Millions of British Public Sector Workers Take to the Streets in Historic General Strike; Occupy Wall Street Camps in Los Angeles, Philadelphia Dismantled in Massive Police Raids; As Biden Visits Iraq Ahead of U.S. Withdrawal, Critics See Last Ditch-Effort to Preserve Occupation; State Dept. Veteran Peter Van Buren Defies U.S. Censors to Recount Failed Reconstruction … Continued
Battlefield America: U.S. Citizens Face Indefinite Military Detention in Defense Bill Before Senate; Egypt Holds Historic Election As Military Council Resists Calls To Transfer Power To Civilians; Pepper-Spray Creator Decries Use of Chemical Agent on Peaceful Occupy Wall Street Protesters; Occupy Student Debt: Students Urged to Refuse to Pay Off Loans As Schools Hike Tuition. … Continued
NATO Kills 24 Pakistani Troops in 2-Hour Assault on Pakistani Base, Tensions Flare in Region; Glenn Greenwald: Is Obama Fulfilling the Neocon Dream of Mass Regime Change in Muslim World?; WikiLeaks, Julian Assange Win Major Australian Prize for “Outstanding Contribution to Journalism”; Wife of Bahraini Political Prisoner Condemns U.S.-Backed Regime For Killing, Torturing Protesters; As … Continued
Egypt Protesters Defy Mounting Crackdown As Military Refuses to Step Down; Sonia Jacobs and Peter Pringle on Their Journey From Death Row to the Wedding Altar. TODAY’S HEADLINES Egyptian Protesters Reject Military’s Refusal to Cede Power Yemeni President to Step Down in Return for Immunity Clashes in Bahrain Ahead of Release of Crackdown Probe … Continued
Egyptian Revolution Enters New Phase As Thousands Brave Violence to Protest Military Rule; America’s Not Broke: Solving the Debt Crisis By Making Nation More Equitable, Green & Secure; Reporter Greg Palast Exposes How U.S. “Vulture” Funds Make Millions By Exploiting African Nations. TODAY’S HEADLINES Thousands Gather In Egypt’s Tahrir Square in Fourth Day of … Continued
Seymour Hersh: Propaganda Used Ahead of Iraq War Is Now Being Reused over Iran’s Nuke Program; Tahrir Square Under Attack: 32 Egyptians Killed, 1,750 Injured in Protests Against Military Rule; UC-Davis Student Describes Pepper Spray Attack on Occupy Campus Protesters. TODAY’S HEADLINES Egypt: At Least 35 Protesters Killed, 1,700 Injured As Security Forces Crack … Continued
Occupy Wall Street’s National Day of Action Launches with Protest at NY Stock Exchange; Ex-New York Times Freelancer Natasha Lennard on Quitting the Corporate Media in an Occupy Era; 84-Year Old Dorli Rainey, Pepper-Sprayed at Occupy Seattle, Denounces “Worsening” Police Crackdowns; Paramilitary Policing of Occupy Wall Street: Excessive Use of Force Amidst the New Military … Continued
Syrian Human Rights Lawyer Razan Zaitouneh Speaks from Hiding, Says Over 4,000 Killed in Uprising; Arab League Suspends Syria, Concern Grows over Foreign Intervention to End Crisis; Occupy Honolulu: Hawaiian Musician Makana Performs Protest Song to World Leaders at APEC Summit; East Timor Massacre Remembered: U.S.-Armed Indonesian Troops Kill 270 Timorese 20 Years Ago; Occupy … Continued
