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Are you an authentic American?

Nationalism.n.Matriarchy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:50:46 +0000

By Guest Contributor Madhuri, originally published at Restore Fairness “Police officers giving drivers $204 tickets for not speaking English? It sounds like a rejected Monty Python sketch. Except the grim reality is that it has happened at least 39 times in Dallas since January 2007….All but one of the drivers were Hispanic.” Reporting on the issue, a [...]

MOVE 9 Parole Update

Nationalism.n.Matriarchy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:07:35 +0000

Friday, November 13, 2009 The update below was just released today by MOVE: ONA MOVE, everbody! I want to update you on the parole status of The MOVE 9. At this point everybody but Chuck Africa has seen the parole board. Chuck should see the board sometime this month or early next [...]

Resistance Through Writing: An Interview with Victoria Law

Nationalism.n.Matriarchy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:03:20 +0000

By Ellen Papazian Feminist Review recently interviewed writer and activist Victoria Law on her book Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women. Here Law shares her thoughts on making her book an activist tool, the culture’s blind spot about the prison industry, social justice movements’ responsibility to incarcerated women’s issues, and how motherhood radically altered [...]

When Systems of Oppression Intersect Part II: Transphobia and the Immigration System

Nationalism.n.Matriarchy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:46:12 +0000

By Deputy Editor Thea Lim **TRIGGER WARNING**: The following post is about physical and sexual abuse in detention, and focuses on a trans woman who has chosen to speak out about the abuse she endured. Her choice is incredibly brave and her story is deeply distressing. Restore Fairness has a post about Esmeralda, a trans woman from [...]

Fort Hood and the Media

Nationalism.n.Matriarchy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:41:38 +0000

by Latoya Peterson It was a peaceful Sunday morning. Sunlight streamed in through the windows, the sheets were clean, the pillows were fluffy. I settled into bed and got nice and comfortable – that is, until my boyfriend decided it was time for the Sunday talk show circuit. “[Hasan] was a radical jihadist!” blared out of the [...]

Vancouver Police Acquire LRAD Crowd Control Acoustic Weapon

Nationalism.n.Matriarchy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:38:30 +0000

November 11, 2009 – 03:35 — no2010 Vancouver Police have acquired a Long-Range Acoustic Device (MRAD) for use in crowd control during the 2010 Olympics. The LRAD emits a high frequency noise that can disorient & injure people caught within its range. A LRAD was recently used during the G20 protests in Pittsgurgh. Vancouver cops claim [...]

Blackout in Brazil; Power Fails in Rio de Janeiro

Nationalism.n.Matriarchy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:34:47 +0000

November 12, 2009 – 11:36 — no2010 Power failure in Brazil leaves millions in the dark World’s second-biggest electricity generator fails, affecting Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro, the city that will host the World Cup and Olympics Bradley Brooks Rio de Janeiro — The Associated Press, Nov. 10, 2009 A massive power failure blacked out Brazil’s two largest cities [...]

NeoZapatismo and Autonomy

Nationalism.n.Matriarchy — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:32:02 +0000

Harry Cleaver November 15, 2009 I want to start with the present, go back to the past for a few moments, then return to the present and examine it again in the light of that past. Today, neozapatismo must be a central focus of any attempt to evaluate the question of possible autonomy. Not only has the Zapatista [...]

The Recession’s Racial Divide

APOC-Philly — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:04:41 +0000

Dedrick Muhammad and Barbara Ehrenreich November 11, 2009 WHAT do you get when you combine the worst economic downturn since the Depression with the first black president? A surge of white racial resentment, loosely disguised as a populist revolt. An article on the Fox News Web site has put forth the theory that health reform is [...]

Nidal Malik Hasan, Suspected Fort Hood Shooter, Was Called “Camel Jockey”

APOC-Philly — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:19:26 +0000

Fort Hood Shooting Suspect Harassed By Others In Military and Wanted Out, Family Said By BRIAN ROSS, JOSEPH RHEE, ANNA SCHECTER, AVNI PATEL, ETHAN NELSON, and DESIREE ADIB Nov. 6, 2009 Fort Hood shooting suspect, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, wanted out of the Army after being constantly harassed by others in the military and was called a “camel [...]

In Solidarity: An Underground Hip Hop Connection

madAPOC — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:10:25 +0000

Friday, Nov. 13 in MKE… Come for the show & stay for thesummit.

Smack a White Boy, Round Three: This one’s for Sylvia.

madAPOC — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:15:50 +0000

1. 2. 3: In September 2009, Madison APOC made its grand entrance into the world with an action against David Carter, a self-proclaimed historian who denies any significant participation of trans folk and people of color in Stonewall. He also frames the queer liberation movement in the U.S. as a gay white man’s movement, not to mention he [...]

Seattle police officer killed; search on for shooter

APOC-Philly — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:31:51 +0000

A procession of patrol cars accompanies the fallen officer’s body down Yesler Way at 3 a.m. Sunday. By KOMO Staff Watch the story SEATTLE – A Seattle police officer was shot to death and another officer was wounded late Saturday night as they were sitting inside their patrol car in the city’s Central District neighborhood. The [...]

APOC MKE SUMMIT 11/14 – 11/15 2009

APOC Milwaukee — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:31:16 +0000

APOC MKE SUMMIT NOV 14TH AND 15TH 2009!