Dec 09 2009
Prison Radio Conversation with Mumia Abu Jamal on Anniversary of his Arrest
December 9th marks the 29th anniversary* of the incarceration of award-winning prison journalist Mumia Abu Jamal. He was arrested in the early morning hours of December 9th 1981 for the shooting death of Philadelphia Police officer Daniel Faulkner. Mumia was seriously wounded by a gunshot wound to his chest that night as well. Since then, Mumia has been a resident …
December 9th marks the 29th anniversary* of the incarceration of award-winning prison journalist Mumia Abu Jamal. He was arrested in the early morning hours of December 9th 1981 for the shooting death of Philadelphia Police officer Daniel Faulkner. Mumia was seriously wounded by a gunshot wound to his chest that night as well. Since then, Mumia has been a resident …
Directed by Clint Eastwood, “Invictus” is a new film set in post-apartheid Africa starring Morgan Freeman as President Nelson Mandela. Opening in Johannesburg yesterday, the film cinematically explores Mandela’s attempt to make the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa a moment of racial harmony. Having been imprisoned for twenty-seven years and labeled a “terrorist” for opposing apartheid, the newly …
A leaked document widely being referred to as the “Danish text” at the Copenhagen climate conference, has caused serious anger and resentment from delegates of poor nations. A draft document between the US, UK, and Denmark was leaked to the Guardian newspaper, which reported that “world leaders will next week be asked to sign an agreement that hands more …
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A string of deadly suicide bombings have recently hit Northwest Pakistan and the Pakistani Taliban are claiming responsibility. The attacks are apparently in retaliation against the Pakistani military for an offensive in South Waziristan for the past several months. Meanwhile, the White House last week authorized an expansion of the military drone program in Pakistan. The expansion coincides with …
The unofficial results of Bolivia’s presidential election on Sunday are in: Incumbent president Evo Morales, the country’s first indigenous leader, comfortably won reelection. There are also indications that Morales’ party, the Movement Toward Socialism has won two-thirds of the seats in Congress. This is significant in that Morales’ administration may now have a much easier time passing laws without …
On Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. economy shed just 11,000 jobs in November. The reduction in payroll employment was the lowest since the start of the current recession in December 2007. Since that time, the number of job losses has continually fallen steadily by hundreds of thousands for months on end until recently. …
Conservative activists and Fox News are up in arms about what they are calling “Climate-gate” – a controversy over stolen emails from England’s University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit. The content of the emails are being cast as proof that scientists have engaged in a vast conspiracy to exaggerate claims that the planet is warming as a result …
