Community members and activists marched and rallied in support of Aida Guzman on March 9 on Lehigh Avenue between 5th and American Streets in the heart of Philadelphia’s Puerto Rican community. Guzman suffered police brutality by a Philadelphia cop after a Puerto Rican Day Parade in 2012. The judge who heard the case, who was [...]
An evening of solidarity with President Hugo Chávez and the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela was held in Philadelphia Jan. 29. The program included solidarity messages from Berta Joubert-Ceci of the Philadelphia International Action Center; Dr. Anthony Monteiro, a professor of African-American Studies at Temple University; Ramona Africa of the MOVE organization; Godfrey Sithole, Philadelphia-area representative [...]
