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Rev. James Lawson was my teacher, mentor and friend. We must commit to honoring his legacy. By Kent Wong This story was first published by In These Times. I had the privilege of teaching a course at UCLA on ​“Nonviolence and Social Movements” with Rev.…

We are former U.S. Government Officials who resigned from our respective positions over the last nine months due to our grave concerns with current U.S. policy towards the crisis in Gaza, and U.S. policies and practices towards Palestine and Israel…

After NATO’s catastrophic, illegal invasions of Yugoslavia, Libya and Afghanistan, on July 9th NATO plans to invade Washington DC. The good news is that it only plans to occupy Washington for three days. The British will not burn down the…

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore, Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! Emma Lazarus’s inscription on the…

Pressenza recommended this interview done, almost a year ago, by our new partner BAR CRAWL RADIO Rebecca McKean and I visited Alice Slater in her Upper East Side apartment. Since 1968, Ms. Slater has been an anti-war activist and since 1987…

The “United States Parole Commission” by July 1, 2024 will decide whether to grant Leonard Peltier “parole.” Leonard Peltier, who is seriously ill, will be 80 years old in a few months, 48 of which he spent in prison as…

The President of the United States is the most powerful man in the world, I don’t think anyone doubts that. Perhaps that status will be short-lived, but for now it is. He is backed by money, weapons, including nuclear weapons,…

According to a new global survey of 75,000 people — Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024 — 80 percent want their governments’ climate commitments to be stronger. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The poll, conducted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), GeoPoll and Oxford University, posed…

For the fourth time this summer Bar Crawl Radio podcast is not at a bar.  But we are continuing to have conversations with neighbors doing positive work for their community.  We will be talking with a citizen journalists who works…

For-profit operators and their investors use complex business arrangements and networks of related companies to enrich themselves and do little to improve education. By Jeff Bryant Ever since charter schools were created in the 1990s, there’s been a persistent question1 of whether or…