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Chili Yazzie: “Give Us Our One Day to Say Our Peace”

Duane “Chili” Yazzie delivered the keynote at The Red Nation and UNM KIVA Club’s march and rally in Albuquerque on October 12, 2015 in celebration of the city’s first Indigenous Peoples Day, formerly known as Columbus Day. Yazzie is the…

What happens to the Bernie Sanders movement if he loses?

By George Lakey January 15, 2016, for Waging Nonviolence You may have heard the story of the woman who was walking her dog one night and found a man on his hands and knees, searching the sidewalk under the streetlight. “Can…

Chelsea Manning releases Podcast to tell her story in her own words

Actress Michelle Hendley portrays WikilLeaks whistleblower’s voice due to prison restrictions barring her from speaking directly to press. (Via Common Dreams) The recording was produced in collaboration with Amnesty International and voiced by actress Michelle Hendley. Due to prison restrictions,…

Anna Dioguardi on Face 2 Face

On this show we discussed with Anna Dioguardi Moyano, who was recently named co-chair of the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (FMCP) Alliance Community Advisory Board. Dioguardi Moyano represents Queens Community House on The Fairness Coalition of Queens, a group of community-based…

Flint, US, lead in water, privatisation and Democracy-shattering

Michael Moore gives us a succinct report about a scandal that has shaken the US: “News of the poisoned water crisis in Flint has reached a wide audience around the world. The basics are now known: the Republican governor, Rick…

Washington Is The Greatest Threat To World Order

Sergei Naryshkin, the Chairman of the Russian Parliament says that the growing tensions in international relations result from Washington’s lack of morals and violations of international law: “The increasing crisis in international relations is rooted in Western nations’ lack of…

US income gap widening due to lower pay for poor: Study

The income gap in major US cities is widening because pay has plummeted for the poorest households since the Great Recession began in late 2007, according to a new study. Even as the economic recovery gained momentum in 2014, incomes…

North Korea says peace treaty, halt to military exercises, would end nuclear tests

North Korea Saturday called for the concluding of a peace treaty with the United States and a halt to U.S. military exercises jointly with South Korea to bring to an end its nuclear tests. This is not the first time…

‘Invisibility cloak’ for chemo: Lung cancer treated with one-fiftieth of usual dose

Researchers have found a way to treat drug-resistant lung cancer by packaging a chemotherapy drug in containers made from a patient’s own immune system and delivering it directly to tumors. The technique results in 50 times less chemo for patients.…

De-dollarization accelerates: Iran-Russia “New Trade Agreements” to drop US dollar

The threat of war against Iran is not just about its natural resources, strategic control and supposedly to protect Israel, it is also about the US dollar being used for its oil trades. Iran is moving forward to replace US…

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