Carl Dix | National spokesperson for the Revolutionary Communist Party,USA Response to Obama’s “No Excuses” speech at NAACP convention by Carl Dix speaking at “The Ascendancy of Obama…and the continued Need for Resistance and Liberation: a Dialogue between Cornel West & Carl Dix” This program was presented by Revolution Books on July 14, 2009. It was held at the Harlem Stage of Aaron Davis Hall in New York .
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- Woke? November 1, 2020Presenting: The Black Community. We have resigned from the ascension of liberation and regressed toGodspeed2
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- An End to Impunity for Dictators—and Their Backers—Makes the World Safer June 2, 2016By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan It was a bad week for dictators, and a good one for international justice. Two brutal, U.S.-backed dictators who ruled decades ago were convicted for crimes they committed while in power. Hissene Habre took control of the northern African nation of Chad in 1982, and unleashed a reign of terror against his own people, killi […]
- Dave Zirin & Jules Boykoff on the 2016 Rio Olympics & Brazil’s Collapsing Political System June 1, 2016We continue our conversation with Dave Zirin, author of the book "Brazil's Dance with the Devil: The World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy," and Jules Boykoff, author of "Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics." In early August, more than 10,000 athletes across the world will convene in Rio de Janeiro's […]
- "I Want the World to Wake Up": Hiroshima Survivor Criticizes Obama for Pushing New Nuclear Weapons May 27, 2016Extended interview with Setsuko Thurlow, who survived the Hiroshima atomic bombing, about the bombing of 1945 and her push to eliminate nuclear weapons. On August 6, 1945, Thurlow was at school in Hiroshima when the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on a civilian population. She has been an anti-nuclear activist for decades. Watch Part 1
- Peace Activist and Holocaust Survivor Hedy Epstein Dies at 91 May 27, 2016Holocaust survivor and peace activist Hedy Epstein has died at the age of 91. Epstein was born in Germany and left in 1939 on a Kindertransport to England. Her parents died in Auschwitz. She later returned to Germany to work as a research analyst for the prosecution during the Nuremberg trials. She was involved in civil rights and antiwar movements throughou […]
- Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson Takes High-School Detention to a New Level May 26, 2016By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Thursday, Jan. 28, was a cold morning in Durham, North Carolina. Wildin David Guillen Acosta went outside to head to school, but never made it. He was thrown to the ground and arrested by agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ). He has been in detention ever since. Wildin, now 19 years old, fled his home […]
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- U.S. Executes Dustin Higgs In 13th And Final Execution Under Trump Administration January 16, 2021Higgs had been sentenced to death for the 1996 killings of three women in Maryland, which has since abolished the death penalty.Barbara Campbell
- Biden Administration: Here's Who Has Been Named So Far January 16, 2021President-elect Joe Biden has filled out his Cabinet picks ahead of Inauguration Day, and is pushing Congress to confirm his nominees.Elena Moore
- Defense Official: Scores Of Current And Former Military Probed In Extremism Cases January 16, 2021The source says the Pentagon was informed about 68 subjects in FBI domestic extremism investigations in 2020. The vast majority are former military; many with unfavorable discharge records.Tom Bowman
- NRA Files For Bankruptcy Amid Fraud Suit In New York January 15, 2021The NRA aims to relocate to Texas, away from the "corrupt political ... environment" of New York. The state's attorney general says officials diverted millions of dollars to their personal expenses.Dustin Jones
- U.S. Executes Dustin Higgs In 13th And Final Execution Under Trump Administration January 16, 2021
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- Biden Pledges Federal Vaccine Campaign to Beat a Surging Coronavirus January 15, 2021Facing looming shortages and rising infections, the president-elect promised mobile vaccination sites, National Guard troops and a federal push to increase vaccine production.Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Katie Thomas
- A Second Economic Crisis for Biden, but a Different First Response January 16, 2021The president-elect’s proposed economic rescue package is larger and more targeted to the country’s needs than the stimulus plan he helped steer into law as vice president in 2009.Jim Tankersley
- India Starts Vaccinating Its 1.3 Billion People January 16, 2021The campaign is unfolding in a country that has reported more than 10 million coronavirus infections. Here’s the latest pandemic news.The New York Times
- C.D.C. Warns New Virus Variant Could Fuel Huge Spikes in Covid Cases January 16, 2021The more contagious version, first identified in Britain, is expected to spread widely and lead to further strains on an already overburdened health care system.Apoorva Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin
- How China's Economy Bounced Back From Covid-19 January 15, 2021Officials pushed factories to reopen the same way they forced the country to shut down. In one small town, it led to a chili-sauce-fueled revival.Keith Bradsher
- Biden Pledges Federal Vaccine Campaign to Beat a Surging Coronavirus January 15, 2021
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- Outgoing CDC Director Warns Of Pandemic's Peak: 'We're About To Be In The Worst Of It'A year into the COVID-19 crisis, Dr. Robert Redfield stands by his federal health agency's response to the pandemic despite an early "learning curve" and contradictory messaging from President Trump.Mary Louise Kelly
- How QAnon-Like Conspiracy Theories Tear Families ApartPolitical conspiracy theories are pushing some family relationships to the breaking point. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Dannagal Young of the University of Delaware about how to mend those rifts.
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- The NBA Season That WasThis week we speak to the Athletic’s national NBA columnist about the 2018-2019 NBA season that has come and gone and whether anyone has a chance to upset the set up against the Warriors. We talk the Washington Wizards troubles, Lebron’s first year in Los Angeles, and MVP picks. We also have ‘Choice Words’ on the plan to demolish the San Jose State track and […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- The Wild and Crazy USFLThis week we speak to NY Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman about his book Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL. We go into the league’s history, why it went under, and lessons to be learned from its eventual demise. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about proposed cuts to the Special Olympics and we have the same person getting t […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- NCAA Exploitation Word AssociationThis week we speak to DC-based sports journalist and editor Patrick Hruby about the rot that envelops the NCAA, more visible than ever this March. We do all this through the prism of word association, talking coaches, players, apparel companies, and the NCAA. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about Mike Trout’s mega contract. We then got ‘Just Stand Up’ and ‘Just […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
- The Attack on Trans AthletesThis week we speak to Katie Barnes of ESPNW about the right wing movement against trans athletes particularly trans women, recent comments by tennis legend Martina Navratilova, and we get their thoughts about the future of the struggle as well. We also have ‘Choice Words’ about Russell Westbrook’s confrontation with a so-called fan in Utah. Also we’ve got ‘ […]Dave Zirin / The Nation
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- Covid: UK variant could drive 'rapid growth' in US cases, CDC warnsHealth officials warn the highly contagious UK Covid variant could become the dominant strain in the US by March.
- Covid: UK to close all travel corridors from MondayPrime Minister Boris Johnson says the action is needed to protect against the risk of new Covid strains.
- Coronavirus: EU anger over delayed Pfizer vaccine deliveriesMany EU countries are receiving significantly fewer doses due to a change in manufacturing processes.
- Capitol riots: Police describe a 'medieval battle'US police held back a mob for hours in a "barbaric" battle at the Capitol. Here are their stories.
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- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
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- Oregon college shooting live updates: 'There's been another mass shooting in America,' Obama says October 1, 2015
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- Lobbyist Paid for DeLay's Airfare April 24, 2005House ethics rules bar lawmakers from accepting travel and related expenses from registered lobbyists. The House Majority Leader has said that his expenses on a 2000 trip were paid by a nonprofit organization, and that the financial arrangements for it were proper.R. Jeffrey Smith
- Panel to Start Writing Social Security Bill April 24, 2005Five months after President Bush launched his drive to overhaul Social Security, the difficult, if not impossible, task of drafting legislation begins Tuesday when the Senate Finance Committee holds the first hearing on options to secure Social Security's future.Jonathan Weisman
- DNC Is Told Where to Move Into Bush Bloc April 24, 2005Howard Dean's Democratic National Committee has been studying the electorate, and the party's problem with voters of faith is both worse and better than he feared.Dan Balz
- U.S. Loan Proposed to Rescue Alaska Power Plant April 24, 2005Years ago, the federal government spent $117 million on an experimental "clean coal" power plant in Alaska designed to generate electricity with a minimum of air pollution -- but the project never got up and running.Justin Blum
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