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May201310

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Assata is Not a Terrorist: She is a Freedom Fighter like Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X & Martin L. King [#Feminist Friday]

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; [...]

May201307

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NJ: Last Call for Labor Fightback Conference

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 [...]

May201306

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Reportback from the WSF 2013 in Tunisia

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 [...]

May201303

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Eve Ensler Book Tour Starts [#Feminist Friday]

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, [...]

Apr201328

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Texas: Police in Schools Criminalize 300,000 Students Each Year

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 [...]

Apr201325

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Black Left Unity Network Statement on Venezuela

The Black Left Unity Network (BLUN) salutes the victory of Nicolas Maduro Moros as the new and democratically elected President of Venezuela. We stand in revolutionary solidarity with the statement issued by the Afro-Venezuela movement that pledges its’ continued support to the objectives of the revolutionary process in Venezuela and the election of President Maduro. [...]

Apr201318

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41 Years of Solitary Confinement for Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3

April 17, 2013, marks 41 years that Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been unjustly incarcerated in solitary confinement in Louisiana. This is 41 years of living in concrete and metal cages of 6 x 9 feet; 41 years of being separated from their families and loved ones; 41 years of being wrongly accused of [...]

Apr201311

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Norberto Gonzalez Denied Medical Care

The Committee to Support Avelino and Norberto González Claudio, The Caribbean and Latin American Coordinating Committee of Puerto Rico, The Human Rights Committee of Puerto Rico, The Resistance Collective, The Socialist Front, The New School, The Movement for Socialism, The National Hostosiano Independence Movment, The Socialist Movement of Workers, The Puerto Rican Independence Party of [...]

Apr201308

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New Annual Report Reveals 313 Black People Killed in 2012, Averaging Every 28 Hours

Every 28 hours in 2012 someone employed or protected by the US government killed a Black man, woman, or child! This startling fact is revealed in Operation Ghetto Storm: 2012 Annual Report on the Extrajudicial Killings of 313 Black People by Police, Security Guards, and Vigilantes. “When we started this investigation in early 2012, we [...]

Apr201304

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Diné C.A.R.E.: Reject BHP Billiton

As the Navajo Nation Council prepares to vote this week on approving $2.3 million to continue paying a law firm and other consultants to look into the risks of buying BHP Billiton Navajo Mine, Navajo community members with Diné C.A.R.E called the expenditure “needless and wasteful” given the well-known risks and liabilities associated with the [...]

Apr201303

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Indigenous Activist, Prison Justice Organizer, Human Rights and Ecojustice Warrior Splitting The Sky Passes

In the highest of honour I will remember Splitting the Sky who died suddenly March 13 2013 in Adam’s Lake, BC. Splitting the Sky, also know as John Boncore, his colonial name, aged 61, was one of the most fierce, uncompromising, warriors I have ever met. He was fighting the pipeline in northern BC at [...]

Mar201311

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Raleigh Today: Justice for Shirley Venable

We are asking all justice minded people to join us for a picket and rally in front of the Raleigh Municipal Building, 222 West Hargett St., on Monday, March 11 from 12 noon to 1 pm and for each Monday following until further notice. We will be calling on the Raleigh City Council and City [...]

Mar201310

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Comrade Ghetto Prophet (GP) Arrested

Comrade Ghetto Prophet (GP), Co-Chair of the ONYX Organizing Committee was arrested at his home by the California Highway Patrol. The pigs claim he is in violation of his parole. The problem with that is, GP has been OFF OF PAROLE SINCE AUGUST OF 2012. And at no point since August has the state called [...]

Feb201314

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Lecture: Transnational Constitutionalism and Human Rights

Historically, inter-American supra-national bodies, such as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, dealt with cases brought against countries in which authoritarian regimes were the norm, developing a robust body of case law on human rights with a top-down approach. Utilizing this top-down approach, international bodies prescribed what countries should do in order to comply with [...]

Feb201313

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MXGM Statement: Dorner, Racism and State Repression

The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (MXGM) maintains that regardless of what one may think of Christopher Dorner and the rights or wrongs of his actions, we want to call attention to the truth’s stated in Dorner’s manifesto regarding the pervasiveness of racism in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). As many historians and commentators have [...]

Feb201307

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The Manifesto of Christopher Dorner

From: Christopher Jordan Dorner /7648 To: America Subj: Last resort Regarding CF# 07-004281 I know most of you who personally know me are in disbelief to hear from media reports that I am suspected of committing such horrendous murders and have taken drastic and shocking actions in the last couple of days. You are saying [...]

Jan201308

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January POC Political Prisoner Birthdays

January 1, 1956 William Phillips Africa AM4984 SCI Dallas Follies Road, Drawer K Dallas, PA 18612 William is one of the people who make up the MOVE 9. There are currently eight MOVE activists in prison each serving 100 years after being framed for the murder of a cop in 1979. The 9th defendant, Merle [...]

Dec201231

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Year-End Petition to Free the Cuban Five

Freeing the Cuban 5 is an important matter for working people around the world. You can take a small action to bring the issue of freedom for these five heroic men to the desk of President Obama. It may be a frustrating and complicated process to sign this petition, BUT remember the 14 years of [...]

Dec201212

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Cleveland, Ohio Police Killings Sparks Outrage

Over 150 Clevelanders packed into a public forum Thursday night to ask questions and denounce the police killing of two people last week. Unsatisfied with the answers they were receiving, people in the crowd accused the city officials of racism and murder. Malissa Williams, 30, and Timothy Russell, 43, were killed on November 29, when [...]

Dec201209

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Report back: The CB2 Meeting with Spectra & Con Ed

Tuesday night’s Community Board 2 meeting was, shall we say, spirited. Our thanks to everyone who came out. As the video of the Q&A shows, this is one highly engaged public. Presentations by Spectra Energy and Con Edison generated intense questions and comments from the public in the packed room, as well as several NYPD. [...]

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