On April 24th a factory collapsed into rubble near Dhaka, Bangladesh killing at least 1,200 people, as they made clothes for around nine cents per garment, and brought international awareness to the horrendous working conditions in sweatshops that make a majority of the clothes Americans wear on a… Read More ›
Everybody loves a good MC battle. What’s better than when two rappers have beef and decide to engage in a battle of intellect, lyricism, and wit with one another? Well, something that could be better (and sometimes more entertaining) is… Read More ›
In the battle to replace the late Hugo Chavez as the top political leader of Venezuela, campaigns on both sides of the fight have taken to hiring graffiti artists to create murals throughout the country. Among the Chavistas, supporting Nicolas… Read More ›
It started as a “Modest Call to Action” and has currently grown into an international movement with millions of participants in thousands of cities. OccupyWallSt.org states: “Occupy Wall Street is a people-powered movement that began on September 17 in Liberty… Read More ›
For the sake of logic and truth, and to put the recent events surrounding Osama Bin Laden in perspective, I have decided to address several points about America’s tumultuous relationship with him… 1. First Impressions. There are people in this… Read More ›
Written by Troy Nkrumah (National Hip-Hop Political Convention) – This week we recognize the 8th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, an illegal war of occupation that continues to this day. The grounds on which the Iraq war was based… Read More ›
By Davey-D for http://daveyd.com -With the madness going on in Japan and now Libya many of us have forgotten that neighboring Haiti is still in shambles. First there’s an election run off for President. The last election was marred with… Read More ›
On December 17th 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in the country of Tunisia town to protest police harassment, abuse, and the confiscation of his vegetable cart. Weeks later Bouazizi died of his burns, which added momentum to growing… Read More ›
Along with the so-called “war against drug-dealers” we see the whole Mexican territory turn olive green. The militarization is part of the global war driven by the United States, which began with the 9-11 events and created new enemies: terrorism… Read More ›
As we gear up for the 2010 elections in one of the worst economy’s this country has faced since the Great Depression of the 1930s, thousands of miles away, folks in France in our kicking up dust, shutting things down… Read More ›
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