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National Conference on Left-wing Challenges to the Two Party System to be held in Chicago 
The two day conference will feature panels, workshops, and discussions for “candidates, individuals, and organizations committed to a non-sectarian left political alliance in opposition to the two-party system of corporate-capitalist rule.” The conference organizers hope that an ongoing network for independent electoral activists, candidates, and elected officials will emerge from their efforts....
Posted: Wed, Apr 22, 2015 2:46pm PDT
Wiping the smug look off the face of capitalism! 
When a young anti-capitalist leapt on to the desk in front of European Central Bank president Mario Draghi when he was giving a press conference in Frankfurt on April 15, the look on Draghi's face was priceless....
Posted: Wed, Apr 22, 2015 11:01am PDT
Anti-Arab Racism Promoted by USA The American-Saudi blood for oil war in Yemen reeks with anti-Arab racism, a hallmark of US imperialism. The latest example is that of a Yemenite man, Mosed Omar, age 64, brought to this country as an adopted child, became an American citizen and worked for decades in this country and now lives in San Francisco with some family members. He has diabetes and high blood pressure. He went back to Yemen in July 2012 to bring his youngest daughter, age 13, to the US. The US embassy in Yemen tor...
Posted: Tue, Apr 21, 2015 8:34pm PDT
President Obama’s Earth Day Climate Message Inconsistent With His Support for Fracking 
Washington, D.C. – As President Obama prepares to travel to South Florida’s Everglades tomorrow to deliver an Earth Day speech on climate change, the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch is highlighting the disconnect between the President’s statements on climate and his administration’s promotion of fracking on “protected” federal lands – including some in the Everglades region. In March, the Obama administration released toothless regulations that encourage new fracking on more than 2...
Posted: Tue, Apr 21, 2015 6:48pm PDT
The Futile Attempt to Learn Why Philadelphia (and Your Hometown) Is Voting to Arm Nazis 
The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to send guns to Ukrainian fascists. Getting a straight answer from your representative as to why, or even getting them to admit to that reality, is nearly impossible....
Posted: Tue, Apr 14, 2015 8:55pm PDT
Mayor Announces Support for Reparations for Survivors of Chicago Police Torture CHICAGO – After months of work by survivors and stakeholders, including Chicago Torture Justice Memorials (CTJM), Amnesty International USA, Project NIA and We Charge Genocide, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced his support for a proposed ordinance that would provide reparations to survivors of Chicago Police torture during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. The ordinance will be introduced to the Chicago City Council tomorrow....
Posted: Tue, Apr 14, 2015 2:15pm PDT
How to protect yourself on the internet. The most average, boring, "uninteresting" consumers are the ones that are the most targeted, the most "mood-manipulated", the most hacked and the most data-harvested!
Every single thing you write in an email or text, or click on, will, eventually be psychologically analyzed by governments, lawsuit adversaries, foreign interests, hackers and marketing companies in order to learn what you really think and how you think. They can ALL get ahold of all of that material going back at least ten y...
Posted: Tue, Apr 7, 2015 8:21am PDT
Republicans to Shift 2016 Convention to Las Vegas A plan to move the Republican Convention from Cleveland to Las Vegas brought cheer to the hearts of lobbyists when announced this week. ...
Posted: Mon, Apr 6, 2015 10:30am PDT
Death Sentences and Executions 2014 
An alarming number of countries used the death penalty to tackle real or perceived threats to state security linked to terrorism, crime or internal instability in 2014, Amnesty International found in its annual review of the death penalty worldwide....
Posted: Wed, Apr 1, 2015 5:00pm PDT
Greece Proposes Plans to Tackle Tax Evasion and Corruption Greece submitted a list of economic reforms to the European Union (EU) in an effort to secure emergency financing....
Posted: Wed, Apr 1, 2015 2:29pm PDT
Violence, death and injustice: A beginner’s guide to human rights in Nigeria 
Violence, death and injustice: A beginner’s guide to human rights in Nigeria...
Posted: Tue, Mar 31, 2015 5:11pm PDT
Caustic Water at Joe Brown Park Pool (audio/mpeg 16.4MB) Recently, Caustic Water at Joe Brown Park Pool is causing increasing concern about the chemicals that caused the swimmers at Joe Brown to become ill. Amy Stelly, a resident of Treme who cares deeply about her neighborhood, has requested the City to provide list of all chemicals used in the pool, along with the expiration dates. The information is needed to provide the injured parties with more accurate information to share with their medical professionals....
Posted: Mon, Mar 30, 2015 8:07am PDT
Senate Budget Action Fails to Repeal Tax Transparency Law FATCA Repeal Fails...
Posted: Fri, Mar 27, 2015 1:20pm PDT
Endangered Gulf of Mexico Sea Turtles Splash into Jindal’s Presidential Bid Conservation groups are taking a hard look at Gov. Bobby Jindal’s environmental record in advance of his expected campaign announcement in June. Turtle Island Restoration Network published an op-ed this week in the Houston Chronicle highlighting how Jindal has failed to protect the endangered sea turtles in his home state of Louisiana....
Posted: Thu, Mar 26, 2015 11:45am PDT
New Study Shows Toll of Illegal Fishing on Sharks and Ray Species at Cocos Island National 
A new study published this week in Conservation Biology (available here) investigates Costa Rica’s ability to adequately enforce and protect it’s crown jewel of marine protected areas (MPAs) – Cocos Island National Park – from illegal longline fishing. The study, “Shifting elasmobranch community assemblage at Cocos Island—an isolated marine protected area,” was authored by R. White Easton, Mark C. Myers, Joanna Mills Flemming, and Julia K. Baum....
Posted: Thu, Mar 26, 2015 9:36am PDT
Proposed Bill Major Step Forward for Preventing Fiery Oil Train Derailments WASHINGTON— In response to the recent spate of fiery derailments that have highlighted the dangers posed by oil trains, Senators Maria Cantwell, (D-Wash.), Dianne Feinstein, (D-Calif.), Tammy Baldwin, (D-Wis.), and Patricia Murray, (D-Wash.), have proposed a bill that would remove the most dangerous tank cars from service, increase track inspections, and help to ensure that first responders have the equipment needed to respond to derailments....
Posted: Wed, Mar 25, 2015 12:51pm PDT
President Obama please expedite the extradition Barrientos 
Barrientos is one of the direct perpetrators of world-beloved singer Victor Jara's murder. He is now the last and only fugitive in the case....
Posted: Mon, Mar 16, 2015 12:04pm PDT
Public Statement on OAS Indigenous Peoples Declaration Amnesty International is urging member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) to ensure that a proposed regional Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples properly reflects the views and experiences of those whose rights are at stake. Legitimacy cannot be achieved if text is brought forward without the support of Indigenous Peoples....
Posted: Fri, Mar 13, 2015 12:37pm PDT
US Dept of Justice Investigation of Ferguson Police Leads to Firings/Resignations 
This U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division report, released on March 4, is the result of the DOJ's investigation into the Ferguson, Missouri, police department after the rebellions and violent police repression following the murder of Mike Brown by police officer Darren Wilson on August 9, 2014 in the Canfield neighborhood. While the DOJ declined to prosecute Wilson after a St. Louis County grand jury found no probable cause to indict him -- the DOJ not being known as a full-throat...
Posted: Wed, Mar 11, 2015 9:29pm PDT
Hermosa Beach Voters Defeat Measure to Overturn Oil Drilling Ban 
“Despite the oil industry’s aggressive efforts, the people of Hermosa Beach voted to protect their communities, their air, their water and their health from further exposure to the risks of dangerous oil drilling,” said Adam Scow of Californians Against Fracking and California Director of Food & Water Watch. “The victory is yet another example of how Californians are standing up in growing numbers to protect their homes, schools and our state’s vulnerable water supplies."...
Posted: Fri, Mar 6, 2015 2:20pm PST
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