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WTUL News and Views Interviews Malcolm Suber of Communities United for Change
by WTUL News: Kyle B.
2010-06-22 8:06 PM WTUL News and Views Interviews Malcolm Suber of Communities United for Change about recent organizing in support of Federal Investigations into NOPD, as well as the ongoing struggle with NOPD in poor communities of New Orleans. (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)
BREAKING - What's Next for Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3?
James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
2010-06-22 5:28 PM
 A federal appeals court just delivered a crushing blow to prisoners' rights. yesterday, a ruling by a federal appeals court [1] ensured that for the forseeable future, Albert Woodfox will remain right where he has been for the last three decades: in a 6 x 9 cell in the heart of America’s largest and most notorious prison. (image/jpeg)
Labor for Palestine Salutes West Coast Dockers for Embargo on Israeli Cargo
Michael Letwin
2010-06-21 4:24 PM Just as labor solidarity played a critical role in toppling South African apartheid, it now has the potential to cripple Israeli apartheid. We urge the entire ILWU and all trade unionists to stand behind and expand on this critical issue of conscience and solidarity. (text/html)
BTL:Gulf Oil Spill Disaster An Opportunity to Reinvent America's Broken Energy Infrastruct
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2010-06-21 1:28 PM BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine (text/plain)
Primate Torture In LA, GA, US, UK, China, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Netherland
Primate Protector
2010-06-20 7:16 PM
 Recent deaths of primates subjected to freezing
and baking have given momentum to the movement
to end laboratory research on captive victims (image/jpeg)
RADIATION ASSOCIATED WITH OIL AND NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING FACILITIES
osha
2010-06-20 11:44 AM The occurrence of environmentally high concentrations of radioactivity, specifically radium isotopes in oil field production waters (also called oil field brines, produced water, produced wastewater or formation water) is well documented [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. It appears that the radionuclides are leached from the clay minerals and are associated with the decay of uranium and thorium atoms [5, 8]. (text/plain)
WTUL News and Views Interviews Anna Hrybyk of LA Bucket Brigade; of GNO Org. Roundtable
WTUL News+Views: Eustis + Toups
2010-06-19 7:14 PM WTUL News and Views Interviews Anna Hrybyk of LA Bucket Brigade; Freedom is Born and Matt Olson of GNO Organizer's Roundtable
[36:06 min; 33.8MB] (audio/mpeg)
WTUL News and Views Interviews Dan Jatres of MetroBikeCoalition
WTUL News+Views: Casey Roberts
2010-06-19 6:50 PM WTUL News and Views Interviews Dan Jatres of MetroBikeCoalition.
On the table are Recent Policy Victories, MBC's work with RTA, information on helmets, and insider information about bike advocacy on the city council. the interview is followed by a FSRN report on the Krewe of Dead Pelicans Demonstration against the Oil Disaster [39:35 min;37.2 MB] (audio/mpeg)
WTUL News and Views Interviews Jen Roberts of Bayou Land RC+D,Matt Olson of GNO Roundtable
WTUL News: Scott Eustis / Matt Toups
2010-06-19 6:22 PM WTUL News and Views Interviews Jen Roberts of Bayou Land RC+D
On the table are techniques for Coastal Restoration, Restored Ecosystems vulnerable to the Oil Disaster, and Economic Development via Green Markets for the Bayou Parishes. Matt Olson reps the GNO Roundtable to wrap it up. [28:29min; 26.7MB] (audio/mpeg)
WTUL News and Views Interviews Colleen Morgan of Bayou Rebirth
WTUL News: Kyle B
2010-06-19 6:11 PM WTUL News and Views Interviews Colleen Morgan of Bayou Rebirth.
On the table are Coastal Replanting, Coastal Restoration, and the Politics of the Oil Disaster and Oil Booms made of hair. [26:17min, 24.6MB] (audio/mpeg)
BTL:U.S. Supreme Court on Course to Tear Down Campaign Finance Reform Laws
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2010-06-19 1:12 PM BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine (text/plain)
Suu Kyi marks birthday; world remembers
J Esplanada
2010-06-19 10:23 AM
 RANGOON—From tree planting in Burma (Myanmar) to a solidarity rally in Washington and flash mobs in Britain, people around the world are holding events to mark the 65th birthday today of Aung San Suu Kyi. (image/jpeg)
BTL:U.S. and Israeli Policies Strengthen Iranian Hardliners; Undermine Green Movement
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2010-06-18 12:11 PM BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine (text/plain)
Coastal Citizens call for an end to Corexit; Worker Health and Safety
Scott Eustis
2010-06-17 3:59 AM [7.01 min 6.42MB] In response to the ongoing oil drilling disaster in the Gulf,
at Noon on Tuesday June 15th, citizens, shrimpers, and representatives gathered at the Capitol Steps of Louisiana's legislature to call for an end to the spread of the dispersant Corexit and for full enforcement of OSHA regulations for oil cleanup workers, including full protective gear. (audio/mpeg + 1 comment)
Obama’s Gulf Speech: “Utter Failure to Stop Gulf Oil Catastrophe” – Emergency Sum
Larry Everest
2010-06-16 6:40 PM Emergency Gulf Summit organizers denounce Barack Obama's June 15 speech on Gulf oil disaster and call for a people's response (text/plain)
ANAIRC’s campaign against Nicaragua Sugar on CKD
AV614
2010-06-14 11:38 PM Henry Beteta, Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, stated last April that up to three people die each year of chronic kidney failure in Nicaragua. (text/plain)
MDS WORKSHOP-MEETING at the US SOCIAL FORUM
Movement for a Democrtic Society (MDS)
2010-06-14 10:24 AM
 Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS) hosts workshop-meeting at US Social Forum in Detroit, June 24th. (image/jpeg)
EMERGENCY SUMMIT-THE PEOPLE MUST ACT TO STOP THE OIL CATASTROPHE
Beluga
2010-06-14 4:47 AM
 The BP oil blowout is an environmental catastrophe, bringing great peril to marine and wildlife in the Gulf and threatening ecosystems of the planet. The spill is still out of control and spreading. It jeopardizes communities and livelihoods. The government and BP have proven unable and unwilling to stop the disaster, protect the Gulf, or even tell the truth. The people must come together now to stop this nightmare. Millions are sick at heart and looking for ways to act.… (image/jpeg)
When Environmentalists Refuse to Oppose Offshore Drilling
Elizabeth Cook
2010-06-13 3:29 PM
While Gulf Restoration Network supports the 6 month moratorium on deep water drilling, GRN has never expressed opposition to offshore drilling in its entirety. (image/jpeg)
Militant workers in the Philippines slam wage hike as loose change
Partido ng Manggagawa
2010-06-13 9:28 AM
 The militant Partido ng Manggagawa (Workers Party - PM) slammed the wage hike of P22 for Metro Manila workers as “loose change” and called for the abolition of the regional wage boards for “betraying the working class.” Renato Magtubo, PM chairperson, declared that “P22 is not even enough for workers to buy a kilo of commercial rice or even the cheapest NFA rice worth P25. Since the last wage hike was in June 2008, the wage hike is effectively P11 per year over two years. Na-onse na naman ang mga manggagawa."
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BP now burning vast pools of crude on surface of Gulf of Mexico
D. Grant Haynes
2010-06-13 8:48 AM Burning large quantities of crude oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico is hardly without its own environmental impact. BP has likely mucked up the entire Western Hemisphere. (text/plain)
BTL:U.N. and Human Rights Groups Challenge U.S. Use of Drones in Targeted Assassinations
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2010-06-12 12:47 PM BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine (text/plain)
State Terrorism and massacres: constant characteristics of the policy of the Israeli bourg
PCInt
2010-06-11 9:46 PM The Israeli attack on the “Freedom Flotilla” of pacifist organizations under the guidance of the Turkish NGO Insani Vafki Yardim, which wanted to break the blockade to bring medicine and food to the people of Gaza, starving and subjected to terrible imprisonment since June 16, 2007, is another demonstration of the military and repressive nature of the “only democratic country in the Middle
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Good Ole Boys from South can clean up Oil Spill
Wimp Com
2010-06-11 9:01 PM YOU GOTTA WATCH THIS VIDEO...IF HAY FARMERS BROUGHT THE HAY AND SHRIMPERS AND OCEAN VESSELS DID THE CLEAN UP AFTERWORDS THIS WOULD WORK.... (text/plain)
People Must Come to New Orleans
Revolution Newspaper
2010-06-11 4:31 PM A monumental crime against the planet and humanity is unfolding before our eyes. Toxic oil and gas continue to spew in the Gulf of Mexico—and the government and BP have proven unable and unwilling to truly deal with this rapidly escalating environmental, wildlife, and human catastrophe. (text/plain + 1 comment)
BTL:Palestinian Farmer Peacefully Struggles to Save his Family's Property from Israeli Tak
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2010-06-11 11:57 AM BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine (text/plain)
Mississippi Starts Sixth Murder Trial for African American
Repost
2010-06-11 5:49 AM An African American man, Curtis Flowers, made history this week when he became the first person in U.S. history to ever go on trial for murder six times for the same crime. Mr. Flowers has been in jail in Mississippi since 1996, accused of the murder of four people at a furniture store. Jury selection started this week in tiny Winona Mississippi, population 5,482.
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Why Human Rights Education?
Antonella Antonecchia
2010-06-10 4:11 PM How important are human rights? Long before the phrase “human rights’ came into existence, men and women fought and died for basic human freedoms. In fact, this struggle has lasted thousands of years and still continues today.
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Terrorismo de Estado y masacres: un binomio constante en la política burguesa israelí.
PCInt.
2010-06-10 3:32 PM
 El ataque militar israelí contra la Flotilla de la Libertad de las organizaciones pacifistas, encabezadas por la ONG turca Insani Yardim Vakfi, demuestra una vez más el carácter militarista y represivo por parte del único país democrático del Medio Oriente. Esta flotilla llevaba medicamentos y suministros para una población que, desde el 16 de junio de 2007, se muere de hambre, condenada a muerte en esta prisión llamada Gaza.
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BTL:Former U.S. Ambassador Examines Motive Behind Israel's Assault on Gaza Aid Flotilla
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2010-06-10 12:23 PM BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine (text/plain)
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