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The March on Washington
Jonathan Prinz: ‘Don’t Observe Life, Participate in It’

  By Witnify • February 13, 2014 Uncategorized
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Jonathan Prinz, son of Rabbi Joachim Prinz, expresses the importance of being a participant in the world and he explains how attending the March on Washington gave him that worldview. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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The March on Washington
Jonathan Prinz on His Father’s View of Civil Rights

  By Witnify • February 13, 2014 Uncategorized
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Jonathan Prinz discusses his father, Rabbi Joachim Prinz, and how the Holocaust formed his view of civil rights. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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The March on Washington
Jonathan Prinz: ‘Ultimately a Movement Has to Depend on the People in That Movement’

  By Witnify • February 13, 2014 Uncategorized
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Jonathan Prinz discusses the civil rights movement and how it has informed other movements. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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Winter Olympic Games
Vancouver Activists Explain Why They Protest the 2010 Olympics

  By Witnify • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Harjab Grewal and Harsha Walia of the Olympic Resistance Network and other activists explain why they and others are protesting the Olympics and the committee's exploitation of the host country's native residents. Continue reading

Tagged   Protest, Sports, Winter Olympic Games
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Greensboro Sit-ins
‘Being Killed Trying to Achieve Your Rights… It Might be Worth It’

  By Witnify • January 30, 2014 Uncategorized
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Civil rights activist Franklin McCain, known as one of the 'Greensboro Four,' remembers what it was like to sit at the Woolworth lunch counter on Feb. 1, 1960 in protest of the store's racially discriminatory policy. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Greensboro, Greensboro Sit-ins, Politics and History, Protest
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Bloody Sunday
People Impacted by Bloody Sunday Recount the Tragic Events

  By Admin • January 28, 2014 Uncategorized
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Various people who were part of Bloody Sunday give their first-person accounts of the day and its aftermath, including British soldiers. Continue reading

Tagged   1970s, Bloody Sunday, Irish Republican Army (IRA), Protest
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Peter Yarrow
Peter Yarrow: ‘The Words Came From Martin Luther King’s Heart’

  By Witnify • January 28, 2014 Uncategorized
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Peter Yarrow recalls hearing the "I Have a Dream" for the first time at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Peter Yarrow, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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2011 Egyptian Revolution
Pro-democracy Activist Explains Their Game Plan

  By Mimstayl • January 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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Pro-democracy activist Miral talks about the ways in which they plan to peaceably get democracy in Egypt. Continue reading

Tagged   2011 Egyptian Revolution, Civil Rights, Politics and History, Protest

2011 Egyptian Revolution
Dr. Nawar Explains What Kind of Government Egypt Wants

  By Mimstayl • January 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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Dr. Nawar addresses the violent uprisings in Egypt against President Mubarak and what kind of government they are all fighting for. Continue reading

Tagged   2011 Egyptian Revolution, Civil Rights, People, Politics and History, Protest
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2011 Egyptian Revolution
Egyptians in Vermont Worry About Family

  By Mimstayl • January 25, 2014 Uncategorized
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Channel 3 news interviews eight Egyptians living in Vermont during the 2011 revolution who discuss what it is like being so far away from their families in a time of violence and death. Continue reading

Tagged   2011 Egyptian Revolution, Mass Tragedy, Politics and History, Protest, Revolution
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