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Co-founder of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. Her brother Abe Zelmanowitz died at the World Trade Center.
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From One Ground Zero to Another: Sister of 9/11 Victim Meets Afghan Who Lost Family in U.S. Bombing
As the world marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we go back 10 years and revisit a remarkable conversation between two New Yorkers: Rita Lasar and Masuda Sultan. Rita Lasar lost her brother, Abe Zelmanowitz, on the 27th floor of the World Trade Center. He worked at Blue Cross Blue Shield. He refused to leave...September 12, 2011 | Story -
From One Ground Zero to Another: An Afghan American Who Lost 19 Family Members in US Bombing, and a New Yorker Whose Brother Died in the World Trade Center
Less than two months after 9/11, the US attacked Afghanistan, an invasion that continues today. We turn to two interviews in the aftermath of the Afghan invasion: Afghan American Masuda Sultan, who lost nineteen members of her family to a US bombing while they were taking refuge in a farmhouse; and Rita Lasar, who went to Afghanistan a few months after losing her brother Abe in the World Trade...September 11, 2008 | Story -
The First World Economic Forum Protestors Are Arrested
Yesterday morning at the crack of dawn, 7 ACT UP activists were arrested while dropping two massive banners in protest of the World Economic Forum. The banners demanded that corporations pay for treatment for the tens of thousands of HIV-positive workers they employ in poor countries. Mark Milano was officially the first WEF protester to be arrested this year in New York.February 01, 2002 | Story
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As Protestants Harass Catholic Schoolgirls and a Catholic Postal Worker Is Killed, Catholicand Protestant Trade Unions Call for An End to Sectarian Violence
Tensions are high in Catholic north Belfast again, following the murder of a 20-year-old Catholic postal worker.Daniel McColgan was shot dead as he reported for work at a postal depot in a sprawling loyalist housing estate on thefringes of north Belfast. His murder was almost immediately claimed by the loyalist paramilitary force the UlsterDefense Association.January 22, 2002 | Story
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Actor/Activist Danny Glover Delivers a Controversial Speech in California: "If He Were Alive Today, Martin Luther King Would Not Have Been Invited to His Own Celebration"
On Saturday, actor/activist Danny Glover spoke before almost a thousand enthusiastic supporters at a celebration for the Reverend Dr Martin Luther King in Modesto, California. But outside the Christ Unity Baptist Church, a handful of protesters were a reminder that the town that Glover was not fully welcome. Glover was yanked from the roster of speakers after criticizing President Bush at a November...January 21, 2002 | Story
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Domestic Casualties of the So-Called "War On Terrorism": As Hate Crimes Flourish, a Mosque Is Destroyed in Columbus, Ohio
From Colombia to Columbus, Ohio, the violence of the war on terrorism spans the globe.January 11, 2002 | Story
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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.
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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]
