Chances are if you are reading this, you have spent a fair amount of time discussing the recent “Occupation” demonstrations which have sprung up all around the country. Anyone with a basic familiarity with the protests is aware that the… Read More ›
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Libya: killing black Africans in the name of the revolution and democracy
Libya: killing black Africans in the name of the revolution and democracy Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Reports for many months have stated that Libyan rebels have been killing and persecuting black Africans in Libya once… Read More ›
Group: Domestic violence law repeal affects safety
TOPEKA, Kan. — Advocates for abuse victims said Wednesday that a dispute between the city of Topeka and the district attorney over the prosecution of domestic violence misdemeanors will make people who are already scared think twice before reporting abuse…. Read More ›
Occupy Arizona: Dozens Arrested After Protests
PHOENIX — Authorities in Arizona arrested nearly 100 people after two separate protests in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The 53 arrests in Tucson and 46 in Phoenix on Saturday night came hours after peaceful protests against financial… Read More ›
Occupy Wall Street shows muscle and prepares for next step, raising $300K plus other donations
NEW YORK — The Occupy Wall Street movement has close to $300,000, as well as storage space loaded with donated supplies in lower Manhattan. It stared down city officials to hang on to its makeshift headquarters, showed its muscle Saturday… Read More ›
Rick Perry ‘Niggerhead’ Rock: Is GOP Candidate Racially Insensitive?
WASHINGTON — When Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) took friends, fellow legislators or campaign donors to his hunting camp, they passed the word “Niggerhead” painted on a rock. As the Washington Post reported Saturday, “Niggerhead” stood for the long-ago name of… Read More ›
Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global: Protests & Clashes in Rome
Riot police have fought militant protesters in Rome as the biggest of a series of global rallies against banks and politicians tipped into violence. At least 70 people were injured, three of them seriously, as police fought masked rioters with… Read More ›
APL Testimony from Occupy Omaha
The following is a personal testimonial from an American Party of Labor cadre who attended the October 15th “Occupy Omaha” march in Omaha, Nebraska. October 15th was a busy day for Occupy Wall Street solidarity groups the world over, and… Read More ›
Celebrate the Anniversary of the Foundation of the Black Panther Party
In Oakland California on October 15th, 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale took the black power group called “Revolutionary Action Movement,” and re-formed it into the legendary “Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.” The Party started with only six members: Elbert… Read More ›
Statement from an Occupy Raleigh Participant
Something for nothing? The corporate media owned by the 1% are saying that we the people of Occupy Raleigh want something for nothing. Something for nothing? We are the 99%. We clean the toilets. We dig the coal. We pick… Read More ›
Privately-Owned CCA-Run Prison Remains Idaho’s most Violent Lockup
(AP) BOISE, Idaho — In the last four years, Idaho’s largest privately run prison has faced federal lawsuits, widespread public scrutiny, increased state oversight, changes in upper management and even an ongoing FBI investigation. Yet the Corrections Corp. of America-run… Read More ›
From Cheney to Perry: Racist Hunting Clubs
The flap over the racist name of the hunting lodge that Texas Governor Rick Perry’s family leased is not the first time hunting and racism have conspired to tar a politician. In 2007, a New York Daily News photographer spotted… Read More ›
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