Justice Department

Ferguson, Attica, Zimmerman and the capitalist state

Several judicial rulings in recent weeks demonstrate the determination of the capitalist government to shield the front-line forces of the…

March 9, 2015

Justice Department intervention no cure to cop terror

Over the last several years police departments known for using lethal force against oppressed peoples have faced civil rights investigations…

December 14, 2014

CIA ‘exposed’ but protected; Bush and company off the hook

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on CIA torture reveals in detail the unrestrained brutality its operatives have carried out at…

December 13, 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

Albuquerque and people’s assemblies

If anything cries out for the building of genuine people’s assemblies — places where workers and the most oppressed can…

April 9, 2014

Free Albert Woodfox now!

“I thought that my cause, then and now, was noble. They might bend me a little bit, they may cause…

March 14, 2014

Struggle frees people’s lawyer Lynne Stewart

New York, Jan. 1 — There she was standing, then walking slowly towards us, unshackled, without handcuffs or belly chain, and…

January 3, 2014

‘Fighting for Kendrick’

On Jan. 11, the bloodied body of 17-year-old Kendrick Johnson was discovered in a rolled-up gym mat at his high…

November 7, 2013