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Coming Attractions: Cain, Mitrice, Heavy D, Conrad Murray and More

• November 9, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Crime, Cultural History, Murder/Manslaughter, Political Malfeasance, Sexual Harassment, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Unions/Union Busting, Weather, Who I Am, Wisconsin
Tags: Angelenos, California, Collective Bargaining, Conrad Murray, Crime and Justice, Dr. Conrad Murray, Heavy D, Heavy D and The Boyz, Jurors, Los Angeles County, Mad City, Manslaughter, Michael, Michael Jackson, Mitrice Richardson, Ohio, Sheriff Lee Baca, Verdict, Vote, Voting

On The 43rd Anniversary of MLK’s Assassination, March in His Name Today for Workers’ Rights

• April 4, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, Obama Administration, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "We Are One-April 4", AFSCME, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Capitol Square, Collective Bargaining, David Prosser, Governor Scott Walker, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Madison City Hall, Madison WI, Martin Luther King, Michael Franti, Michelle Shocked, Progressives, State Street, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, The Rule of Law, Voting, Wisconsin

“Burning” Madison, “Burning” Wisconsin

• March 10, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, Obama Administration, The Clintons, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "Burning" Kansas, "Burning" Wisconsin, Barack Obama, Collective Bargaining, Democratic, John Brown, Kansas, LiveStream, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, One-Man Rule, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Public Employees, Quantrill, Representative Government, Republican, Sarah Palin, The Fitzgeralds, The Koch Brothers, Triangulation, Union Busting, Unions, United States, Wisconsin

“We Are Wisconsin”

• February 24, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Budget Cuts, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Discrimination, Education, Labor History, Labor Relations, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, The Economy, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Collective Bargaining, Common Sense, Demonstrations, Governor Walker, Madison, Madison Wisconsin, Protesters, Republicans, Scott Walker, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Union Members, United States, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Capitol

The Less Discussed Part of Walker’s Wisconsin Plan: No-Bid Energy Assets Firesales–to the Koch Brothers! (via Rortybomb)

• February 22, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Education, Journalism and Ethics, Labor History, Labor Relations, Obama Administration, The Tea Party Movement, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: Americans for Prosperity, Budget Repair Bill, Capitol Square, Collective Bargaining, Democrats, Demonstrations, Governor Scott Walker, Governor Walker, Koch Brothers, Koch Industries, Lies, Loopholes, Protesters, Public Sector Unions, Republicans, Rortybomb, Scott Walker, Selling Off, Selling Out, State Capitol, State Capitol Rotunda, Union Busting, Unions, United States, Wisconsin

From Tahrir Square to Madison, Wisconsin (via Politirature)

• February 21, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Budget Cuts, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Education, Egypt, Islam/Sufism, Labor History, Love, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Revolutions, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement, Tunisia, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin, World History
Tags: "The Isthmus", Activism, Arabic, Channel 3000, Collective Bargaining, Education, Egypt, Egyptian, Engineering, Engineering Student, Facebook, Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Live Blogging, Live Video, Madison, Madison WI, Ohio, Republican Party, Republicans, Scott Walker, The Tea Party, The Uptake, United States, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Capitol, WisconsinEye, Word Press

Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: The Standoff…and the Demonstration…Continues at the Capitol

• February 18, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American History, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Democrats, Education, Journalism and Ethics, Labor History, National Issues, Obama Administration, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "The Isthmus", Capitol Police, Capitol Square, Collective Bargaining, Counter-Protesters, Democratic, Democrats, Families, Gov. Scott Walker, Gov. Walker, Legislature, Live Blog, Organized Labor, Republican, Scott Walker, State Senators, State Troopers, Unions, United States, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Eye

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Rural Montana Had Already Lost Too Many Native Women. Then Selena Disappeared. January 21, 2020
For decades, with little public notice, Native women have gone missing or been found murdered. The search for Selena Not Afraid showed how much things had changed.
Video Reveals Unused Earthquake Aid in Puerto Rico: ‘We Are Outraged’ January 21, 2020
The governor dismissed three members of her cabinet, but some Puerto Ricans still took to the streets in protest.
Amid Tight Security, Virginia Gun Rally Draws Thousands of Supporters January 21, 2020
Some 22,000 people, many of them armed, flooded the streets around the State Capitol to protest gun control proposals from the new Democratic majority.
‘We’ve Got to Change This’: Has Dixie Highway Reached the End of the Road? January 20, 2020
In South Florida, leaders are discussing whether to change the name of Dixie Highway, which some say glorifies the nation’s racist history.

The Guardian, UK

Trump impeachment: Senate prepares to hear opening arguments in trial January 21, 2020
Mitch McConnell unveils resolution to move trial forward with unanticipated speed, consigning key proceedings to late-night hoursAs Donald Trump prepared on Tuesday to address the billionaires in Davos, the US Senate prepared to hear opening arguments in an impeachment trial that could remove Trump from the presidency, if not from his seemingly unassailable […]
Jailed British-Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert rejected Iran's offer to work as a spy January 20, 2020
Melbourne University academic rebuffed bid to recruit her in exchange for her release, letters revealIran tried to recruit the British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert as a spy for Tehran in exchange for her release, but the overture was furiously rebuffed, letters smuggled out of Evin prison reveal.Moore-Gilbert, a Cambridge-educated academic special […]
Coronavirus: shares in Asia Pacific fall sharply as fears mount January 21, 2020
Memories of 2003’s Sars outbreak cause jitters on financial markets, with Hong Kong worst hit, as death toll rises to fourShares have fallen across Asia Pacific amid mounting concerns about a new strain of coronavirus in China that has left at least four people dead and spread to four countries.With the economic damage done by the devastating 2003 Sars virus […]
Davos 2020: Greta Thunberg demands urgent action on climate emergency – Day One live January 21, 2020
Rolling coverage of the first day of the World Economic Forum, including Donald Trump’s special address and Greta Thunberg’s panel sessionLatest: Young activists are speaking at Davos now 8.29am GMT Salvador Gómez-Colón, who organized Light and Hope for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, chides the media for paying too much attention to inconsequential stori […]
Parents of Irish girl found dead in Malaysia sue resort owner January 21, 2020
Family of 15-year-old Nora Anne Quoirin have asked authorities to conduct inquestThe parents of an Irish girl who was found dead after going missing from a Malaysian nature resort last year have sued the resort owner for alleged negligence and asked the authorities in Kuala Lumpur to conduct an inquest.Nora Anne Quoirin, 15, who had learning difficulties, di […]
US case against Huawei's Meng Wanzhou is 'fiction', say lawyers January 21, 2020
Extradition hearing begins in Canada as defence team rejects allegations that executive tried to get around Iran sanctionsThe accusations of sanctions busting against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou have been dismissed by her lawyers as “fiction” at the start of a legal hearing in Canada in which she is fighting extradition to the United States.Meng Wanzhou, t […]
Angola vows to force return of Isabel dos Santos by 'all possible means' January 20, 2020
Pledge comes as former ruler’s daughter denounces Luanda Leaks investigationCommunity bulldozed at site of Isabel dos Santos ‘masterplan’The Angolan government has vowed to use “all possible means” to force the return of Isabel dos Santos following the Luanda Leaks investigation into how the ex-president’s daughter accrued her $2bn fortune.Angola’s prosecuto […]
Isis founding member confirmed by spies as group's new leader January 20, 2020
Officials piece together profile of Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-SalbiThe new leader of Islamic State has been confirmed as Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi, according to officials from two intelligence services. He is one of the terror group’s founding members and has led the enslavement of Iraq’s Yazidi minority and has overseen opera […]

The BBC

New China virus: Fourth person dies as human-to-human transfer confirmed January 21, 2020
Authorities say two cases of infection in Guangdong were a result of human-to-human transmission.
Trump impeachment trial set to open in US Senate January 21, 2020
What we can expect in the trial starting on Tuesday, from the key players to unusual rules in place.
Trump impeachment trial: Five possible twists ahead January 21, 2020
Many believe President Trump will be acquitted in the end. But could it yet diverge from the script?
Sri Lanka civil war: Rajapaksa says thousands missing are dead January 20, 2020
The president acknowledges the fate of more than 20,000 who disappeared during the civil war.
Hundreds of US-bound migrants stopped from entering Mexico January 21, 2020
US-bound migrants who waded across a river are forced back and rounded up by the security forces.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari 'floors' Anthony Joshua January 20, 2020
Photos of the boxer prostrating before the Nigerian leader have had a mixed response online.
Fake German doctor who coaxed women to electrocute themselves jailed January 20, 2020
A German man who convinced young women and girls to shock themselves on camera is given 11 years.
Sri Lanka: 'Too many twins' hinder world record attempt January 20, 2020
An event vying to be the world's largest gathering of twins hit problems thanks to a huge turnout.