Egyptian Military Rulers Face Growing Unrest as 11 Killed in Pre-Election Clashes; Rupert Murdoch in “Unprecedented Firestorm” as U.K. Panel Finds Him Unfit to Run Global Media Empire; U.S. Media Giants Reel as FCC Orders Disclosure of Rates for Billion-Dollar TV Campaign Advertising; Free Press Co-Founder Robert McChesney: Murdoch Hacking Scandal a “Moment of Truth” … Continued
Obama Touts War’s End in Afghanistan, But Critics See Election-Year Guise for Prolonged Occupation; May Day Protests Span the Globe With Calls for Economic Justice, International Solidarity; May Day Legacy of Labor, Immigrant Rights Joined by New Generation of Occupy for Historic Protests; As Students Revolt Over Cutbacks and Debt, NYC Occupy Stages May Day … Continued
Jailed Bahraini Activists Get Appeal, But U.S.-Backed Regime’s Abuses Continue Unabated; “Booker’s Place”: Documentary Tells Story of Black Mississippi Waiter Who Lost Life By Speaking Out; Ahead of May Day, David Harvey Details Urban Uprisings From Occupy Wall Street to the Paris Commune. HeadlinesApril 30, 2012 Labor, Occupy Prepare for May Day Protests Report: … Continued
CISPA Critics Warn Cybersecurity Bill Will Increase Domestic Surveillance and Violate Privacy Rights; Targeted Hacker Jacob Appelbaum on CISPA, Surveillance and the “Militarization of Cyberspace”; Obama Admin Challenges Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law While Overseeing Unprecedented Mass Deportations. HeadlinesApril 26, 2012 U.S. Approves Expansive Drone Strikes in Yemen Military Judge Rejects Dismissal of Manning Charges, Sets … Continued
Hundreds Protest at DOJ to Demand Federal Probe of Alleged Racism in Mumia Abu-Jamal Conviction; 1-T Day: As U.S. Student Debt Hits $1 Trillion, Occupy Protests Planned for Campuses Nationwide; Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks from Prison on Life After Death Row and His Quest for Freedom; Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal and Danny Glover Speak for First … Continued
Death on the Border: Shocking Video Shows Mexican Immigrant Beaten and Tased by Border Patrol Agents; “War is the Enemy of the Poor”: Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on Poverty, MLK, Election 2012. HeadlinesApril 24, 2012 Sudan Accused of Declaring War Against Southern Neighbor DOJ Probing Wal-Mart for Reported Bribes in Mexico New U.S. … Continued
Gulf Oil Spill: BP Execs Escape Punishment as Fallout from Disaster Continues to Impact Sea Life; More Secrets on Growing State Surveillance: Exclusive Part 2 With NSA Whistleblower, Targeted Hacker. HeadlinesApril 23, 2012 George Zimmerman Released From Jail on $150,000 Bail U.S. To Impose Sanctions For Technology-Aided Human Rights Abuses U.N. Security Council Agrees … Continued
Photos of Soldiers Posing with Afghan Corpses the Latest Outrage of U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan; Back from Syria, Journalist Anand Gopal Warns Protesters “Face Slaughter” by Assad Regime; Tavis Smiley & Cornel West on “The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto.” HeadlinesApril 19, 2012 CIA Seeks Widened Authority for Yemen Drone … Continued
