Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

By Alistair Lyon LONDON | Wed Oct 12, 2011 2:31pm EDT (Reuters) – You couldn’t make it up — or could you? U.S. allegations that an Iranian spy outfit attempted to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington in a convoluted … Continue reading →

  The video above shows what organizers called the beginning of “Occupy Detroit” outside Cadillac Place, where Gov. Snyder’s Detroit office is, and where protesters have been fighting the cruel cut-offs of 50,000 (and counting) people including children and babies … Continue reading →

FinalCall.com News By Askia Muhammad -Senior Correspondent- Updated Oct 5, 2011 – 1:21:36 PM WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) – It was one of the most bizarre incidents during the NATO-supported uprising in Libya. The Rev. Walter Fauntroy, a retired member of the Congressional Black … Continue reading →

By Jane Slaughter Oct. 11, 2011 Jane Slaughter’s blog Early results of voting on the new Ford-United Auto Workers contract are nearly break-even, according to Detroit newspapers. Reformers in the union are organizing to get the 41,000 Ford workers to … Continue reading →

United States Supreme Court Rejects Philadelphia DA’s Appeal Black List Pub  SendMeYourNews October 11, 2011 Today the United States Supreme Court rejected a request from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office to overturn the most recent federal appeals court decision declaring Mumia … Continue reading →

IN THIS VIDEO, MINISTER JR SPEAKS ABOUT INTERVIEWING MERTILLA JONES, GRANDMOTHER OF AIYANA JONES, AMONG MANY OTHER NOTED INDIVIDUALS AND FIGHTERS FOR THE PEOPLE. To hear interview, click on http://www.blockreportradio.com/radio-mainmenu-27/1094-mertilla-jones-.html Block Reportin’–The Book, by Prisoners of Conscience Committee Minister JR … Continue reading →

 In the very controversial “prison version” of “They Don’t Care About Us,” Michael Jackson showed that he, as an artist, cared about the issue of mass incarceration and had the courage to speak out on behalf of prisoners in a … Continue reading →

 Even Republicans object to president’s proposed cuts They include 50 percent cut to LIHEAP program which funds THAW  (VOD ed.: More coming on Detroit’s situation with focus on utility profits; regardless of federal cuts, DTE and others must STOP SHUT-OFFS! … Continue reading →

 By Greg Thrasher, VOD Contributing Editor Director PLANE IDEAS http://planeideas.blogspot.com  Right here..Right now…For many Black people living in America from the gritty urban venues of neighborhoods like Detroit to the contours of cul de sacs of suburbia these are perilous times even … Continue reading →