Chicago Burning: Review of "People Wasn't Made to Burn"
By Carl Finamore"People Wasn't Made to Burn: A True Story of Race, Murder, and Justice in Chicago" Joe Allen, Haymarket Press, published July 2011 “People Wasn’t Made to Burn,” by journalist Joe Allen,...
View ArticleThe Palestinian UN Statehood Initiative: What’s At Stake?
A Statement by the Solidarity Political Committee On September 23, 2011 the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization intend to take an appeal for statehood recognition to the United...
View ArticleAuto Talks Go Past the Wire
The contracts between the Big Three corporations and the United Auto Workers (UAW) expired at midnight September 14 but were extended as negotiations continued. The official union strategy had been to...
View ArticleSouthern Center for Human Rights Urges Execution Staff to Strike & Refuse to...
Today, the day before Troy Anthony Davis is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection, Georgia Senate Democratic Whip Vincent Fort and Southern Center for Human Rights Executive Director Sara...
View Article“To All” – A message from Troy Anthony Davis
This letter from Troy Davis was written some weeks ago. More recently, he has had all his possessions taken away, including writing utensils, and is subjected to around-the-clock observation. There is...
View ArticleAtlanta Vigil for Troy Davis (Photos)
Hundreds of people gathered on short notice beneath the gold dome of the Georgia capitol in the final hours before Troy Davis was executed. Davis was killed on September 21 at 11:08 PM, charged with...
View ArticleA Man Was Lynched Yesterday
“This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me but through our strength to move forward and save every innocent person in captivity around the globe. We need to dismantle this...
View ArticleIsraeli Social Justice Protests: Links Round-Up and Commentary
Growing from a handful of students in early July to almost half a million people last week, the protests for "social justice" in Israel appear to have established a new front in the global resistance...
View ArticleHawkins campaign in Syracuse: Priorities are progressive taxes to fund...
Howie Hawkins made the following statement at his announcement on September 14 that he is running as the Green Party candidate for 4th District Common Councilor in Syracuse: We chose this location at...
View ArticleTroy Davis: A Martyr in the Struggle to Abolish the Death Penalty
by Theresa El-AminAll of the prayers for Troy Davis have been answered. And the answer is: “Troy Davis is a martyr in the struggle to end the death penalty in Georgia.” As a veteran of the Student...
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