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Obama’s Hypocrisy Insults Palestinians’ – and Americans’ – Intelligence

Via the Palestine Note by NYAN member Joe Catron: Barack Obama wants it both ways. Like every United States president since Bill Clinton, who partially brokered the now-defunct Oslo Accords in 1993, he aspires to act as a trusted intermediary in the 63-year old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, while simultaneously pandering to America’s massive [...]

Guerilla Action Takes on the Koch Brothers

On May 11th,  NYAN activists working with The Other 98%, joined about a thousand people to launch Koch Brothers Exposed — a new project of Brave New Foundation and The Other 98% — by projecting a short film about the billionaire Koch Brothers onto the front of the Kochs’ own building. Simultaneously, a small team of [...]

SHOCKING: RAND PAUL SUPPORTERS ATTACK NYAN ACTIVIST LAUREN VALLE

Activist Lauren Valle speaks about the incident at the Kentucky Debate on the Countdown with Keith Olbermann. As Lauren attempted to hold a sign voicing opposition to Tea Party candidate Rand Paul, she was tackled to the ground and stomped on. Lauren is a passionate activist and original NYAN member. who Our hearts go out [...]

NYAN Pressures General Mills During Edison Awards 2010

Activists from NY Action Network pressured General Mills over their use of palm oil, today at the 2010 Edison Awards in New York City. At midday activists “bird-dogged” the National Academy of Sciences’ sponsored Edison Awards program in downtown Manhattan. NYAN members distributed flyers inside the event, sent bluetooth messages to participants, and held a [...]

Meet Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase – Sierra Club

A great new video by our friends at the Sierra Club: Meet Jamie Dimon, the smooth-talking CEO of JPMorgan Chase and the man at the top of a very dirty pile of money backing the coal industry. While he talks a good game on clean energy, JPMorgan Chase is supporting destructive mountaintop removal coal mining [...]