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On 24 March 2018 In DC and other cities, hundreds of thousands of students and others marched to demand common sense gun control in the wake of deadly school shootings in the U.S.
CAPE MAY — Cape May’s 46th annual Victorian Weekend, presented by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC), celebrates the city’s famous Victorian architecture and history with a long holiday weekend of house tours, walking tours, living history programs, food and wine events, a crafts and collectibles show, murder mystery dinners, a burlesque show, trolley tours and more, from Thursday, Oct. 4 through Monday, Oct. 8.
History Lovers
Attention history lovers! These special tours, activities and events during Victorian Weekend are perfect for those who love to explore the past:
Join us on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 4 p.m., as history professor, scholar and author Natalia Mehlman Petrzela presents “Women and Children First? #MeToo, #NeverAgain and The New Faces of American Activism”— the 7th Annual Lessons of History Distinguished Lecture Series — at Cape May Convention Hall, 714 Beach Ave. Women and children, two segments often marginalized in American political discourse, are now leading nationwide conversations about gun control and sexual violence. From the ousting of sexual predators in the workplace to the outpouring of support for gun control by the survivors of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., American activism has powerful new voices and faces that are overwhelmingly young and female. Historically, women and young people have been grouped together as needful of protection and as less than full citizens. Our current moment witnesses a new era in which they are rightfully recognized as autonomous political actors shaping the national discourse. Join historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela to better understand the historical roots of this transformative activism and its implications for our collective future. The lecture will be followed by a meet-the-speaker reception hosted at The Chalfonte Hotel, 301 Howard St. This lecture is co-sponsored by MAC and Martel & Associates (Myles & Leslie Martel). Tickets for this limited event are $30. Lecture and reception is $60. Students, teachers and active military $10.
The Carroll Gallery Exhibit, “Capturing Cape May's Architecture: The Making of a National Historic Landmark,” tells the story of Cape May through the detailed HABS (Historic American Buildings Survey) architectural drawings from the 1970s that helped make Cape May what it is today. Exhibit Curator Karen Fox, author of The Chalfonte, provides visitors with a unique look at how a small band of preservationists not only saved Cape May’s historic buildings, but created a culture of the past that launched the city’s future. Free admission. Open daily, hours vary, during Victorian Weekend.
For those who want to know, “How’d they do that?” Behind the Walls & Under the Crawls Trolley Tour will show you. Cape May has one of the largest concentrations of 19th century wood frame structures (over 600) in the United States. Take a look at this National Historic Landmark city from a builder’s perspective; explore the technological advances of the era and learn how things really worked on this one-hour guided trolley tour. Monday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. Admission is $15 adults, $10 (children ages 3-12).
Join in the fun at the Carriage House Café & Tearoom during An Afternoon of Victorian Parlor Games. Play the parlor games Victorians played, including such favorites as “Charades” and “Pass the Slipper.” Victorian dress encouraged but not required! Limited to 35. Dessert is included with coffee or tea, and punch or beverage of your choice. $15 adults, $12 MAC members. Friday, Oct. 5 at 4:30 p.m.
From candles, grease and lard in simple lamps, to fantastic shale oil and kerosene chandeliers, advances in lighting during the 19th century were a technological revolution. Shining A Light on the Victorian Era with Brett Ewald brings to light anecdotes and highlights over a dozen antique hand blown and crafted sparking, miniature, finger and stand lamps, all of which brought grace and light to the Victorian boardroom and bedroom. Carriage House Café & Tearoom, 1048 Washington St. Sunday, Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. Admission is $25. Admission includes afternoon tea and program.
Historic Buildings & History Tours
Are you eager to peek inside some of Cape May’s glorious historic buildings? Victorian Weekend just for you:
New in 2018! Enjoy flavorful amuse-bouches, intensely flavored small plates, or hors d’ouevres, especially prepared for you during the new Taste Your Way Inn Tour, a self-guided walking tour, visiting several of Cape May’s renowned inns. Stunning architectural interiors will be on display as Cape May innkeepers’ share their famous hospitality. Saturday, Oct. 6 at 1 p.m. $20 adults $15 children (ages 3-12).
Enjoy an entertaining and educational guided tour of Cape May’s only Victorian house museum, the 1879 Emlen Physick Estate at 1048 Washington St., during the Emlen Physick Estate Guided Tour, with the new 2018-19 tour theme, “That’s Entertainment!” Tours are offered daily with knowledgeable guides during Victorian Weekend; hours vary. Adult admission is $12, admission for children (ages 3-12) is $8. Independent explorers enjoy the Physick Estate Self-guided Tour. Spend time exploring the rooms and collections of the Physick House Museum independently with knowledgeable interpreters and volunteers available to answer questions. In some rooms you will meet a member of the Physick family or domestic staff, who will discuss the “hows and whys” of the objects found there. New in 2018! Self-guided audio presentation available. Adult admission is $12, admission for children (ages 3-12) is $8. Combine a house tour with a guided trolley tour of Cape May’s Historic District with a Combination Trolley/Physick Estate Tours which leaves from Washington Street Mall Information Booth. Admission is $22 for adults, $14 for children (ages 3-12).
Take a guided tour of the Emlen Physick House that focuses on the mechanical systems that made things run during the Nuts & Bolts Tour of the Physick Estate. Plumbing, heating, construction, lighting and more will be discussed during the tour. Friday, Oct. 5 at 11:15 a.m. $12 for adults, $8 for children (ages 3-12).
Get into the “spirit” of things on a guided tour of the historic (some say haunted) Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., during Historic Haunts House Tours. These tours include a discussion of Victorian spiritualism, and are offered Friday through Sunday, Oct. 5-7, at 7:45 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $8 for children (ages 3-12). Combine this tour with the Ghosts of Cape May trolley tour during the Historic Haunts Combo Tours, offered at 7:15 p.m. $22 for adults, $14 for children (ages 3-12).
Cape May has connections to the Underground Railroad and this trolley tour tells the local stories of those dangerous days. During the Underground Railroad Trolley Tour Saturday, Oct. 6 at 10:15 a.m., hear how legendary anti-slavery fighter, Harriet Tubman, walked these streets, as did businessman and former slave, Stephen Smith, whose railroad cars carried hundreds to freedom. Co-sponsored by the Center for Community Arts and MAC. Includes a guided tour of the Owen Coachman house (a historic free black’s house). Admission is $20.
The “Naughty” Side of the Victorians
Kick off Victorian Weekend at Nauti Spirits Distillery with Victorian Vices at Nauti Spirits, an entertaining, illustrated talk on Thursday, Oct. 4 at noon, presented by Elan Zingman-Leith, about Victorians’ “naughty” side. You’ll travel by MAC trolley from Cape May’s historic district to the distillery and enjoy a box lunch. After the talk, bartenders will give a cocktail demonstration at the bar. Admission is $25 and includes trolley transport, program and box lunch. Beverages are available at additional cost.
Transport yourself to a time when entertainment was theatrical, sassy, and teased the imagination during An Evening of Burlesque: Spectacular Burlesque Extravaganza Thursday, Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. Experience this modern take on classic burlesque, rooted in Victorian vaudeville, presented by The Salty Sirens, at The Chalfonte Hotel, 301 Howard St. Admission is $30. Reservations are encouraged. Light fare and beverages are available at additional cost; program is for mature audiences. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Co-sponsored by MAC, The Chalfonte Hotel and The Salty Sirens.
To drink or not to drink, that is the dispute between saloonkeeper Patrick Collins and Jennie Wales, staunch advocate of the temperance movement, during this Temperance Debate at Cape May Brewery! Hop on board the MAC trolley Saturday, Oct. 6 at 4 p.m. and join Cape May’s Victorian man about town, Dr. Emlen Physick, as he attempts to maintain decorum during this dramatic and spirited, very Victorian, debate at the Cape May Brewery. Admission includes a boxed dinner from the Carriage House Café & Tearoom. Admission is $30 and includes program and dinner. Beverages available at additional cost
Food, Wine, Beer & Spirits
Enjoy dining events during Victorian Weekend that celebrate the Cape May region’s delicious wines, beers and famous restaurants:
Laugh along with friends as you play a little bingo, enjoy a fashion show by Lace Silhouettes/Cotton Company and compete for prizes, all during Brunch, Bingo & Lace. Admission includes brunch at the Inn of Cape May, 7 Ocean St. Admission is $25.
Increase your knowledge of wines during the Cape May Wine School: The Fantastic Wine of Tuscany, on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 1 p.m. Learn about Italy's favorite grape, Sangiovese, and taste the delicious different wines of this famous region. Led by Luca Cimmarotta from Opera Wine Imports, this themed class will help refine your palate. Presented by the Washington Inn, 801 Washington St. Admission $40. Call The Washington Inn directly at 609-884-5697.
The scene and the table are both set for the Murder Mystery Dinner “An Evening to Die For,” written by Jacklyn Fazio, a mystery that will stimulate your imagination and satisfy your craving for a good whodunit. In pursuit of a lucrative business opportunity, a young man informs his wife that they will be leaving the country. Friends and family gather for a goodbye party, but travel plans abruptly change when someone drops dead. There are plenty of possible motives among the suspects. Can you figure out who committed the act, how they did it and why? Enjoy a four-course dinner at Aleathea’s Restaurant, the Inn of Cape May, 7 Ocean St., as you interact with the cast of likely suspects and the mystery unfolds around you, on Saturday, Oct. 6 and Sunday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. $55 adults, $30 children (ages 3-12).
Enjoy gracious, yet casual, dining at the Carriage House Café & Tearoom on the grounds of the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St. with an a la carte menu that includes signature sandwiches, salads, and tea sandwiches, as well as homemade soups and quiche, a kids menu, plus a Classic Tea Lunchone and Afternoon Tea Luncheon featuring loose tea service with teas from the House of Tea in Philadelphia. If you have a busy schedule, everything is available for takeout, too. Open daily during Victorian Weekend from noon to 4 p.m. For reservations call 609-884-6064.
Taking a Walk around Town
Cape May is a delightfully walkable city. Walking gives you an up-close view of Cape May’s architecture and charm during Victorian Weekend:
Walk the haunted streets of historic Cape May with your guide, famed psychic medium and ghost writer Craig McManus, who will talk about the houses where he has sensed paranormal activity, during the Ghost Walk with Craig McManus, on Friday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Admission is $25 per person.
Walk the grounds of the Emlen Physick Estate on Sunday, Oct. 7 during the Victorian Weekend Crafts & Collectibles Show on the lawn at 1048 Washington St. Crafters and collectibles dealers from throughout the region will display and sell their unique and hand-made wares from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free and free parking is available.
Build up an appetite with a walking tour of the Historic District, and then enjoy a Southern-style breakfast buffet at the historic Chalfonte Hotel, 301 Howard St. during the Brunch Walk on Sunday, Oct. 7 at 10:30 a.m. Admission is $20, $15 for children (ages 3-12). The Historic District Walking tour is available for purchase separately subject to availability; admission is $10 for adults, $7 for children (ages 3-12).
Go on a clues hunt and discover answers to questions as you search the grounds of the 1879 Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St. during the Physick Estate Scavenger Hunt. Purchase a packet for $5 that includes a clues sheet and ponder the answers as you explore the estate grounds as a family or group. Learn together about Cape May’s only Victorian House Museum — one of the best examples of Victorian Stick Style architecture in the country. Available daily, year-round. Costs $5 per packet (only one packet is needed per family).
Discover the fun of exploring Cape May and uncovering its architectural elements from a kid’s perspective with the Cape May Family Treasure Hunt. Each treasure hunt packet is $5 and contains a clues sheet and map that will take you on a self-guided discovery tour, set to your own pace (answer sheet also included). Only one packet needed per family. The packet is available daily in the Hill House office at the Physick Estate, 1048 Washington St., during regular hours of operation and at the Washington Street Mall Information Booth. The Cape May Family Treasure Hunt is co-sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC) and Preservation New Jersey.
Trolley Tours
Take one of MAC’s regular trolley tours offered daily and experience the charm of the city’s Historic District during Victorian Weekend:
Get acquainted with Cape May on a trolley tour as knowledgeable guides present entertaining and educational stories about the nation’s oldest seashore resort during Historic District Trolley Tours. Offered daily; hours vary. Tours leave from the Washington Street Mall Information Booth, Washington Street Mall at Ocean Street. $12 for adults and $8 for children (ages 3-12).
Board a MAC trolley tour for a 30-minute evening ride through the haunted streets of Cape May during Ghosts of Cape May Trolley Tour. Recent paranormal findings of ghost writer Craig McManus come alive as your guide translates McManus’ spooky stories. Ride past the flickering gas street lamps, the haunted properties of Cape May and experience the spine-tingling tales exposed by McManus. Offered nightly; hours vary. $12 for adults and $8 for children (ages 3-12).
Discover points of interest, activities and special events sponsored by both MAC and other non-profit organizations throughout Cape May during the Welcome to Cape May Trolley Tour. It’s a perfect introduction to town. Offered daily, hours vary. $12 for adults, $8 for children (ages 3-12).
Headless photography? Electric corsets? Coffin torpedoes? During the Cape Mayhem Trolley Tour, a 30-minute trolley tours through the gas-lit streets of Cape May, explore some of these strange beliefs, superstitions, oddities, fads, curiosities and mysteries from the end of the 19th century — the Victorian era. Offered Thursday, Oct. 4 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 5 at 7:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Admission is $12 adults, $8 children (ages 3-12).
Don’t be green with envy on the Mansions by the Sea Trolley Tour when you see how well the rich lived in the early 1900s in the most elegant part of town. You’ll see the broad streets and massive plots on Cape May’s east side on this trolley tour – an area marketed as “New Cape May” at the turn of the 20th Century. Today, new, beachfront second homeowners have continued the tradition, running the gamut from the mere wealthy to the fabulously rich. Offered Thursday, Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 5 at 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 6 at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 7 at 11 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. Admission is $12 adults, $8 children (ages 3-12).
Equity Theater productions
Don’t miss these dramatic productions during Victorian Weekend:
East Lynne Theater Company presents “Silent Sky” -- This entertaining and enlightening play tells the story of Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921), the astronomer who provided the key to determining the size of the cosmos. In 1912, working at the Harvard College Observatory, she discovered that one could relate a star’s brightness cycle to its absolute magnitude. This was a valuable stepping stone for other scientists to later be able to measure the distance of stars, star clusters, and galaxies. “Silent Sky” is written by Lauren Gunderson, the most produced living playwright in America. Oct. 4-6 at 8 p.m. Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m., during Victorian Weekend. For full performance schedule of Silent Sky, Sept. 19-Oct. 13, visit www.eastlynnetheater.org. First Presbyterian Church, 500 Hughes St. Admission: $32 general, $27 seniors (age 62+) or disabled, $17 full-time students and military; children 12 and under free.
Cape May Stage presents “The Shuck” -- Constance has spent her life on the deck of a workboat. When her troubled son is lost at sea, and her long-lost daughter suddenly decides to visit, she is forced to face the truth about her family and the secrets that broke it apart so many years ago. A world premier by a Cape May County native. Wednesdays through Saturdays, Sept. 19-Nov. 9, at 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. The Robert Shackleton Playhouse is located at the corner of Bank & Lafayette streets, Cape May.
All this plus historic sites and more available during Cape May’s 46th annual Victorian Weekend sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts & Humanities (MAC), a multifaceted, not-for-profit organization committed to promoting the preservation, interpretation, and cultural enrichment of the Cape May region for its residents and visitors. MAC membership is open to all. For information about MAC’s year-round schedule of tours, festivals, and special events, call 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278, or visit MAC’s Web site at www.capemaymac.org. For information about restaurants, accommodations and shopping, call the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Cape May at 609-884-5508. For information about historic accommodations, contact Cape May Historic Accommodations at www.capemaylodging.com.
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ANA MARIA GONZÁLEZ.
SÍMBOLO DE LA TRAICIÓN Y EL CRIMEN.
Esta joven de apariencia inocente fue una brutal asesina.
La organización montoneros (si, los hijos de las Madres de Plaza de Mayo, los Firmenich, y que fueron los padres de algunos jóvenes revoltosos que se hacen llamar HIJOS), le dio la misión de asesinar al Jefe de la Policía Federal, general Cardozo.
Ana Maria González, se hizo muy amiga de la hija del general, que confiada, le brindó el acceso a su hogar.
Así, ellas estudiaban juntas y charlarían los temas típicos de las adolescentes.
Pero Ana María González, tenía en mente preparar el atentado. Y lo Hizo. Luego, publicó cómo lo hizo. Realmente terrible. Una tarde que estaba sola con la la hija del general, le dijo que iba al baño, y se metió en la habitación del general Cardozo. Debajo del colchón puso la bomba. Más tarde -relató luego la asesina-, volvió a esa habitación para cambiarla de lugar, y ponerla más cerca de la cabecera de la cama.
Era una bomba que se activaría con un resorte cuando el general Cardozo se acostara.
Y esa noche, el general Cardozo, perdería la vida.
Ningún organismo de Derechos Humanos, se preocupa por este asesinato del terrorismo.
Mas en: La Historia Argentina Completa: lahistoriaargentinacompleta.blogspot.com/
Lights For Liberty - Powell St, San Francisco
July 12, 2019
From the organizers - "We are a coalition of people, many of whom are mothers, dedicated to human rights, and the fundamental principle behind democracy that all human beings have a right to life, liberty and dignity. We are partnering with national, regional and local communities and organizations who believe that these fundamental rights are not negotiable and are willing to protect them. On Friday July 12th, 2019, Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Detention Camps, will bring thousands of Americans to detention camps across the country, into the streets and into their own front yards, to protest the inhumane conditions faced by refugees. Meeting in San Francisco's Market Street at the Powell St. Cable Turnaround, San Francisco can join other cities across the country in this effort. “GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE.” - Inscription on the Statue of Liberty"
#LightsForLiberty
Shot for Sun Sentinel
A young supporter of Palestine is taken into custody by Miami Police officers during a heated protest at Bayfront Park on Biscayne Blvd in Miami. On opposite sides of the street, pro-Israel and pro-Palestine supporters exchanged words against each other's views.
You who live safe
In your warm houses,
You who find, returning in the evening,
Hot food and friendly faces:
Consider if this is a man
Who works in the mud
Who does not know peace
Who fights for a scrap of bread
Who dies because of a yes or a no.
Consider if this is a woman,
Without hair and without name
With no more strength to remember,
Her eyes empty and her womb cold
Like a frog in winter.
Meditate that this came about:
I commend these words to you.
Carve them in your hearts
At home, in the street,
Going to bed, rising;
Repeat them to your children,
Or may your house fall apart,
May illness impede you,
May your children turn their faces from you
All my own work apart from having the ceiling flat plastered.
Strip out everything.
Fit 12V downlights.
Run hot and cold and waste pipes under the floor.
Solve problem 1.
Solve problem 2.
Refit soil pipe box.
Line wooden floor with No more ply.
Fit electric heated floor.
Pour self-levelling compound.
Tile floor.
Fit bath, toilet and handbasin.
Fit taps.
Tile walls.
Fit LED mirror and shaver point.
Refit shower.
Paint door and frames.
Fit shelves to bath side and fit accessories.
Fit shower screen.
Took an unbelieveable 3 months largely because of the problems. This is the house main bathroom and, oddly, it is smaller than the en suite we have in our 2005 extension.
Looks like a b&w photo but it is colour. See the middle of the shower control.
Students at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines join countless peers across the country in staging a school walkout to protest gun violence. The event featured a student gospel choir, a spoken word poet, and a call to action for students to contact their elected officials.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of Whitehall outside Downing Street. They were rallying to demand that prime minister Theresa May repudiate Donald Trump's shameful blanket entry ban on all Syrian, Iraqi, Somali, Yemeni, Iranian, Sudanese and Libyan nationals for the next 90 days as well as the indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.
Some also demanded that his planned state visit as a guest of the queen be revoked and that the British government also take decisive action to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers.
An estimated ten thousand gathered outside Downing Street including human rights activist Peter Tatchel, former England striker Gary Lineker and singer Lily Allen.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". Protesters pointed out that all the countries effected were Muslim majority nations and yet none of the countries targeted had any nationals implicated in any recent terrorist attack within the United States.
Ironically it is US foreign policy in the Middle East, including years of bombing and support for regional dictators that is one of the main causes of the current refugee crisis.
English bath, Italian toilet and hand basin, German tiles.
The tiles are from Villeroy & Boch - big problem. See there are three shades of grey in the border? We ordered light grey tiles for above the border, mid grey tiles for below the border and dark grey for the floor. When they were delivered the shade of the mid grey ones made them almost identical to the light grey. To cut a very long and protracted story short V&B were totally unhelpful and finally we ordered more of the light grey.
All this was why I took few photos a couple of months ago. I have no excuse now other than I soon will start on the downstairs toilet / utility room.
Had noticed that the low beam on drivers side was just about to to give up the ghost.
So today I drove down to the local auto shop to buy a replacement globe.
Instructions on how to remove globe.
Buy 9 inch angle grinder and two cut off discs. Mark line from just under windshield to back of wheel-arch. Across bonnet to centre, then straight down to grill and continue through front engine mount. Remove offending obstacles
Replace bulb!
What was the design engineer thinking, five years at university wasted!
Two wiring harnesses, one fuse box and a bloody engine coolant stork in the way. One screw on water tight cap. One metal clip to hold globe in place, and wiring connection to remove.
A pair of glasses that don't let the wearer focus closer than 20 foot away, kept falling of the head as I was doubled over. Two bloody great big mits that could not hold on to the items and then perform the tasks to remove them.
By now you get the picture that this was not a five minute job!
Got the globe connected to the wiring connection. Thought I would try first to see if the globe works before trying to install everything.
By the time I walked from the drivers door to front of car. A inferno had erupted and I could hear distant sirens from approaching fire engines.
The globe had come to rest against a plastic sheath protecting wiring. I tried to get to the globe to remove it. Third degree burns to two fingers! Managed to grab hold of it by only place one could touch it. Ok .... now how do I turn the lights off. Just as well I'm a old fashioned guy that still carries a cotton handkerchief. Placed item between globe and plastic components ...... ran like hell to turn lights off before rest of car burns.
This globe is so powerful that one could cook a baked dinner for a party of six in under four minutes.
Had 80 thousand people queued behind me thinking they were entering a stadium to watch a night game of football.
Scientists were pointing their telescopes in my direction thinking a new star had been born.
It would have been quicker to trade the car in and buy a new one!
Concentration Camp Mauthausen / KZ Mauthausen - Oberösterreich / Upper Austria - Österreich / Austria
This photo was taken in London's Parliament Square on Monday 20 February 2017 during a protest against the proposed state visit of American president Donald Trump to Britiain.
Thousands of protesters armed with placards filled most of the square as British MPs debated president Trump's visit in the House of Commons. They were rallying to demand that the government repudiate his shameful racist, sexist and imperialist policies and revoke his state invitation as a guest of the Queen. Many also expressed the wish that the British government itself should do far more to help desparate refugees and ease the conditions within the UK for asylum seekers .
1.8 million people have already signed an online petition asking the government to rescind the offer of a state visit. Labour MP Paul Flynn condemned it as “terribly wrong” and the speaker of the British parliament John Bercow had already stated his view that if he was allowed to address parliament we would be effectively endorsing his extremely divisive views on women and Muslims.
In contrast Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan was defiant arguing that Britain should "use all the tools at its disposal to build common ground" with America's extreme right wing president who, if invited on a state visit, would only be the third US president to be so honoured since 1952.
Former Foreign Secretary, William Hague, couldn't understand the fuss. The queen was, he argued in the Daily Telegraph, used to meeting some of the world's bloodiest tyrants, "such as presidents Mobutu of Zaire and Caeucescu of Romania" and seemed to imply there was no need to improve our ethical standards now.
By 6 pm approximately five thousand angry protesters had gathered and the police had to close part of the square to traffic.
Among the most frequent chants heard were "May shame on you", "dump Trump", "build bridges not walls" and "refugees are welcome here". However for the most part people quietly listened to the speakers who included Owen Jones, Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour MP Naz Shah, the SNP's Carol Monaghan and Shadow home secretary Diane Abbot who told the crowd that Trump
"was supported in his presidential campaign by white supremacists. Even in the first weeks of his presidency, he had had a visceral anti-immigrant line.We hear that he has been invited for state visit. Whatever you think, a state visit is meant to be an honour. I would say that Donald Trump has done nothing to be honoured for."
Owen Jones called for continued solidarity with immigrants and refugees and was optimistic tolerance would win out over bigotry
"The racists and the fascists have been defeated before," he told the crowd, "and we will defeat them again".
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Students at Roosevelt High School in Des Moines join countless peers across the country in staging a school walkout to protest gun violence. The event featured a student gospel choir, a spoken word poet, and a call to action for students to contact their elected officials.
Close The Camps!
San Francisco
July 2, 2019
What started as a passionate rally across from Senator Dianne Feinstein's office, grew quickly (and I sense unexpectedly) into a spontaneous blockade of Market Street at lunchtime with over 1000 people, disgusted by US cruelty at the border, calling to immediately CLOSE THE CAMPS!! Two hours later, after a march down the center of Market Street and another street blockade, the rally ended outside the office of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. #closethecamps
Tonight at Vilas Park Lagoon, 7:00-9:00, lanterns launched at dusk (enter from Edgewood Ave.) Today is the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. It's important to remember, because when we forget the tragic events of the past we often repeat them. One nuclear weapon is too many, and the world has thousands. The observance tonight is one way of saying "Never Again!"
Miriam Borenstein was researching her parents, but Museum researcher Steve Vitto was able to provide her with something more: her birth certificate, which she had never seen before. Read more about this amazing story: neveragain.ushmm.org/news/entry/seeing-a-birth-certificat...
Museum curators evaluated this postcard, sent after the war and shared with the Museum in Boca Raton, 9 December 2012.
Read more about the collections seen and acquired by the Museum during the tour stop: neveragain.ushmm.org/news/entry/dozens-of-collections-don...
Museum staff member Rebecca Dupas reads a poem she wrote about the Museum and the Holocaust during the Tribute to Survivors and Veterans at the Boca Raton tour stop, 9 December 2012.
Read more about Rebecca's poem and the Tribute: neveragain.ushmm.org/news/entry/paying-tribute-to-holocau...