For Immediate Release.
The Sound Strike is proud to have played an important role in the International Boycott of Arizona after the passage of SB 1070. It is clear that it was the economic boycott that forced the business community to begin to oppose additional laws by the Arizona legislature targeting migrants. The boycott of Arizona [...]

From Chicago Sun-Times:
Throughout the fall of 2011, we heard the questions: “What do the Occupy Wall Street protestors want?” “What are their goals?” “Who speaks for them?” By year’s end, there was another question: “Where’s their music?”
The two inquiries are inextricably related. One reason we’ve had trouble grasping why the Occupiers are Occupying is because [...]

Three young women are being detained by Russian authorities for allegedly performing a protest song in a cathedral as part of a feminist punk group “Pussy Riot”.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina and Ekaterina Samutsevich were arrested in March 2012 and charged with “hooliganism”. If found guilty, they could be jailed for up to 7 years.
The three [...]

From NY Times
Op-Ed Columnist - Nicholas D. Kristof

I’d like to thank the makers of the “Kony 2012” video for goading me to write about Joseph Kony. With about 100 million views, it is now one of the most viral videos of all time.
My starting point is a “bravo” for film-makers for galvanizing young Americans to look up [...]

From NY Times - Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas D. Kristof
A GREAT humanitarian catastrophe and vicious ethnic cleansing is unfolding here in the remote and impoverished region where Sudan and South Sudan come together.
For some in the Nuba Mountains, living in thatch huts far from electricity or paved roads, the sharpest acquaintance they are making with 21st-century technology [...]

The upcoming documentary film, “Wind Chases the Sun” covering the case of Leonard Peltier continues to make progress thriving to help Peltier in his fight for freedom. The film’s Producer and Director, Preston Randolph has recently joined forces with Joslyn Barnes and Danny Glover of Louverture Films. “Wind Chases the Sun” has a powerful crew [...]

To celebrate the North American release of Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, Amnesty is streaming all 76 tracks on their Facebook page NOW! Click the link below to listen to and order this amazing collection.
The Nightwatchman joins over 80 other artists (Bad Religion, Jackson Browne, Johnny Cash [...]

January 11, 2012
Today marks the 10 year anniversary of when the first detainees made their way into the now infamous Guantanomo Detention Facility. Amnesty International and over 60 other organizations are marking this as the National Day of Action Against Guantanomo and the NDAA.
Take action NOW and tell President Obama that 10 years is too [...]

Tom Morello will perform along with a diverse assembly of musicians on January 12 at the House of Blues in Hollywood to pay tribute to the late John O’Brien.
Dubbed “Love You Madly: A Concert For John O’Brien”, Morello will be sharing the stage with the likes of members of Maroon 5, Sheryl Crow, The Forest Rangers, [...]

From The NY Times:

By ETHAN BRONNER
JERUSALEM — The Israeli Parliament on Monday held its first public debate on whether to commemorate the Turkish genocide of Armenians nearly a century ago, an emotionally resonant and politically fraught topic for Israel, founded on the ashes of the Holocaust and trying to salvage frayed ties with Turkey.
The session resulted from a [...]