On Democracy Now! West set the protests in the context of a democratic nation unable to reform itself or come to terms with African-American poverty, unemployment, and lack of decent housing and health care. Recalling the legacies of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X, he urged people to make a connection between justice and compassion … Continue reading America’s Moment of Reckoning | Spiritual Literacy | Spirituality and Practice
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Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Memphis Sanitation Workers | Mining Awareness +
The name of Martin Luther King, Jr., is intertwined with the history of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in the United States. The Montgomery bus boycott, the freedom rides, the Birmingham campaign, the March on Washington, the Selma march, the Chicago campaign, and the Memphis boycott are some of the more … Continue reading Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Memphis Sanitation Workers | Mining Awareness +
Guantanamo Bay Detainees Have NO RIGHTS, Even If US Citizens
"On 11 January 2002, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the first detainees were transferred to the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Since then, the detention facility there has made the world's news headlines for the shocking human rights concerns associated with it - including arbitrary detention, secret detention, torture and other … Continue reading Guantanamo Bay Detainees Have NO RIGHTS, Even If US Citizens
US ranks 5th in Executions; With Iraq, China, Russia
"The United States was the only Western Democracy that executed prisoners last year, even as an increasing number of U.S. states are moving to abolish the death penalty, Amnesty International announced Monday."About the only nations still performing executions are the USA, China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and North Korea... Does that put us in good … Continue reading US ranks 5th in Executions; With Iraq, China, Russia
SAVE THE CHILDREN Kony 2012; A Campaign And Movie;
57 MILLION people have watched this movie as of 3/8/2012.. Have you? "KONY 2012 is a film and campaign by Invisible Children that aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice."video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5SqcWho are you to end a war? Who are you … Continue reading SAVE THE CHILDREN Kony 2012; A Campaign And Movie;
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