The September 2012 strike of 26,000-plus Chicago teachers — organized by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) — was undeniably one of the most significant labor struggles in decades. What was at stake was not only the working conditions of Chicago teachers but also their job security and preservation of their union. Moreover, the teachers were [...]
Reading the Forward by journalist Christiane Amanpour and the Introduction by editor Minky Worden, I was concerned by what struck me as a very bourgeois perspective from both, and worried that there was some border line Arab bashing in the Intro. But even in the midst of what I was worried about as potential Arab [...]
In Celebration Of The 88th Birthday Of Malcolm X, the United Muslim Alliance & The Harlem Maysles Institute presents a program on May 18, 5pm-10 p.m. at the Harlem Maysles Cinema, 343 Malcolm X Boulevard/Lenox Avenue (Between 127th 128th Streets). *doors open/dinner served @ 4:30pm **Malcolm X Book Fair, DVD’s & Bus Tickets To The [...]
Join Earth First!, Global Justice Ecology Project and the STOP GE Trees Campaign for a week of resistance to genetically engineered trees. At the end of May the International Tree Biotechnology 2013 Conference is taking place in Asheville, NC, May 26 – June 1. This conference is a gathering of many of the major players [...]
The New York Taxi Workers Alliance is holding a rally to protest new rules being proposed at the Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC). Stop TLC Vote On New Rules to Let Garages & Brokers Steal Our Raise! TUESDAY, MAY 14TH, 2pm Outside TLC Headquarters 33 Beaver Street, NYC Take 4/5/6 to Bowling Green. It took [...]
(Statement by Lawrence Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization For Progress at a press conference in Newark, New Jersey on May 10, 2013) The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) calls upon the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to remove Assata Shakur (Joanne Chesimard) from its Most Wanted Terrorists List. She does not belong on the list because [...]
I am writing to let you know that the terrorists are here in Detroit. They have taken over our schools and our city. Their appetizers were Benton Harbor, Flint and their caviar was Allen Park, but they spit it out because it was too white. I watched ” Slavery by Another Name,” and was amazed [...]
The attack on Sister Assata Shakur is an attack on the right of the Black masses and the Black liberation movement to resist oppression. The U.S. government and all of its branches have always persecuted, jailed, exiled and murdered Black activists and revolutionaries no matter their philosophies or tactics-communism, Pan Africanism, separation, revolutionary nationalism, integration; [...]
The Freedom Archives is excited to announce an evening with author and activist Nancy Kurshan on Thursday May 9th at 7pm – 518 Valencia St – San Francisco. Nancy and the Freedom Archives have recently released Out of Control: A Fifteen Year Battle Against Control Unit Prisons. The book tells the inspiring story of the [...]
You remember. You remember because the tragedy that day touched everyone it reached. What did it teach you? Tell someone. Write a poem, short story, rhyme, or snapshot. What did it mean? What did you learn? What are you going to do? Saturday, May 11, 2013 • 12-4 pm Drexel University, West Philly Nesbitt Hall [...]
This is the last call for the exciting National Labor Fightback Conference, to be held at the Rutgers University Student Center in New Brunswick, NJ, May 10-12, 2013. The conference will feature plenary sessions with keynote speakers and discussion, as well as workshops — which will, in turn, report back to the plenary sessions. A [...]
Join Grassroots Global Justice Alliance for a report back via conference call and online slideshow from the World Social Forum held in Tunis, Tunisia March 26th – 30th. SAVE THE DATE! Pick the time that works best for you: Wednesday, May 8th at 7 pm ET / 6pm CT / 5pm MT / 4pm PT [...]
Race is a biological fiction, but it is a social fact. The white race consists of those who enjoy the privileges of the white skin—freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, the inside track for jobs and careers, not having to fear for their lives every time they leave the home, expecting, if they are female, [...]
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Center for the Study of Political Graphics (CSPG) are creating a traveling poster exhibition highlighting different historical boycott movements up to the present. The working title is Boycott! The Art of Economic Activism, and it will include the United Farm Workers’ grape and lettuce boycott, divestment from [...]
On April 26, Eve Ensler will kick off a 19-city U.S. tour for her latest book, In the Body of the World, a visionary memoir of separation and connection—to the body, the self, and the world. It will be released by Metropolitan Books on April 30th. Check out Eve’s full U.S. tour schedule below: Sante Fe, [...]
We, the undersigned, condemn the choice of Forbes Burnham as the intended recipient, on April 27, 2013, of South Africa’s Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo (Oliver Tambo Award). We call on the South African government to rescind this decision and cancel the award. Even a cursory investigation reveals that Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, [...]
On Saturday, May 3, 2013, from 7pm-9pm, an historic book collecting the writings of former Black Panther Party leader and current BLA Political Prisoner of War, Russell “Maroon” Shoatz , who has been held in tortuous solitary confinement in the state of Pennsylvania for the past 30 years, will be officially released at New York’s [...]
I wanted to make sure you know about the SF Board of Supervisors resolution on City College of San Francisco. Supervisors Mar and Cohen introduced it on April 2nd, and it was just passed by the Budget and Finance Sub-Committee this morning (April 17th) with support from Supervisor Avalos. I’m including below a copy of [...]
In Texas, hundreds of thousands of students are winding up in court for committing very serious offenses such as cursing or farting in class. Some of these so-called dangerous criminals (also known as teenagers) will face arrest and even incarceration, like the honors student who spent a night in jail for skipping class, or the 12-year-old who [...]
Jalil had a minor stroke in February. The first doctor he saw at Attica wanted to send him to the hospital immediately, but the head doctor, Dr. Rho, said that they first needed to get permission from Albany to take Jalil to the hospital. So, finally, on Monday, April 8, 2013, Jalil was shackled and [...]
RT @pocorganize: Federal Judge orders release of names of School of Americas graduates http://t.co/Wa1Bo34g8w #classwar #latism #latam #atlat #revsoc
Federal Judge orders release of names of School of Americas graduates http://t.co/Wa1Bo34g8w #classwar #latism #latam #atlat #revsoc
RT @ungaro: WHAT?! @Ungaro_C RT @pocorganize: Military conducts urban warfare exercises in #Chicago area http://t.co/jH6XLMNRNO #racism #poc #solidarity
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