Racism and Self-Determination

Protests force Marriott to cancel future SWAT weapons expos

Oakland, Calif. -- Close to 500 people blocked Broadway in front of the Marriott Convention Center in protest of an…

September 9, 2014

N.C. environmental injustice: ’We’re living with a ticking time bomb’

The following interview with Naeema Muhammad, interim director of the North Carolina Environmental Justice Network, was conducted by Durham, N.C.,…

September 9, 2014

Michael Brown & gov’t probe of Ferguson police

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Sept. 3 that it will conduct a civil rights investigation beginning Sept. 4…

September 9, 2014

Walking while Black — U.S. society divided by racism

The “crime” of walking while Black — and driving, shopping, sitting, standing and merely existing while Black — in the…

September 8, 2014

Post-Ferguson

Taken from an Aug. 25 audio column at prisonradio.org As the body of Michael “Mike” Brown is consigned to the…

September 6, 2014

Support Jamil Al-Amin

Preparations are underway for an evening of “Love and Resistance for Imam Jamil Al-Amin,” on Sept. 12 in New York…

September 5, 2014

San Diego rally ‘speaks names’ of those killed by police

Over 100 anti-police brutality activists gathered for a rally and march in City Heights Park in central San Diego on…

September 4, 2014

‘Streetz Party’ commemorates Black Panther leader’s birthday in Chicago

Every year on Aug. 30, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. and the Prisoners of Conscience Committee/Black Panther Party Cubs organize a…

September 4, 2014

Ferguson Rebellion exposes U.S. racism globally

Just one day after U.S. President Barack Obama hosted leaders from across Africa, African Americans exploded in rebellion in Ferguson,…

September 2, 2014

Ferguson struggle helps build workers’ solidarity

The call for justice continues not only in Ferguson, Mo., but around the United States since the Aug. 9 brutal…

September 1, 2014