Progressive Activists

In These Times: Obama Not Feelin" the Love from Smiley 2008-05-15

Al Sharpton and Princeton Professor Cornel West. Back then, I dropped a dime on Smiley for his backbiting of Obama. I noted that Obama wouldn"t take ...

CounterCurrents.org: Gravediggers Of The World Unite! Capitalism Must Dieâ. 2008-05-15

... other speakers include: Anti-war leader Cindy Sheehan , US foreign policy critic and historian William Blum, peace activist Kathy Kelly, economist Mike ...

HipHopDX: Philadelphia Police Beating Update 2008-05-15

Al Sharpton said the incident was íworse than Rodney King.ì Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Philadelphia"s Police Chief Charles Ramsey have ...

IPS: RIGHTS-INDIA: Top Activist's Detention Blot on Democracy 2008-05-15

... musicians, theatre personalities, social scientists and writers, including the award-winning novelist Arundhati Roy , joined hands with social activist ...

Reuters: FACTBOX - High-profile, uncommitted Democrats 2008-05-15

Dennis Kucinich of Ohio; both made failed bids for this year's Democratic presidential nomination. * Former President Jimmy Carter, who while officially ...

Hollywood Reporter: Hayter mutates into helmer role 2008-05-15

... a sequel to John Woo's "Hard-Boiled"; the vampire videogame adaptation "Castlevania"; and Giuseppe Tornatore's biopic of a Burmese peace activist ...

Albany Times Union: Shen's handling of anti-Arab slur upsets family 2008-05-15

By MARC PARRY, Staff writer CLIFTON PARK -- An Iraqi-born local peace activist and teacher has reported to State Police that her teenage daughter w ...

Emediawire (press release): Project 1968 Completely Re-Imagines Pivotal Period in America 2008-05-15

... and 23-year-old peace activist Amy Hollingsworth, the project traces the events that lead them to the heart of the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention.

Colorado Springs Gazette: Our View - Thursday 2008-05-15

A liberal peace activist was caught on videotape assaulting a Second Amendment supporter who had been peacefully holding a sign. The front page of the Wall ...

DetNews.com: Israel, Bush policies blasted 2008-05-15

DEARBORN -- Two Arab-American leaders and a peace activist criticized Israel and the Bush administration's policies in the Middle East Wednesday ...

StateHornet.com: Police brutality is still rampant 2008-05-15

Al Sharpton led a protest march in New York City following the verdict, where over 200 protestors were arrested for disturbing the peace, including Sharpt ...

Metro Weekly: Chatty Cathy 2008-05-15

I worked with MoveOn . I worked with Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Noble Peace Prize. It was like being Madonna's publicist ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Cop in fatal raid trial: 'I'm a victim' 2008-05-15

Among those watching Tesler on the witness stand was New York-based civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton , who sat in on some of the morning testimony.

National Journal: 5/15: Inching Toward A Resolution? 2008-05-15

... question whether he has any real knowledge of the issues in either Iraq or Afghanistan in any depth beyond that of the latest MoveOn talking points."

Jackson News-Tribune: Author"s look at Stewart, Colbert good but has hints of bias 2008-05-15

By DINESH RAMDE, AP Writer 10 minutes ago "The New Blue Media: How Michael Moore, MoveOn.org , Jon Stewart, and Company are Transforming Progressive ...

BET: Rev. Jackson Wants Secret Service Files 2008-05-15

Jesse Jackson , the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate is demanding to see any derogatory e-mails directed at him and his family.

WNBC: Sean Bell Rally Held Near Madison Square Garden; No Arrests 2008-05-15

Last week, large protests around Manhattan and Brooklyn ended with 200 arrests. Rev. Al Sharpton , who organized the protests, has vowed a series of civil ...

Blogger News Network: A&E Bow-Wow Down To Dog Chapman 2008-05-15

But apparently Chapman has been rehabilitated, no doubt those coaching sessions from Al Sharpton have paid off. It"s not about ratingsâ. We know his heart.

Emediawire (press release): Global Economic Crisis, Sustainability and Iraq War Among Topic ... 2008-05-15

Speakers will include anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan and attorney/social activist Lynne Stewart. (PRWEB) May 15, 2008 -- The first international conference ...

Great Indian Mutiny: Why India Should Be Afraid - II 2008-05-15

Read Noam Chomsky or Arundhati Roy on neo-liberalism; they amply corroborate this fact. Indifference is what the US thrives on; it is what has kept the U ...

Deccan Herald: Taslima seeks shelter in Tripura 2008-05-15

Earlier, several intellectuals, including Khushwant Singh and Arundhati Roy , in separate letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had requested that M ...

Cherry Hill Courier Post: Coalition takes aim at curbing debt in US 2008-05-15

This idea comes from Elizabeth Warren , a professor at Harvard Law School who argues that consumers today can't independently rate the safety of financial ...

TMZ.com: Sharpton Rips A-Hole a New One 2008-05-15

Al Sharpton just laid in to Zsa Zsa's bonehead hubby for going off on Barack Obama's wife Michelle. In a statement issued to TMZ, the Rev says "Prince V ...

Chicagoist: City Council Holds Off on Resolution Opposing Invasion of Iran 2008-05-15

Alderman Sandi Jackson (7th), wife of US Congressman Jesse Jackson , Jr supported the resolution, saying "the dismantling of the office of public diplomacy ...

St. Louis American: Obama may speak in STL at labor convention next week as black ... 2008-05-15

Jesse Jackson , US Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO) and US Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who all will speak during the Saturday, May 24 session.

WBBM780: Rush Denies Report That He's Being Urged To Resign 2008-05-15

Jesse Jackson Jr. -- the first couple in Illinois to represent separate districts." A statement from Rush's office, quoting Rush, says, "I am and I remain ...

WBBM780: Mrs. Jesse Jackson Jr. Headed For Congress? 2008-05-15

Jesse Jackson Jr., the first couple in Illinois to represent separate districts. Contents of this site are Copyright 2008 by WBBM.

Eurweb.com: BLACK LEADERS HEAD TO AFRICA: They will participate in summit ... 2008-05-15

Jesse Jackson will also be in attendance. The meeting will take place in Arusha, Tanzania in East Africa. Tanzania"s Ambassador Augustine Mahiga ...

Yahoo! News: The Big, Bad, Right-Wing Wolf 2008-05-15

... cling to their rifles and religion, and every piece of "slime" that would suggest he'd manage the Pentagon with advice from MoveOn.org and Code Pink.

Chicago Sun-Times: Exclusive: Sandi Jackson might run for congress too 2008-05-15

Jesse Jackson Jr. -- the first couple in Illinois to represent separate districts. Ald. Sandi Jackson of the 7th Ward attends a City Council meeting.

Art Newspaper: Homecoming for Kabakovs 2008-05-15

... curator Margarita Tupitsyn, and University of Chicago art historian Matthew Jesse Jackson with New York-based Kabakov scholar Amei Wallach as moderator.

Philadelphia Daily News: Cop admits to cover-up 2008-05-15

Al Sharpton , who was sitting in the courtroom during the morning, called Tesler's testimony "chilling" and the shooting "a complete disregard for ...

Rockford Register Star: Alderman says Clinton wrong to play the race card 2008-05-15

... ugly South Carolina primary campaign, when the former president discredited Barack Obama"s big victory by likening it to Jesse Jackson "s 1988 win there.

Time Out Chicago: Action Jackson 2008-05-15

Jesse Jackson : Yeah, we knew that our struggle in part depended on disciplined and nonviolent direct action. All the seeds for violence had been sown: ...

Yahoo! News: Hillary Clinton Should Address Race, Now 2008-05-15

... even if Bill Clinton did not mean to dismiss Barack Obama's win in South Carolina (or for that matter Jesse Jackson's 1988 victory), with his off-h ...

FayObserver.com: Obama and Clinton are full of hot air 2008-05-15

Dependence on foreign oil is not good, but their buddy, Jesse Jackson , is an oil broker, a concession awarded him by Bill Clinton.

Harrisonburg Daily News Record: Mock Obama, We're Busy Winning 2008-05-15

His Web organization has been described as a cross between Moveon.org and the DNC, and it will further amplify the power of his candidacy.

New York Times: Obama Secret Service Agent Tied to Sex Joke 2008-05-15

Al Sharpton , favoritism toward blacks, political correctness and affirmative action. In a reply, Mr. O"Connor asked if he could share the message ...

whudat.com: John Edwards Endorses Barack Obama: This is Our Time! 2008-05-15

Ted Kennedy gave Barack Obama tremendous credibility after Bill Clinton tried to relate his success to something like Jesse Jackson "s; Bill Richard ...

Chicagoist: Secret Service Officials Sent Racist E-Mails, Jokes About Rev ... 2008-05-15

Jesse Jackson , Sr. and Congressman Jesse Jackson , Jr. filed FOIA requests following reports that high-ranking Secret Service agents circulated racist ...

Broward New Times: Show Us Some Green 2008-05-14

The Green Party's best-known presidential candidate may be Cynthia McKinney , an African-American woman who served six terms in Congress representing ...

SitNews: To The Democrats, You're Just a Groupie 2008-05-15

And so the black group finds itself led and defined by a Jesse Jackson or an Al Sharpton . The fact that the members of the black American groups are given ...

BlueOregon: Funding the indies: Obama says, Don't TA Barnhart 2008-05-14

In the past ten years, we"ve watched the new politics being born: From MoveOn to Dean for America to 2006 to Obama: it"s growing out there, people-powered ...

Reuters: FACTBOX - High-profile and uncommitted Democratic superdelegates 2008-05-14

Dennis Kucinich of Ohio; both made failed bids for this year's Democratic presidential nomination. * Former President Jimmy Carter, who while officially ...

Charleston Post Courier: Eat your heart out,Columbia 2008-05-14

... players are a bunch of no-skill goons banished to skate in a baseball town and likely to fare worse on the road than fellow Ohioan Dennis Kucinich .

Reuters: Obama compares housing crisis to Great Depression 2008-05-14

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama compared the US housing crisis to the Great Depression on Tuesday ...

Ha'aretz: B'Tselem film shows officer shot protester in Bil'in at close range 2008-05-14

The video documenting Cohen's injury, B'Tselem said, was shot by a peace activist who participated in the demonstration. The human rights organizati ...

Salon: She won't go easy 2008-05-14

By Juan Cole Who's the superpower now? As oil prices drain the US of military power and influence, Russia is rising as a world force again.

Appeal-Democrat: Letter: Sharpton, group show callous disregard 2008-05-14

Al Sharpton and his group. Did they ever consider that someone could have been on the way to medical aid or rushing to a dying loved one?

Ventura County Star: Your letters: May 14, 2008 2008-05-14

George Soros and MoveOn.org paid The New York Times thousands of dollars to publish an ad with the same misspelling of Gen. David Petraeus' name that is ...

TelecomTV: US Senate prepares to zap net-throttling ISPs 2008-05-14

Political action group moveon.org similarly stated that "Net Neutrality legislation moving in the House and Senate, Barack Obama and congressional ...

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Tumultuous 1968: Black pride grew in Rochester 2008-05-14

Jesse Jackson would declare a few years later, I realized, at that moment, that I was "somebody." The next life-altering event occurred later that year.

Eurweb.com: 'LIFELONG REPUBLICAN' WINS OBAMA AD CONTEST: MoveOn.org pick ... 2008-05-14

* MoveOn.org has announced the winner of its Make Your Own Obama Ad contest and is currently soliciting donations to reach the $250000 it needs to get ...

Concord Monitor: Obama looks to control message 2008-05-14

Tom Matzzie, a leader of the liberal group MoveOn.org , teamed recently with David Brock, once a conservative journalist who is now a liberal media critic ...

Charleston City Paper: John McCain's Friends 2008-05-14

Even more hypocritical, in 2000 McCain rejected the Christian right, comparing Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell to Al Sharpton and Louis Farrakhan.

The Orion: Debate dodge hurts presidential race 2008-05-14

The candidates aren't running for the President of MoveOn.org or CNN, they're running for president of the United States and should appeal to all Americans.

Mountain Xpress: Watching the pot 2008-05-14

Huffington Post: Senate Tipping Points 2008-05-13

... of the incumbents) try to level the playing field through contributions from national PACs, blogs and online efforts by organizations like MoveOn.org .

Asheville Citizen-Times: Game over for Clinton, time to focus on November 2008-05-13

Dennis Kucinich could beat John McCain in California and New York this year. Now that the kitchen sink has been emptied and with so few states left to vote ...

Middletown Journal: Ohio's superdelegate battle rages 2008-05-13

Charlie Wilson, D-Bridgeport; Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo; Dennis Kucinich , D-Cleveland; Zack Space, D-Dover; and House Minority Leader Joyce Beatty, D-Columbus.

Vanguard: Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham-Clinton (1) 2008-05-13

The gain of the Obama challenge, going beyond the grand gestures and symbolism of Jesse Jackson "s 1988"s rainbow initiative, is to prepare America for ...

Scoop.co.nz: Undernews For May 12, 2008 2008-05-13

Jesse Jackson won white support too, but embraced the burden of challenging white American assumptions about the essential goodness of America, about empire ...

Salon: Can Barack Obama win West Virginia? 2008-05-13

In fact, many of them had the chance to vote for Jesse Jackson in May 1988, but with Dukakis already the Democratic candidate in all but name ...

Socialist Worker Online: Arrested over the Sean Bell verdict 2008-05-13

Al Sharpton and the National Action Network, who are calling for federal civil rights charges in Bell's killing, called for protest and civil disobedience ...

Rocky Mountain News: Winning ad to run in support of Obama 2008-05-13

MoveOn.org announced Monday that an ad featuring a former Republican Air Force staff sergeant now supporting Barack Obama would begin running today for ...

FayObserver.com: Obama"s appeal is more than racial 2008-05-13

Jesse Jackson "s 20 years ago, hinting that the outcome was a just a black thing. Also rarely commented upon is that many blacks started believing in Obam ...

NY1: Congressman Conyers Holds Forum On Police Action 2008-05-13

The Reverend Al Sharpton proposed taking away federal funds from local police departments if cases of police brutality arise. That would be a tough sell ...

WTTE: MoveOn ad features pro-Obama Republican 2008-05-13

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Liberal group MoveOn.org is running television commercials in support of Barack Obama in Cincinnati and two other cities.

SouthCoastToday.com: Superdelegates' endorsements signal shift in support 2008-05-12

Obama has led in the pledged delegates won in about four dozen primaries and caucuses, liberal bloggers and groups including MoveOn.org have mobilized ...

Television Week: Promax Says Buy One, Get One Free 2008-05-12

Jesse Jackson ; Nicholas Negroponte, noted futurist, author and the man behind the nonprofit organization One Laptop Per Child; and James Lipton, cre ...

Danbury News Times: Sharpton preached the word of God 2008-05-12

Al Sharpton's visit to New Hope Baptist Church in Danbury. To read the May 5 article, one would have thought a political rally had taken place.

Contra Costa Times: Not just an election -- it's a thriller 2008-05-11

Or former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney , who evidently has similar feelings about the Democrats? (What is it about Georgia, anyway?

Green Left Weekly: UNITED STATES United States: "We are all Sean Bell" 2008-05-11

The protests were coordinated by Reverend Al Sharpton and the National Action Network. The acts of civil disobedience are meant to be the first in a serie ...

ZNet: Nangar Khel: NATO's Unknown Massacre 2008-05-11

Dave Markland is a peace activist , writer and researcher based in Vancouver . He edits a blog on Canada 's war in Afghanist ...

Progressive.org: Obama No 2008-05-11

See most recently Harvard sociologist Lawrence Bobo"s characterization that she was ídisrespectingì black people, a leftover canard from Jesse Jackson " ...

OpEdNews: One Hundred and Eleven (111) Pro-Impeachment Candidates (!!!) 2008-05-11

He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign ...

Charleston Post Courier: Don't play Hillary's losing blame game 2008-05-11

Her husband's dismissal of Obama's looming SC victory as tantamount to Jesse Jackson's isolated 1984 and 1988 victories here set an ugly tone.

phillyBurbs.com: Mothers promote peace 2008-05-11

Doylestown Mayor Libby White started the ceremony with readings from Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh's íBeing Peace.

Los Angeles Times: Turkish wives battle culture of domestic abuse 2008-05-11

The recent murder of an Italian peace activist hitchhiking in a wedding gown renewed debate about the problem. A man was charged with the killing.

Boston Globe: Praying for victims, residents call for peace 2008-05-11

The 57-year-old became a peace activist after her son Bobby, who was 23, was fatally stabbed 12 years ago in a fight on Wendover Street.

Scoop.co.nz: India's Nuclear Anniversary 2008-05-11

A freelance journalist and a peace activist in India, J. Sri Raman is the author of "Flashpoint" (Common Courage Press, USA). He is a regular contributor ...

WBBM780: Speaking Truth: Town Hall Meeting on Violence 2008-05-11

Jesse Jackson , Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church, Chicago School Board President Rufus Williams, Jesus Garcia, president of the Little Village ...

Steamboat Pilot: Conservative commentary: Ideas never are to be feared 2008-05-11

Civil disorder fomented by the likes of Glenn Spagnuolo and Al Sharpton can only help Republicans ë but nothing Rush says will increase its likelihood.

WLBT-TV: NYPD disciplines white officer who confronted black commander 2008-05-11

The majority were black or Hispanic. Responding to the controversy, civil rights activist the Reverend Al Sharpton said "You can't make this stuff up."

Waco Tribune Herald: Crawford mostly glows with pride over Bush wedding 2008-05-11

... security barriers at Mattlege and Prairie Chapel roads, the intersection that three years ago saw thousands of anti-war protesters led by Cindy Sheehan .

Dallas Morning News: Jenna Bush wedding 'Crawford's last big fanfare' 2008-05-11

Before he returned, he allowed anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan to stage demonstrations on a portion of his land. In mid-2006, he retracted the offer ...

Globe and Mail: Jenna Bush's wedding is low-key affair at ranch 2008-05-11

A roadside wish in front of the property formerly owned by anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan , called Camp Casey, celebrates the wedding of US President ...

Wilkes Barre Times-Leader: Local Green Party picks nominee for president 2008-05-11

WILKES-BARRE ê Luzerne County"s Green Party on Saturday nominated former six-term Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney as the party"s choice for president ...

NY1: Sharpton Thanks Bell Protesters 2008-05-11

Reverend Al Sharpton and Sean Bell's fiancée, Nicole, gathered in Harlem yesterday to thank those who got arrested at last week's protests against ...

Honolulu Star-Bulletin: Inouye reads the primary race card 2008-05-11

Jesse Jackson , as a means to say it was a black-only vote. And then last week, Hillary Clinton told USA Today that she appealed to white voter ...

WCBS-TV New York: State Sen. Adams Wants NYPD Policy Changes 2008-05-11

Al Sharpton , who has been leading demonstrations in the city to protest the acquittals of three police officers in the shooting death of an unarmed man ...

Journal: SHERMAN FREDERICK: Hillary's best hope: racism - Las Vegas Review 2008-05-11

... Hillary lost the South Carolina primary, dismissed Obama's big win as a race-inspired victory akin to Jesse Jackson's success in that state years ago.

Press & Sun-Bulletin: Rev. Wright is just the latest black man in media crosshairs 2008-05-11

Jesse Jackson and others. When they are reporting about these men, you can see the outrage in the reporters' faces, body language and voice tone.

Houston Chronicle: Ambitious Obama played many sides in Chicago 2008-05-11

"Because Jesse Jackson Jr. had his eye on that seat. He said, 'I know. I'm working on that.'" Obama soon sat down with the younger Jackson at the 312 ...

Houston Chronicle: Black, Republican ë and voting for Obama 2008-05-11

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton , who have championed the cause of blacks while making lots of money for doing so. Jackson and Sharpton have been quiet ...

AlterNet: Editorial: The Disaster in Burma -- How You Can Help 2008-05-10

The following note was sent to members of MoveOn.org . In the wake of a massive cyclone, tens of thousands of Burmese are dead. A million are homeless.

Democracy Now: 200 Arrested in Massive Show of Civil Disobedience Over Police ... 2008-05-10

... were Sean Bell"s fiancee, Nicole Paultre-Bell; the two surviving shooting victims, Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield; and the Reverend Al Sharpton .

Durham News: How an under-the-radar local campaign succeeded 2008-05-10

A few years later I was a South Carolina delegate for Jesse Jackson . Friends called me the "white part of the Rainbow Coalition." We delivered the state ...

Seattle Times: Sharpton owes nearly $1.5 million in taxes, other penalties 2008-05-10

Al Sharpton , 53, has emerged during the past decade as perhaps the nation's most prominent civil-rights leader, a status demonstrated again this week ...

Times-Standard: Exclusive interview with Green Party presidential candidate ... 2008-05-10

Presumptive Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney made her final stop on a whirlwind tour through Humboldt County Friday night. Hours before speaking ...

Oneonta Daily Star: Letters for May 10, 2008 2008-05-10

I was just watching Al Sharpton start a protest march in New York over the Sean Bell verdict. I don't care where you stand on the issue, but I think it ...

Philadelphia Daily News: Cover-up alleged in videotaped beating 2008-05-10

Al Sharpton suggested the beating was racially motivated and said the incident was "worse than Rodney King," who was beaten by white Los Angeles cops ...

Eurweb.com: SHARPTON, BELL FIANCEE ARRESTED DURING P... 2008-05-10

Al Sharpton made good on his promise to shut New York City down in protest of the acquittal of three detectives in the 50-bullet shooting of unarmed black ...

Rocky Mountain News: LITTWIN: Looking for the high road for Clinton's exit 2008-05-10

When Bill Clinton attempted to marginalize Obama in South Carolina as the Jesse Jackson candidate, he at least had the benefit of using at least marginal ...

New York Times: E-Mails Show Derogatory Banter at Secret Service 2008-05-10

Jesse Jackson , according to internal e-mail disclosed in a federal court filing on Friday by lawyers for black Secret Service agents.

Youngstown Vindicator: Housing bill passed 2008-05-10

Al Sharpton , compared it with the videotaped 1991 beating of black motorist Rodney King by a group of white Los Angeles police officers. AP.

Sun-Sentinel.com: Obama's candidates shows racial progress, and fault lines 2008-05-10

... Clinton ë once considered the first black president ë tried to marginalize Obama by comparing his South Carolina victory to Jesse Jackson's in 1988.

WKYC-TV: Kucinich gets amendment passed to help areas with rises in vacancies 2008-05-09

Congressman Dennis Kucinich won a passage of an amendment that will target the federal response to the foreclosure crisis on the neighborhoods that ...

Salon: Was Hillary channeling George Wallace? 2008-05-09

And if Bill Clinton's comparison of Obama and Jesse Jackson was badly timed and clumsy, that too fell within the bounds of acceptable commentary.

Mirror.co.uk: 'Brutality' cop film stuns US 2008-05-09

Meanwhile, civil rights leader Rev Al Sharpton was arrested in New York at a protest after three policemen were cleared of the 50-bullet killing of ...

WNBC: Noel's Blog: Paterson Sympathizes With Both Sides 2008-05-09

Al Sharpton . The governor, who in the past participated in acts of civil disobedience, including demonstrations after the 41 bullet police shooting of ...

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: This is grass-roots? 2008-05-09

... political activist group" aimed to counter the power of the "radical Left" and Moveon.org . Hiring a slick PR firm doesn't sound very grassroots-ish.

New York Times Blogs: Sharpton to Clinton: íIt"s Overì 2008-05-09

Al Sharpton "s remarks tonight that íit"s overì for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton could carry some weight among New York City superdelegates backing Mrs.