Greece is bracing for protests after eurozone finance ministers concluded a deal that will provide a $170 billion bailout in return for another round of deep austerity cuts. The bailout is opposed by several unions and left-wing groups in Greece over new cuts and layoffs imposed on public sector workers. We’re joined by Paul...
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As Greece Erupts BBC’s Paul Mason on quotThe New Global Revolutionsquot over Austerity Inequality
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Palestinian Prisoner Khader Adnan to be Released from Israeli Jail After 66Day Hunger Strike
Israel’s Justice Ministry says that the authorities will not renew the detention of Khader Adnan, a Palestinian prisoner who has been on a hunger strike for 66 days. He is being held in Israel without charge or trial. Under the deal, Adnan will be released on April 17. Doctors previously said Adnan was at...
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As Calls for Intervention in Syria Grow Vijay Prashad Urges Reevaluation of NATO Attack on Libya
Libya has just marked the first anniversary of the start of the uprising that toppled Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s four-decade rule. But as Libya celebrates a new era free of the Gaddafi regime, there are growing concerns the country’s lingering divisions will tear it apart. Libya remains deeply splintered by regions and factions. More than...
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Spying on Campus New York Police Caught Monitoring Muslim Student Groups Throughout Northeast
The Associated Press has revealed the New York City Police Department monitored Muslim college students at schools throughout the Northeast, including Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania. In one case, the NYPD sent an undercover agent on a whitewater rafting trip in upstate New York, where he recorded students’ names and noted in...
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Florida Lawmakers Defeat Prison Privatization amid National Push for ForProfit Jails
The Florida State Senate has defeated a measure to privatize at least 27 prisons, which would have created the largest corporate-run prison system in the country. Despite the vote, Republican Gov. Rick Scott could still privatize the prisons through executive authority. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the number of prisoners being added...
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Black History Special Jazz Legend Randy Weston on His Life and Celebration of quotAfrican Rhythmsquot
In a Black History Month special, today we spend the hour with the legendary pianist and composer Randy Weston. For the past six decades, Weston has been a pioneering jazz musician incorporating the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa. His most famous compositions include “Little Niles,” “Blue Moses” and “Hi-Fly,” and his 1960 album, “Uhuru...
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Headlines for February 20 2012
Report: U.S. Taxpayers Will Subsidize Mortgage Settlement, U.S. and British Officials Urge Israel to Back Off on Iran Attack, Bahraini Govt Deports Four More Human Rights Observers, Palestinian Prisoner Risking Death on 65th Day of Hunger Strike, Report: NYPD Spied on Muslim College Students Throughout Northeast, Santorum Challenges Obama’s Christian Values, U.S. Supreme Court...
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Florida Lawmakers Defeat Prison Privatization amid National Push for ForProfit Jails
The Florida State Senate has defeated a measure to privatize at least 27 prisons, which would have created the largest corporate-run prison system in the country. Despite the vote, Republican Gov. Rick Scott could still privatize the prisons through executive authority. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the number of prisoners being added...
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