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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
Facing National Outcry, Ferguson Police Drop Military-Grade Gear as Protests Continue Over Shooting; Cops or Soldiers? Pentagon, DHS Helped Arm Police in Ferguson with Equipment Used in War; As WHO Warns Ebola Death Toll Is Underestimated, How Should Global Community Handle Dire Crisis? HeadlinesAugust 15, 2014 More than 100 Cities Join Moment of Silence … 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
As U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq Begin, Will Military Intervention Escalate Growing Crisis? Uri Avnery on Gaza Crisis, His Time in a Zionist “Terrorist” Group & Becoming a Peace Activist. HeadlinesAugust 8, 2014 U.S. Launches Air Strikes Against Islamic State in Iraq Gaza Fighting Resumes After Truce Ends; 10-Year-Old Palestinian Killed WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak … Continued
Despite Ceasefire, Humanitarian Crisis Continues in Gaza with 500,000 Displaced & 10,000 Injured; “A Hideous Atrocity”: Noam Chomsky on Israel’s Assault on Gaza & U.S. Support for the Occupation. HeadlinesAugust 7, 2014 Ceasefire in Gaza Enters Final 24 Hours U.N. Chief: Gaza Toll Has “Shocked and Shamed the World” Obama: Gaza Blockade Cannot Continue … Continued
As Palestinians Go To ICC, Human Rights Watch Alleges Israeli War Crimes for Shooting Fleeing Gazan; Can Israel Claim Self-Defense Against the Territory It Occupies? Int’l Jurist John Dugard Says No; Killing of U.S. General by Afghan Soldier Underscores Obama’s “Deep Problems” in Winding Down War; “War Makes Everyone Crazy”: Hiroshima Survivor Reflects on 69th … Continued
