Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist, author of Persepolis: "If I have one message to give to the secular American people, it’s that the world is not divided into countries. The world is…
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Student Disrupts Speech by U.S. Climate Envoy Todd Stern in Durban
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in December 2011, the United States delegation obstructed any meaningful negotiations over the growing climate change crisis, not only refusing to act but preventing other…
Miley Cyrus Dedicates Video to Occupy Protesters
Miley Cyrus, the young pop singer, released this video in November 2011. She set her song, “Liberty Walk” to images and video from the Occupy protests around the country and around the…
Harry Belafonte disappointed with Obama
Harry Belafonte, at 84 years old, is still making headlines. On Thursday, CNN talked with the actor/humanitarian/activist at the Television Critics Association Tour in Beverly Hills. He was there to promote his…
Cornel West Flunks the President
Dr. Cornel West (one of thousands of signatories to World Can’t Wait’s Crimes Are Crimes statement) was interviewed in The New York Times Magazine Sunday July 24, 2011. He said in part: You…
Jimmy Cliff at Glastonbury 2011 singing We Don’t Want Another Vietnam in Afghanistan
"Stop the war" sang Jimmy Cliff at Glastonbury 2011, changing the title of his 1960s anti-war hit Vietnam to Afghanistan. Bob Dylan called Vietnam the best protest song he ever heard. Jimmy…