Posts Tagged: racism
Families, community mobilize to bring heat back to freezing NYC jail
Feb 09, 2019
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Eyewitness report from the occupation of the MDC to demand restoration of heat, light and other necessities for prisoners.
US gov’t silent as Palestinians murdered in surge of Israeli settler violence
Feb 09, 2019
The United States and its junior partner, Israel, are the greatest violators of human rights on the planet.
Attack on Angela Davis for supporting Palestine backfires
Jan 19, 2019
In September 2018, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute selected Angela Davis to get a Human Rights Award, but later rescinded the honor.
In revolutionary love, Nicholas Heyward Sr.
Jan 08, 2019
On Dec. 31, the sun set for Nicholas Heyward Sr. when this Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY, community member and long-time fighter against police brutality died...
One year on: Justice for Sahleem Tindle action puts killer BART cop on notice
Jan 07, 2019
On Jan. 3, about 150 community members gathered at the West Oakland Bay Area Rapid Transit station to protest the killing of Sahleem Ohesehee Tindle b...
Women behind bars: The punishment is the crime
Jan 03, 2019
When mass incarceration and police terror in Black and brown communities is talked about from a women’s perspective, the conversation tends to shift...
Teaching assistants’ strike stops rehabilitation of Confederate statue
Dec 19, 2018
The war continues to rage at the Chapel Hill campus over the statue of a Confederate statue known as Silent Sam.
Marcus & Millichap senior manager joins anti-homeless vigilante patrol in Long Beach
Nov 02, 2018
This morning, the senior manager of investments and one-time first vice president of Marcus & Millichap, Kevin J. King, participated in an organized v...
Long Island protesters expose racist ‘immigration forum’ that excluded immigrants
Sep 25, 2018
On Sept. 15, a “call to rally” was shared across Long Island, N.Y., liberal and progressive Facebook pages.
Navajo miners still struggle for justice and compensation
Sep 24, 2018
On July 10, 2018, Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye announced his call for Congress to extend federal compensation for Navajo Nation uranium mine...
New Book
Women Fight Back: The Centuries-Long Struggle for Liberation
(Liberation Media, 2017)
Tracing the historical evolution of a movement that has thoroughly transformed society, and is in need of militant revival today.