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Terror in Tripoli: Libyan American Describes Country in State of Fear, But Hopeful of Gaddafi’s Ouster; Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Egypt’s Revolution, His Potential Presidential Candidacy and Middle East Uprisings; Labor Organizers Consider General Strike in Wisconsin as Gov. Scott Walker Refuses to Negotiate over Anti-Union Bill. Today’s Headlines * Libyan … Continued
Voices from the 100,000-Strong Protest for Workers’ Rights in Wisconsin; Defying Gov. Walker, Wisconsin Protesters Refuse to Leave Capitol Building; Libyans in “Liberated” Eastern Cities Balance Self-Government With Supporting Tripoli Resistance: Anjali Kamat Reports; Libyans Organize Citizen Councils to Run Cities Liberated from Pro-Gaddafi Loyalists; As Death Toll Grows, 100,000 Flee Libyan Violence. Today’s Headlines … Continued
Juan Gonzalez Wins 2010 George Polk Award for Exposing $80M CityTime Scandal; Glenn Greenwald on the Assange Extradition Ruling, the Jailing of Bradley Manning, and the Campaign to Target WikiLeaks Supporters; Obama Withdraws Support for Anti-LGBT Defense of Marriage Act; “Everywhere There is Graffiti Saying, ‘Welcome to the New Free Libya’”: Democracy Now! Correspondent Anjali … Continued
“We’re Witnessing the Violent Lashings of a Dying Beast”: Libyan Novelist Hisham Matar on Gaddafi’s Brutal Crackdown in Libya; “People Have Finally Found Their Voice”: Democracy Now!’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Egypt After Mubarak; Arrest of CIA Agent Sheds Light on American Covert War in Pakistan, Straining U.S.-Pakistani Relations. Today’s Headlines * Gaddafi Issues … Continued
Uprising in Wisconsin: Tens of Thousands Protest Anti-Union Bill, as Wisconsin Lawmakers Leave State to Stall Vote; “A Celebration, Not a Protest”: Massive Crowd Packs Cairo’s Tahrir Square to Mark One Week Since Mubarak’s Ouster; “It’s Time to Push the Borders of Freedom”: Egyptian Students Defiantly Publish Newspaper Without Government Permission; Egyptian Uprising Fueled by … Continued
Defiant Student Protesters Force Withdrawal of Puerto Rican Police from Restive Campus; “People Are Bleeding in the Streets:” Bahrain Police Wage Brutal Overnight Attack on Hundreds of Pro-Democracy Protesters; “The Genie Is Out of the Bottle”: Assessing a Changing Arab World with Noam Chomsky and Al Jazeera’s Marwan Bishara; “Democracy Uprising” in the U.S.A.?: Noam … Continued
“A War on Women”: GOP Bills Target Abortion, Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health Services; As Mideast “Rolling Revolution” Grows, U.S. Denounces Iranian Crackdown — But Stays Silent on Key Ally Bahrain; “The Regime is Running Scared:” Algerian Forces Crack Down on Pro-Democracy Protests; Defying Government Repression, Yemeni Protests Continue for 6th Day. Today’s Headlines … Continued
