Shows featuring Jamel Mims
Organizer with the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, which is working to end the New York City Police Department’s practice of "stop and frisk." He was arrested last October for engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience by blocking the entrance to a NYPD precinct. Mims was again arrested in November in Queens for nonviolently blocking the police precinct where Sean Bell was killed.
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Ramarley Graham: NYPD Slays Unarmed Black Teen as Outrage over Targeting of People of Color Grows
The New York City Police Department is under mounting criticism after police shot dead an unarmed teenager inside his own home. Eighteen-year-old Ramarley Graham was shot at close range in his parents’ apartment in the Bronx after being chased into the house by narcotics detectives. Police said they found marijuana in the...February 08, 2012 | Story
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]


