Long Term Fast Launched in Berkeley, CA Today (PRESS RELEASE) Today Cynthia Johnson, Christopher Lewis Macy, and Cynthia Papermaster will start their open-ended fasts in solidarity with the Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Prison, where over 100 men have been refusing to eat, some for over 130 days, and where over 40 of them are being force fed in a way amounting to torture.
June 16, 2013 - The Berkeley Daily Planet
Protesters stay put in Istanbul Defying the pleas of their prime minister, protesters remained encamped Saturday in the Istanbul park that has been at the center of demonstrations for 19 days. "This is just the beginning," Taksim Solidarity, a coalition of protest groups, said in a statement. "Our struggle continues." Still, the scene in Gezi Park was peaceful for a third consecutive day Saturday. The protesters brought in a ...
June 15, 2013 - KSAT San Antonio
Turkish PM to meet with protest leaders Turkey's prime minister will hold his first meeting Thursday night with leaders of Taksim Solidarity Platform, a loose coalition of various groups of demonstrators from Gezi Park, platform leader Eyup Muchu said.
June 14, 2013 - CNN
Alan Rosenberg in Independent We're really proud of the solidarity we've built with the Writers Guild,said Alan Rosenberg, the SAG president.
Condoleezza Rice in USA Today US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that the Cuban people merit "our solidarity and support" while urging the Cuban government to "begin a process of peaceful, democratic change by releasing all political prisoners, respecting...
President Bush in The Atlantic (blog) I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf,he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends...