Get Up, Stand Up | Weekly Top Ten

Week ending Friday - May 13, 2011    Weekly Highlight: Get Up, Stand Up By Abby Zimet Reggae icon Bob Marley died 30 years ago this week at just 36, but his light shines on. Timothy White's Catch A Fire, reportedly the best book about him here; his 10 most politically memorable songs here. Our Weekly Most Read Views... Noam Chomsky: Noam Chomsky: My Reaction to Osama bin Laden’s Death Bruce Robinson: The Audacity of Genetically Modified Foods Bernie Sanders: Single Payer Health: It's Only Fair Mary Bottari: Big Bank Backlash: From Coast to Coast People are Moving their Money Michael Winship: Forget the Rich: Tax the Poor and Middle Class! Paul Krugman: A Crisis from the Top: The Unwisdom of Elites Mehdi Hasan: Forget Sarah Palin and Donald Trump: Obama Needs a Challenge from the Left Marjorie Cohn: The Targeted Assassination of Osama Bin Laden David Sirota: Has America Become a Nation of Cowards? Andy Kroll: How the McEconomy Bombed the American Worker Our Weekly Most Read Headlines... While Bahrain Demolishes Mosques, U.S. Stays Silent House Republicans Shred Constitution With Backdoor Proposal of Permanent War Renewable Energy Can Power the World, Says Landmark IPCC Study Nuclear Meltdown at Fukushima Plant Wisconsin's Walker Heads to DC to Take Lead in Fight to Privatize Education US Middle Class Disappearing Into Abyss? Battle for Arctic Oil Intensifies as US Sends Clinton to Polar Summit Dem Senators Defend Big Oil Against Own Party 2000 March Saturday in Boston's SlutWalk Mordechai Vanunu Demands Revoking of His Israeli Citizenship Home About Us Donate Sign Up Archives Guerrilla art at Lincoln Center from The Other 98%, "making democracy work for the rest of us." More here. Video Highlights... US Predator Drone TR425 on Trial for Killing Innocent Afghan Civilians "Every 30 Minutes": Crushed by Debt and Neoliberal Reforms, Indian Farmers Commit Suicide at Staggering Rate New Egyptian Stance Towards Israel, Hamas and Iran Thom Hartmann with Les Leopold: Wall Street's Wealth, America's Dearth EXCLUSIVE: Playwright Tony Kushner Speaks Out on CUNY Controversy, Academic Freedom and Israel Founded in 1997, CommonDreams.org is an Internet-based progressive news and grassroots activism organization. We are nonprofit, independent and nonpartisan. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. © Copyright 1997-2011 You are subscribed to Common Dreams as F.Abdolian.blogi@blogger.com. Click here to manage your subscription.