with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Nov. 29, 2011
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges takes questions from the students of Occupy Harvard outside the gated Harvard Yard encampment in Cambridge, MA. 5:15 pm. Monday November 28, 2011.
democracynow on Nov 28, 2011
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www.democracynow.org – Bahrain has announced a commission to steer reforms after an inquiry found systematic rights abuse during a government crackdown on pro-democracy protests this year, but opposition parties say they will not participate in the commission. Published last week, the 500-page report outlines various abuses committed by King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa’s government. According to the commission, nearly 3,000 people were detained during the protests and at least 700 remain in prison.
by Dennis J. Kucinich
Washington D.C.
Nov. 28, 2011
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Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement after Pakistani troops were bombed by NATO in the Mohmand district of Pakistan.
“Saturday’s North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) airstrike that killed 24 innocent Pakistani soldiers and injured many more near the border of Afghanistan has further strained the vital U.S.-Pakistan relationship, increased anti-U.S. sentiment abroad and placed our troops in Afghanistan in even greater danger.
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