“Law in origin was merely a codification of the power of dominant groups, and did not aim at anything that to a modern man would appear to be justice.” — Bertrand Russell …

We’ll analyze the Republican Party’s Pledge to America, a document drafted by a corporate lobbyist that echoes the GOP’s 1994 Contract for America. Also, we’ll find out about a major rally activists are planning in Washington DC to end Mountaintop Mining. And, even though the DREAM Act died in the Senate this week, the debate among progressives continues. We’ll speak with war veteran turned peace activist Pablo Parades. Plus a brand new Friday feature – …

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North Korea’s controversial leader Kim Jong Il may be stepping down in the near future. The ruling Workers Party has set up their first party conference in 30 years next Tuesday. At the 1980 Party congress Kim Jong Il made his first major political appearance, setting the stage for him to succeed his father Kim Il Sung, North …

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On Monday the Justice Department’s Inspector General released a report finding that the FBI improperly conducted surveillance on activist groups between 2001 and 2006. The Inspector General wrote that extensive investigations into members of the environmental group Greenpeace had “little or no basis,” and he called the FBI’s actions under President Bush “troubling.” The Washington Post reports that the FBI …

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Most Americans do not realize that the city with one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS infection in the world is the nation’s capital, Washington DC. In fact, according to the former director of DC’s HIV/AIDS administration, DC’s infection rate is “on par with Uganda and some parts of Kenya.” A one percent infection rate of any disease …

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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 the Black Caucus’ Position on Net Neutrality.

Visit www.blackagendareport.com for more information.

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“In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.” — Albert Einstein …

We’ll find out what’s in store for North Korea with Kim Jong Il likely to step down soon, and the US’s on-going pressuring of the regime on nuclear disarmament. And, a new report reveals troubling FBI investigations of activist organizations. Plus, The Other City – a new documentary about a side of Washington DC we rarely see – a city with the highest rate of HIV/AIDS in the world. Plus the Black Agenda Report. …

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Teresa Lewis is set to be executed by lethal injection in the state of Virginia tomorrow. Last night the US Supreme Court denied a stay of execution in her case. The 41-year old is set to be the 12th woman executed in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Virginia has not executed a woman …

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In what a senior UN official has called “the rape capital of the world,” UN peacekeepers failed to protect 242 women and children from being raped between July 30 and August 3 in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. MONUSCO, the UN-led mission in the DRC and the world’s largest peacekeeping mission, did not report the rapes until 10 days …

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