This mix-tape by Sun Rise Above with beats by MF DOOM is overall a very good album. It is short, precise, and of great quality, flowing excellently from one song to the next. Great songs such as “Deficit” use highly… Read More ›
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Rick Perry’s Hunting Camp Called ‘Niggerhead’
What’s in a name…for your favored hunting camp? In the case of Texas Governor Rick Perry, it could be a bit of lingering racism. Gov. Perry’s campaign is pushing back against a story in the Washington Post today about his… Read More ›
Reconsider Columbus Day 2011
Happy Genocidal Maniac Day! Five hundred and eighteen years ago, today 12 October, a momentous event happened. The supposed “discovery” by one Cristóbal Colón—also known as Christopher Columbus, landed on the Bahamian island of San Salvador and subsequently was labeled… Read More ›
Immigrant rights groups want radio hosts John and Ken off the air
Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a longtime immigrant rights activist, is used to being called to task for his views. But when radio hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou recently gave out his cellphone number on the air in a campaign against the… Read More ›
“Dream Act” Becomes Law: Illegal Immigrants are Given a Chance
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed California Dream Act, legislator says The lawmaker who authored the California Dream Act said Saturday that Gov. Jerry Brown has signed the bill allowing Illegal immigrants attending California universities to receive state financial aid. Brown’s… Read More ›
Afghans protest in run-up to war anniversary
Ten years after invasion that ended Taliban rule, hundreds in Kabul say country will be safer when US forces leave. Hundreds of Afghans have marched through the capital, Kabul, on the eve of the 10-year anniversary of the invasion of… Read More ›
This Is Real: A Secret Government Panel Decides Who to Kill
Secret panel can put Americans on “kill list’ (Reuters) – American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according… Read More ›
American Heroes: John Brown
“Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked,… Read More ›
Labor unions set to join Wall Street protests
(Reuters) – Labor unions including nurses, and transit workers were set to join the growing anti-Wall Street movement march on Wednesday through New York’s financial district, and some college students walked out of classes in solidarity. The American Federation of… Read More ›
Californian prisoners hunger strike: 12,000 protest jail conditions
Thousands of inmates at up to eight Californian prisons have been on hunger strike for over a week in protest at what they feel is unfair treatment at the hands of prison authorities. Estimates suggest that there could be up… Read More ›
CIA Drone Kills Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, Secret US Memo Authorized Assassination
The Justice Department wrote a secret memorandum authorizing the lethal targeting of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the American-born radical cleric who was killed by a U.S. drone strike Friday, according to administration officials. The document was produced following a review of the… Read More ›
New York Pigs Arrest 700 Protesters At The Brooklyn Bridge
In a tense showdown above the East River, the police arrested more than 700 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon. The police said… Read More ›
Over 1,000 Attend Troy Davis’ Funeral
Sent to death row 20 years ago as a convicted cop killer, Troy Davis was celebrated as “martyr and foot soldier” Saturday by more than 1,000 people who packed the pews at his funeral and pledged to keep fighting the… Read More ›
Young American Jews Speak Out Against Zionism
“I’m trembling,” my mother says when I tell her I’m working on an article about how younger and older American Jews are reacting differently to the Palestinians’ bid for statehood at the United Nations. I understand the frustrations of the… Read More ›
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