13 Sep 2016

Protest Song Of The Week: ‘Attica Blues’ by Archie Shepp

Forty-five years ago, on September 13, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller deployed the National Guard, police, and guards to crush the prisoner rebellion at the Attica state prison.  Tear gas was launched. Prisoners who were not resisting were shot and killed. Torture and abuse of prisoners was employed to restore

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12 Sep 2016

Prison Strike Against Slave Labor Spreads To At Least Twelve States

Years of prisoner organizing and resistance culminated on September 9, as a national labor strike against slave-like conditions escalated.

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12 Sep 2016

Hillary Clinton Collapses At 9/11 Memorial, Health Questions Raised

What illness is Hillary Clinton suffering from?

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12 Sep 2016

Struggle To Kill Dakota Access Pipeline Reinvigorated By Obama Intervention

While viewed as a small victory, U.S. government intervention emboldens indigenous resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.

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11 Sep 2016

What If America Happened To Forget The September 11th Attacks?

“Never Forget” is supposedly a pledge to not allow the deaths on 9/11 to be in vain, but it’s not as if the US has honored their sacrifice by consulting history.

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11 Sep 2016

Criminal Justice Debt: Forcing Poor Black Americans To Pay For Their Incarceration

Donna Murch outlines brutal system where black Americans are criminalized and forced to pay for their punishment while incarcerated.

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10 Sep 2016

Delete Your Account – Episode 16: Oil And Water #NoDAPL

Roqayah and Kumars interview Ruth H. Hopkins, a Lakota and Dakota of the Great Sioux Nation, and an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Nation.

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09 Sep 2016

‘I Need Help’: Chelsea Manning Launches Hunger Strike

Chelsea Manning has launched a hunger strike that she says will last until the military and US government stop bullying her and give her the help she needs.

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09 Sep 2016

Jill Stein At Chicago Rally: The Real Criminals Are Those Behind Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein stopped in Chicago days after showing solidarity with indigenous Americans fighting Dakota Access Pipeline.

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09 Sep 2016

US HIMARS Rocket Strikes in Syria From Turkey; Carter’s Oxford Speech Pressures Russia

The US has deployed HIMARS rocket artillery and troops in Turkey near the Syrian border and, in the last week, has launched rocket attacks into northern Syria.

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