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NYC: An Evening with AIM Member Lenny Foster

ernesto — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:30:00 +0000

Lenny Foster will speak on Native American Spirituality, the Prison System, Environmental Issues Affecting Native Lands and Native American Prisoner of War Leonard Peltier Friday, May 24, 2013 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Casa de las Américas 182 E. 111th St. (btwn. Lex. Ave. and 3rd Ave.) Reception from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Light Refreshments [...]

NYC, Thursday May 23: Assata Shakur Teach-In

ernesto — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Forty years ago Assata Olugbala Shakur, long a subject of the FBI’s infamous Counter Intelligence Program due to her elevated political consciousness and formidable organizing skill, was targeted for assassination by NJ State Troopers. They shot her twice while her hands were raised above her head. “I was left on the ground to die, and [...]

Continue Supporting Chokwe Lumumba for Mayor of Jackson, MS

KA — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:49:25 +0000

It is now official! The Campaign to Elect Chokwe Lumumba won the runoff election tonight! This is a significant victory and testament to the years of community organizing put in by the New Afrikan Peoples Organization, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, the People’s Assembly and the broad array of progressive forces we’re allied with in [...]

Calls to Conscience: Prison Resistance in Palestine, Guantánamo, the U.S. and Iran

ernesto — Mon, 20 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Join us for a panel discussion on imprisonment and resistance featuring Sahar Francis, director of the Ramallah-based prisoners’ rights organization Addameer (Arabic for “conscience”), in conversation with Leili Kashani (CCR), Victoria Law (author of Resistance Behind Bars), and Asoo (Havaar). Darryl Li (Columbia University Committee on Global Thought) will moderate. This timely panel takes place [...]

New Zine Out

ernesto — Sun, 19 May 2013 07:30:00 +0000

A new online ‘zine also in print by young women of color in Tucson is online now: Similar Posts: The Purity Myth: How America’s Obsession with Virginity Is Hurting Young Women [review] POC Zine Project on Poverty [Saturday #Culture] Today: Deadline for Wall Street South Solidarity Zine Introducing: A Printable PDF to Promote People Of [...]

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 [...]