Los Angeles — The prosecutor told me I had a choice: Either serve several months in prison or accept community labor for 20 days — which is really a month of work, since most folks get at least two days off a week. This seemed a little severe to me. I was arrested for protesting against Bank [...]
Newark, N.J., group to protest banning of Mumia-Abu Jamal documentary
On Friday, May 17th, the People’s Organization for Progress will hold an informational picket at Newark’s City Plex 12 Movie Theatres for their decision to ban the critically acclaimed documentary, “Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal.” It will take place at 5:30 p.m. City Plex is located at Springfield Avenue and Bergen [...]
Richie Havens
Taken from a May 1 audio column at prisonradio.org With a voice that seemed equal parts grit and sand, Richie Havens was an original. Although known to the industry and deejays as a folk singer, anyone who listened to him — both that magical voice and his frenetic guitar playing — knew instantly that he [...]
‘Left Forum’ in NYC to discuss economic/ecological transformation
Organizers of the Left Forum announced on May 9 that Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera will address the conference’s closing plenary and participate in some panels. The theme of this year’s Forum is “Mobilizing for Economic/Ecological Transformation.” The LF has been a center for the struggle of ideas by people within the left movement [...]
Poor People’s March says: Ignite class struggle
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Monica Moorehead May 15, 2013 » Add the second comment.
Washington, D.C. — The Poor People’s March began May 11 in Baltimore at the site of the police killing of Anthony Anderson, Sr., an unarmed African-American, and arrived the next day in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. It was a timely action to further ignite the struggle for social justice for the poor, the workers [...]
‘Nakba’ means disaster, but not surrender
May 15 marks the 65th anniversary of the beginning of what Palestinians and their supporters call the Nakba, “the disaster,” which followed the illegal founding in 1948 of the state of Israel, with the full cooperation of international imperialism. The founding of the Israeli state was accompanied by massacres and the forced removal through terror [...]
Hija del presidente de Cuba recibe premio en EEUU
Mariela Castro Espín, directora del Centro Nacional de Educación Sexual (CENESEX) en la Habana, Cuba y diputada de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular de su país, habló en el Foro de la Igualdad el 3 de mayo en Filadelfia, Pensilvania. [N de T: El Foro de la Igualdad es una organización basada en Filadelfia [...]
Ataque al Seguro Social aumentará pobreza de jubilados/as y ancianos/as
La administración de Obama está proponiendo recortes del Seguro Social por un total de más de $127 mil millones durante la próxima década. El Congreso y los políticos han sido comprados, protegiendo a sus amigos ricos a expensas de los/as trabajadores/as. Quieren cortar nuestras redes de seguridad social y nuestros derechos. Cuando se aprobó la [...]
Celebran en Boston la victoria de Maduro junto a equipo obrero
El pasado domingo 5 de Mayo del 2013, se realizó una reunión convocada por el grupo Boston Bolivarianos para celebrar la victoria legítima del primer presidente obrero y chavista de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moro. El evento, el cual fue muy concurrido, se celebró en la sede del Centro de Acción Internacional (International Action Center) junto [...]
Cleveland: A ‘house of horrors’ in a society of horrors
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Martha Grevatt May 13, 2013 » Add the first comment.
Before May 6, Georgina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight were unknown outside of the Cleveland area. DeJesus and Berry, who went missing in 2004 and 2003, respectively, were only kept in the public eye locally by annual vigils held by community activists. Knight — who had been removed from the Cleveland Police Department’s missing [...]
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The great Black leader, Malcolm X —also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz — was born on May 19, 1925. His birth name was Malcolm Little. As a child, he experienced the horrors of racism growing up in Lansing, Mich. […]
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