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April 2010 Archive
Friday, April 30, 2010
- Headlines for April 30, 2010
- "You Got Bailed Out, We Got Sold Out"–Thousands Protest on Wall Street
- Spewing 5,000 Barrels of Oil a Day, BP Spill Hits Louisiana Coastline
- Paramilitaries Kill Two Human Rights Activists in Oaxaca
- Dorothy Height (1912-2010): Civil Rights Leader Remembered for Lifelong Activism
- UC Berkeley Student Senate Fails to Override Veto of Israel Divestment Measure
Thursday, April 29, 2010
- Headlines for April 29, 2010
- Attorney Uncovers Docs Implicating Vatican in Sexual Abuse Cover-Up
- Punk Rock Legend Patti Smith on Her Life, Her Art, Her Singing and Speaking Out
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
- Headlines for April 28, 2010
- Immigration Advocates Rise Up in Anger over Arizona Law
- House Vote on Puerto Rico’s Status Divides Hispanic Lawmakers
- Goldman Execs Grilled over Role in Inflating Housing Bubble and Then Betting on Collapse
- "Plunder: The Crime of Our Time"–Danny Schechter Takes on Wall St. in New Film
- After 3 Years in Pretrial Solitary Confinement, Fahad Hashmi Pleads Guilty on Eve of Terror Trial
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
- Headlines for April 27, 2010
- "Avatar" Director James Cameron Follows Box Office Success with Advocacy for Indigenous Struggles
- John Ross on "El Monstruo: Dread and Redemption in Mexico City"
- Rep. Grijalva Calls for Federal Non-Cooperation with Controversial AZ Immigration Bill
Monday, April 26, 2010
- Headlines for April 26, 2010
- "The United Nations Is Beyond Reform...It Has to Be Reinvented"–Fmr. UN General Assembly President Miguel d’Escoto
- Radio Gente: Cochabamba Radio Station Airs Democracy Now! in Spanish
Friday, April 23, 2010
- Headlines for April 23, 2010
- Bolivian President Evo Morales on President Obama: "I Can’t Believe a Black President Can Hold So Much Vengeance Against an Indian President"
Thursday, April 22, 2010
- Headlines for April 22, 2010
- New Senate Climate Bill Is "Slap in the Face to Everything that Earth Day Stands For"
- Mesa 18: Dissident Groups Host Alternative Meeting Outside World Peoples’ Climate Summit
- Ex-Leader of Bolivia Peasant Workers near San Cristóbal Mine Says Company Lied About Water Pollution, Demands Pay for Vast Water Usage
- From Melting Glaciers to Structural Adjustment: Maude Barlow on the Need for Water Justice
- Bolivia Climate Conference Moves to Establish Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth
- Bolivian Conservationist Calls for Preservation of Madidi Region, One of the Most Biodiverse Areas of World
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
- Headlines for April 21, 2010
- Evo Morales Opens Climate Change Conference in Tiquipaya
- "The Most Important Event in the Struggle Against Climate Change"–Nigerian Environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey on Bolivia Climate Conference
- Why Is the US Cutting Off Climate Aid to the Poorest Country in South America?–Bolivian Climate Negotiator Angélica Navarro
- "The World Is Changing in a More Progressive Way, and It’s Taking Place Here"–Boaventura de Sousa Santos on Bolivia Climate Summit
- Bolivian Indigenous Activists Call for End to Polluting Extractive Industries Inside Bolivia
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
- Headlines for April 20, 2010
- Bolivian Indigenous Activist: We Must Respect Mother Earth, Our Pachamama
- As Protests Mount Against San Cristóbal Silver Mine, Bolivia Looks to Extract Massive Lithium Reserves, But at What Cost?
- Actress Q’orianka Kilcher on Climate Change Activism: Public Figures and Celebrities "Have a Responsibility to Help Give a Voice to the Voiceless"
- Pat Mooney on the Dangers of Geoengineering and Manipulating the Planet to Combat Climate Change
Monday, April 19, 2010
- Headlines for April 19, 2010
- Jim Shultz on "Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia’s Challenge to Globalization"
- The Cochabamba Water Wars: Marcela Olivera Reflects on the Tenth Anniversary of the Popular Uprising Against Bechtel and the Privatization of the City’s Water Supply
- Bolivian UN Ambassador Pablo Solon on the World Peoples’ Summit on Climate Change and Rights of Mother Earth
Friday, April 16, 2010
- Headlines for April 16, 2010
- Jailed Whistleblower: US Lawmakers Held Offshore UBS Accounts
- Obama’s New Space Exploration Plan Includes Major Role for Private Firms
- Legal Defender Isabel Garcia: Arizona Bill Forcing Officers to Determine Immigration Status Marks "All-Out Assault" on Latino Communities
- Author Nikolas Kozloff on "No Rain in the Amazon: How South America’s Climate Change Affects the Entire Planet"
Thursday, April 15, 2010
- Headlines for April 15, 2010
- Environmentalist, 350.org Founder Bill McKibben on "Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet"
- Jailed UBS Whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld Makes Tax Day Clemency Request to President Obama
- Binghamton, NY Marks Tax Day with City Hall Counter Tallying Cost of Iraq, Afghan Wars
- 12-Year-Old Des Moines, IA Peace Activist Faces Trespassing Charge for Antiwar Protest at Offices of Sen. Harkin
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
- Headlines for April 14, 2010
- Was Obama Nuke Summit Necessary or Just "Nuclear Alarmism"? And What About Israel’s Arsenal?
- Charles Bowden on "Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields"
- World-Renowned Scientist Dr. Theo Colborn on the Health Effects of Water Contamination from Fracking
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
- Headlines for April 13, 2010
- Group: Justice Stevens a "Champion of the Constitution in the Face of the Court’s Increasingly Conservative Jurisprudential Trend"
- Glenn Greenwald on Why Elena Kagan Would Shift the Supreme Court to the Right and the Death of Dawn Johnsen’s OLC Nomination
- Alice Walker on "Overcoming Speechlessness: A Poet Encounters the Horror in Rwanda, Eastern Congo and Palestine/Israel"
Monday, April 12, 2010
- Headlines for April 12, 2010
- Families of Victims of 2007 US Helicopter Killing React to Leaked Video
- "This Is How These Soldiers Were Trained to Act"–Veteran of Military Unit Involved in 2007 Baghdad Helicopter Shooting Says Incident Is Part of Much Larger Problem
- New Docs Show Kissinger Rescinded Warning on Assassinations Days Before Letelier Bombing in DC
- "Looting Main Street"–Matt Taibbi on How the Nation’s Biggest Banks Are Ripping Off American Cities with Predatory Deals
Friday, April 09, 2010
- Headlines for April 09, 2010
- Once-Banned Muslim Scholar Tariq Ramadan on His First Visit to US in Six Years, President Obama and Why Muslims Should Make Their Voices Heard
- World Bank Approves Multi-Billion-Dollar Loan for Coal-Fired Power Plant in South Africa
Thursday, April 08, 2010
- Headlines for April 08, 2010
- EXCLUSIVE: One Day After 2007 Attack, Witnesses Describe US Killings of Iraqi Civilians
- Despite Landmark Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia, Iran Threats and Nuclear Posture Review Raise Doubts of Significant US Shift
- Is the CIA Assassination Order of a US Citizen Legal?
- The Dangers and Difficulties of Reporting from Gaza: Two Journalists Recount Their Experiences
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
- Headlines for April 07, 2010
- Massey Energy Mine Cited for 1,300+ Safety Violations in Years Leading up to Deadly Explosion
- Appeals Court Rules FCC Lacks Authority to Enforce Net Neutrality
- Attorney in Wiretapping Case Says Obama Admin as Bad or Worse than Bush on State Secrets
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
- Headlines for April 06, 2010
- Massacre Caught on Tape: US Military Confirms Authenticity of Their Own Chilling Video Showing Killing of Journalists
- After First Denying Involvement, US Forces Admit Killing Two Pregnant Afghan Women & Teenager
- 25 Miners Dead in WV Coal Mine Explosion, Massey Energy Mine Cited for Hundreds of Safety Violations
Monday, April 05, 2010
- Headlines for April 05, 2010
- "Violence Is the Product of the Polarized Nature of Our Society"–South African Scholar Adam Habib on Killing of White Supremacist Leader
- Triple Suicide Bombing Targets Foreign Embassies in Iraq
- Non-Citizen US War Vets Facing Deportation Despite Military Promises of Citizenship
Friday, April 02, 2010
- Headlines for April 02, 2010
- As Demolitions Begin, Community Activists See Detroit Urban Renewal Plan as Land Grab
- Mass Closures of Public Schools, Promotion of Charters Raise Fears of Privatized Detroit Education System
- Detroit Activist, Philosopher Grace Lee Boggs: "The Only Way to Survive Is by Taking Care of One Another"
- US Social Forum to Be Held in Detroit Under Banner of "Another World Is Possible, Another US Is Necessary"
- Calls Grow for Expanded Justice Dept. Probe of FBI Killing of Detroit Imam
Thursday, April 01, 2010
- Headlines for April 01, 2010
- Environmental Groups Decry Obama Plan to Lift Moratorium on Offshore Drilling
- As Donors Pledge $9.9B for Post-Earthquake Reconstruction, Haitians Call for Inclusivity, Justice in Rebuilding Effort
- "We Made a Devil’s Bargain": Fmr. President Clinton Apologizes for Trade Policies that Destroyed Haitian Rice Farming
- Dr. Paul Farmer, UN Deputy Special Envoy for Haiti, on Haiti’s Challenges Following Catastrophic Earthquake and Years of Western Domination
- UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston Responds to US Defense of Drone Attacks’ Legality
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Columns
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.
Web Exclusives
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]
