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Ahead of the G-20 Summit to be held later this month in Pittsburgh, the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania and the Center for Constitutional Rights has filed suit on behalf of protesters. The two-day gathering scheduled to begin on September 24th is expected to draw world leaders, financial ministers and representatives of the European Union to the …
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Sep
14
2009
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Debs Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
Back in the day on September 14th, 1918, socialist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison. The day before, the perennial presidential candidate had been found guilty on three counts of violating the Espionage Act. The trial that led to his conviction and lengthy prison sentence centered on a …
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Sep
11
2009
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This week on Uprising:
* Obama Impresses and Disappoints with Healthcare Speech
* Black Agenda Report on Obama, the Black Caucus, and Health care
* Analyzing the Presidency: Rightwing Assaults and Progressive Responses
* 9/11 Legacy: The Persecution of Muslims
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2009
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Exactly 45 days after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC, then President George W Bush signed into law the USA PATRIOT Act, giving vast new power and discretion to law enforcement and intelligence agencies to spy on and incarcerate Americans and others, to detain and deport immigrants, to monitor financial transactions, and to greatly expand …
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Sep
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2009
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A new survey conducted by the Pew Research Center has found that a majority of respondents place Muslims as the most persecuted religious group in the United States. Ahead of the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, fifty-eight percent of Americans polled said that people of the Muslim faith faced “a lot” of discrimination. The survey also noted …
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The Department of Labor released a list yesterday highlighting child and forced labor practices in the production of 122 goods in 58 countries worldwide, a move hailed by labor groups as a step forward in the fight against international labor rights abuses. The DOL’s report comes as part of what Labor Secretary Hilda Solis calls the United States’ …
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Glen Ford is a writer and radio commentator and the Executive Editor of The Black Agenda Report. This week’s commentary is on Obama, the Black Caucus and Healthcare.
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The Coup in Chile
Back in the day on September 11th, 1973, the democratically elected government of Chile was overthrown. General Augusto Pinochet, who would soon reign as dictator, headed the violent US-backed military coup against President Salvador Allende. In the course of the day’s events, the Moneda presidential palace was bombarded under siege until, as the president’s …
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Sep
11
2009
“When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there must be no silent witnesses.” — Carol Bellamy …
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2009
We’ll commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with a look at the USA PATRIOT Act nearly 8 years after it passed – how it has been exploited and made us less safe. And, how American Muslims have fared over the past 8 years of persecution. Plus, how the Department of Labor has pinpointed industries engaged in child and forced labor and this week’s Black Agenda Report. …
