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Related: About this forumThe Point (Occupy w/ Russell Simmons, Citizens United & Prison Sentence for Possible HIV Infections)
Points from Russell Simmons on Occupy The Dream and Ilyse Hogue (writer, The Nation) on the surprise upside of Citizens United are discussed by Patrick Meighan (writer, Family Guy), Manjusha Kulkarni (exe. director, South Asian Network), Robin D.G. Kelley (American History Professor -UCLA), and Cenk Uygur (host, The Young Turks). They also discuss the prison sentence for wrestler Andre Davis who was found guilty of possibly infecting numerous women with HIV.
Watch More Points: http://www.youtube.com/townsquare
The original WCPO report:
Get Involved: http://www.occupythedream.org/
Russell Simmons Global Grind site: http://globalgrind.com/
Patrick Meighan of on Occupy: http://myoccupylaarrest.blogspot.com/
South Asian Network: http://southasiannetwork.org/
Robin D.G. Kelley: http://www.monkbook.com/
Cenk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/cenkuygur
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The Point (Occupy w/ Russell Simmons, Citizens United & Prison Sentence for Possible HIV Infections) (Original Post)
ihavenobias
Jan 2012
OP
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(4,769 posts)1. Very good!
Mosaic
(1,451 posts)2. These are the kinds of discussions you find in a real democracy
Thank God for Current, Cenk, and Olbermann. And I can't forget to thank Al Gore.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)4. Agreed, without them we be dependent on the Corporate Media for 'news'.
CherylK
(2,774 posts)3. K & R!!!