CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN BATTLE ARE APPALLING

I am appalled that civilians' casualties are merely regarded as "collateral damage" in battle instead of civilian lives being valued and protected.

Facebook video and photo posts

I've added on Facebook photos and videos from various activism actions ... Facebook| Wes Rehberg

MEMORIAL FOR MEMORY

An 9-minute experimental film/video on memory, its reliability, abstraction and feeling. Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing

"THE HEARTLAND SPEAKS" -- 7-minute video of gathering, rally, arrests at military air show in Salina, KS

The video is from the Salina, KS, Heartland Speaks gathering, rally and arrests -- see post below for details -- this is the YouTube version, which may be more accessible.

This is a test of how photo works on blogspot .. the photo is of a Skype webcam chat between Mike Havenar, big picture, and me, inset, him in Louisiana, me in Chattanooga ... Mike's blogspot blog is titled "Orogenesis."

Heartland Speaks: Rally and arrests at military air show

Heartland Speaks: Rally & arrests in opposition to military air show from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.

Eight from "The Heartland Speaks" arrested at Kansas A-10 Warthog air show

Eight of us were arrested Wednesday at the site of the Salina, Kansas "bombing and strafing" air show after "crossing the line" during a demonstration against increased U.S. militarization and the use of depleted uranium munitions. Five of the jailed were over age 70.

The arrested were part of a three-day gathering of about 40 activists from throughout the U.S. called "The Heartland Speaks," which included presentations on militarization and the environment, impact of the use and production of depleted uranium munitions, the lethal use of the A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog) military jet, the face of warmaking, and nonviolent peacebuilding.

Arrested and jailed for criminal trespass were Janie Stein, 50, and Martin Bates, 53, conference organizers in Salina; Sister Agnes Caroline Teter, 79, of Salina; Frank Cordaro, 57, of Des Moines Catholic Worker; Ralph Kresin, 71, of the Salina peace community; Gerald Paoli, 48, of Voices of Creative Nonviolence in Chicago; Sister Margaret Rourke, 80, of Salina, and Wes Rehberg, 72, of Wild Clearing in Chattanooga, TN. Sisters Caroline and Margaret are connected with the Sisters of St. Joseph.

The A-10 Warthog competition was called "Hawgsmoke," and jets were taking off and landing in practice runs during the demonstration. The military jets,can fire up to 60 30mm rounds a second in their bombing and strafing attacks, including DU rounds, and have been deployed extensively in recent U.S. military incursions.

The local media lauded the "Hawgsmoke" competition with headlines like "They're Heeeere ..." and "Successful Takeoff," but also covered the demonstration and arrests. About 50 persons were present at the demonstration, which included a three-mile march to the site of the air competition, live music and talks by participants.

Attending the conference and demonstration as well were activists from Veterans for Peace, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance in Baltimore, Christian Peacemaker Teams, the Land Institute, the Manhattan, KS, peace community, and an activist musician from Australia.

Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing

"What We Make Disappears..." (Between the Ice Ages)

What We Make Disappears ... (Between the Ice Ages) from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.

In this 5-minute experimental video, I reflect on how temporary things are ... that all we create eventually disappears in a universe that changes, a solar system that will vanish. This is part of Between the Ice Ages, tone poems and found objects.

BETWEEN THE ICE AGES ... FAITHFUL ... to the creative spirit

Between the Ice Ages: ... faithful ... from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.

This is a 3-minute 47-second video reflection on how faithfulness to the creative spirit within is the prime sensibility and responsibility in film and art. -- Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing

THE EXPOSED: ATTY LISTS PROBLEMS IN US HELP FOR SICK NUCLEAR WORKERS

THE EXPOSED: Atty lists problems in US help for sick nuclear workers from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.

Attorney Frank Gerlach details problems in the U.S. program to help sick nuclear workers under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness and Compensation Program, in this preliminary video clip for the documentary exposed. He spoke at a meeting of the Portsmouth/Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety and Security in Ohio -- co-founded by Vina Colley, a sick former worker at the USEC Portsmouth nuclear enrichment plant. Gerlach represents sick workers in their efforts to obtain compensation and medical aid from nuclear plant contamination through the program administered by the U.S. Dept. of Labor. Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing

THE EXPOSED: INTERVIEW WITH MIKE DRIVER, SICK NUCLEAR WORKER

THE EXPOSED: Interview with Mike Driver, sick nuclear worker from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.

This continues our series of preliminary video clips from interviews with sick nuclear plant workers, here with Mike Driver, who worked at the Paducah, KY, gaseous diffusion nuclear fuel enrichment plant. The preliminary clips are from filming for our documentary in process, "The Exposed," produced by Wes & Eileen Rehberg of Wild Clearing. See www.wildclearing.com for our work.

THE EXPOSED: SICK OAK RIDGE NUCLEAR WORKERS DETAIL FRUSTRATIONS

During an interview for our documentary "The Exposed," three former Oak Ridge nuclear workers spoke of their frustrations with obtaining medical help and compensation through the U.S. Department of Labor, charged with helping such workers through the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) -- working video clip filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing ...

THE EXPOSED: INTERVIEW WITH SICK URANIUM WORKER VINA COLLEY

The Exposed: Vina Colley, sick uranium worker from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.

Above is a 14-minute video of an interview with sick worker Vina Colley, who was an employee at the Portsmouth/Piketon Ohio uranium enrichment and gaseous diffusion plant, now operated by United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC). Colley details her illnesses, workplace problems, her employment and her efforts to obtain medical help and monetary compensation. She is president of PRESS, the Portsmouth/Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety and Security, and co-founder of National Nuclear Workers for Justice.

The interview is connected with a documentary were filming called "The Exposed." -- Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing, http://www.wildclearing.com ...

"CONTAMINATED FOREVER" -- INTRODUCTORY SCENES FROM A DOCUMENTARY ON THE HAZARDS OF DEPLETED URANIUM MUNITIONS

"CONTAMINATED FOREVER" - the documentary --
... exposing the ongoing impact of the use of depleted uranium weapons

Filmmaker Wes Rehberg and artist and social policy analyst Eileen Rehberg have produced and filmed "Contaminated Forever," a 1-hour and 45-minute documentary to help in the effort to expose the terrible consequences of the use of depleted uranium weapons (DU) for test purposes and in the battlefield.
These weapons were used in Iraq, the Balkans, on testing grounds throughout the United States and territories, and possibly in Afghanistan, Panama and Lebanon, with their poison dust afflicting soldiers and civilians. Their nanoparticle fallout, in the earth, has a half-life of 4.5 billion years, ready to be inhaled or ingested, where, inside the body, they pass through cell walls to begin their radioactive and toxic damage.
You may view the home page for "Contaminated Forever," as well as a high-bandwidth flash video draft of this segment, at this web page. A DVD of the documentary is also available for purchase there. A Vimeo version is below. -- Wes Rehberg

"Contaminated Forever" - introductory scenes: a documentary on DU weapons contamination from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo..

OUTLINE OF DOCUMENTARY:

PART 1: Introduction
PART 2: CPT actions at Aerojet Ordnance in Tennessee
PART 3: Vieques activists speak out about bombing range contamination
PART 4: Doug Rokke, maligned military whistleblower
PART 5: ICBUW conference at UN Plaza in NYC
PART 6: NL industries victims of contamination
PART 7: Anti-DU rally in Jonesborough, TN
POSTLUDE: Iraq veteran Herb Reed at home

THE EXPOSED: VIDEO - RALLY FOR POISONED NUCLEAR WORKERS IN OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE

THE EXPOSED: Nuclear Workers rally for illness compensation in Oak Ridge, TN from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.

Posted here is a 14-minute video of a rally in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, organized by the Coalition for a Healthy Environment, whose organizers have been working since the mid-1990s for compensation, care and recognition of nuclear weapons worker contamination. Many among this group are sick from the poisons as well.

The rally, on June 25, 2008, was among others that day in Cleveland, Ohio, organized by Bethlehem Steel former workers in Buffalo, New York, in Denver, Colorado, organized by Rocky Flats former workers, and in Hispañola, New Mexico, by Los Alamos workers. The video can also be viewed in a higher-resolution version at this site: http://www.wildclearing.com/ice-ages/the-exposed.html

We're now developing a documentary on nuclear workers who have become poisoned by heavy metals, radiation and other contaminants and who are also struggling for adequate compensation for their illnesses for those who are yet alive but sick, and for acknowledgement that those who have died did so as a result of limited or no recognition that their illnesses were caused by exposure to contaminants, flawed human safety procedures and limited care.