Philadelphia — For the third time in ten days, students walked out of classrooms here on May 17 to protest the proposed elimination of all extracurricular programs in the city’s public schools. Thousands of students from 27 high schools and middle schools took to the streets, chanting, “No ifs, no buts, no education cuts” and [...]
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Thousands walk out in Philadelphia: ’Save our schools!’
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Betsey Piette May 22, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Cooper Union students seize president’s office
May 20 — The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Society and Art is a New York City college that has long been associated with progressive politics and activism. The college was a center of the abolitionist movement, and Abraham Lincoln gave a historic anti-slavery address there in 1860. In more recent times, Latin American [...]
Grief and anger flow over murder of African-American transwoman in Cleveland
Despite many gains won through decades of struggle, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities are often victims of hate crimes. When the crime becomes a murder, the victim is most likely a young transgender woman of color. Three African-American transwomen were found murdered, in April alone, in Baltimore; Oak Ridge, Fla.; [...]
Battleground North Carolina: 100+ arrests in 3 weeks resisting right-wing attacks
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Zaina Alsous and Ben Carroll May 21, 2013 » Add the first comment.
As this article goes to print, 57 more people were arrested during the “Moral Monday” action on May 20. More than 500 came out to rally and pack the legislature in support of the civil disobedience action. North Carolina — Addressing a packed church April 28, the night before more than a dozen community members [...]
Thousands protest murder of NYC gay man
Thousands of people marched through New York’s Greenwich Village the evening of May 20 to protest the murder of Mark Carson. Shortly after midnight May 18, Carson was shot to death by a man yelling anti-gay slurs. Carson, a 32-year-old African American described by family and friends as “a proud gay man,” had been strolling [...]
Free Lynne Stewart now!
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Dolores Cox May 20, 2013 » Add the first comment.
The lifesaving struggle to free Lynne Stewart, “the people’s lawyer,” continues. Following a full-house rally on May 9 at St. Mark’s Theatre in New York City, a vigil was held in Foley Square on May 15. The latter activity was held near the Manhattan federal courthouse where, in 2010, Stewart was unjustly convicted and sentenced [...]
National Network on Cuba condemns U.S. ‘terrorist’ bounty on Assata Shakur
The following statement was issued by the National Network on Cuba. On May 3, the U.S. government falsely branded Assata Shakur … as a “terrorist,” placing her name as the first woman on the most-wanted terrorist list, with obvious alternative motives, but supposedly for the false charges 40 years ago. This act is doubly scurrilous [...]
Boston Bolivarians celebrate Maduro election
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Boston Bolivarianos May 19, 2013 » Add the first comment.
On May 5, a meeting called by the Boston Bolivarians celebrated the legitimate victory of the first working-class and Chavista president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moro. The well-attended event was held in the office of the International Action Center, together with Team Solidarity, a group to which several members of the United School Bus Workers [...]
Oakland, Calif., vigil for police victim
Oakland, Calif. — More than 150 people came out to honor the memory of young Alan Blueford on May 5, the one-year anniversary of his killing by Officer Miguel Masso of the Oakland Police Department. Masso, who also shot himself in the foot, has yet to be fired, tried or held responsible in any way [...]
Thousands in Haiti provide escort for Aristide
Haiti’s judicial police headquarters had banned demonstrations in support of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. So, on May 8, tens of thousands of Haitians marched alongside Aristide’s motorcade after he gave testimony in the courthouse in Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital. They escorted him home. Aristide provided testimony about Jean Dominique, a popular journalist who was assassinated [...]
