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New York: Launching of the Campaign for the Yes to Peace in Colombia

New York City, the International Civic Committee based in NY, wants to generate awareness about the need for democratic exercise to vote in the national referendum that seeks to validate the agreements at the negotiating table in Havana that would…

Why President Hillary Clinton will need Bernie’s “Political Revolution” to get anything done

by Robert Reich for Common Dreams It looks increasingly likely that Hillary Clinton, a self-described “progressive who likes to get things done,” will have her chance starting next January. But how much that’s progressive will she actually be able to get…

German Ramirez on Face 2 Face

On this show we discussed with German Ramirez, concerning  the Sancocho for the Yes to Peace in Colombia. @SiPorLaPazNYNJ #LaPazSíEsConmigo #PorColombiaVotoSí An event organized by The International Civic Committee to raise awareness of all the advantages of voting YES in the…

Teaching values of collective prosperity

How the Zuni Tribe are strengthening communities through culture and sacred spaces. By Michael J. Dax 19 August 2016 for openDemocracy “Do you know the secret of the kachinas?” It was a whispered question, between two young girls—one Zuni, one…

Making America Great Again

Charles Mercieca, Ph.D.* When the time arrives for national elections in the United States, most of the candidates campaign on the slogan: making America great again. However, not one political figure brings into the open the real source of the…

Sanders condemns obscene levels of inequality documented in new CBO report

‘Unacceptable’ wealth inequality keeps growing in the U.S., with the top 10 percent of families owning three-quarters of total wealth by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams Yet another report, this one from the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO),…

Time for a Woman to Lead the UN

Human Wrongs Watch By Lyndal Rowlands* UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17 2016 (IPS) – Judging by the latest polls it now seems more likely that the United States will have a female President in 2016, than the United Nations will have…

Mothers Enter 2nd Week of Hunger Strike at PA Detention Center

In Pennsylvania, immigrant mothers detained with their children at the Berks County Residential Center have entered their second week of a hunger strike. They are protesting the government’s claims that the average time in detention is only 20 days. By…

The Horrific Murder of a Queens imam

Danny Katch and Mehran Mehrdad Ali report from New York City on the grief and anger in Ozone Park following the killing of the beloved leader of a local mosque. On Saturday afternoon, Maulama Akonjee, imam of the Al Furqan…

#BillionairesAndBombersWithHer

What’s that smell coming from the Clinton campaign’s ever-expanding “big tent”? Danny Katch investigates and finds some foul-smelling Republican elephants inside. BERNIE SANDERS wrote in an op-ed article in the Los Angeles Times last week that his “political revolution…continues as…

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