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PROTEST Corruption outside NY Times DealBook Summit

Nov 30, 2022 NYC. Protestors outside the NY TimesDealBook Summit demand transparency and accountability re racketeering and conspiracy

“Bankman-Fried also appeared at the New York Times’ DealBook summit on Wednesday, where he said he “didn’t ever try to commit fraud.”

Speaking at the New York Times’ Dealbook Summit with Andrew Ross Sorkin (a financial columnist for The New York Times ) at what he said was against the advice of his lawyers, Bankman-Fried said that he did not knowingly commingle customer funds on FTX with funds at his proprietary trading firm, Alameda Research.” [NY Post]

What a difference one month makes:

“FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is set to be released on a $250 million bond and placed under house arrest at his parents’ California home following his first court appearance in Manhattan federal court Thursday.” [NY Post]

And NOW we have Zelensky in the States, greeted by Biden and speaking to Congress while BEGGING for more money [NY POST]

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington, D.C. to co-host a White House press conference on Dec. 21. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington, DC, to co-host a White House press conference on Dec. 21.AP

Meanwhile, back to the speakers on November 30th [NY TIMES]

Part 1 video (approx 6 min) : Nov. 30, 2022.

In a mostly heavy rain (with an occasional respite) protesting the NY TimesDealBook Summit by demanding  transparency and accountability re racketeering and conspiracy. This speaker criticized Ben Affleck as the token representative of the Celebrity Industrial Complex. Artists today are bought, paid and serviced …. by the New World Order. She warned against the Great Reset and the return of the degenerate Weimar Republic and concluded with, ” Art is supposed to be about beauty with a capital “B”; Truth and Beauty. Instead, culturally, artistically, what is happening in our world today is the ugly … nihilistic into extreme levels of ugliness…. When you can break down people and break down families and break down communities they’re so much easier to take down.”

Part 2 video  (approx 2 min) Grifter, Sam Bankman-Fried was scheduled as an interviewee/speaker.

This fellow responded outside the NY TimesDealBook Summit, to the question, “Don’t you think it’s worth listening to the guy who tweeted out-Don’t worry we’re solvent. And then the next day everybody’s money is gone. No promise for getting it back. … Yeah…. I think it’s worth listening to Sam Bankman-Fried from PRISON.” (the rest was the female speaker and a strange accusation re Mark Zuckerberg.)

Video 3 (3:31) focused on Ukraine corruption. (Pres. Zelensky was one of the interviewee/speakers promoted at the NY TimesDealBook Summit)

Protestors were demanding transparency and accountability re racketeering and conspiracy. This speaker discussed The Color Revolution (2005)…. funded by G. Soros. Also, topics were China and the ‘rona’.

Video 4 (5:20) Pres. Zelensky was one of the interviewee/speakers promoted at the NY TimesDealBook Summit so corruption and the history between Ukraine and Russia was briefly discussed.

How many think Ukraine is winning this war. There is no way…Russia going to win this war. Ukraine is going down, so need to launder as much money as they can.

Video 5 (4:58) continued with Ukraine corruption. (Pres. Zelensky was one of the interviewee/speakers promoted at the NY TimesDealBook Summit)

Putin is going to win this war. Were going to suffer for it and  and Europe is suffering for it. Zelensky is a pawn. a kleptocrat. We’re giving the billions….pilfered… funneled thru FTX to  the Democrats. The biggest money heist in the world. SBF is being treated as someone who just made a mistake. He needs to be put behind bars for years and years and never coming out.”

++++ A final look at a short recap from NY Times++++

DealBook SummitWorld Leaders, Business Titans and Crypto’s Fallen Star [NY Times]

  • Mark Zuckerberg says that the App Store’s market dominance is ‘not good.’

  • A faltering economy left Amazon little choice but to execute mass layoffs, Andy Jassy said.

  • Netflix’s Reed Hastings regrets that the streaming service was late in introducing ads.

  • President Zelensky of Ukraine rebukes Elon Musk’s peace proposal.

  • TikTok C.E.O. Shou Chew says that ‘it’s too early’ for a big investment in the metaverse.

  • Yellen calls for more regulation of cryptocurrencies after ‘Lehman moment.’

  • BlackRock’s Larry Fink says his biggest worry is investors ‘losing hope.’

Ben Affleck says he knows how to save ‘15 percent off the top’ of moviemaking.

“The problem with moviemaking is that it hasn’t “adapted to modern technology,” Ben Affleck told Andrew Ross Sorkin at The New York Times’s DealBook Summit on Wednesday.

“They still make movies with a lot of equipment, heavy cameras, practically speaking, a massive amount of money is missing,” he said. “I knew I could save 15 percent off the top.”

Affleck’s vision: Hollywood’s most powerful stars and off-camera people — directors, editors, costume designers, cinematographers — will all share in the profit. And they’ll also have a bigger say in the creative process, he promised.

Artists Equity has secured at least $100 million in financing from the private investment firm RedBird Capital Partners, and its founder, Gerry Cardinale, also appeared onstage on Wednesday. The studio has partnered with Amazon for its first movie, which will be about the business story behind the Air Jordan brand. Mr. Damon is starring in the movie, and Mr. Affleck is directing it.”

Flickr Slide show:

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[Where indicated pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

Belarus citizens(in Times Sq)say Stop Putin’s Russian Invasion NOW

Seems like every week a protest in support of Ukraine fills Duffy Square. So many I haven’t kept up. This one, however, caught my eye because it was Belarus vs Putin. But, I was confused, cause wasn’t Belarus siding with Putin? So WHO exactly was protesting on Sept 24, 2022 in Duffy Sq – NYC.

Belarussians Protest in Times Square, Putin’s Invasions.

But, I needed some info on “the Republic of Belarus :

“... a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. (…)[Wiki]

…” The European Union, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States have all imposed sanctions against Belarus because of their rigged 2020 election and political oppression during the ongoing protests in the country. Further sanctions were imposed in 2022 following the country’s role in the invasion of Ukraine.” [Wiki]

What I didn’t see were signs addressing their fears of war to include Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko. Why only to his mentor and comrade, Vladimir Putin? The Belarusian Enlightenment League of America (BELA) wants a no aggression pact, but the whole Russia,  Ukraine, Belarus terrain is riddled  with complications. But, clearly these protetors did not want WAR with Russia OR Ukraine.

Flickr Slide Show

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UPDATE (3 weeks later) re the Lukashenko, Putin drama:

With Putin under pressure, Belarus edges closer to joining war in Ukraine [Reuters]

LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – “A flurry of military activity in Belarus this week has caught the attention of Ukraine and the West as a potential sign that President Alexander Lukashenko may commit his army in support of Russia’s flailing war effort in Ukraine.

Lukashenko has ordered troops to deploy with Russian forces near the Ukraine border, and his defence ministry says “combat readiness” drills are under way. On Tuesday, the interior ministry held exercises to eliminate “sabotage groups” near Yelsk, only 20 km (12 miles) from the border with Ukraine.

France warned Belarus it could face more Western sanctions if it deepened its involvement in Ukraine.

Belarus allowed itself to be used as a launchpad for Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine but has not joined the fighting directly.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, global powers have picked sides and they have been pushing to isolate Russia. One nation that has stood unconditionally with Russia is its trusted ally Belarus. Russian President Vladimir Putin has constantly had Belarusian president Lukashenko‘s support even before the start of the Russian offensive. [WION you tube]

Oct 15, 2022 – Belarus Wavers as Putin Presses It to Join Ukraine War

“The country’s strongman, Aleksandr Lukashenko, finds himself in a bind. He survives with support from Russia, but entering the fight could be “political suicide.” [NY Times] “…two years ago after a fraud-tainted election, the Eastern European nation’s strongman leader, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, was propped up by the Kremlin, which sent security officers and money to support him. Today, eight months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Mr. Lukashenko’s Russian-enabled grip on power risks slipping as Moscow pressures him to get more involved in the faltering military campaign next door in Ukraine.

Sadly, these protests do not seem to affect an end to war. Not with Putin in charge. Or, perhaps I just don’t have enough info.

[Where indicated, pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

NYC War Resisters in Times Sq on 19th Anniv U.S. Invasion of Iraq

Sat, March 19, 2022, Times Square
Leftist War Resisters observed
19th Anniversary U.S. Invasion of Iraq

March 19, 2022 , found familiar anti-war Commies gathering in front of the Times Square Recruitment Station, demanding an end to the IRAQ war; to all wars.  The U.S.War machine must end.

Attacking and invading a country is a crime.

The War Resisters League affirms that all war is a crime against humanity.  We are determined not to support any kind of war, international or civil, and to strive nonviolently for the removal of all causes of war, including racism, sexism and all forms of exploitation.

At first,  Grannies For Peace serenaded passersby, briefly, followed by Debra Sweet of World Can’t Wait … obsessing on Iraq and the Bush Regime with a perfunctory acknowledgement of Ukraine; what mattered to her was U.S. war crimes in IRAQ.

War with Iraq: No WMD; not a part of the WTC. It was based on a lie. Unjust. The Bush regime began it. it was a War Crime. Immoral. 45 million people displaced by this war of aggression by the U. S. Creating a huge  refugee crisis across Europe and the Middle East; by the U.S. invasion and occupation.  It is our responsibility to do everything we can to  STOP U.S. War. Re Ukraine: every decent person should get off the band wagon to use more violence in Ukraine. Possible repercussions are enormous. NO U.S. intervention. NO NATO intervention.As for Iraq. After 20 years there must be many stories from people in Iraq/Syria who were affected by this war.”

VIDEO:

It was a Vigil, a March, a Demonstration protesting the 19th anniversary of the “unending U.S. war in Iraq” that has caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands civilians and combatants, and cost more than $2 trillion. But also warning not to support WAR in Ukraine.

The “End the 19-year-old U.S. War in Iraq, Ban Killer Drones” protest was sponsored by NYC War Resisters League, the World Can’t Wait  as well as  Catholic Worker, Kairos Community, Pax Christi New York State, Brooklyn For Peace, Veterans For Peace/NYC Chapter 34, New York City Raging Grannies, Granny Peace Brigade NYC, Peace Action New York State, Peace Action Manhattan, Pax Christi Metro New York, CodePink NYC. (Facebk LINK]

Flickr slideshow They stressed that as citizens of these United States, we should Resist All War.

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Found this comment re the protest from Face Book:
On yesterday’s 19th anniversary of the endless U.S. war in Iraq …the war in Ukraine grimly highlights the United States doesn’t have a monopoly on raining terror down upon civilians, but does make clear the hypocrisy of media’s wall-to-wall coverage of Russia’s war while downplaying or even not covering similar horrors in Iraq and other Middle East countries perpetrated by the United States for the past two decades.Ed Hedemann
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NEXT on their agenda- Monday, April 18th, 2022
TAX DAY :
DIVEST YOUR TAXES FROM WAR
Noon – 1:30 pm

We will protest at the IRS, calling for refusal to pay war taxes, and on Wall Street — starting at one location then marching to the other in order to make connections between U.S. tax dollars and war contractors who rake in profits as a result of arms sales and the constant promotion of war.

How to Refuse to Pay Taxes for War. (Introductory Workshop)

TOPICS INCLUDE which taxes go to war; how to resist; risks, joys, and consequences of resistance; federal budget basics; resources and support; plenty of time for Q & A.

“Let them march all they want, just so long as they continue to pay their taxes.”
—Alexander Haig, U.S. Secretary of State, responding to the 1982 March for Nuclear Disarmament

The American Communist orgs never rest.
Neither should we.

[Where indicated, pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]