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Kindra's Window: perspective on gulf coast disasters FluxRostrum 2011-05-03 10:50 PM
4 minute 20 sec trailer for a feature length currently rough cut documentary that follows the lives of Venice, LA residents Kindra Arnesen and family from hurricane Katrina through he 1st anniversary of the the BP Oil Disaster. (text/html)

Mountain Justice Training Camp May 20-27 Letcher County, Kentucky www.mountainjustice.org Matt Landon 2011-05-03 10:03 PM
www.mountainjustice.org Mountain Justice has been honing a skill set that we have effectively used to work against the coal industry here in Appalachia and many of these tactics apply to all surface and underground coal mines. (text/plain)

BTL:One Year After BP Oil Spill Disaster, Environmental and Economic Destruction Difficult Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-30 1:12 PM
Interview with Darryl Malek-Wiley, environmental justice organizer with Sierra Club, conducted by Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

BTL:Iraqis Fearful that U.S. Will Renege on Troop Withdrawal Deadline; Stage Angry Protest Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-29 12:12 PM
Interview with Raed Jarrar, political analyst, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

Complaint Alleges Army Psychologist Advised Interrogators in Torture Techniques Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-24 1:16 PM
Interview with Steven Reisner, psychologist, conducted by Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

In Stark Reversal, Obama Abandons Civilian Trials for 9/11 Suspects Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-23 12:58 PM
Interview with Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:Fukushima Disaster Unknowns Could Mean Years Until Nuclear Crisis Ends Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-22 5:41 PM
Interview with Harvey Wasserman, senior editor, FreePress.org and author of "The Last Energy War" and "Solartopia: Our Green-Powered Earth AD 2030", conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:Haiti's President-Elect Linked to Coup Plotters and Death Squads Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-18 1:16 PM
Interview with Kim Ives, editor with Haiti Liberte, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

Wheaton Congressman votes for draconian budget cuts hurting veterans, and the poor Lynda Carson 2011-04-18 3:02 AM
Wheaton Congressman Peter Roskam votes for draconian budget cuts hurting veterans and the poor, as extremist Republicans and right-wing Tea Party members attack the poor, and President Obama with hate speech! (text/plain)

BTL:Calls Grow for Government to Account for "Mistreatment" of Accused WikiLeaks Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-17 1:10 PM
Interview with Bruce Ackerman, Yale law professor, conducted by Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

U.S. Election 2012: Stewart Alexander Reach out to Prisoner’s Families Lynn Lomibao 2011-04-16 2:32 PM
Alexander also notes “Three Strikes” Laws are a violation against the human rights of hundreds of thousands of 3 Strikers and their families. “Across America, thousands of 3 Strikers are serving life sentences after committing minor offences. The punishment should fit the crime to allow these inmates to resume their live with their families.” (text/plain)

Human Rights Education For Genocide Month Antonella Antonecchia 2011-04-14 1:01 PM
With the possibility of genocide in the current civil unrest in Libya, Genocide Month, April 2011, is a reminder that the mass murdering of a group of people is not just history of the past, but still an existing human rights problem of today. (text/plain)

BTL:Ending Tax Giveaways to the Rich is Key to Reducing U.S. Deficit Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-14 12:00 PM
Interview with Chuck Collins, director of the Institute for Police Studies' Project on Inequality and the Common Good, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

Ancient Pre-Egyptian Sage-Scientists Foresaw Our Current Predicament Seven Star Hand 2011-04-14 5:17 AM
Eleven thousand years ago, at the end of the last ice age, the ancient sage-scientists of a doomed advanced civilization undertook a long-term plan to deliver the wisdom required to prevent the complete destruction of our cycle of civilization. (text/html)

Medical Marijuana: What’s Wrong With it? Admin 2011-04-14 2:35 AM
Any examination of the subject must include a look at the wider effects that legalization could be having. (text/plain)

Tear Gas and Arrests: Birth of a Ugandan Civil Rights Movement? Ann Garrison 2011-04-12 11:31 AM
Kampala - 04.11.2010 - Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye was arrested while walking to work in Kampala, Uganda's capitol, this Monday morning, as part of a Walk to Work protest of the rising cost of fuel and consequent rise in the cost of living. Norbert Mao, another of the leading presidential candidates in Uganda's February election, was also arrested walking to work in Kampala. Both have been released, and Besigye has been charged with inciting violence. He has since told Uganda's National Monitor that he is willing to die to restore sanity to Ugandan governance, including civil liberties for all citizens. (text/html)

Live Music Benefit for the Community Center of St Bernard Community Center of St Bernard 2011-04-11 7:31 PM
On April 20, 2011, the Community Center of St. Bernard will celebrate its Fifth Anniversary with a live music fundraiser upstairs at The Maison, 508 Frenchmen Street. This "5 Years of Caring" benefit will start at 8 PM and there is no cover. (text/plain)

BTL:Vermont Moves Closer to Establishing Nation's First Single-Payer Health Care System Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-11 12:02 PM
Interview with Dr. Deborah Richter, president of Vermont for Single Payer, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:GOP Proposes Deep Cuts for Regulating Food, Health and Safety Standards Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-10 2:17 PM
Interview with Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, conducted by Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

BTL:Populist Backlash Against GOP Anti-Union Legislation, Cannot by Itself Reverse Labor's Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-08 12:42 PM
Interview with Andrew Kroll, reporter with Mother Jones and associate editor of TomDispatch.com, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

Free Blood Pressure Screenings on April 15 Community Center of St Bernard 2011-04-07 8:39 PM
Staff from Haven Hospice will be at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1111 LeBeau St, Arabi on Friday, April 15 from 10 AM until 3 PM to offer free blood pressure screenings. (text/plain)

June 11th International Day of Solidarity with Marie Mason and Eric McDavid june11.org 2011-04-06 12:37 AM
International Day of Solidarity with Eric and Marie (text/plain)

Muslim Brotherhood & the Middle East Upheaval Gabriel Sawma 2011-04-05 4:59 PM
As the United States and its allies struggle to get to grips with its new challenges in the Middle East and North Africa, pundits, scholars and journalists have combed every inch of the Muslim Brotherhood’s history for clues to what might happen in the event the movement takes control over the region. (text/plain)

Free Kids' Dance Class on April 16 Community Center of St Bernard 2011-04-05 4:29 PM
Tsunami Dance Company will offer a free dance class for children ages 8 -12 years old on April 16th, 2011 from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM. The class will be held at the Community Center of St Bernard, 1111 LeBeau St, Arabi. (text/plain + 1 comment)

BTL:Plutonium Found in Soil Near Stricken Japanese Nuclear Complex; Groups Demand Radiatio Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-03 12:33 PM
Interview with Tom Clements, Southeastern nuclear campaign coordinator with the environmental group Friends of the Earth, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:As Violence Erupts in Israel and Gaza, Palestinian Youth Call for Hamas-Fatah Reconcil Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-04-02 12:49 PM
Interview with Mazin Qumsiyeh, professor at Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities in West Bank, conducted by Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

BTL:Obama Fails to Answer Key Questions on U.S.-Libya Intervention End Game Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-03-31 12:38 PM
Interview with Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies , conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

Solidarity Message to the FEFL Assembly Renato Magtubo 2011-03-30 5:50 AM
The Partido ng Manggagawa (Philippine Labor Party, PM) salutes the Filipino Educators Federation of Louisiana (FEFL) on its second general assembly. It has been a year of struggles and victories since the founding of the FEFL. And it has fundamentally been due to your determination to overcome fear and apathy, and your resolve to fight abuse and exploitation at the hands of an illegal recruiter. (text/plain)

BTL:Study: Wisconsin's GOP Anti-Union Legislation will Disproportionately Harm State's Wom Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2011-03-26 1:24 PM
Interview with Glenda Jones, assistant professor and director of Women and Gender Studies Program, conducted by Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

No to imperialist military intervention in Libya! PCInt 2011-03-25 6:55 PM
Since Saturday, March 19, a US-led military coalition, including, besides English and French Forces, participation by Canadian, Italian, Spanish, and other countries, commenced the bombardment of military installations and concentrations of troops loyal to the Gaddafi government. The stated purpose of this military intervention which has been endorsed by the Security Council of the UN and the Arab League, is to get government forces off the offensive against the rebels, in order to avoid a “massacre of the civilian population”. (text/plain)

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