Tonight on The Terrordome: Millions More Movement coverage, part 2

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Tonight on The Terrordome, we’ll hear from Reverend Sharpton, as well as from speakers Ayinde Jean-Baptiste, Ricardo Alarcon (the President of the National Assembly Cuba), PJ Patterson (the PM of Jamaica), and cofounder of the American Indian Movement, Russell Means, plus a tribute to one of the heroes of the American human rights struggle, Sister Rosa Parks. All that, and music from around the Afrikan planet, 6 pm Mountain Time tonight on CJSR FM88.5 and cjsr.com for The Terrordome: The Afrika All-World News Service.




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