The Leverhulme-funded Implicit Bias and Philosophy Project (www.biasproject.org) announces its fourth and final event, a conference on Implicit Bias, Philosophy and Psychology. Authors of accepted papers will have the costs of their conference attendance (including transportation) fully funded, within reason. Deadline for Submission: 15 December 2012 We invite papers on any topic falling under the [...]
In the past few years numerous prison and jail authorities have reduced the number of people locked up in response to a variety of pressures including budgets, court orders, and advocacy. What explains these changes? What kinds of situations are people — citizen and non-citizen, documented and undocumented — facing as the archipelago of lockups [...]
Since the financial crisis broke we have seen a rising tide of protest, revolutions and resistance. One of the driving forces of these movements has been a desire to change the future: to reject the idea that we have no future outside of the logic of never ending austerity, declining living standards and the loss [...]
We, peasants of the Provincial Nucleus of Peasants in Nampula, the Provincial Nucleus of Peasants in Zambezia, the Provincial Peasants Union of Niassa and the Provincial Union of Peasants of Cabo Delgado, and who are all members of the National Peasants’ Union (UNAC), met on the 11th of October 2012, in the town of Nampula [...]
Immigration is one of the most important issues facing local governments across the country. A number of cities such as Chicago, New York, and Washington DC have already enacted landmark legislation that protects local government dollars, restores trust between law enforcement and immigrant communities, and promotes family unity. California is at a critical juncture in [...]
I recently had a conversation with another white lady in which she claimed was no longer racist after her “revelation” about the state of racism that came from reading a few works by bell hooks and Cornel West. I found this claim to be a variation on the white racist staple of I-can’t-be-racist-because-I-have-black-friends, now modified to I’m-no-longer-racist-because-I-read-black-authored-works-on-racism. This statement startled [...]
On Black Friday, as Walmart workers across the country stand up against the retail giant’s labor regime, they’ll be in part standing on the shoulders of smaller uprisings that have popped up in low-wage workplaces. Alongside the disgruntled store employees, various subcontracted warehouse workers have helped lead the wave of protests. The interconnected campaigns reveal that what makes [...]
There are some stories that are hard to cover – the death of Savita Halappanavar, a pregnant women, from septicemia whose life might have been saved if an abortion was not delayed is a hard as they come. According to the Irish Times Praveen Halappanavar, the husband of Savita said she had asked for a [...]
A ceasefire agreement between the Hamas-led Palestinian government in Gaza and Israel was announced today, Nov. 21, in Cairo by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr. Clinton made an emergency trip to the Middle East with the aim of brokering a truce, a clear sign of the Obama [...]
Cultural Survival is seeking nominations for Indigenous individuals who work to further Indigenous rights, protect Indigenous lands, and revitalize Indigenous languages. The Ellen L. Lutz Indigenous Rights Award will be given to a courageous advocate who is pursuing the rights of Indigenous Peoples’ with an Indigenous community. The Award is intended to recognize Indigenous activists [...]
WHAT: Political Prisoner Letter-Writing Dinner WHEN: 7pm sharp, Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 WHERE: CAGE – 83A Hester Street New York, New York 10002 (directions below) COST: Free It’s supper time again, and we’re back at CAGE for our every-other-week Political Prisoner Letter Writing Dinner. As anarchists, it should come as no surprise that we don’t [...]
Leonard Peltier is an Amnesty International registered prisoner of consciousness and Lakota / Anishinabe Native American held by the US government in custody for 37 years on falsified evidence. Leonard has consistently spoken out in defense of his people´s liberty and the denial of their basic human rights. Leonard did the one thing that any [...]
Azania, better known to most as South Africa, is afire with worker resistance and social unrest. Since August, hundreds of thousands of workers, the unemployed, and their allies have engaged in a pitched battle against the forces of transnational capital, particularly those concentrated in the mineral extraction industries, and the African National Congress (ANC) government [...]
Come find out how a group of United Federation of Teachers members and our allies have formed a movement to change the direction of the UFT. We are the social justice caucus of our union. Open General Meeting of the MORE Caucus Movement of Rank and File Educators: WHEN: Saturday, Nov 17th. 12-3 pm WHERE: [...]
COINTELPRO (for Counter-Intelligence Program) is an acronym that has come to represent not only the formal FBI program of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, but also the entire repressive apparatus of and collusion between government agencies, local, state, and federal, to destroy movements for Black, Brown, Asian, and Indigenous self-determination and liberation, and to divide [...]
Join us as we protest the sentencing of Puerto Rican Political Prisoner/Machetero Norberto Gonzalez Claudio! After a year of physical and psychological abuse, Norberto will be sentenced on Wed. November 14th in Connecticut! As part of an international display of solidarity, there will be protests throughout the United States and Puerto Rico on this day! [...]
Now that Barack Obama has been reelected President of the United States of America, it is imperative that the racial justice movement hold him and his administration accountable for the extrajudicial killing of Black and oppressed people throughout the country. The Obama administration must assert its authority over the various law enforcement entities throughout the [...]
In the wake of the global financial crisis, new forms of social organization are beginning to take shape. Disparate groups of people are coming together in order to resist corporate globalization and seek a more positive way forward. These movements are not based on hierarchy; rather than looking to those in power to solve their [...]
For Everyone Fighting the Good Fight: Treat Yourself to Holistic Healthcare to Benefit Dr. Mutulu Shakur! Choose from acupuncture, herbal and flower essence consultations, massage, private yoga lessons, & reiki, or book a treatment as a gift for someone who deserves it. Sunday, November 11th from 12-7 pm Brooklyn Open Acupuncture 388 Atlantic Ave. (between [...]
The goal of this zine series is to share relevant and timely information about how to survive and thrive with little or no money. It will also be a resource for those who are newly homeless or in danger of facing homelessness. The publication will connect people, share resources and provide real stories from people [...]
FBI Documents Suggest Feds Read Emails Without a Warrant http://t.co/rvAqk3CAGO #civilliberties #uniteblue #revsoc
RT @pocorganize: NYC: An Evening with AIM Member Lenny Foster - http://t.co/QEpRtmzmoG The poverty of Proudhon's #anarchism http://t.co/RKiITj2O9j #revsoc #unifiedleft #anarchy #classwar #connecttheleft
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