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Death-row inmate Troy Davis denied clemency
The Georgia Board of Pardons and Parole has denied clemency for death-row inmate Troy Davis. Davis was convicted of the 1989 killing of Savannah, Georgia, police officer Mark MacPhail. Davis is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 7… Read More ›
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Video: Troy Davis’ Sister Kimberly Davis Makes Last Plea Before Possible Execution
From Too Much Doubt:
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After Winning Global Support, Troy Davis Loses Clemency Bid
A Georgia parole board Tuesday denied clemency for Troy Davis, a death row inmate who garnered global support for his claims of innocence. His execution is scheduled for Wednesday night. After hearing exhaustive pleas both from Troy Davis supporters and… Read More ›
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Review of “Are Prisons Obsolete?”
In our “democratic” society, we have been taught that, while everyone is entitled to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” there are those who do not deserve the same “rights” to which we are all supposedly entitled. The exception… Read More ›
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Protesters Take to the Streets in New York
NEW YORK — Hundreds of people marched Saturday near Wall Street in New York, but the city thwarted their bid to descend into the heart of global finance itself to protest greed, corruption and budget cuts. Protesters had planned to… Read More ›
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Karl Marx Voted Greatest Thinker of the Millennium
Marx took the top spot by a wide margin followed by Einstein, Newton, and Darwin, in second, third and fourth places. Revolutionary writer Karl Marx has topped a BBC News Online poll to find the greatest thinker of the millennium…. Read More ›
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Anti-Black Racism Among Libyan Rebels
“the brigade for purging slaves, black skin” – slogan seen painted in rebel country Michael McGehee wrote in Victims of a Civil War, Z Magazine, April 5: Libya, located in northern Africa, has a majority Arab population. It also has… Read More ›
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Black Slaves, Freedmen Risked Their Lives to Work As Union Spies During the Civil War
Freed slaves became spies They were made invisible by the color of their skin. They could not be seen because their enemy was blinded by ignorance. Federal troops sent African Americans, former slaves, into the Confederate breach to capture information… Read More ›
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Political Cartoons: 9/11 – 10 Years On, 10 Toons
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Worth a Thousand Words: Casualties of 9/11
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Remembering Chile’s 9/11
By Paul Street “Close to Perfect:” A Different, Bloodier Nine-Eleven The events of September 11th were horrific, tragic, and criminal on a monumental scale. Planes flew low over an American nation’s leading city. Buildings erupted in flames. There was an… Read More ›
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Operation Torture
Ten Years On by VIJAY PRASHAD “No state shall expel, return (refouler) or extradite a person to another State where there are substantial grounds for believing that he would be in danger of being subjected to torture.” United Nations Convention… Read More ›
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EMERGENCY: Act NOW to STOP THE SEPT 21st EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS!
ACT NOW! All anti-death penalty activists in the U.S. and worldwide should prepare NOW to organize coordinated actions before Sept. 21. The IAC will send out a proposed date for these actions in conjunction with Georgia activists. SIGN ONLINE PETITION… Read More ›
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NAACP Condemns Scheduled Execution of Troy Davis
On Tuesday, September 6, 2011, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) strongly condemned the scheduled execution of Troy Anthony Davis. The NAACP believes that there is too much doubt surrounding the conviction of Mr. Davis, whose… Read More ›
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Political Cartoon: The blood of the Mavi Marmara martyrs claim JUSTICE!
The Red Phoenix 