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Dr. Paul Farmer on African Ebola Outbreak: Growing Inequality in Global Healthcare at Root of Crisis. HeadlinesAugust 22, 2014 National Guard Leaves Ferguson; Michael Brown’s Funeral Set for Monday Michael Brown’s Parents to Join Eric Garner March in New York City Los Angeles Residents Protest Police Killings of Omar Abrego, Ezell Ford Ohio: Cop … Continued
“Negro Spring”: Ferguson Residents, Friends of Michael Brown Speak Out For Human Rights; A War on Gaza’s Future? Israeli Assault Leaves 500 Kids Dead, 3,000 Injured, 373,000 Traumatized. HeadlinesAugust 21, 2014 Eric Holder Visits Ferguson as Peaceful Protests Continue Police Officer Suspended After Threatening to Kill Protesters in Ferguson Video: St. Louis Police Shot … Continued
Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas and Jail: Ferguson Police Crack Down on Journalists Covering Protest; “Not Acceptable in a Civilized Society”: Pastor on Ferguson Police Targeting Traumatized Yout; “They Are All Michael Brown”: State Senator Defends Protesters Seeking Justice in Police Shooting; Stop the Violence from Ferguson to Gaza: 90-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Arrested in St. Louis. … Continued
Pastor: In Ferguson Police Crackdown, I Need a Gas Mask More Than My Clerical Collar; Activist: For a New Generation, Ferguson Marks Historic Nonviolent Resistance to Police Repression; St. Louis Activist: Decades After 1968 Urban Uprisings, Key Economic & Race Issues Remain Unresolved; “Overpoliced & Underprotected”: In Michael Brown Killing, Neglect of Black Communities Laid … Continued
Missouri Deploys National Guard to Ferguson; Autopsy Shows Police Shot Michael Brown 6 Times; St. Louis Pastor: Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson Should Resign; Institutional Racism in Ferguson? First Black School Chief Speaks Out After Forced Resignation; “A Human Rights Crisis”: In Unprecedented Move, Amnesty International Sends Monitors to Ferguson; Ferguson Protests Erupt Near Grave … Continued
Armed w/ Military-Grade Weapons, Missouri Police Crack Down on Protests over Michael Brown Shootin; Worse Than Tiananmen? 1st Anniversary of Egyptian Army Killings of 800+ Anti-Coup Protesters; New Family Detention Centers Hold Immigrant Women and Children Without Bond as Asylum Claims Pend. HeadlinesAugust 14, 2014 Israel, Hamas Agree to 5-Day Ceasefire Extension U.S.: Siege … Continued
The Rise of ISIS: US Invasion of Iraq, Foreign Backing of Syrian Rebels Helped Fuel Jihadis’ Advance; Glenn Greenwald on Iraq: Is U.S. “Humanitarianism” Only Summoned to Control Oil-rich Areas? Glenn Greenwald: U.S. Intel Agencies Provide “Key Ingredient” in Enabling Israeli Aggression in Gaza; Glenn Greenwald Criticizes NPR For Relying on CIA-Linked Firm in Report … Continued
History Repeating Itself? U.S. Bombing Iraq While Jockeying to Oust Leader It Once Favored; As U.S. Strikes Continue in Iraq, Yazidis Still Need Safe Passage to Flee ISIS “Cleansing” Attacks; The Killing of Michael Brown: Missouri Police Shooting of Unarmed Black Teen Sparks Days of Protests. HeadlinesAugust 12, 2014 U.S. Bombing of Northern Iraq Enters … Continued
Noam Chomsky on Media’s “Shameful Moment” in Gaza & How a U.S. Shift Could End the Occupation; Noam Chomsky on BDS and How the Israeli Occupation is “Much Worse Than Apartheid”; “Sadistic & Grotesque”: Noam Chomsky on How Israel Limits Food & Medicine in Occupied Gaza. HeadlinesAugust 11, 2014 U.S. Launches Iraq Strikes as … Continued
