ENGLISH SUBTITLE - Freedom Slogans are the Heralds of Freedom. -

NEVER FORGET NEDA and all the other Iranian martyrs...here are their written voices!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4y5x6ieDI0

Beaten, robbed, a victim of hate

Attackers threatened President and family, as the attackers beat, strip and rob a develpomentally disabled man, Derrick Thomas.

http://www.startribune.com/local/west/61452677.html?page=1&c=y

Neda Agha Soltan - Sogand (The Pledge) Poem ( شعری برای ندای عزیز )

ENGLISH SUBTITLE - Tribute to Dear Neda... We promise that we shall make your dreams come true. ندا جان روحت شاد. ما تو را و آرزوهایت را فراموش نخواهیم کرد

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc-Tka891VM

I confess support for Iran (group confession)

Must see video of confession for supporting the Iranian people struggle for FREEDOM!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRijrZX-ZYI

Clearly a Federal hate-crime

WATCH this video! - Fickin' Unbelievable ...... this is clearly a federal hate-crime against a woman in GA that needs to be prosecuted as such!

An Army Reservist, Tashawnea Hill, was kicked and punched on her head and body by a white man, Troy D. West, on Sept. 9 as he screamed racial and gender slurs at her outside a Cracker Barrel in Morrow, about 15 miles southeast of Atlanta, police said. Troy D. West, 47, became enraged when Hill told him to be careful after he nearly hit her 7-year-old daughter while opening the restaurant's door, police said. Many witnesses confirm Ms. Hill's allegations againt West.

http://www.wsbtv.com/video/20932093/index.html

Quote of the Week

"Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything - even our lives - in our struggle for justice." - Cesar Chavez

NSBA's 5th Annual Legal Diversity Summit

*Invitation *

On behalf of the Nebraska Minority Justice Committee you are cordially invited to participate in Nebraska’s Fifth Annual Legal Diversity Summit. The Summit will be held on October 9, 2009 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Omaha (33...21 South 72nd Street) at 11:30 a.m.

Please register below:
http://www.nld.affiniscape.com/displayemailforms.cfm?emailformnbr=120974&event=275539

NE Law Tip of the Week:

"Section 25-824 provides generally that the district court can award reasonable attorney fees and court costs against any attorney or party who has brought or defended a civil action that alleges a claim or defense that a court determines is frivolous or made in bad faith."
Larmar Co. v. City of Fremont, S-08-590, 278 Neb. 485 (9/4/2009)

Obama's 1st year sets record for Hispanic nominations

President Barack Obama has appointed more Hispanics to high office than any president ever has in the history of this country. I beleive it reflects the growing political clout of Hispanics, the nation's largest minority group. Remember to register to VOTE and VOTE everytime you get an opportunity. Things will change for the better when we make them change!

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/08/31/20090831hispanics0831.html

N.C. native wrongly deported to Mexico

Federal investigators ignored evidence the man is an U.S. citizen, documents show. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/917007.html

This dude is an U.S. born citizen and NOT even of Mexican descent----WOW, I guess I better start carrying my birth certificate or brush up on my Spanish!

NE Law Tip of the Week:

"Early Leaving Incentive Program” (ELIP) moneys should have been considered marital property and included in the property division.
Simon v. Simon, 17 Neb. App. 834 (2009) A-08-1292,

Gay Man's Title VII Suit is revived by 3rd Circuit

The U.S. 3rd Circuit has ruled that an effeminate gay man must be allowed to pursue a Title VII claim alleging that he was targeted for harassment because he failed to conform to "gender stereotypes." The Circuit Court decided that a lower court erred when it declared that plaintiff Brian Prowel's sex discrimination claim was nothing more than "an artfully pleaded claim of sexual orientation discrimination."
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202433449001&src=EMC-Email&et=editorial&bu=Law.com&pt=LAWCOM%20Newswire&cn=NW_20090831&kw=3rd%20Circuit%20Revives%20Gay%20Man's%20Title%20VII%20Suit

Son to his Father - Teddy Kennedy remembered by his son

Edward Kennedy, Jr., remembering his father, "I love you dad and I always will. I miss you already."

As all of America will....Teddy you will be sorely missed but our Dream lives on. RIP


http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/08/ted_kennedy_jrs.html

RIP - Senator Edward Kennedy

RIP, the great liberal lion has passed - Edward Kennedy joins John, Bobby and Martin in heaven #kennedy

Iran confronts rape, murder & torture allegations

"Troubling news of kidnapping, rape, torture, and murder is flooding out of Iran.
Neda Aqa Soltan was murdered point-blank in the streets of Tehran for the whole world to see; while Sohrab Arabi was killed far from any global attention and his body given to his mother quietly to bury, as was the tortured body of Mohsen Ruholamini. These names have assumed symbolic significance for many more innocent young men and women murdered by the custodians of the Islamic Republic with a wanton disregard for the lives and liberties of its own citizens. Not just murder, but the rape of young men and women also is on the shameless roster of the Islamic Republic. . .Hamid Dabashi beleives the allegations of murder, rape and torture are testing Iran's Islamic Republic as never before."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/22/dabashi.iran.morality/index.html

Hamid Dabashi is the author of "Iran: A People Interrupted." He is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York. His Web site is http://www.hamiddabashi.com/.