DhafirTrial

Giving validation to Occupy Wall Street protests over the increasing burdens of student debt, a new report indicates that the amount of total amount of outstanding student loans will exceed $1 trillion for the first time ever this year. (more…)

Immanuel Wallerstein

The Occupy Wall Street movement — for now it is a movement — is the most important political happening in the United States since the uprisings in 1968, whose direct descendant or continuation it is. (more…)

David Edwards Rawstory

Nearly 1,700 officers in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg area are undergoing riot training in the months leading up to the gathering of Democrats. (more…)

Meet the “Lower Manhattan Security Initiative”

Pam Martens
A CounterPunch Exclusive

Wall Street’s audacity to corrupt knows no bounds (more…)

Bill Blum Truthdig

Looking for the latest outrage from the American justice system after the execution of Troy Davis? Meet Bobby Joe Maxwell and get to know his lawyer, Pasadena attorney Verna Wefald. (more…)

We are still awaiting news of a resentencing date for Dr. Dhafir, so there is still time to write to district court Judge Mordue to ask for clemency.  All letters should be sent to Dr. Dhafir’s lawyer as he will submit them all together with a cover letter to Judge Mordue.  Instructions on how to write the most effective letter can be found here, and examples of letters others have written are here.  This is Dr. Dhafir’s best hope of relief for a long time to come, so please take some time to write this very important letter; it could mean the difference between Dr. Dhafir living out his life in prison, or having some time at home with his family.

Can the Occupy movement transform the legal structures that give corporations their power over the rest of us? (more…)

Cancelled due to illness 10/19/11

Hagop Kevorkian Center Luncheon Seminar Series

A discussion with Mohamed Yousry (more…)