the elections, THIS is NOT normal.

Remind yourselves that you live in a country with a President and an administration that is NOT normal.

This ban is a Muslim refugee ban. No other way to describe it.

As a country that passed marriage equality (sends a message) nobody gets to decide who our families are.  We get to say who our family is and what constitutes a bona fide relationship. We have people whose grandparents and aunts and uncles are their primary guardians.

When we allow the federal government to tell us who our family members are, we undermine the decades of work that people  have done in this country, for us to define our families and what makes up the people that we love. (applause- cheers)

This ban impacts most directly the people who need us most – people who need critical medical care – who can die if they don’t come to this country and have access to the type of health care services we have.

This is a ban  that keeps out the refugees – the very people – impacted by war and conflict that WE are instigating and fueling with our tax payer dollars and WE tell them they can’t come find refuge in our country.

We should be ashamed that there are people living in refugee camps — victims of terrorism and violence.  And we are telling them that they do not belong here and can’t come into our country.  I say we have to stay loud and outraged every single day.

I am fueled my perpetual outrage at this administration.

Sisters and brothers, our country has done horrific things to many communities BEFORE Muslims.  We have a history of doing unthinkable things to communities … a precedent that our nation has set forth  for different elements of our society. I want you to join me – to be part of the NEVER AGAIN generation. I will not allow horrific things to happen to any community on my watch or on your watch.

So, there was NO partial victory. There was NO limitation to this ban. There was just a rejuvenation of what this administration tried to do from Muslim Ban 1, Muslim Ban 2.0 and now we’re at the Supreme Court.

AND for those who know the history of the Supreme Court, THEY DON’T ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING.

If we have any folks resigning from the Supreme Court anytime soon – guess what – on the record – and this may not be the most professional thing you ever heard me say, WE ARE SCREWED.

If we have resignations in the  Supreme Court at this moment – all of our issues – from marriage equality, voters rights, reproductive rights, abortion, to immigration, to this ban – are ALL going to be rolled back.

I want you to stay woke…. as our black sisters and brothers teach us :  outraged . informed. [Bold added — Editor]

[“Woke” is a slang term that is easing into the mainstream from some varieties of a dialect called African American Vernacular English. In AAVE, awake is often rendered as woke, as in, “I was sleeping, but now I’m woke.” ‘Woke‘ is increasingly used as a byword for social awareness.) …. Arggh….]

Most importantly, you gotta stay united because our opposition is trying to divide and conquer us on issues. And what we’re saying to them is that we are intellectual enough. Loving enough.  That we will not be divided based on the issues we are most passionate —-  that we care about.

We will be intersectional in our organizing and we will show up for one another cause that’s what we do as the American people. (CHEERS)

So…what am I asking you to do? Three things: 

1. social media
2. phone call elected officials
3. show up – public spaces presence extremely critical must be outraged on THE STREETS .  (CHEERS )

And I will end by saying this, I am a proud American and the way that I express my patriotism is through DISSENT, because dissent is the HIGHEST form of patriotism.

SO, if you LOVE your country, you fight hard to make your country the greatest nation on earth, because right now this country has a far way of going —

Until we have health care for everyone who needs health care, women have full agency of their bodies, until we have immigration reform, until we end mass incarceration and UNTIL we become a nation that welcomes ALL immigrants in this country,  until then we are NOT the greatest nation on this earth.

So — stay strong (fist held high above her head). Stay united and stay organized.

WHAT are they fighting for. WHOSE America?

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Iftar at Tiffany’s http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/06/iftar-at-tiffanys/ http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/06/iftar-at-tiffanys/#respond Fri, 30 Jun 2017 19:22:26 +0000 http://american-rattlesnake.org/?p=25368 On June 20, 6 PM,  African Communities Together (ACT) and City of Refuge Coalition partners gathered at 59th St. and 5th Ave., two blocks away from Tiffany’s. Despite lots of signs and those orange dinghies, it was low-key at this point. Voice of America did a few interviews, but the march and the Iftar were the main events. An Iftar “is the ceremonial ‘breaking of fast’ observed by Muslims during the month of Ramadan.”

Read more about these foreigners’ demands on American streets.

NYC World Refugee Day  – Stop the Refugee Ban, Save Asylum and Defend Temporary Protected Status (TPS)”

6:30pm – 7:30pm: March to/ Rally at Trump World Tower and Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenue)

8:30pm – 9:30pm: Interfaith Iftar at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza (47th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenue)

I focused on the preliminaries and their signs of LOVE and INCLUSION (for everyone except Donald Trump and patriotic Americans).

The orange dinghy brigade returned, waiting in the background.

No love for anything Trump.

Voice of America interviewed many participants, including this familiar protestor.

6:30 pm and the march to the U.N. was almost ready to go… until someone picked up those ORANGE dinghys.

The parade passed by, mostly for the benefit of a sympathetic media corps.

The sponsors were the usual suspects:

A Flickr slide show:

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As expected, they made sure the “Iftar for infidels” would be covered — links were easy to find.  Videos posted show happy infidels praying at the Iftar — in the name of PEACE — snookered in to praying Islam:

Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition

The Interfaith Center of New York Lab/Shul

Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus

Jews for Racial and Economic Justice [JFREJ

One wonders how many of these groups would be welcome in Mecca.

New Yorkers rally on World Refugee Day

 

African Communities Together
We thank our faith leaders, who led us in prayer and unity on #WorldRefugeeDay

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Image may contain: 5 people, people smiling, people standing and outdoor

Photo Credits: David Moriya

African Communities Together and Audu Kadiri

“Thanks to everyone for organizing such an inspirational demonstration….The Iftar meal was delicious! —The Last Raft.

The Observer:

“The action […] condemned the administration’s efforts to bar refugees from war-torn Syria and other Muslim lands and defended Temporary Protected Status, which gives arrivals from nations enduring an armed conflict or natural disaster deportation immunity and work authorization. The march kicked off on 59th Street and Fifth Avenue and concluded […] (when) demonstrators held an interfaith iftar—the evening meal breaking the daytime fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

“We are celebrating the heritage and existence of refugees in this country and throughout the world,” Fatou Waggeh, a civic organizer for African Communities Together[…] “But we’re also coming together as a community to say that we stand against the refugee ban.”

“Waggeh recalled “feeling very sad and depressed” when Trump was elected in November but that she is now feeling “mobilized and hopeful.”‘

World Refugee Day #CityOfRefuge

Watch Live: It's #WorldRefugeeDay we are here in NYC with the #CityOfRefuge coalition to end the refugee ban, protect asylum and save TPS.With African Services Committee, Arab American Association of New York, The Arab-American Family Support Center, Asian American Federation, Atlas: DIY, CAIR-New York, Catholic Charities Community Services, Democratic Socialists of America, Episcopal Migration Ministries, Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition, HIAS, Immigrant Defense Project, The Interfaith Center of New York, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice [JFREJ], Lab/Shul, Make the Road New York, MinKwon Center for Community Action 민권센터, MPower Change, Muslim Community Network, National Domestic Workers Alliance, The Interfaith Center of New York, Resist Here, Resist Trump New York, RUSA LGBT – Russian-Speaking American LGBT Association, Russian-Speaking Community Council of Manhattan & the Bronx, Inc. (RCCMB), Sauti Yetu Center for African Women, Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus, 32BJ SEIU, Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ), Showing Up for Racial Justice – SURJ, NYC The New York Immigration Coalition, Queer Detainee Empowerment Project, We Dream In Black – National Domestic Workers Alliance, Working Families Party, Urban Justice Center, The Workmen's Circle, Veterans for American Ideals

Posted by Working Families Party on Tuesday, June 20, 2017


NYCDSA, The DSA Immigration Justice Working Group, also known as the NYC Democratic Socialists of America:

Just remember: It’s not you. It’s Capitalism

 PressSenza:

“United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on the international community to provide support and solidarity to refugees. “We reflect on the courage of those who fled and the compassion of those who welcome them,” the Secretary-General said.”

There’s always a protest somewhere. NYC progressives and their allies never rest.

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May Day, NYC (The Marxist Left Unites For Revolution) http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/05/may-day-nyc-the-marxist-left-unites-for-revolution/ http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/05/may-day-nyc-the-marxist-left-unites-for-revolution/#respond Thu, 11 May 2017 22:13:24 +0000 http://american-rattlesnake.org/?p=25153 There is only one solution: REVOLUTION. REVOLUTION! May Day 2017. Across the country. Around the world. The Media War is winning. The Marxists and their Antifa comrades threaten the free world but the Next Gen Millennials that I saw are mad as HELL and not going to roll over anymore!


The May Day workers who united this day seemed to come mostly from Latin countries. Signs in Spanish. Flags from their countries of birth (no American Flags) but, yes: Marxist flags. Socialist flags. And drums! Always drums mixed with Latin music blasting across Union Square. We weren’t in Kansas anymore. REVOLUTION. REVOLUTION. Yeah, that’s the ticket.

And…the chants, followed by the opening speech to inspire the United Commie Workers Rally.

Next we heard from Imani Henry – Peoples Assembly- workin’ the crowd.

Enough with the speeches. I moved on to the taking of many pictures of the divergent hoards assembled. My task took wing. Pictures of signs. Lots of signs. Including the white protestors who shilled for The Socialist Green Party, the Marxist.com Party, Bob Avakian’s true Marxist Party. They are the behind the scenes facilitators of the revolution to Free Mumia. To Dump Trump. To Stop Killer Cops. The END to White Supremacy — Cause—- BLACK Lives Matter.

FLICKR Slide show.

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But today was more than just speeches and pictures. Antifa arrived and the game changed. I heard an agitated leftie tell their lead guy to hurry – pointing towards the center of the square -there was “a problem.”

Seems Brittany Venti vs the Antifas was the next event leading to the arrest of this popular streamer. What I think I witnessed prior to the assault is first  presented in a series of pictures mounted in video format.

We don’t want you here!” Imani Henry (seen in another video) was  leading a ‘wall’ of people already harassing Brittany and forcing her and a friend from a Public Square.

Something happened between Antifa-guy and Brittney, leading up to a  sign hitting her on the head.  She says Antifa-guy  hit her with the sign. Video that was released shows someone does hit her in the head, and Antifa-guy was bloodied near his left eye in retaliation.

Brittany was not bloodied.  Whatever, they were BOTH arrested.

Brittany talks about what happened. It’s a bit long, but she does give perspective on how she was attacked.  Link to short tweet  video  … from @JessixOW – she shows some of the confrontation. This is a good video that shows how long the harassment went on, how it grew, BTW, “WHERE WERE THE POLICE?”

Vocativ link report on assault and arrest:

 …. an “alt-right”  (I HATE that bogus label) social media provocateur.

Venti and anti-fascist (Antifa) protesters clashed, eventually resulting in Venti’s arrest and a bloodied protester. The moments leading up to her arrest were captured on a Periscope stream. After the arrest, she claimed someone hit her with a stick. It’s not yet known with what crime, if any, Venti has been charged.

When asked “what do you have to say to your fans,” she replied, “free Brittany Venti!”

THEN there were the Libertarian kids. They too were assaulted. The assault in action. (vocativ. com)

Another scuffle broke out between Antifa protesters and Trump-supporting Libertarians about 30 minutes later, the latter group eventually being be led across the street. The faction of Trump backers, about 30 people at its height, chanted “Build the wall!” and “You lost!” to the May Day participants in Union Square.

Assaulted. Pushed. Flour-bombed  Punched. Crunched. Till finally the police got wind there was something serious happening at the SW end of the Square. No one was actually hurt – that I could see – so perhaps a lot of bluster and show for the cameras- still these libertarian free speech protestors kept smiles on their faces even in the thick of the “madding” crowd.

Once on the scene, the police pulled them to the island SE of the square, sharing the area with Pro-Trump Build-the-Wall protestors.

Eventually, all joined in the chorus BUILD THE WALL. Pumped. Fearless.

Which sent one white, Commie flag waving millennial into a seething rage. From the Union Square side, he paced with his Marxist flag, shouting at the patriots.

He was seeing red, but not the kind he wanted.

After the assault video

Gen X Millennials. Self-identified as libertarians. They got spunk.  They are NOT Fascists. They are NOT Nazis. They call out Communism, Socialism, the Soviet Union, et al. They have but one solution: Keep America free of totalitarian despots.

But, Never Forget, why they were there. This was MAY DAY. Commie Day. America, she is BAD. The REVOLUTION is the Only SOLUTION: WORKERS UNITE!


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I Stand With Linda (Sarsour Presser, NYC City Hall) http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/05/i-stand-with-linda-sarsour-presser-nyc-city-hall/ http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/05/i-stand-with-linda-sarsour-presser-nyc-city-hall/#respond Tue, 09 May 2017 19:58:11 +0000 http://american-rattlesnake.org/?p=25135

May 8, 2017. NYC City Hall – 11 am. An hour of long-winded and impassioned support for the sainted Linda Sarsour.

Fists held high and repetitious chants supporting Linda were interjected after many speeches.

But it was not just about LINDA. Tamika Mallory, as well as another leader of the January Women’s March, both noted that a larger nation-wide campaign was coinciding with #IStandWithLinda.

Tamika’s speech:

 

Excerpts from Tamika in video:“people are trying to get Linda Sarsour killed. They won’t stop til that happens.  This idea that Linda has SAID things. Whether or not she supports Sharia. Part of her faith. But, we support Christianity that  says that GAYS should be blown up!

We don’t just stand with Linda we stand in front of Linda. Time to speak up on behalf of our sister. You can’t terrorize our sister and then call her a terrorist. ‘

A brief Flicker slide show

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Since the speakers were many, I decided to grab excerpts from one video. What resonates: there is nothing Linda has said that should be criticized. She is above reproach. “If you don’t know Linda, you have no right to criticize her. She is a role model for all women. Beloved. Respected. Protected.  LOVE Trumps HATE.”

The Speakers:

CUNY appears to be holding firm on this egregious decision.

 Fox News:

A Muslim woman (LINDA SARSOUR) who has referred to “Zionist trolls” and lauded the “courage” of of rock-throwing Palestinians will deliver this year’s keynote address at the commencement ceremony of a New York City university.

Linda Sarsour is listed as a featured speaker for the June 1, 2017, graduation at CUNY’s Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, according to the school’s website.

We are excited to announce that our inaugural commencement ceremony will feature three powerful public health and social justice leaders:

Honorary Doctor of Science
Chirlane McCray, First Lady of New York City, will receive an honorary Doctor of Science in Public Health degree in recognition of her leadership of ThriveNYC, the most comprehensive mental health plan of any city or state in the nation.

Champion of Public Health Award
Mary Bassett, Commissioner of the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, will receive the Champion of Public Health award for her transformational work addressing population health in New York City.

Keynote Address
Linda Sarsour, co-organizer of the National Women’s March and former executive director of the Arab American Association of New York, will deliver the keynote address.

Assemblyman Dov Hikind, D-Brooklyn, says it is “nuts” that a taxpayer-funded institution like CUNY would invite a supporter of Shariah law to speak, CBS New York reported.

“She is someone who associates with radical Islamists; supports them; shows support for them. She is someone who has said, clearly, she thinks throwing rocks at cars in Israel is a good thing,” Hikind told the station. “I mean, it’s just nuts. It makes no sense. It’s crazy to have this woman be the person who’s going to speak to the students.”

Linda Sarsour … daughter of “Palestinian” immigrants  and DARLING of the LEFT

… has said in her Tweets, referring to “Zionist trolls” and states (that ) “Nothing is creepier than Zionism.”  She SUPPORTS Violence!

Sarsour’s anti-Israel tweets include a photo of a young Palestinian boy with a rock in each hand. It is captioned: “The definition of courage. #Palestine”

CUNY, Stop this Madness. Say NO to Sarsour!

May 25, 2017. The Protest is ON. Outside the CUNY mid-town offices – 217  E. 42nd St. – Noon to 2pm. Be THERE!

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The March For Science http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/05/the-march-for-science/ http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/05/the-march-for-science/#respond Fri, 05 May 2017 18:16:15 +0000 http://american-rattlesnake.org/?p=25109  

April 22, 2017 – 10:30am – Columbus Circle.

The MARCH FOR SCIENCE was billed as a non-political march.

It was anything but non-political.

Part One – Flickr slide show

The Climatemania apostles arrived. As this “World of PURE IMAGINATION” assembled, the smug and oh-so-joyful  (well-informed) partisans mocked the Repub -“ignorati”and all things Trump. Marching confidently to their different drums with a level of arrogance and naive ignorance that was astounding to behold. Little pleasures, watching the smirks leave their faces when greeted by two stalwart Trump Patriots. “Thank God for Trump.” And (later), greeting the marchers as they passed though Columbus Circle: “Trump in 2020”. Comments and jeers were accompanied by that timeless classic: “Shame. Shame. SHAME!”  The partisan march began at approximately 11:30.  Another very, VERY long procession that moved slowly from 62nd Street and CPW to 53rd and Broadway. The “Trump For 2020″ patriot from the start was greeted with “Boo. Boo. BOOO For Trump !” (and of course) SHAME! Shame! Shame!! Part 2 : Flickr Slide show as the LONG March begins to weave through Columbus Circle. NY-wise 62 st to 53rd st was not much of a distance so going SLOOOOW was important. The marchers were organized into groups of specialties …. pairing like-minded messages into “sympatico group-lets”…. teachers, librarians, scientists, lab rats, religious thinkers –

and … humorists … (No science – no cupcakes!)

 

Krypton. Mars. You name it. They were there.

Even those who care for the little children.

To Vaccinate-or NOT-was apparently a hot, PARTISAN topic.

Part 3: Flickr Slide Show:  The march rolled on and on … AND on. I marveled at the never-ending ignorance, arrogance and humor.  FINALLY, the end approacheth. The tell-tale thinning of the crowd was a relief.

Spread the joy. Educate. Illuminate.

How much JOY can one take in one march?

YOU LOST . Get over it!

Part 4  Flickr Slide Show :  The END of the very, VERY Long March of the smugly elite.  But, I repeat, seeing the “Trump in 2020” banner wiping the grin off many stunned faces in the crowd was fun. Plain and simple FUN.  To clarify, April 22, 2017 – 10:30am – Columbus Circle was only one of two events planned in NYC. (I missed this. Too much rain)

Noon, Foley Square was the other rally (with loads of speakers) and this unapologetic rally was POLITICAL.

Looking closely at EARTH DAY 2017, this YUGE, joyful parade of gullibles was comprised of pretty much the same malcontents who participated in the People’s Tax Day March and the Foolish Women’s Day March.

They feel complete again as they march and chant like the ELOI they are.

NOT an independent thinker amongst the hoards of disaffected with “replicant” signs proving the theory “Ignorance IS Bliss“. (Have they no PRIDE?) Looking ahead to their next big event, “Commie May Day,” aka “Workers Unite  Day.” It too is dedicated to “There is only one solution: Revolution.”  As they Smile. Laugh and March on . (Are they winning?)  [Video] https://youtu.be/aAipEe6qewE ADDENDUM : A link to a few articles on the Left, detailing our culture wars and how things are shaping up:  From Daniel Greenfield:

What is satire saving the Republic from? Republicans. While making America safe for Socialism.

The left is devoutly convinced that this snickering can save America. That it’s better than the news. But the left’s faith in the power of its contempt has nothing to do with its tactical effectiveness.

Satire isn’t trying to save the Republic. It isn’t stopping Trump. It’s saving the left. Liberals need to believe that even their pettiest acts are ennobling. 

What a piece of work is a progressive. How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty. In action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.

Contempt is the final refuge of failed tyrants. If you can’t rule, you can always sneer.

The left’s faith in contempt tells us far more about them than it does about the objects of their contempt. Art is a reflection of the artist. Some artists strive to create while others only destroy. The left remains convinced that it can create through destruction, that it can build a fair society through theft, an ethical society by destroying its values and a high-minded society through contempt.

It must believe in the redemptive power of its thievery, amorality and hatred. Or face a moral reckoning.

AOL One   &   AOL Two

Earth Day events that organizers have framed a “celebration” of science to counter a growing disregard for evidence-based knowledge.

March for Science, which includes “teach-ins” on the National Mall and parades in midtown Manhattan and hundreds of other cities and towns, is billed as non-partisan, aimed at re-affirming “the vital role science plays in our democracy,” according to the march’s website.

They scream re Trump and ” his administration’s skepticism about climate change and the need to slow global warming.” THEY have decided what is convenient fact: REAL FACTS be damned.

Non-partisan is NOT a TRUE fact. It is an Alternative Fact for their convenience. From Katie Pavlich:

Resist This, whose motto was “we disrupt”: From Day 1 we have seen what people power can achieve: Trumpcare? Withdrawn. Muslim ban? Blocked. Now Trump’s entire fossil fuel agenda is next, and the People’s Climate March is a crucial turning point in that fight,” an email sent out by the group Friday states.

From John Hawkins:

Is it a shocker that millennials lean to the Left when they constantly have liberalism shoved down their throats by their schools, their favorite musicians, and Hollywood? Is it a big surprise that 51% of millennials do not support capitalism when we allow honest-to-goodness communists to teach them in college and liberals are publicly extolling the virtues of socialist hellholes like Cuba and Venezuela?

More from Town Hall’s Katie Pavlich on the very political organizers behind the Climate march.

From Cortney OBrien: xx an excuse for yet another anti-Trump march in the nation’s capital. The March for Science – the first of its kind – will be a chance for activists to speak out against the Trump administration’s proposed “unprecedented cuts to the sciences in its proposed 2018 budget,” according to Live Science.

participants will be marching against Trump’s decisions to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, roll back the Clean Power Plan, and threaten to pull out of the Paris climate agreement.

The organizers say the march is not partisan – but it is (VERY) political.

Partisans, yes. But I suggest they WIPE that smirk from their collective face, ’cause : We’ll BE THERE! ++ Pictures and videos  Property of Pamela Hall ++

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A Day With Sharia (Feminists Love Islamists) http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/03/a-day-with-sharia-feminists-love-islamists/ http://american-rattlesnake.org/2017/03/a-day-with-sharia-feminists-love-islamists/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2017 04:11:30 +0000 http://american-rattlesnake.org/?p=24851 Part 2. March 8, 2017. Noon. 59th St. and 5th avenue. Read Part 1 >>here>>

The crowd was jammed around the stage, from all sides – no elbow room, sight-lines poor. A Day Without a Woman. Obscenely popular.
Amidst a sea of red and pink, a lot of foolish women worshiping at the altar of sharia-loving feminazis like Linda Sarsour. SAD. Cameras on all sides struggling to get a shot of Sarsour, whose pursuit of public office, Brooklyn Borough President or even Mayor NYC, looks more and more probable. They worship her. The Anti-Trump Women’s Movement Teams Up With Islamist Terrorist , Linda Sarsour, Islamist apologist and activist, a supporter of sharia law. Catching her speech and recording it was high on my bucket list. Sarsour always needs to be heard, not just seen. I had a difficult time filming Sarsour, with photographers crowded so tightly at the front of the stage, but what matters is that you hear every bloody word.

The gist is, Republicans=Bad. Some men=always bad, like melanin challenged Repubs, which makes, of course, America Bad.

After a couple of other speakers, I moved on. Forgetting there was a ‘march’ on the books, I focused on the crowd. By now it had swelled from 59th to 58th and across the avenue into Grand Army Plaza.
I wound up missing phase two: THE MARCH. Around 1:30 PM the sharia compliant feminazis marched arm-in-arm to Trump International Tower. Blocking the streets were Sarsour and approximately 12 of her minions [see Womens March Team Bios ].

They staged an arrest – see womens’ march twitter feed coming from INSIDE the paddy wagon.  Hard times? Really? I think not.

(Links below to more arrest coverage)

Huff Po :  Organizers Tamika Mallory, Carmen Perez and Linda Sarsour, co-chairs of January’s Women’s March on Washington, emerged from a police precinct exhausted but optimistic, greeted by a couple dozen activists who had waited to give them food and support. Police said 13 people were arrested. Also, Women’s March co-chair “Bob” Bland.

Free Beacon

The Fader

The Daily Wire

Back to the speakers portion of the protest/rally. I heard not a critical word from Sarsour or her comrade sisters-in-arms ( like Faiza Ali ,who spoke as well) about the horrors of sharia Law.

 

No one mentioned the abuses within ISLAMIC countries; heaped upon women, children, homosexuals (lesbians) and trans- genders.

 

 

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PLAYLIST 3 Short Videos

Excerpted transcription from one video:

Hey, New York, what’s up? […. ] I stand before you as a girl from Brooklyn and Staten Island, NY. (cheers) […] Trump does not have respect for women but he also doesn’t know the POWER of women. Despite ATTEMPTS by Trump and Republicans to diminish women, we know our value and we know that America does not function without us. (cheers) We know that this GLOBE doesn’t function without us.

Two years ago when I visited Palestine, I had a woman tell me that women will be the leaders of the revolution because we’ve (sic) half the population and we ARE half the population. (cheers)

Today I strike for every woman, who like me, couldn’t pull together enough money to afford college and had to work a 9 to 5 job and a retail job. Or went in to massive debt because they had to pay to go to college.

I strike for every incarcerated (women) out there, because women are the fastest growing population behind bars and “enough is enough”.

I strike for every woman and every family torn apart by deportation. And for every (women) [sic] that we are less than men.

I strike for trans-women who keep on being murdered on our streets and I. Have Said. ENOUGH! There is a massive resistance movement that is growing. We are a part of it. But, we need to put our bodies on…

We need to stand, to stand-up for black women. We need to stand-up for Palestinian women. We need to stand-up for Southeast Asian women. We need to stand for ALL women. (CHEERS) Because equal pay is not just equal pay for white women (I love ya’ll) But, equal pay should be equal pay for ALL of us. And we should not go to sleep knowing that we can go home and…

So I leave you with this song. [Sarsour joins singing] “Ain’t gonna let know body turn us around. Turn us around. Turn us around. Ain’t gonna let nobody turn us around. We gonna keep on a-walkin’, keep on ta-alkin’, marchin’ on to Freedom Land.” Thank you, New York.

Nope. It’s all about this country. America: Bad. America, where individualism rules. (for now) Even obscenity is OKAY. (for now) America, a country where these privileged educated women can rant, without FEAR, about their imagined enemies. Spewing their fantastical version of abuse, while ignoring the real enemy of women, children AND men- of the free world: Global Islamic Terror . The  CRICKETS were very LOUD

If only they understood and cherished the country they live in. Where their privileged daughters will have the same good life as their privileged mothers. (As long as there is no sharia law.)
The next Generation will suffer? WHY?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fools and Tools, are free to be you and me. No HUMAN RIGHTS denied, compliments of U.S. More signs to see in Flickr Slide Show

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