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Update: Mumia Abu-Jamal transferred to general... →
As of 1/27/12, Mumia Abu-Jamal has officially been transferred to General Prison Population after being held in Administrative Custody (“The Hole” or Solitary Confinement) at SCI Mahanoy, Frackville, PA for seven weeks. This is the first time Mumia has been in General Population since his arrest in 1981. This comes within hours of the of delivery of over 5,500 signed petitions to...
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Internet strike stalls ‘piracy’ laws →
By Greg Butterfield, Workers World After years of piecemeal attacks on Internet users for so-called piracy — that is, the free sharing of culture and information — a major section of the U.S. and global ruling class seems intent on carrying out a full-court press to wrangle wholesale control of the Web for the profiteers in the name of “intellectual property rights.” The government/media...
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Fidel: Republican Primary 'Greatest Competition of... →
Castro’s comments came in a long opinion piece carried by official media two days after Republican presidential hopefuls at a debate in Florida presented mostly hard-line stances on what to do about the Communist-run island, and even speculated as to what would happen to the 85-year-old revolutionary leader’s soul when he dies. Cuba has become an important issue as the candidates court Florida’s...
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Reflections of Comrade Fidel: The Fruit That Did... →
When the USSR and the Socialist Camp disappeared, the United States government thought that Cuba would not be able to support itself. George W. Bush had already prepared a counterrevolutionary government to preside over our country. The same day that Bush began his criminal war against Iraq, I requested that our authorities stop with the policy of tolerance towards the counterrevolutionary leaders...
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ALERT: Attack Against Dine People of Big... →
queerfury: BIA Livestock Impoundment crews are confiscating sheep, goats, horses, cattle belonging to the Dine People of Big Mountain/Black Mesa, Arizona right now. Human rights violations against traditional Dine (Navajo) taking away one of their major food sources as well as wool essential to their livelihood. Please flood the office of Robert Carolin and tell him the elders need to eat...
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Aboriginal rights protesters surround Australian... →
CANBERRA — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was dragged away by security guards Thursday after she was trapped in a restaurant by rowdy protesters demonstrating for indigenous rights following a ceremony to mark Australia’s national day. Some 200 supporters of Aboriginal rights surrounded a Canberra restaurant and banged on its windows while Gillard and opposition leader Tony...
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Breaking: Approx. 10,000 people are protesting in... →
occupyallstreets: RSVP to the event in your city: facebook.com/events/215317315225357/ - Kraków facebook.com/events/174048566035586/ - Lublin facebook.com/events/174451399329583/ - Poznań facebook.com/events/332274416793882/ - Wrocław facebook.com/events/174724099301513/ - Katowice facebook.com/events/353301034699480/ - Gdańsk facebook.com/events/212620175499352/ - Bydgoszcz...
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NYC: Muslim Civil Liberties Coalition Calls for...
PRESS CONFERENCE, TOMORROW 1/26, 11:00 AM, STEPS OF CITY HALL Muslim Civil Liberties Coalition Calls for Resignation of Police Commissioner Kelly Demands City Council Institute Community Control & Oversight Mechanism Over the NYPD January 25, 2012 (New York, NY) — In the wake of revelations about NYPD’s involvement in production of an anti-Muslim propaganda film, the Muslim American...
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OCCUPY MAY DAY GENERAL STRIKE: MAY 1st →
ebb-n-flow: OCCUPY MAY DAY GENERAL STRIKE: MAY 1st BEGINNING MAY 1, 2012 NO WORK - NO SCHOOL - NO SHOPPING - NO BANKING - NO TRADING THE PEOPLE OF THE PLANET WILL TAKE TO THE STREETS #OLA & #OLB are calling on all people of the world to start planning NOW for a Global Strike. The goal is to shut down commerce worldwide and show the 1% we will not be taken for granted, we will not be...
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In the last 24 hours an orgy of land theft and... →
anonymissexpress: By Today in Palestine on January 24, 2012 | Tweeted by @anonymiss8 Land Theft & Destruction / Attacks on Protests Against Land Theft / Restriction of Movement / Apartheid / Refugees More on Mondoweiss
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Divisions in Cairo as Egyptians mark uprising →
CAIRO - Crowds of several hundred thousands teemed in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of Egypt’s 2011 uprising, with liberals and Islamists in a competition over the course of the revolution, reflecting the deep political divides since the downfall of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. The Islamists made a forceful show Wednesday in Tahrir, which was the...
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15 of the Deadliest Corporations →
stay-human: These corporations, if they were individual human beings, would be locked up for life. Instead, they continue raking in the big bucks. Human rights abuses, murder, war, eco disasters, and animal exploitation keep these evil companies raking in the green. Prepare to be disgusted. I don’t think the list is in any particular order. Even if you don’t agree with all of them (eg. the...
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