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October 2011 Archive
Monday, October 31, 2011
- Headlines for October 31, 2011
- "Deadly Monopolies": Medical Ethicist Harriet Washington on How Firms are Taking Over Life Itself
Friday, October 28, 2011
- Headlines for October 28, 2011
- "Blood on the Tracks": Brian Willson’s Memoir of Transformation from Vietnam Vet to Radical Pacifist
Thursday, October 27, 2011
- Headlines for October 27, 2011
- Iraq War Vet Hospitalized with Fractured Skull After Being Shot by Police at Occupy Oakland Protest
- Egyptian Youth Activists: We are Happy to See Occupy Wall Street Movement Stand Up for Justice
- Drug War Profiteers: Book Exposes How Wachovia Bank Laundered Millions for Mexican Cartels
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
- Headlines for October 26, 2011
- Police Fire Tear Gas, Flash Grenades as Protesters Try to Retake Occupy Oakland After Predawn Raid
- Glenn Greenwald on Two-Tiered U.S. Justice System, Obama’s Assassination Program & the Arab Spring
- Glenn Greenwald on Occupy Wall Street, Banks Too Big to Jail and the Attack on WikiLeaks
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
- Headlines for October 25, 2011
- From Tahrir to Wall Street: Egyptian Revolutionary Asmaa Mahfouz Speaks at Occupy Wall Street
- Dozens Arrested at Occupy Oakland as Police Raid Encampment, Tear Down Tents
- Goldman Sachs v. Occupy Wall Street: A Greg Palast Investigation
- "Women, War and Peace" PBS Series Examines Role of Nobel Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee in Liberia
Monday, October 24, 2011
- Headlines for October 24, 2011
- Michael Moore & Cornel West on OWS, Iraq & the Progressive Discontent Obama Faces in ’12 Vote
- Occupy Louisville: Voices from Social Justice Encampment in the Hometown of Muhammad Ali
- Dr. Cornel West: "We Are in a Magnificent Moment of Democratic Awakening"
Friday, October 21, 2011
- Headlines for October 21, 2011
- Gaddafi’s Death Sparks Celebrations, Calls for Probe, as Libyans Begin New Era Free of Regime
- Exclusive: Nobel Laureate Tawakkul Karman on the Struggle for Women’s Rights, Democracy in Yemen
Thursday, October 20, 2011
- Headlines for October 20, 2011
- Muammar Gaddafi Killed in Libya as Interim Government Seizes Last Regime Stronghold
- Former Guantánamo Prisoner Speaks Out on Lawsuit Seeking Bush’s Arrest in Canada for Torture
- Harsh Immigration Laws Threaten "Humanitarian Crisis" in Alabama, Prompting Latinos to Fight Back
- "Lost in Detention": As Obama Admin Deports Record 400,000, Film Explores What Immigrants Face Behind Bars
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
- Headlines for October 19, 2011
- Former Financial Regulator William Black: Occupy Wall Street a Counter to White-Collar Fraud
- Colleagues of Slain Kansas Abortion Doctor George Tiller Continue His Fight for Reproductive Rights
- Amidst Soaring Poverty, New MLK Monument Should Be Seen as "Testament to [His] Unfinished Work"
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
- Headlines for October 18, 2011
- Freed U.S. Hikers Speak at Occupy Oakland, Express Support for California Prisoners on Hunger Strike
- The New Libya: Exclusive Video on Challenges Facing a Nation Emerging from Gaddafi’s 42-Year Rule
- Noam Chomsky on Israel-Palestine Prisoner Exchange, U.S. Assassination Campaign in Yemen
Monday, October 17, 2011
- Headlines for October 17, 2011
- Global Day of Rage: Hundreds of Thousands March Against Inequity, Big Banks, as Occupy Movement Grows
- Danny Glover, Cornel West Speak Out at Occupy Protests as MLK Memorial is Dedicated in D.C.
- Times Square Taken Over as Occupy Wall Street Enters Second Month, Hundreds Arrested Across Country
Friday, October 14, 2011
- Headlines for October 14, 2011
- NYC Withdraws Cleaning Evacuation Order in Face of Defiant Occupy Wall Street Protesters
- Constitutional Rights Lawyer Michael Ratner: Failed Occupy Wall Street Evacuation Order is Illegal
- Alleged Inhumane Conditions for Post-9/11 Suspects Sparks Global Scrutiny of U.S. Detention Policies
Thursday, October 13, 2011
- Headlines for October 13, 2011
- "News for All the People": Juan González & Joseph Torres on the Epic Story of Race & the U.S. Media
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
- Headlines for October 12, 2011
- U.S.-Iran Tensions Grow as Indictment Accuses Iranian Agents of Assassination Plot
- John Carlos, 1968 Olympic U.S. Medalist, on the Revolutionary Sports Moment that Changed the World
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
- Headlines for October 11, 2011
- Occupy Wall Street Organizer: Protest Expands Despite Police Effort to "Silence" Demonstrators
- Hip-Hop Artist Immortal Technique: No More Free Passes for Our Government
- Colombian, Korean and Panamanian Activists Condemn White House Support for New "Free Trade" Deals
- Iraq Veterans at Occupy Wall Street Decry Financial Crisis Soldiers Face Returning Home
- Iraqi-American Musician Stephan Said Performs at Occupy Wall Street
- Indigenous Groups at Occupy Wall Street Mark Columbus Day as Day of Mourning
- Independent Media Stalwarts Katrina vanden Heuvel & Danny Schechter Speak Out at Occupy Wall Street
- Dr. Gabor Maté at Occupy Wall Street Details Link Between Financial Crisis and Medical Illness
- Jeff Sharlet: Occupy Wall Street Shows an "Incredible Display of Political Imagination"
- With a Kitchen, Library, Medical Area, a Community Emerges at Wall Street Encampment
- From Madrid to New York City: Spanish Protester Joins Occupy Wall Street Protest
- Wall Street Trader Praises Occupy Wall Street: "This is a Real Democracy"
- Civil Rights Pioneer, Olympic Medalist John Carlos & Sportswriter Dave Zirin at Occupy Wall Street
Monday, October 10, 2011
- Headlines for October 10, 2011
- "Chaos and Bloodshed": 25 Die in Cairo as Egyptian Military Attacks Coptic Christian Protesters
- Occupy Wall Street Spreads: 32 Arrested in Iowa; Right-Wing Editor Infiltrates D.C. Anti-Drone Protest
- Occupy Wall Street Emerges as "First Populist Movement" on the Left Since the 1930s
- America’s Longest War: New Study Examines Demographics of U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan
- Nobel Peace Winner Tawakkul Karman on Yemen and the U.S. War on Terror
Friday, October 07, 2011
- Headlines for October 07, 2011
- Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Trio of Women for Championing Gender Equality, Peace Building
- Yemeni Activist Tawakkul Karman, First Female Arab Nobel Peace Laureate: A Nod for Arab Spring
- Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Activist Leymah Gbowee Honored for Peace, Equality Work
- Ten Years After U.S. Invasion, Afghan War Rages On with No End in Sight
- Rev. Jesse Jackson Honors the Late Civil Rights Stalwarts Fred Shuttlesworth and Derrick Bell
Thursday, October 06, 2011
- Headlines for October 06, 2011
- Occupy Wall Street March Gets Massive Turnout, 28 Arrested in Police Crackdown
- "We Have Come Together": Inspired by Occupy Wall Street, Unions Join Activists for Historic March
- Bronx Hip-Hop Duo Rebel Diaz, Live from Occupy Wall Street March
- Decrying Debt and Budget Cuts, Students Stage Walkout to Join Growing Occupy Wall Street Movement
- "We Are the 99%": Voices from the Occupy Wall Street March
- Naomi Klein: Protesters Are Seeking Change in the Streets Because It Won’t Come from the Ballot Box
- Naomi Klein: Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Controversy Shows How Wall Street is Occupying U.S. Gov’t
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
- Headlines for October 05, 2011
- Somalia Blowback: After Deadly Mogadishu Bombing, a Look at How U.S. Fueled Militant Islamist Threat
- As Unions, Students Join Occupy Wall Street, Are We Witnessing Growth of a New Movement?
- Social Justice, Antiwar Protesters to Occupy D.C.’s Freedom Plaza in "October 2011" Protest
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
- Headlines for October 04, 2011
- A War on Voting: Could Redistricting and Voting Law Changes Help Republicans Win in 2012?
- Press Freedom Victory: Democracy Now! Reporters Win Landmark Settlement over 2008 RNC Arrests
- 7 Months After Revolution Ousted Mubarak, Egyptian Military Maintains Control, Suppressing Dissent
Monday, October 03, 2011
- Headlines for October 03, 2011
- Settlement Reached over Arrest of Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Producers at 2008 GOP Convention
- 700 Arrested on Brooklyn Bridge as Occupy Wall Street Enters Third Week, Protests Grows Nationwide
- Mourners Call for Abolishing Death Penalty at Funeral for Troy Davis in Georgia
- Legendary Comedian Dick Gregory on Hunger Strike to Protest Capital Punishment, Death of Troy Davis
- Martina Correia, Sister of Troy Davis, Vows to Keep Fighting Death Penalty
Job Openings
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]
