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Queen Rania of Jordan led protests on the streets of the capital Amman this morning as thousands took to the streets after Friday prayers to urge King Abdullah II to step up airstrikes against the Islamic State to avenge the brutal murder of pilot Moaz al-Kasaesbeh. Crowds massed near the city's main Husseini mosque, then marched chanting 'Death to Daesh', using a derogatory Arabic acronym for the terror group, in the latest sign of mounting public anger. The rally came three days after Islamic State released a video purporting to show Kasaesbeh being burnt alive in a cage as masked...

HEY PEOPLE!! We know you have been expecting the digs on this Winter's Radical Encuentro Camp. Here goes... This year we have organized the first URBAN camp in the heart of Houston's Historic Sixth Ward at the MECA center (Multicultural Education and Counciling through the Arts). (You can get directions from their website at www.multiculturalarts.org. Be sure to mark your calendars for the 21st through 22nd of February to come to H-town, we plan to begin Friday night with some focus and security talks and start bright and early Saturday morning. So far some of the workshops and speakers we...