This morning, Lawrence O’Donnell defended the award of the Nobel Peace prize to President Obama on the grounds that there was no one else noteworthy who deserved the prize anyway. To aid him in his future appearences, here are two nominees who have actually put something on the line to create “hope” and “change” for people who really need it.
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been arrested and beaten for his peaceful political resistance to the brutal dictatorship of Robert Mugabe. But his persistence has brought about small steps toward a free and open Zimbabwean society.
The pro-democracy, AIDS and environmental advocacy of Chinese dissident Hu Jia has earned him a three-and-a-half year sentence in Red China’s gulag.
