Katie Halper Streamed live on Sep 6, 2022 00:00 Intro 01:50 What did Chesa Boudin accomplish while he was the D.A. of San Fransisco? 11:02 What galvanized so many people to oppose Chesa’s approach to his office? 14:19 Did Chesa consider running again? 17:22 The lies told by Brooke Jenkins,… Continue reading
This article is more than 8 years old Department wrongly announced that section of law threatening people with life imprisonment had been repealed Owen Bowcott, legal affairs correspondent @owenbowcott Fri 13 Dec 2013 14.07 EST (TheGuardian.com) A 165-year-old law that threatens anyone calling for the abolition of the monarchy with… Continue reading
FRI, 9/2/2022 – BY STEVE RUSHTON (Occupy.com) This is the 18th installment in a series about extending the Green New Deal to confront multiple global crises. Read Part I (Deconstructing environmental racism), II (Rural renewal), III (Upcycle the war machine), IV (GND manifestos), V (No oil bailouts), VI (No corporate ecocide), VII (Defund the police), VIII (Zero Covid approach: NZ), IX (Finnish equality lessons), X (Denmark stops drilling), XI (Costa Rica rewilding), XII (Indigenous justice), XIII (Free… Continue reading
Nairobi, Kenya, 1952. Mau Mau suspects being led away for questioning by police (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images) Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images The long read The Harvard historian Caroline Elkins stirred controversy with her work on the crushing of the Mau Mau uprising. But it laid the ground for a legal case… Continue reading
By Adrienne Fong Am not back posting on a regular basis. Please send healing thoughts to the following people: Victor Picazo, dealing with health complications Francis Collins, who is still hospitalized Susan Witka, as she recovers from surgery Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action… Continue reading
YaleCourses Sep 3, 2022 Class 1 is an introduction to the course and an exploration of questions raised by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Timothy Snyder is the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University and a permanent fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He speaks… Continue reading
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Part of the Politics series DEMOCRACY HistoryTheoryCriticism showTypes showRelated topics Politics portal vte Extinction Rebellion Solidarity with the French Citizens Assembly on Climate A citizens’ assembly (also known as citizens’ jury or citizens’ panel or people’s jury or policy jury or citizens’ initiative review or consensus conference or citizens’ convention) is a body formed from randomly selected citizens to deliberate on important issues.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It is… Continue reading
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivers a speech during a May Day (Labour Day) rally to mark the international day of the workers, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on May 1, 2022. (Photo: Nelson Almeida/AFP via Getty Images) Brazil’s descent into authoritarianism has implications that extend far beyond… Continue reading
Nina Turner and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) appear together at a July 24, 2021 campaign event in Cleveland. (Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) “The Democratic Party, by not allowing this resolution to come to the floor, is complicit in the railroading of democracy itself,” said former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner…. Continue reading
September 08, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion Due to today’s news about the passing of Queen Elizabeth, the Rebellion Planning team, and other groups involved, have made the difficult decision to postpone the Festival of Resistance this weekend in London until further notice. It was felt that the risks to our… Continue reading
