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Face 2 Face Teri Mattson

LIVE SHOW: Saturday, December 12 at 5 PM EST On this show we are speaking with Teri Mattson, Latin America Coordinator and a founder and coordinator for The Campaign to End US and Canada Sanctions against Venezuela. Our main discussion…

Democracy Groups Launch Project to Envision More Democratic U.S. Constitution

On the anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, two pro-democracy human rights groups, Democracy Unlimited and Move to Amend, today launched a project to envision a more democratic and just U.S. Constitution. Toward a People’s…

Face 2 Face with David Rothauser

LIVE SHOW: Wednesday, December 9 at 5 PM EST On this show we are speaking with David Rothauser, filmmaker, writer, teacher, actor and producer of “Hibakusha, Our Life to Live”. This documentary tells the story of the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima…

Statement from a Coalition of Pan African Organizations on the War in Ethiopia

By the United African Congress We are deeply disturbed by the escalation of violence following the declaration of war on the regional state of Tigray by PM Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia on November 4, 2020. We are New York-based Pan…

Martha Hennessy, Kings Bay Plowshares Anti-Nuclear Weapons Activist Sentenced

Martha Hennessy, the sixth of the Kings Bay Plowshares defendants to be sentenced, was ordered to serve 10 months incarceration as well as three years supervised probation and restitution. This was a downward departure from the guidelines of 18 to…

IFOR Statement on the Current Situation in Western Sahara

Today, on November 13th 2020, several media outlets have reported that the Moroccan army launched an operation near the border crossing at Guerguerat against a group of Saharawi protesters.1 The representatives of the Saharawi people had previously stated that any…

Is the generational gap a hurdle in unifying the Korean peninsula?

as reported by Bereket Alemayehu Just last week, we had an online global seminar on the peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula organized by People for Successful Corea Reunification (PSCORE), an organization in special consultative status with the UN Economic…

Arsonist of three Black Louisiana churches sentenced to 25 years in federal prison

Holden Matthews, 22, pleaded guilty in February By Frances Madeson – Louisiana Illuminator The White Landry Parish man who  torched three Black churches in April 2019 to curry favor with “black metal” music fans has been sentenced to 25 years…

How The US Presidential Election Will Affect Korea

By Kim Jongho In past US presidential elections, the foreign policy platforms were somewhat different due to the “bipartisan approach” that prioritized national interests. In this presidential election, however, President Trump’s America First policy is very different from Biden’s. President…

Should Voting Be This Hard?

By RW Anton Early voting started in New York City. I awoke with a determination to cast my ballot – to be counted. There was no rush, but I knew that I needed to get it done as soon as…

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