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All Out May 18-20 in Support of Chicago Teachers Union

Labor Fightback Network — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:12:22 +0000

The September 2012 strike of 26,000-plus Chicago teachers — organized by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) — was undeniably one of the most significant labor struggles in decades. What was at stake was not only the working conditions of Chicago teachers but also their job security and preservation of their union. Moreover, the teachers were [...]

Review: The Unfinished Revolution: Voices From the Global Fight for Women’s Rights [#Feminist Friday]

APOC Love — Fri, 17 May 2013 07:49:06 +0000

Reading the Forward by journalist Christiane Amanpour and the Introduction by editor Minky Worden, I was concerned by what struck me as a very bourgeois perspective from both, and worried that there was some border line Arab bashing in the Intro. But even in the midst of what I was worried about as potential Arab [...]

NYC: Legacy of Malcolm X Panel

ernesto — Thu, 16 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

In Celebration Of The 88th Birthday Of Malcolm X, the United Muslim Alliance & The Harlem Maysles Institute presents a program on May 18, 5pm-10 p.m. at the Harlem Maysles Cinema, 343 Malcolm X Boulevard/Lenox Avenue (Between 127th 128th Streets). *doors open/dinner served @ 4:30pm **Malcolm X Book Fair, DVD’s & Bus Tickets To The [...]

Asheville: Stand up for Native Forests, Stop GE Trees

ernesto — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Join Earth First!, Global Justice Ecology Project and the STOP GE Trees Campaign for a week of resistance to genetically engineered trees. At the end of May the International Tree Biotechnology 2013 Conference is taking place in Asheville, NC, May 26 – June 1. This conference is a gathering of many of the major players [...]

Today/NYC: Stand With Taxi Drivers—Stop New TLC Rules!

ernesto — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000

The New York Taxi Workers Alliance is holding a rally to protest new rules being proposed at the Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC). Stop TLC Vote On New Rules to Let Garages & Brokers Steal Our Raise! TUESDAY, MAY 14TH, 2pm Outside TLC Headquarters 33 Beaver Street, NYC Take 4/5/6 to Bowling Green. It took [...]

Lawrence Hamm Statement in Support of Assata Shakur

ernesto — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

(Statement by Lawrence Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization For Progress at a press conference in Newark, New Jersey on May 10, 2013) The People’s Organization For Progress (POP) calls upon the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to remove Assata Shakur (Joanne Chesimard) from its Most Wanted Terrorists List. She does not belong on the list because [...]

“We Will Not Despair”: Open Letter from Detroit Public School Board Member

Elena Herrada — Sun, 12 May 2013 08:34:11 +0000

I am writing to let you know that the terrorists are here in Detroit. They have taken over our schools and our city. Their appetizers were Benton Harbor, Flint and their caviar was Allen Park, but they spit it out because it was too white. I watched ” Slavery by Another Name,” and was amazed [...]

Assata is Not a Terrorist: She is a Freedom Fighter like Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X & Martin L. King [#Feminist Friday]

Black Left Unity Network Continuations Committee — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:32:02 +0000

The attack on Sister Assata Shakur is an attack on the right of the Black masses and the Black liberation movement to resist oppression. The U.S. government and all of its branches have always persecuted, jailed, exiled and murdered Black activists and revolutionaries no matter their philosophies or tactics-communism, Pan Africanism, separation, revolutionary nationalism, integration; [...]

Tonight in SF: Nancy Kurshan and Out of Control

ernesto — Thu, 09 May 2013 08:00:00 +0000

The Freedom Archives is excited to announce an evening with author and activist Nancy Kurshan on Thursday May 9th at 7pm – 518 Valencia St – San Francisco. Nancy and the Freedom Archives have recently released Out of Control: A Fifteen Year Battle Against Control Unit Prisons. The book tells the inspiring story of the [...]

Philly, Sat., May 11: Free the MOVE 9!

ernesto — Wed, 08 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

You remember. You remember because the tragedy that day touched everyone it reached. What did it teach you? Tell someone. Write a poem, short story, rhyme, or snapshot. What did it mean? What did you learn? What are you going to do? Saturday, May 11, 2013 • 12-4 pm Drexel University, West Philly Nesbitt Hall [...]