Eric Garner

At Newark, N.J., protest: Police brutality, racism, inequality targeted

Newark, N.J. -- Several thousand people braved a hot sun and no shade in over 90-degree heat to rally and…

July 29, 2015

Struggle for justice for Eric Garner continues

It was one year ago on July 17 that 43-year-old Eric Garner, an African-American father of six children, died of…

July 21, 2015

Lupe Ochoa, yet another police victim

A crowd of family, friends and supporters gathered at the corner of 98th and Bancroft streets in East Oakland, Calif.,…

April 19, 2015

A lesson in liberalism: Ramsey Orta, Mayor de Blasio and the cops

New York -- Ramsey Orta, whose cellphone video of killer cop Daniel Pantaleo choking to death unarmed Eric Garner sparked…

April 14, 2015

Oscars & mass incarceration show why BLACK LIVES MATTER

On Feb. 24, two days shy of the third anniversary of the vigilante murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, an African…

March 4, 2015

Stolen Lives rally focuses on Eric Garner

A “Stolen Lives” rally was held near the Brooklyn, N.Y., public housing where police victim Eric Garner of Staten Island…

February 26, 2015

Pasco, Wash., protesters demand justice for farm worker

The community of Pasco, Wash., is outraged.  Hundreds of residents of this largely Latino/a community have taken to the streets…

February 16, 2015

People with disabilities half of people killed by cops; disability rights groups protest

Disabled-rights groups are among the most energetic advocates of solidarity with African-American victims of police murder. Some 34 disability activist…

January 24, 2015

Protests revive MLK’s struggle legacy

National days of action were held from Jan. 15, the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to…

January 20, 2015

Moscow conference stands with Novorossiya, Palestine and Black America

A conference on the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination and Building a Multipolar World was held in Moscow on Dec.…

January 18, 2015