The other day I was at a hotel watching a news report on NHK over breakfast on Japanese anti-war activists in the U.S. NHK is the quasi state broadcaster which has moved alarmingly to the right as super nationalist PM Abe has appointed revionists and outright fascist apopogists to the broadcaster's governing board.The report in question was about the effots of anti-nuclear … [Read more...] about NHK Hypocrisy: Covering social movements outside Japan, rendering Okinawan base protests and more invisible
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Is blood on Abe’s hands too? (Plus Abe promises revenge killings: New York Times)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbMAdyth15MCrime and punishment: Abe’s Mideast crisis BY JAKE ADELSTEIN (Japan Times) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe promised Sunday “to make the terrorists pay the price.”CreditToru Hanai/Reuters"...The two men [detained by the police in connection with an investigation into a Hokkaido student who reportedly tried to join the ISIS] were on their … [Read more...] about Is blood on Abe’s hands too? (Plus Abe promises revenge killings: New York Times)
The Global African (Top Stories 2014: Bill Fletcher, Danny Glover, James Early)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOnhk3btrHc See also: http://multimedia.telesurtv.net/web/telesur/#!en/lista/programa/the-global-african2014 was a year filled with pain and promise in the African world, from the continual brutality of Boka Haram, to the inspiring movement for racial justice in the United States. The Global African host Bill Fletcher explores the … [Read more...] about The Global African (Top Stories 2014: Bill Fletcher, Danny Glover, James Early)
We Are Many: Laura Flanders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtsQ25H_qAAfrom https://www.youtube.com/user/lauraflandersAlso see http://grittv.orgOn February 15, 2003, millions of people in over 800 cities on seven continents marched against the impending invasion of Iraq. It was the largest mobilization of people in human history and yet it remains a little-known story. As we approach Martin … [Read more...] about We Are Many: Laura Flanders
Police Violence and Militarization Town Hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFHgB1hqX1kfrom the Real News NetworkVideo is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFHgB1hqX1k JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: Welcome to the Real News town hall. I'm Jessica Desvarieux, your host for the evening, broadcasting live from our studio in Baltimore. Tonight we are going to tackle the issue of police … [Read more...] about Police Violence and Militarization Town Hall