By Aisha Harris Mountain Dew recently released three new ads featuring a crazed goat voiced by rapper Tyler, the Creator, who was also the mastermind behind the commercials. The goat is seen attacking a waitress after she gives him the soda,… Read More ›
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Celebrate International Workers’ Day 2013!
Today we celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, a holiday celebrated by working people worldwide. This day began in commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, where police fired upon workers striking for an eight-hour-day. Since… Read More ›
Of Flags & Butter: An Analysis of American White Supremacy Through Symbols
American racism and white supremacy is not limited to the physical realm, but is also a mental phenomenon – it is possible for the mind to be colonized by racist and white supremacist ideology, just as it is possible for… Read More ›
Israel injects Palestinian prisoners with dangerous viruses
The Israeli regime injects Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails with “dangerous viruses” before releasing them, a report says. “A Palestinian released from Israeli jails, Rania Saqa, has brought to light that the Israeli regime injected detainees that are out of… Read More ›
Terrorism and Privilege: Understanding the Power of Whiteness
by Tim Wise As the nation weeps for the victims of the horrific bombing in Boston yesterday, one searches for lessons amid the carnage, and finds few. That violence is unacceptable stands out as one, sure. That hatred — for… Read More ›
Cop fired for using Trayvon Martin images in target practice
A Florida policeman has been fired for using photos of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, shot and killed last year by a neighborhood watchman, for target practice. Martin’s family attorney condemned the act as “depraved.” Sgt. Ron King of the Florida’s Port… Read More ›
Paul Robeson Mural Restored, Rededicated on Activist’s 115th Birthday
By Cherri Gregg PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — The Mural Arts Program today rededicated a mural of Paul Robeson on his 115th birthday, while students from Robeson High School in West Philadelphia celebrated a victory inspired by the civil rights leader. At… Read More ›
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly “wanted to instill fear” in Black and Latino men
At stop-and-frisk trial, New York state senator and former police captain Eric Adams testifies about 2010 conversation with Kelly by Ryan Devereaux The commissioner of the New York City police department views the controversial practice of stop, question and frisk as a means… Read More ›
Immigrants Held in Solitary Cells, Often for Weeks
WASHINGTON — On any given day, about 300 immigrants are held in solitary confinement at the 50 largest detention facilities that make up the sprawling patchwork of holding centers nationwide overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, according to new federal data…. Read More ›
Editorials: Ku Klux Klan Rally Is a Non-event in Memphis
A cold rain, massive law enforcement presence, and a malfunctioning bullhorn put a damper on a Ku Klux Klan rally of about 75 people protesting the renaming of Civil War parks including the one named for Nathan Bedford Forrest Saturday…. Read More ›
NYPD Commanding Officer Caught On Tape Ordering Cops To Stop And Frisk Young “Male Blacks”
An outrageous (but perhaps unsurprising) audio recording was played for jurors in the big federal lawsuit against the NYPD’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy yesterday. The recording, made secretly last month by Officer Pedro Serrano in the 40th Precinct station house in the South Bronx,… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix Interview with Alfonso Casal
The protests against Golden Dawn around the world gained much media attention, including the one in Chicago where you were the key note speaker. What happened at this Jan. 19th event? Well, I was the “MC” for want of a… Read More ›
George Zimmerman’s Brother Goes on Racist Twitter Tirade
Zimmerman compares Trayvon Martin to a black teen who murdered a baby. By Alyssa Figueroa On Saturday, the media reported that De’Marquise Elkins, a 17-year-old teen, along with another 14-year-old had been detained as suspects for shooting and killing a mother named Sherry… Read More ›
Nazi propaganda to be banned in Russia
Russian senators are drafting a bill on prohibiting the glorification of Nazi crimes and the usage of any Nazi or similar symbols and gestures in the country. Violation of the law will be punishable by a fine from 300,000 rubles… Read More ›
Second NYPD officer testifies on stop-and-frisk quotas, racial targeting
Following a leaked recording seeming to prove the existence of an NYPD arrest quota system, a second police officer has come forward to explain to a federal judge why he decided to record his superiors as they directed him to… Read More ›