Angola 3 in LA Times! Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on May 5, 2008 Topic : Human_rights
We are thrilled to see that the Angola 3 were featured on the front page of Saturday's Los Angeles Times! A great place for anyone to get a quick summation of the story to this point. Anita would be so proud of everyone who has worked so hard to get us here! A link and an excerpt after the jump ...
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Germany 200 - England 1 Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on April 29, 2008 Topic : Environment
Enough's Enough has done another great advert with Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth to point up how very far behind the UK is on renewable energy, and what can be done to bring us up to speed. More after the jump ...
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Bang-Up Article About Anita Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on April 15, 2008 Topic : About Anita
Investor's Business Daily has published a lovely profile of Dame Anita Roddick. Thanks to Miho Nagano for doing a spectacular job of capturing Anita. Click below for an excerpt and link, after the jump.
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Exonerate Jack Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on April 12, 2008 Topic : Human_rights
British artist Simone Sandelson is a woman after our heart. An accomplished artist, she has taken on an unusual hobby: lobbying for a reprieve for her friend ... who happens to be on death row in Georgia. The story of this friendship between Sandelson and Jack Alderman recalls the friendship between Anita and the Angola 3. Neither case is tidy or simple; both inspired gifted people to motivate others in the direction of justice.
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Angola 3 Out of Solitary! Posted By Brooke Shelby Biggs on April 2, 2008 Topic : Brilliant
Anita heard about the Angola 3 about 8 years ago, and I remember the look on her face when I said these words: "They've been in solitary for 30 years." Dumbfounded. Gobsmacked. Outraged. She pledged on the spot to do everything she could to get them out of solitary and out of prison. So it is bittersweet to celebrate this most recent victory: Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox are OUT OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. Anita would be thrilled.
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