Jul
15
2013
The NAACP launched a petition immediately after the Zimmerman verdict was announced, requesting that the Justice Department pursue civil rights charges against Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Within hours, over a hundred thousand people had signed onto the petition. That number has now jumped to half a million and counting.
The Department of Justice announced that it …
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Jul
15
2013
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award winning journalist and political prisoner. Today’s commentary is titled “The Coming Acquittal”. Abu Jamal recorded this piece the day before the actual verdict in George Zimmerman’s trial came in.
Listen to Abu Jamal’s commentaries online at www.prisonradio.org. …
Jul
15
2013
“The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is the duty of the living to do so for them.” — Lois McMaster Bujold …
Jul
13
2013
A Florida jury on Saturday found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, in a case that sparked a national debate on race and guns.
The panel of six women deliberated more than 16 hours over two days until nearly 10 p.m. on Saturday (0200 GMT Sunday) before delivering the verdict, which drew immediate condemnation from some civil rights groups.
Zimmerman appeared stoned-faced as the verdict was announced, but then …
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Jul
12
2013
An update on the trial of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17 year old Trayvon Martin. And, a special report from a march in solidarity with the California prisoners’ hunger strike. Plus, how the drug industry uses a practice called pay-to-delay to keep cheaper generic drugs off shelves.
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Jul
12
2013
More than 12,000 inmates in California jails have missed nine consecutive meals over three days in a hunger strike against solitary confinement and prison authorities are now threatening to discipline them.
The nine-meal point is a critical benchmark that requires officials to recognise the action as a hunger strike.
About 30,000 prisoners across the state began refusing meals on Monday in support of inmates with ties to
gangs who are being held in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay …
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Jul
12
2013
Hello. My name is Ed Snowden. A little over one month ago, I had family, a home in paradise, and I lived in great comfort. I also had the capability without any warrant to search for, seize, and read your communications. Anyone’s communications at any time. That is the power to change people’s fates.
It is also a serious violation of the law. The 4th and 5th Amendments to the Constitution of my country, Article 12 …
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Jul
12
2013
Uprising’s guest expert Roberto Lovato, a writer whose work has appeared in the Associated Press, the Nation Magazine, New America Media, Los Angeles Times and other outlets, analyzes today’s news headlines:
The legal Defense team of accused Florida shooter, George Zimmerman is delivering its closing arguments in a case that has attracted global attention. The all female and mostly …
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Jul
12
2013
Food stamp recipients, trying to live on just over $30 of food a week, have a new reason to worry – House Republicans want to cut the food stamp program either dramatically or altogether.
A vote yesterday split off, for the first time in decades, the federal government’s food stamp program from the Farm Bill to which it is traditionally …
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Jul
12
2013
Having saturated suburbs with its big box stores, the world’s largest and most notorious retailer, Walmart, has begun invading urban America.
And, in the city of Washington DC, Walmart is facing a pushback – not just from the streets, but from City Hall. DC Council members want to require large non-union retailers like Walmart to pay their workers a few …
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