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Support Aafia Siddiqui

http://aafiamovement.com/ People in Pakistan have walked over 400km to Islamabad and are camped out in the city to support Aafia Siddique as the 14th year of her abduction approaches. Her support campaign is calling on all of us for help. Today Aafia languishes  in solitary confinement in a US prison. The Aafia campaign urges us […]

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Rasmea Odeh accepts a plea agreement with no prison time

http://www.stopfbi.net/2017/3/23/rasmea-odeh-accepts-plea-agreement-no-prison-time For Immediate Release Thursday, March 23rd, 2017 Contact: Hatem Abudayyeh, hatem85@yahoo.com, 773.301.4108 Rasmea Odeh, the 69-year old Palestinian American community leader who was tortured and sexually assaulted by the Israeli military in 1969, is bringing to a close her battle to win justice from the U.S. legal system. After living in this country for […]

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April 10: International Day of Solidarity with the People of Odessa

http://nepajac.org/april10.htm In response to the increasing repression of anti-fascist activists by the government of Ukraine, the U.S.-based Odessa Solidarity Campaign is calling for an International Day of Solidarity with the People of Odessa, to take place on April 10, the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Odessa from fascist occupation. The day will include protests […]

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Richmond, VA, June 16-18, 2017: United National AntiWar Coalition (UNAC) Conference

Save the date for the “Stop the Wars at Home& Abroad!” conference, to be hosted by UNAC the weekend of June 16 – 18, 2017. All across the United States, people are rising up against the destructive policies of Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress. Massive protests took place during Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. […]

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The extraordinary Lynne Stewart

On March 7, 2017, Lynne Stewart, the “People’s Lawyer,” died peacefully at her home in Brooklyn.  Below is an article about her life written by Jeff Mackler of the UNAC Administrative Committee. Two incidents serve well to highlight peoples’ attorney Lynne Stewart’s extraordinary life in the service of humanity. Charged with “conspiracy to aid and […]

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April 4: Nationwide Fight For $15 Protests

Huge news: On April 4, we fight for equality, we fight for fair pay, and we fight for The Dream. Join us >> Why am I fighting? Because every single day, I walk home from work at McDonald’s – where I’m paid next to nothing. I can’t live on just a few dollars an hour. My family […]

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New Poetry from Lamont Lilly

http://www.newblackmaninexile.net/2017/03/new-poetry-from-lamont-lilly.html coup d’état there can be no peace until every child has a hot meal there can be no treaties until we sit down and negotiate the revolution. not one hostage shall be released until you hang those policemen. until those judges mayors and corrupt officials are all buried alive. ### Copyright © 2016 by […]