Lynch Law U.S.A.: State Defends Murderer of Trayvon Martin (tags)
Outrage over the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin compounds daily as the killer remains free, facing no criminal charges for gunning down the unarmed black youth from Miami Gardens, Florida. On February 26, George Zimmerman, a white self-appointed captain of a "neighborhood watch" team in a gated community in the Orlando suburb of Sanford, shot Martin, a black high-school student, who was returning to the home in the development where he and his father were staying. Police and local prosecutors never charged Zimmerman and accepted his cynical claim that he shot the unarmed youth in "self-defense." Thousands have demonstrated around the country, particularly after police tapes of 911 calls by Zimmerman were released, showing that he was stalking Martin. But the main thrust of liberals is to divert the protests into a movement for gun control laws and to get rid of "Stand Your Ground" laws such as Florida's which make it legal to shoot in self-defense. The ruling-class response deliberately tries to obscure the key fact that this was racist murder. Trayvon Martin was killed for the "crime" of "walking while black."
Stan Goff: Lighting the Fuse (tags)
members of Veterans' for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Military Families Speak Out, at the call of the Mobile, Alabama Veterans for Peace Chapter, will conduct a 135-mile march between Mobile AL and New Orleans LA from March 14 to March 19, 2005
Mukasa - Willie Ricks (Black Power) (tags)
Mukasa (Willie Ricks), the inventor of the slogan Black Power will appear on TV on the Los Angeles area
Black Power -- Mukasa - Willie Ricks on television (more show dates) (tags)
Black Power! Mukasa (Willie Ricks), whom Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., called "the fiery orator", will be on Comcast cable television.
Mukasa (Willie Ricks) appearing on cable TV (tags)
Mukasa (Willie Ricks) appeared in Los Angeles, California on Saturday, February 26, 2005. Tune in to Comcast cable television to hear what he has to say about Africans in America, and their history.
Honor voting rights Martyrs with deeds (tags)
Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. The names of the three civil rights martyrs still ring like a bell four decades after they disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi, June 21, 1964.
Mukasa (Willie Ricks) is coming to Los Angeles (tags)
You must come out to see and hear Mukasa (Willie Ricks), Mr. Black Power.
Mukasa (Willie Ricks) is coming to Los Angeles (tags)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., called Willie Ricks "The fiery orator of SNCC" in his 1967 book, "Where Do We Go From Here." Mukasa also makes frequent appearances on "Front Page" on KJLH, in Los Angeles, CA. Mukasa (Willie Ricks) will appear at the Faith United Methodist Church, 1713 West 108th Street (near Western Avenue), Los Angeles, CA 90047, on Saturday, February 26, 2005, at 5:00 p.m. Free Admission.
Thousands assail Bush hypocrisy: Freedom for who? (tags)
Obscene spending at inaugural while millions go without
Collective Action: Histories of Activist Movements (tags)
FROM THE INDYPENDENT: Activists keep reinventing the wheel, but there is a rich history of struggle, victories and failures to learn from. This installment of "The Real Quick Reading List" looks over some of the best histories of the North American left.
Let's Build Liberation: A Conversation with Chris Crass (tags)
An interview with Chris Crass about anti-racism, anarchism, feminism and movement building
Anti Defamation League (ADL) #7 (tags)
Freedom of Information Act records show that the ADL played a major role in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s co/intell/pro racial matters' and white hate groups' operations targeting the civil rights movement as well as its opponents.
Mumia on Jamil al-Amin ( join the fight to free Jamil al-Amin) (tags)
This is a statement by Mumia on Jamil al-Amin. Jamil is the former civil rights leader H. Rap Brown who after converting to Islam, became a Muslim leader and powerful figure. He is serving a life sentence for a wrongful conviction.