Santana is Booed for Using Baseballs Civil Rights Game to Speak Out for Civil Rights

Posted on May 19, 2011 by iwilder

But Bud picked the wrong Latino. Carlos Santana took the microphone and said that he was representing all immigrants. Then Santana added, “The people of Arizona, and the people of Atlanta, Georgia, you should be ashamed of yourselves.” In a perfect display of Gov. Nathan Deal’s Georgia, the cheers quickly turned to boos. Yes, Carlos […]

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Atlanta Civil Rights Leaders Call for Halt to Water Fluoridation (via Food Freedom)

Posted on April 18, 2011 by iwilder

Journal of Living Food and Healing Former U.N. Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and Prominent Pastor Gerald Durley Call for Repeal of Fluoridation Law in GA (EXTRACTS) Citing concern that fluoridated water disproportionately harms poor citizens and black families, influential Atlanta civil rights leaders Andrew Young and Gerald Durley are calling on top Georgia […]

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we’d rather vote for what we want and not get it, than vote for what we don’t want and get it

Posted on November 4, 2008 by iwilder

from Atlanta Progressive News Green Presidential candidate and former US Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) made a campaign stop in Atlanta at an event hosted by DeKalb County Green Party and the International Action Center, on Saturday, October 18, 2008. : Dianne Mathiowetz of the Atlanta IAC introduced McKinney. Atlanta artist, Jibril, sang a rap song […]

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Cynthia McKinney top third party candidate in mock election!

Posted on October 31, 2008 by iwilder

Thanks to Creative Loafing for the tip: Fun chart and full results at the Atlanta Public Schools: here. Kudos to Atlanta Public Schools for teaching our children in a fair way. All 6 candidates who have a chance of winning enough votes in the Electoral College were included in the results.

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Death Penalty Emergencies: Can you get to Georgia on Thursday?

Posted on September 16, 2008 by iwilder

Some of the advocate community thought we were winning on this one, and I fear the pressure was let down.  It now looks like Troy Davis will be wrongly executed. Please take action, do an e-mail, drive to Georgia, and/or spread the word to people who might be able to go there: Emergency Rally/March to […]

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