New Orleans: Malik Speaks, Part 2
This is the second part of Malik Rahim’s talk on Saturday, January 12, at the Unitarian Church in New Orleans:…
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Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
The Battle To Save New Orleans Public Housing
How a Determined Coalition Beat Back Demolition Plans At a press conference last December 18, 3007, at New Orleans’ City…
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Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
In case you missed them … recent stories of note
In case you missed them, I’ve re-hatched a number of local, regional, national and international news stories of note. Here…
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“I Have a Dream”
Text of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Speech from Aug. 28, 1963
(transcribed directly from the video)
“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chains of discrimination.
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Iraq vets call for Winter Soldier investigation
By Dee Knight – Published Jan 17, 2008 Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) has announced plans for “Winter Soldier:…
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Revolution of the Snails – Encounters with the Zapatistas
By Rebecca Solnit of TomDispatch.com I grew up listening to vinyl records, dense spirals of information that we played at…
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Tagged: Border Issues, Mexico
Dispatch From New Orleans: Malik Speaks
Malik Speaks, Part 1 Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground, spoke today about its past, present and future at the…
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Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
1/11, It’s Our Disgrace!
“As part of the worldwide protest against torture and for the restoration of Habeas/Corpus we stand in solidarity with humans…
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Lessons from the 1970 Student Strike
(Editor’s Note: This article appeared a year and a half ago, but as it is mainly a history lesson from…
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Noam Chomsky: We Own The World
(Adapted from a June 2007 speech) January, 01 2008 You all know, of course, there was an election-what is called…
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A Retrospective: Interview with Lowell Bergman – Who Inspired the OB Rag
Frank Gormlie January 9, 2008 0 Comments on A Retrospective: Interview with Lowell Bergman – Who Inspired the OB Rag
Lowell Bergman: 60 Minutes Producer, Journalist, Writer for San Diego’s First Underground Newspaper, Anti-war Activist, Student of Herbert Marcuse and…
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Int’l Day of Action to Shut Down Guantanamo
San Diego’s Observance of Int’l Day of Action to Shut Down Guantanamo Witness Against Torture Friday, January 11th NOON –…
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