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 [...]
Written and directed by KIRBY DICK, Produced by AMY ZIERING & TANNER KING BARKLOW, Rise Films, Chain Camera Pictures, Cinedigm Docudrama Films, (2012, 97 minutes) WHEN: Sunday April 28, 2013 1:15 pm WHERE: Community Church NY John Holmes House Gallery Room at 28 E. 35th St. btwn Park & Madison Aves. ADMISSION: Free, donations appreciated [...]
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. [...]
As the world’s largest contract manufacturer, Foxconn employs more than one million people in China alone. Foxconn workers are the iSlaves who face horrendous conditions while producing communication tools like iPhones and iPads for Apple. In 2012, a series of worker suicides shook the Chinese Foxconn factories and drew world-wide attention. Management promised to improve [...]
In the past 2 years, the young workers of India’s largest automobile manufacturer in the Gurgaon, Haryana Industrial Belt, outside Delhi, have led a ground-breaking campaign against systemic exploitation of factory labor and have championed the rights of contract laborers in India. Because of their effective struggle, Maruti Suzuki workers have become the target of [...]
Activists are organizing a fundraiser for front-line land defenders from Six Nations this Earth Day! All of the money raised will be going directly to the Six Nations Land Defenders Legal Defence Fund. The night will feature 3 short movies: 1) Day Zero, about the Six Nations Land Reclamation; 2) Rough Cut: Toad: Onkwehonwe Land [...]
We, Afrodescendants of this country meeting in the city of Caracas, express our condemnation of the rise of fascism and racism, led by Henríquez Capriles Randonski and leaders of the Venezuelan far right, in not accepting the results of the April 14 elections that led to the victory of the candidate of the Homeland Nicolas [...]
The Technion-Israeli Institute of Technology is a corporation that does military research for the Israeli Government. They design drones that kill Palestinian children. They design tractors that bulldoze Palestinian families. The same weapons are being designed for use here. Bloomberg is turning Roosevelt Island into a “Tech Hub” where Cornell University will work with Technion [...]
Right-wing elements backed by U.S. imperialism are attempting a coup against constitutional rule in Venezuela. Seven people in Venezuela have already been killed. There is a witch hunt against Cuban doctors who have made great sacrifice to provide health care there. The Venezuelan masses, other Latin Americans and progressives worldwide have stood up and said [...]
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 [...]
Extrajudicial killing is official US policy. Doing so violates fundamental international, constitutional, and US statute laws. Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.” Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states: “Every human being has the inherent [...]
Join us for a powerful evening of discussion linking the struggles for freedom across the world to radical activism and organizing here in the US. – Fahd Ahmed, DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving (Moderator) – Monami Maulik, DRUM – Desis Rising Up & Moving (on Third World Internationalism) – Imam Al-Hajj Talib ‘Abdur-Rashid, [...]
The extreme weather of 2012 and recent news that climate change is worse than previously thought have made it a front-page issue again. The Obama campaign’s silence on the issue and worldwide government paralysis have added to activists’ frustration and fueled participation in 350.org’s historic February 17th demonstration and campus fossil fuel divestment campaigns. This [...]
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), in gross violation of democratic and human rights, routinely subjects a significant number of detainees to conditions that meet the United Nations definition of torture. Immigrants held in ICE detention facilities are being subjected to indefinite detention and prolonged solitary confinement. As those held in detention [...]
The Women of Resistance in Brooklyn present our 18th Annual Roses and Bread. Friday, April 12, 2013 – 6:30 pm The Commons 388 Atlantic Avenue (btw Bond & Hoyt) A or G to Hoyt/Schermerhorn; 2 or 3 to Hoyt; 4 or 5 to Nevins or B,D,M,N,Q,R to Atlantic Avenue Featuring Mariposa WORTH and their Birthing [...]
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 [...]
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