Mubarak In the Dock [col. writ. 8/3/11] '11 Mumia Abu-Jamal The spectacle was so without precedent that it seemed surreal. An Egyptian ex-President, in power for almost 3 decades, is wheeled into court atop a gurney in a cage, and facing charges from the violent chaos that rocked Tahrir Sq... Read more...
delivered 12 April 1999, Washington, D.C. [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio.] Mr. President, Mrs. Clinton, members of Congress, Ambassador Holbrooke, Excellencies, friends: Fifty-four years ago to the day, a young Jewish boy from a small town ... Read more...
…He was a dark, grim man wit’ jet black hair wit’ a patch o’ gray in the front o’ it; he always wore a buzz cut. He had dark, beautiful, rich skin with these piercin’ hazel eyes. Lookin’ into his eyes, you can see there was so much pain in his soul. He had a scar down his face throug... Read more...
THE legal scholar Derrick A. Bell foresaw that mass incarceration, like earlier systems of racial control, would continue to exist as long as it served the perceived interests of white elites. Thirty years of civil rights litigation and advocacy have failed to slow the pace of a racially biased d... Read more...
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A community of Guarani Indians in Brazil has retaken part of its ancestral land in an act of desperation, having lived by the side of a highway for a year and a half. The Guarani marched back to their land last week, unwilling further to endure the appalling living conditions they have bee... Read more...
John Catt, aged 86, has had his presence at peaceful protests systematically logged by secretive police unit over four years An 86-year-old man has been granted permission to launch a lawsuit against police chiefs who have classified him as a "domestic extremist" and kept a detailed record of his p... Read more...
I haven't done one of these in a while but this is stupidity beyond my comprehension. I have a dart ready to throw but I'm still deciding whether I even want to acknowledge this and post it. I dont want to confuse my readers and supporters by making them assume that I think this is anything clos... Read more...
The Justice Department Inspector General (IG) discovered improper FBI spying investigations were frequently opened based upon “factually weak” justifications. The FBI classified some investigations relating to nonviolent civil disobedience under its "Acts of Terrorism" classification. People a... Read more...
Hello all. This week I am feeling pretty sober with my emotion; relaxed, not in the mood to kick up any shit, excuse my French. I want to address how the present is a gift but many of us take life, yesterday, today, and the future for granted. I don’t have any answers for ... Read more...